Here are a couple of cards I made tonight for
Less Is More, where the challenge is Shades of Blue. Today I went to Newbury Art Stamps Show, had fun meeting up with my friend
Val and got really enthused by a brayering workshop I did with Vicki from
Stamp Addicts. It had a difficult start, you may know there are two sisters who run Stamp Addicts. Just about the time Vicki was leaving the stand to set up for the workshop her sister suffered agonising stomach pains and was whisked off in an ambulance, leaving Vicki to try to get cover for the stand and come up to the workshop. I can't imagine how difficult it was for her to compose herself and teach, catching up on the late start, but she managed really well and even better, Sarah was back at the show and feeling much better.
Like so many people, I struggle with my brayering and keep trying and keep feeling unhappy with my results. The workshop was brilliant: Vicki gave us two techniques to help. The first was to use a spritzer so things blend and hard lines get lost, the second was a stamp for landscapes with tiny dots, which we used squished in our hand rather than mounted. I made a lovely sunset coloured easel card and came home to play with cool blues. This uses a couple of shades of blue ink, blueberry embossing powder and a Stamp Addicts silhouette stamp. If you're thinking the sentiment would be better stamped direct you would be right - until I smudged it that is - so I used a trimmed off scrap and mounted it proud of the card as if that was what I'd intended all along lol.
Second card is another Stamp Addicts stamp bought today, she's adorable isn't she? I've doodled a puddle and a border, the sentiment is Rubber Romance. She's coloured with Copics and I have used a flesh colour, didn't want her to look blue with cold, that would be a real English summer card! Otherwise she is totally shades of blue too.
My cards are for the following challenges:
Less is More - shades of blue
Simply Create - silhouette
A Spoonful of Sugar - get well card (2nd card)
Stamps R Us - there was a little girl (2nd card)
Isn't this House Mouse adorable? He is from a Joanna Sheen unmounted sheet that DH bought me for my birthday. I'm sticking to my stash diet and enjoying using the things I have, so out came this lovely spring image for colouring. I've used the sketch from Create4Fun for my card, colouring with Copics, Stickles, Glossy Accents and some Distress Ink for the background. The dotty paper is a Bearly Mine digi download, the green DP is Prima. I've used a Cuttlebug folder then Distress Ink on white cardstock cut our with a Marianne Creatables die. The sentiment is computer generated, I like this one for Get Well cards.
Welcome to another Top Tip Tuesday Challenge! This week Dawn has a great tutorial about using scraps of ribbon, be sure to check it out at the challenge blog. You can either follow her tutorial or make a girlie project - oops I misread the challenge and simply used ribbon! I've used a piece of wide lacy ribbon as well as a small piece with unusual dots on that I've been hoarding for my card.
I couldn't resist sitting down last night and playing with some of my lovely new stash; this card is the result. The Faye Whittaker stamp from Joanna Sheen is one I just couldn't resist when I saw the release, there are so many lovely stamps in this series and I managed to hold back and just order one (oh and a decoupage set!). The Basic Grey Curio DP and the MS border punch were both presents from my DH, he's very good at stash shopping:).I added apunched flower and leaves and a butterfly, there is one pearl among the Stickles on her hat and more on the image and the border. She's coloured with Copics and the background uses Distress Inks (Shabby Shutters, Victorian Velvet).
I'm getting to the end of my cards from my Phindy's Place colouring marathon at the weekend! This image is called Cosy Cottage and was so much fun to colour, I didn't want to add a lot of embellies to it as the image is the star of the card. I coloured using Copics, lots of Glossy Accents on the windows and Glamour Dust sparkle everywhere that is snowy. I wasn't sure how to make my fir trees look snowy until I checked out Tammy's blog here. When I grow up I want to be able to colour like Tammy! The DP is My Mind's Eye, leaf is cut using a Woodware punch and the sentiment is Craftwork Cards.
