Papersmooches SPARKS Challenge - Picture Perfect

Hey Guys,

It's that time...the PS Sparks challenge! Head on over to their blog to find out all the details.

Picture inspiration for month of March is:

My result of cuteness:

I found an item in the picture that I wanted to focus on and that was the small green canvas with the Moroccan type tiling look. The background of the card is stencilled using TH Latticework (perfect match in my opinion) with Distress Inks Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint. I diecut a distressed label onto which I white heat embossed the sentiment from Papersmooches Bold Buzzwords. The bear is copic coloured using the greys (C2, C3, C5, C7 for the body and W1 for the mouth) and is from PS Chubby Chum Pals. I finished the card off with some flowers, washi tape and enamel dots.

Let's celebrate love!

Hey Everyone,

 

So hope the year is going well for you'll... I've been out of blogger for almost 2months now.. Crazy huh... Xmas rush, new yr and the island holiday has been keeping me busy.

 

It's time to get back into the swing of things.

 

This week Papersmooches is having their picture perfect challenge... And you guys know I love these challenges! Their inspirational picture is so gorgeous! Have a look...

 

 

 

My result:

 

 

I recently received my watercolour paper so decided to play around a bit. I created a watercolour background using Distress ink in Picked Rasberry, Mustard Seed and Peeled Paint. I also stencilled a layer of Worn Lipstick in the bottom right corner using TH Latticework. I'm not sure if you can see but I tried replicating the flower in the picture. I then stamped the sentiments from PS Birthday Sampler and Bold Buzzwords in Memento Tuxedo Black. The hearts are also from Bold Buzzwords, I stamped them and then added glue to which I stuck gold foil to...the type of foil that you use in nail art. To finish the card I added enamel dots, sequins, washi tape and a beautiful diamanté chain.

 

 

 

For you..Friend

It's been a long while since I've been on the blog...this week I managed to squeeze in some time to make a few items to enter into the Papersmooches SPARKS Challenge. This week saw the challenge based on the following picture for inspiration...I absolutely loved working with these colours, they go well together!

My card result:

 

 

I haven't been using my embossing folders for some time now and so I decided to incorporate them into this card. I used the Elaborate Quatrefoil folder from Anna Griffin and inked it with TH Squeezed Lemonade before running my cardstock panel through. I cut out tags for the sentiments, stamped my images using Color Theory Doc Brown and Hero Arts Splash. The images are from Papersmooches Bold Buzzwords and Birthday Sampler stamp sets.

 

To finish of the card, I glued down the panel to a white base, added eyelets, the wooden bicycle, glossy accents to the hearts and a touch of stitching.

 

Hope you enjoyed the card!

 

 

PS SPARKS Challenge Entry 4 - Love Everything

My last entry into Papersmooches SPARKS challenge. The inspirational challenge this week is based on the following picture:

I'm loving the result...

 

The black cardstock base measures 3 3/4 by 4 3/4 inches and has the leaves from PS Botanicals 2 heat embossed using Ranger Orange Sherbet embossing powder. I die cut purple and blue cardstock frames using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Fifteen set. For the purple frame, I stamped "love" from PS Bold Buzzwords and "everything" from SSS Thanks stamp set using Versafine Onyx Black. I added the two hearts also from Bold Buzzwords and heat embossed them using Ranger Turquoise embossing powder.

 

For the assembly of the card, I glued down the blue frame directly onto the base and using foam squares I added the purple frame to the blue frame.

 

NOTE: I'm also entering this into SSS Work it Wednesday Aug 2014.

 

      

                       

 

Papersmooches - Hello :)

My last card for the weekend...

My green base measures 4 7/8 by 4 inches and is side folded. I cut a patterned paper from Pink Paislee City Sidewalks about a 1/4 inch smaller than my base and then adhered it down. I stamped the "hello" from PS Bold Buzzwords using Versafine Onyx Black.

The leaf border was made by stamping various small leaves and distressing the entire cardstock using Distress ink Vintage Photo. I cut a strip to use on this card. I added a silver and gold patterned washi tape, Dark Chocolate liquid pearls and a rhinestone brad from Teresa Collins Christmas Home.

Note: I'm entering this into Inspiration Emporium September Monthly Challenge 2014.

Papersmooches - Thanks notecard

Hey All,

Today I've got a notecard for you...

I stamped my main sentiment "thanks" from PS Bold Buzzwords in Versafine Onyx Black onto my solar white Neenah panel (4 1/8 by 2 7/8 inches). The word "darling" is from PS Scripty Sayings and I inked that in Distress Ink Picked Raspberry.

The yellow and pink washi tape I got from my nearest craft store and the black one was from a SSS Card kit. I then mounted the panel onto a base measuring 4 3/8 by 3 1/8 inches. To finish off I added some enamel dots to the notecard.

So cute for your BFF!

Papersmooches - Smile Friend

I'm back with another card using Papersmooches!

