Brithday Flowers

It's a beautiful Sunday morning here, lovely autumn sunshine!  

I used a stencil and Pumice Stone ink in the corner of this card but decided the grey was not what I wanted so went over it with Bundled Sage.  The flowers (Tim Holtz) were scribbled with a Papermania marker before spritzing with Perfect Pearls and water, then stamping.  The lovely shimmer is not captured by the camera.  The sentiment is Hero Arts and the sequins are from Simon Says Stamp.

Enjoy your Sunday and thanks for visiting.

I'd like to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp Throwback Challenge - Botanical (May 2014)

Ger x

Wrap it Up at Simon Says Stamp

Morning! I've had this Waltzingmouse Stamps set for a couple of years now and I still love it. I wanted to make a card and matching gift tag.  Stamped with Festive Berries and Chipped Sapphire distress inks.  The dies are Spellbinders Labels 18.

I'd like to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Wrap It Up

Thanks for visiting!

Ger x

Throwback Challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge are having a Throwback Challenge - you can choose a theme from any of their past challenges.  I went with their recent Ombre challenge.

I used Spellbinders dies and Masking Paper to cut a rectangular mask before inking with Festive Berries and Mustard seed distress inks, then I white embossed a Tim Holtz Flower Garden stamp before removing the masking paper.  I white embossed the flower on another piece of card and coloured with Papermania markers and water, before fussy cutting.  The 'Smile' is a Simon Says Stamp die, and the sentiment is also from SSS, as are the sequins.

I'd like to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Throwback Challenge (Ombre)

Happy Friday

Yay it's Friday and a Bank Holiday weekend!

Still playing with Tim Holtz Flower Garden stamps.  This card was coloured with Papermania markers and water.  I added a few sequins and the sentiment was a freebie with a magazine as far as I remember.

Thanks for visiting, and enjoy your weekend.

Ger x

Blue Flowers

Loving the Flower Garden stamps from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous!

I coloured them with Papermania markers and water, adding some Cosmic Shimmer Mist Gold splatters and a Hero Arts sentiment, gold embossed, although it looks as though I stamped it in black.  Think I might need some photography lessons!

I'd like to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Wonderful Watercolour.

Edit: I was honoured to be featured in the Designer Spotlight for this challenge!

Thanks for visiting! 

Ger x

Watercolour Challenge at Simon Says Stamp

I re-discovered my Papermania brush tip water based markers and brought out a Hero Arts butterfly stamp to have a play.  I scribbled some blue and purple markers over the butterflies, spritzed with water and stamped.

Next, I sprinkled some blue and purple Brusho powders onto the craft mat and spritzed with water, picking up the colour with a flat brush to paint a background.

A Hero Arts sentiment and some clear sequins, done!

I'd like to enter this card into:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Wonderful Watercolour

Mid-Month Inspiration at Craft for the Craic

It's time for some mid-month inspiration at Craft for the Craic.  I just loved Kath's snowy scenes on this amazing card, and I decided to do something similar but using some of my favourite Evergreen Bough distress ink in place of the brown she used.

I used a Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil, inking through with Pumice Stone.  I then cut a stencil with the tree die and inked through with Pumice Stone and Evergreen Bough.  The whole thing was inked softly with more Pumice Stone and then sprinkled with Frantage before heating with the heat gun to melt the Frantage.

Some Tim Holtz and Whiff of Joy dies to finish off.

I hope you're going to show us what you were inspired by music to make this month at Craft for the Craic!