Birthday Wishes ....

..... Morning! I've a light, bright and simple birthday card to share with you this morning. It's still quite white outside the house and I decided to take a break from Christmas cards and do something different. So here it is:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Signature Greetings II, Doodlie-do
Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black; Kaleidacolor - Spectrum
Dies: Spellbinders - A2 Modern Stationary #1 and #2
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Stampin' Up! Card - Melon Mambo; Spectrum Noir Sparkle Brush - Clear

Gloria's card - HLS CASE the Desinger

TOC#72 - Kim's lovely card

I've used a few challenges to come up with the design for this card:

• Less is More - LIM#306 where it's a one-layer challenge with the theme OUTLINES
• TIME OUT Challenges - TOC#72 to CASE Kim's lovely card
• Happy Little Stampers CASE on of the Designers from 2016 - HLSCASE - I picked Gloria's August Card

I die cut a mask for the bottom corner of my card and then stamped around it with the lovely outline flowers and leaves. I added colour by using a Kaleidacolor pad. After stamping around the mask, I removed it and stamped the sentiment. I decided to impress a die to give some more definition to the sentiment. I've also added some sparkle to the flowers with a clear brush, but you can't really see it in the photo above. On the inside I cut a mat layer of bright pink card and on the white panel stamped some more flowers and added a greeting.

I had fun making this card and I like the technique - I think I might try it again soon. That's all for now.

ASM - CAS and 3rd Birthday .....

.... Good Evening everyone!  It's time for our new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More!  More importantly, it's also ASM's 3rd Birthday and we're celebrating in style.  Congratulations to Kylie - this is a wonderful challenge and I'm very proud to be part of such a fantastically talented and friendly team.

This week's it's our ever popular CAS challenge -  clean and crisp, with minimal embellishment, lots of white space (or coloured space).  We also have some fantastic sponsors this week - all offering prizes - see below.  I'm going to start with a birthday card - seems appropriate:

Stamps: Bugaboo Digi - JJ Tequila and Shoes; Winnie & Walter - The Party
Inks: Stampin' Up! - Daffodil Delight, Green Galore, Primrose Petals, Brocade Blue
Dies: Spellbinders - Superellipse (S5-188) #1
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU DP - Rose Red; Copic Markers; Wink of Stella - Clear; Glossy Accents

I love the JJ digis and there are loads on the Bugaboo site - do check them out.  I printed her on white card, coloured with Copic markers, carefully drew a line around the image and cut it out with a scalpel.  I added some Wink of Stella to her dress, earrings, hat and cake frosting.  I also added some glossy accents to her specs.  As she's at a party, I decorated the front of the card with party confetti - still keeping it reasonably clean and simple.  I finished the front with a simple birthday greeting.  On the inside I cut a mat layer of design paper and added a sentiment and more confetti on the white panel.

Next I have a Christmas card to share - it's a bit different:

Stamps: Sami Stamps Digi - Christmas Lights Mermaid
Dies: Spellbinders - Mega Rectangles Lg (S4-142) #4, Mega Rectangles Scalloped LG (S4-143) #4
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Kaisercraft DP - North Pole; Copic Markers; Wink of Stella - Clear; Glossy Accents

I love the whimsical digital images at Sami Stamps and just love this festive mermaid.  I coloured her with Copic markers and cut out the finished image with a die, layering it on some red design paper.  I added Wink of Stella to her tail, bra, eye lids and hairband.  I put glossy accents on the Christmas lights.  I finished the front with a ready-made sentiment from the design paper pad.  On the inside I cut a mat layer of the red paper and added another sentiment in the middle.

My last card is bright and summery and features a cute little snail!

Stamps: A Day for Daisies Digi - On Top of the World; PTI - Doodlie-Do
Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black
Dies: Spellbinders - Mega Rectangles Lg (S4-142) #3, Mega Rectangles Scalloped LG (S4-143) #3
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Kaisercraft DP - Fiesta!; Copic Markers; Wink of Stella - Clear;

Such a fun and quirky digital image - I adore that cute little snail and he really sparkles in the sun - he's covered with Wink of Stella!  I coloured with Copics, cut out with a die, layered on to a mat and adhered in the centre of the card.  On the inside I cut a mat layer of the same design paper and added some flowers to the white panel.

Do visit our blog to see what the rest of the team have made to celebrate our 3rd Birthday and to inspire you.

As I mentioned above we have some fantastic sponsors this week and they are offering prizes too - see below for details.

Prize $12 gift certificate

Prize $12 gift certificate

Prize is 7 digis

prize is 3 digi stamps

Do play along and have fun - really looking forward to seeing your creations.  That's all for now!

ASM - 2nd Birthday - photo ....

.....  Hello everyone! It's time for our new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More! And do you know, it's also our 2nd Birthday!!! Go Us!!!  Kylie set up the challenge a couple of years ago.  She has been joined by many talented crafters, and I was lucky enough to join the team last September.

Our challenge this week is Photo Inspiration, the rules for this are that you should take any element from the photo and use it in your card. Do tell us what you've used for inspiration. Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear who is giving the challenge winner 3 digi images up to the value of $10.00. I've used one of the images available at Stitchy Bear - a beautiful butterfly by Delicious Doodles; here's my card:

Stamps: PTI - Doodlie-Do; Delicious Doodles - Small Butterfly
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Copic Markers; Sakura Micron Pen

I've used the sketch from this week's Retro Sketches - RS#119 for the layout and as I've used some "never-before-used schtuff", I'm submitting it to Darnell's challenge - NBUS#1 too!  I've taken the rainbow colours from the photo as inspiration for the card; using bold colours on the butterfly and softer shades on the flowers.  The small butterfly is just gorgeous and is a joy to colour.  I printed it out in various sizes coloured the background of the wing a soft grey, added rainbow colours and then fussy cut them all out.  I adhered the smallest butterfly directly to the card, the largest is attached with dimensional tape and the medium sized one has a bit of a lift at the top wings. I lightly pencilled lines on the card, worked out where to position the images and stamped them with Memento ink.  Once stamped, I drew in the lines with a very fine Micron pen and rubbed out any pencil marks.  I coloured the images with Copic Markers.  I've left the inside blank.

For more cards based on this fabulous inspiration photo, check out the blog to see my Teamies cards and don't forget to leave a comment.  We all like comments.  See you soon.