The white panel measures 4 by 5 1/4 inches and I foam tape mounted a Chevron sticker from Echo Park, Yellow Submarine. I then moved on to stamping the hamster from PS Party Posse stamp set and colored him in using my Copic Ciaos (Y17, Y38 and Y28). I heat embossed in black "friend" from PS Bold Buzzwords, stamped the "smile" and hearts from PS Script Sayings in Hero Arts Pumpkin Pie and Distress ink Festive Berries respectively.

To assemble the card, I cut out another panel of red cardstock measuring 4 1/8 by 5 1/4 inches and adhered it to my yellow cardstock base side folded to 4 1/4 by 5 1/4 inches. I adhered my white panel over the base and added washi tape, enamel dots and rounded the top corner.

*Paper Smooches BOLD BUZZWORDS Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	Scripty Sayings	*Teresa Collins Enamel Dots SUMMER STORIES SUM117	*Echo Park YELLOW SUBMARINE Sticker Accents SW3201
*Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SUPER SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD FESTIVE BERRIES Ranger WINTER	*Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad PUMPKIN PIE Orange Mid-Tone AF255	Party Posse

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Pretty Pink Posh Cutting Edge Blog Hop - Card 1

 

I'm super excited as I'm participating in my very first blog hop!...and this one is being hosted by Pretty Pink Posh...check out their blog here.

When I first started crafting I decided to buy myself a die cutting machine because I believe it to be an investment rather than buying steel dies which in my country can be quite an expensive venture to start a collection. However when there are sales on dies I will definitely take up the opportunity...so you can gather that my collection isn't big at all. I can count how many dies I have on one hand to give you an idea :)

One of the dies I have is Simonsaysstamp Life Bubble Round Die and I tried my best incorporating this into my card. I settled on colours containing blue and greys...

I started with a base of natural cardstock (similar to Neenah Desert Storm), its top folded to 4 by 5 1/2 inches. I used a grey patterned paper from My Minds Eye Bright Side collection that's measuring 3 3/4 by 51/4 inches and I adhered it flat onto the base, after rounding two corners. I then die cut my bubble out of some light blue cardstock. I background stamped twice, using Distress Ink in the colour Iced Spruce, the splatter image from Tim Holtz Bitty Grunge rubber stamp set. I then stamped using Black Soot the "Happy Everything" sentiment from Papersmooches Simply Said stamp set. I trimmed the die to fit into the corner of the card and with a dauber I distressed the edges using Iced Spruce. I mounted it with foam squares onto the base.

Onto the image, I used the turtle from the Papersmooches Party Posse stamp set and stamped it using Black Soot. I used Copic Ciao markers to colour in the body (B00, BG000, BG13 and BG15) and shell (W1, W3 and W5). I trimmed it out and used foam squares to mount it down. To finish of the card I stamped some stars from Papersmooches Bold Buzzwords stamp set using Hero Arts Shadow Ink in the colour Silver and then added clear and blue sequins.

I plan to enter two more cards...let's see how far I get :)

SYS2 Card 5

My final card as part of the SYS2 class...Inspired by Debby Hughes!

I used a top folded base of 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches and a front panel of 3 3/8 by 4 5/8 inches of Neenah solar white cardstock. For the intermediate layers I made use of patterned paper from the Basic Grey collections Blush (blue with brown and green distress patterns) and Sugared (pink with white flower patterns and a bit of distress looks)...feel free to use what you have in your paper stash.

On the front panel I used stamps from Papersmooches Botanicals 1 and 2. The dandelion, dragonfly and butterfly was used from Botanicals 1 and the rest from the second set. I used the images and stamped on the bottom left corner to mimic the look of a garden. I used various inks as listed below:

- Studio Calico Color Theory - Sunny Day (Yellow), Blush Crush (Pink) and Clean Slate (Grey)
- Versamagic Dew Drop Chalk Ink - Aquatic Splash and Key Lime

The main flower in pink was heat embossed using Distress Embossing powder in Worn Lipstick. I coloured the inside of the leaves with a dark pink Copic Ciao marker thereby shading the leave. I did the same technique on the centre of the dandelion.

The Hello sentiment was from Papersmooches Bold Buzzwords...I stamped it using Hero Arts Chalk Ink in the colour Splash and then applied glossy accents to give it a puffy look.

I arranged the panels how I best preferred them and mounted it onto the base (Note: I added a splash of ink onto the bottom of the base prior to mounting). I used adhesive on the first patterned paper that got mounted onto the base and then used foam squares elsewhere. Debby used a clothespin on her card, whereas I used a paper clip on the top left corner. Using a glue dot, I stuck a bow made from SewEasy twine in the colour Blue Lagoon. I rubbed on some multi medium matte onto the twine before affixing it, just so that it would keep the bow shape. To finish off, I added Summer Stories enamel dots by Teresa Collins.

One of my best cards so far...really pleased with how this turned out!

Enjoy making your own variation!