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.

 

 

 

A bouquet of flowers...

Hi Friends,

I'm back again with one of my favourite challenges that I always try to make an effort to enter. It's the picture perfect challenge by Papersmoochesstamps.

This weeks inspiration was the following photo:

 

 

My result:

 



I started of with a Neenah solar white card base and then adhered a blue cardstock panel. The flowers are from PS Botanicals 2 stamp set...all inked and yes painfully handcut :)...Papersmooches needs to release some dies for these stamp sets! Inks used were TH Old Paper, Antique Linen, Shabby Shutters and Hero Arts Wet Cement and Silver. I stamped the saying from PS Pretty Phrases using Hero Arts Pumpkin Pie. I added a die cut silver butterfly and some jute cord to finish the card off.

A little trinket box...

On Wednesday a good friend of mine celebrated her birthday and I wanted to make a trinket box for her. As mentioned on my previous post I focussed on turning wooden blanks into creations for this week.

I entered this into the Papersmooches SPARKS Challenge which is based on the following picture.

The blank:

The result:



I used BoBunny Wall to Wall Textures stamp set (wood panel image) together with Hero Arts Wet Cement to create a look of a small "crate" box. I stamped the sentiment on the outside of the lid from Papersmooches Pretty Phrases using Adirondack Dabber in Lemonade. The flower image in the background is from PS Botanicals 1 using Wet Cement. On the inside of the lid, I stamped the sentiment from PS Party Posse also using Lemonade. I stamped the kitty as well from the same set and coloured her in using Copics (Y00, Y02, Y08, BG13, BG23, BG34). I used Martha Stewarts satin acrylic craft paint in Beach Glass to colour inside the box (note I added gesso before I did this).

To finish off the box I added enamel dots, rhinestone/gem patterns, flower button and most importantly box "legs" which were painted with Lemonade as well.

Let's just say...she loved it!!







Clockwork!

Yet another entry into the Papersmooches SPARKS challenge!

The November picture is:

The very first thing that got me into crafting was mixed media and turning plain old wooden blanks into beautiful creations. So it was good to sit down and put some time into that rather than making the usual cards.

I decided to turn the following blank into a clock :) As you can see, I've made my markings and drill a hole for the clock device.

The final result:

I used BoBunny Wall to Wall Textures stamp set (wood panel image) together with Hero Arts Wet Cement to create the background. I stamped the leaves from Papersmooches Botanicals 2 stamp set in Versamagic Aquatic Splash. The turtle image is from PS Party Posse and is first stamped using TH Peacocks Feathers and then coloured in using Copics (Y00, Y02, Y08, BG13, BG23, BG34). I stuck on some numbers and the clock hands (hour and minute) are made from cut out sentiments from PS Scripty Sayings.

I finished my project by adding some gold corners. Hope you find some inspiration from this!



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!

 

 

Last minute entries - WCMD2014 winnie&walter

I tried to squeeze in 2 entries tonight...decided to try out On trend and color combo again. I loved the latter... So much possibilities!

My "On trend" entry is a small tag with some vinyl digital cuts from winnie&walter.. Oh and I found a camera washi tape in my stash... Forgot about that :)

My "color combo" entry is a distressed background in Tattered Rose...yup I used that one again. I took some of that ink to color my texture paste which I applied over my stencil. I added a lace tape which I stained with a mixture of 3 colors, sprayed it with water and dabbed the color off. I finished off with a sentiment and a flower.

Pinspiration - WCMD2014 winnie&walter

Card 10:

I kept the best for last...well I loved this one the most...I took the woodgrain background and stamped it in a non traditional color..this was Tattered Rose and I distressed the edges with the same shade...love love love!. The hanging key with enamel dots and golden liquid pearls were my finishing elements.

I will update with list of supplies later this week.