Best wishes !

Hi there!

I hope today is the start of a wonderful week for each and everyone of you! Thanks for popping in to look at the card I have to share ;)

I was the lucky winner of the Runway challenge a couple of weeks ago. The prize was $100 worth of digital images from FishScraps ! I now own a whole 'library' of the MOST fabulous images.

I used one of them on today's card. It's actually part of a group of succulent images, but I used it as a flower for this one layer card.

To create the effect of  'layers', I added a black frame to my card, and inked the edges with a pink pigment ink from Stamperia. I love the solid effect one are able to achieve using this type of ink. I used the same ink for the flower, just in much smaller doses. I also traced the flower and cut it out to be used as a mask later on (see below).

The sentiment is from miss kate cuttables. Instead of using the svg as a cutting file, I used the black fill option and used it as digital stamp.

Masking and inking

flower mask

I am sharing my card at the following challenges:


Less is more  ~ one layer wishes 

&

Time out challenges  ~ make your mark  (monochrome)


That's it for now!

Seize the birthday with anything that flies

Hi there!

Time to create some birthday cards !


                                        



For the next 2 weeks we invite you to share any newly created birthday card with the option of : anything that flies ... yes show us some wings!

My inspiration looks like this:

I created the polka dotted circle background the same way as described here by double masking and coloring the dots with my promarkers.

I added a Silhouette cut yellow bird and a hero arts sentiment. 3 Enamel dots to complete the picture.

I am sharing my card at the following challenges:

Happy little stampers ~ Masking

Cas-ual fridays  ~ Pretty patterns  { polka dots}


                 

Hope to see you at Seize the birthday this fortnight :)

Thanks for visiting me today!

Inspired !

Hi there

I bet you can tell there's a few challenges going on that got me all inspired??

They are :

simply less is more ~ one layer birds
just us girls challenge ~ create a stamping collage
cas-ualfridays ~ scallops

Also entering : lets ink it up ~ anything goes, rubber stamps only.

Since the 3 challenges are some of my favourites
{ :-D}  in blogland...I thought... why not combine it and see what happens?

The scallops were created by masking with a template which I have cut from plain paper. Stamped with a damask background stamp.
Sentiment in Afrikaans, finished off with the little swallow stamp, and metallic embellishments.

Thanks for looking!

Blue bird

Hi there

A wonderful cool Sunday morning in the desert... an occasion to celebrate... as soon the days will get longer and hotter  :'-(

I made this card for the "one layer-birds" challenge at less is moore. I only had this one challenge in mind, but as I took the pictures and started with the post, I realized that in a CAS way this is also a collage of stamps, so I decided to enter it to the just us girls challenge to create a card by using the collage stamping technique.

My cousin sent me this gorgeous gift all the way from South-Africa. I just love the birds... and not only was this the inspiration for this card, but also the template!

The ink, stamps and template used

The technique:

My card:

A close up:

Also entering:

crazy 4 challenges ~ monochromatic in blue
pennys challenges. ~ Birds
craft-roomchallenge~ CAS
addicted-to-stamps-challenge ~ blue

Thanks for visiting!

A stamping collage for JUGS#119

Hi there!

Back with my second post on this lovely tranquil Saturday morning!

It's a technique challenge...

 . . . and hopefully not too noticeable that it is out of my comfort zone!

But I tried , and here it is...

I used Tim Holtz distress ink "vintage photo"

Also entering :

card makin mamas ~ use something new (new stamp set)
polka doodle ~ vintage
crafty creations challenges ~ something new (new stamp set, new technique)
anything challenge ~ anything goes
incy wincy designs  ~ vintage
hooked on craft challenges ~ try something new (new technique)

Thanks for visiting my blog!