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!

Crazy Birds

Couldn't resist Tim Holtz's Crazy Birds!

I coloured this one as a robin and cut out a wee Santa hat for him, using White Enamel Accents for the 'fur' on the hat.

Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil and Distress Ink made the background, the die cut tree was coloured with Inktense watercolour pencils and water.  I cut a snowdrift, and then used a Wink of Stella glitter pen to add glittery dots to the whole thing but they don't really show in the photo.

The die cut sentiment is Tim Holtz.

Thanks for visiting!

Ger x

Inspired by Music at Craft for the Craic

Good Friday morning!  We have an 'Inspired by Music' theme this month over at Craft for the Craic and my card is inspired by Dylan's 'Blowing in the Wind'

I tipped out some Brusho powder paint onto a craft mat and spritzed with water then picked up the paint with a flat brush and painted the background on some Ranger watercolour paper.  The 'dandelion clock' (is that what you call them?) is gold embossed onto a tag, and some of the seeds are gold embossed onto the watercolour background.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp, and I added some sequins and mounted everything onto some grey card.

Let's see how music has inspired you this month at Craft for the Craic.

I'd like to enter this card into:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Ger x