My Blue Phase!!!

 My favorite colours are pink, red and orange but just lately I have been drawn towards blues and greens (so unlike me!!)  Here is my Blue Phase collection!!!I have made three cards over the past few days  using some distress stains and inks.

The first is using the Large Blossom Stamp from Hero Arts with the London Background stamp that lovely Linda sent me.  Thanks again Linda!!  The central panel has also been sprayed with shimmer mist so it has a lovely sparkle in real life.

This card is for the Lily Pad challenge and the Simon Says Challenge "Anything goes"  Its also a last minute entry for this months Hero Arts Challenge.

 This second card is inspired by all the lovely "Wonky Rectangle" cards that Donna has been making, once I saw the die on her blog I knew I had to buy it, love the unusual shape for cards.

Its been a very inspirational time lately, after seeing this beautiful card that Franziska created I spotted the stamp she used on ebay and managed to get it at a bargain price!!  I love the water coloured effect you can create with these Silhouette style stamps.

Thank goodness its Friday tomorrow school closes now for a two week break, I am so looking forward to having some me time!!


P.S.  I forgot to add some really exciting news The Lily Pad is holding a fabulous week long Birthday blog hop starting on Sunday 1st April.  Be sure to check in on the fun as there will be PRIZES!!!!

More flowers and some deer!!

 I decided to dig out an old stamp and make a card for the flower challenge over at The Lily Pad.   This paper  art stamp is so pretty I really must use it more.  I have inked the stamp with my Distress Markers stamped and then shaded lightly to give a bit more depth.  The card base has been run through the Swiss Dots embossing folder and I have then added some seam binding to match the red flowers.

 Next I stamped over with  the Envelope Pattern and  Bundled Sage ink, I also distressed the edges with the same ink before pop dotting it to my card base. I shall also add this to this months Hero Arts challenge.

 We had a beautiful weekend here and on Sunday decided to go for a walk in nearby Petworth Park,  I was thrilled to get these shots of the deer.  Usually they are quite shy, but this time I was able to get quite close to them

 I love their stunning antlers!!

Another term is nearly over at school and we break on Friday for two weeks, I am so looking forward to some relaxing time, lets hope the beautiful weather holds.

Flowers

 I have found a bit of time this afternoon to make two cards for the current Lily Pad Challenge "Flowers" .  I have been having fun with my new Distress Stains and the Poppy Background from Hero Arts, one of my old favorites.  The top card is a window one, I was inspired after seeing this beautiful card that Virginia created.

The second card  is really simple, I stamped the image with my stains and added the PP and punched edge plus the twine to finish.

Its a beautiful day here in Surrey and I am off to sit in the garden for a while, hope you have a fun weekend.

Dreaming of Summer!

Just a quick post with another card using Distress Stains to create a water colour background, I love the soft effect and very simple to do.  To finish off I have just added some gold embossed grass.
I might make a set of these as as Thank You cards, the perfect little gift!!

CAS ual Friday Challenge

For the first time in ages I have had time to join in with the challenge over at the CAS-ual Friday Blog. This weeks challenge is 1-2-3.    Create a Clean And Simple project using
1. A Pattern
2.  An Image
3.  A Sentiment
This is my card and I always find CAS really hard but I have managed to stop myself going too mad this time!

The patterned background is made just using Distress stains straight to the stamp and then the paper, creating this fun water colour effect.  The stamp is one of the butterflies from the HA set Antiques Engravings, just stamped and embossed in gold.  The sentiment is also from Hero Arts.  So a very simple and quick card to make.  I am really pleased with the background and am off to try it out in other colours!!

Have a great day.

Another Wine label card!!

 After seeing this beautiful card by Franziska I was inspired to get out my wine labels and make another card.
I had been hoarding them a bit as I know we won't be able to get any more, I had been saving a few to use when making my Christmas cards.

After stamping and embossing the Garden Bouquet in white I applied some distress stains and some distress inks to create the background, I then sprayed with some blue perfect pearls to give the card a shimmer.

Hope you are having a relaxing day and heres wishing all my Irish friends a Happy St Patricks Day!

Virginia's View

Virginia has a new challenge running over at the Lily Pad and this is the inspirational photograph, as soon as I saw this fun photograph I knew exactly how I was going to make my card.

I always love  the grid cards that Jacqueline makes and they are a perfect way to use up scraps, my idea was to make this card using circles of scraps from my basket.

Hope you all have a great weekend and thanks for visiting my blog, I really appreciate all your comments.

Stamp "Kissing"!!

 One of the current challenges running over at The Lily Pad is The Simon Says "Kissing Challenge", the idea is you ink up two stamps then kiss them together before stamping.

Here I have inked my Village stamp with various shades of red and orange and then inked my envelope pattern stamp with blue before "Kissing" them together and stamping.

This is my finished card which I am going to used as a moving house card. Another short blog post today as I have lots to do, I am really looking forward to a relaxing weekend.

Have a great evening.

Two more flower cards!

More playing with my markers, this is a small sunflower clear stamp from the Real Gardens Petals set that I haven't inked up before. I really love the water colour effect the markers produce.

 Here is a close up view.

I made this card using up some scraps from my basket, always a good feeling, I need to make a few more like this as my basket is overflowing at the moment!!

Distress Markers

I am just playing around with my new distress markers, this Garden Bouquet image is perfect for them and creates a more subtle look than using my Tombow markers. Here is a set of cards I made last year using my Tombows and you can see how much brighter the colours are.  I love this new soft a delicate look..

Hope you are having a great week.