Playing with Cards

Layered Hydrangea

2017-09-25T20:25:00.000-04:00

Well, I thought it was time to post something to this much neglected blog of mine!

I recently used Hero Arts Layered Hydrangea stamp to create this card for my daughter's birthday:

The sentiment is by Papertrey Ink. I used a mix of inks, Papertrey, Hero Arts and Altenew. Perfect Pearls added a bit of extra bit of detail.

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New Stamp

2017-01-13T21:38:00.000-05:00

Hello!

Happy New Year!

It's time for another challenge at Crazy Card Party and this week I would like to see those cards using a new stamp set.

I created this card using a Papertrey stamp set I got fairly recently.

I can't wait to see what everyone else creates this week! Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see.

Thanks for stopping by!

Poinsettias or Christmas Florals

2016-12-08T06:00:00.000-05:00

Hello!

Over at Crazy Card Party, Sharon wants to see cards featuring poinsettias or Christmas florals.

I actually went for more of a rustic, botanical look:

Hopefully this doesn't miss the mark too much. And I finally used a Penny Black stamp I've had for ages.

And pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what everyone else created.

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Thank you!

2016-11-24T06:00:00.000-05:00

Hello!

It's my turn over at Crazy Card Party to set the theme.

This week I chose thank you as I don't think we can ever have enough thank you cards.

I borrowed a stamp set from Regan and coloured up some gnomes to create these fun cards:

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what everyone else has made.

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Colouring

2016-10-20T06:00:00.000-04:00

Hello!

I'm on time with my Crazy Card Party post this week!

Sharon wants to see cards that we have coloured with pencils, copics or other markers. I went a little outside the box and chose to colour my card with Peerless watercolours.

Like last week I mixed stamp sets using an Altenew peony set with a Papertrey stamp and die set.

I made this card for my Mom whose birthday it is today! Happy Birthday Mom!

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what the other ladies coloured up.

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A Season of Gratitude

2016-10-16T21:05:00.000-04:00

Hello.

This week over at Crazy Card Party, Kathryn wants to see thanksgiving or fall related cards.

I created this card using a Clearly Besotted stamp set and an older Papertrey stamp set.

Love mixing and matching stamp sets.

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what everyone else came up with.

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Paper Piecing

2016-10-06T06:00:00.000-04:00

Hello!

It's my week to set the challenge over at Crazy Card Party and it's an older technique, paper piecing.

I used paper piecing to assemble this card for my daughter's birthday:

She loves hippos ;)

I hope you can take some time to play along at Crazy Card Party.

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Trees

2016-09-01T12:45:00.001-04:00

This week at Crazy Card Party, Sharon would like to see anything to do with trees.....actual trees, branches, leaves, wood grain.......

I created these cards featuring topiary trees.

I do like the colour combo of kraft, cream, brown and green.

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see the other tree inspired creations.

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Travel

2016-08-27T20:34:00.000-04:00

Hello!

The theme over at Crazy Card Party this week is travel.

The perfect opportunity to share some scrapbook pages.

I've recently been adding some finishing touches to some pages I've scrapped of our trip to the Baltic.

I recently added journalling.

Along with some Danish stamps we found at an antique market.

And some travel cards we picked up while in Copenhagen.

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what some of the other ladies came up with.

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Birthday!

2016-08-19T10:45:00.000-04:00

Hello, it's my turn to set the challenge over at Crazy Card Party this week.

And since it is my 'un'birthday this week, my challenge is to create birthday cards.

Here's my card:

I can't wait to see what the other ladies have created.

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to check them out.

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More Christmas in July!

2016-08-07T10:22:00.001-04:00

Recently I joined my Mom at StampArt in London to create some Christmas cards that I thought I would share.

Each card was unique and used different techniques.

This card used watercolour pencils:

Then the card opened in such a way that the sentiment was unveiled in the circular window:

This card used a gorgeous embossing folder, border die and glitter paper:

This card was so fun to create:

The inside contains a window with a wintery scene:

Another with embossed velum:

And glittered velum:

On the inside too, with a glittered edge(can never have too much glitter right?):

And finally, a unique colour combination with a truly gorgeous border stamp:

I came away from this card event so inspired and for sure will be using some of these techniques on future cards.

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Christmas in July!

2016-07-28T06:00:00.000-04:00

This week over at Crazy Card Party, Patricia wants to see those Christmas cards!

I broke into a stamp set I bought this past Christmas and didn't get a chance to use to create these cards:

And red with turquoise is such a fun Christmas colour combination.

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what everyone else created!

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Tropical

2016-07-14T06:00:00.000-04:00

Hello!

This week at Crazy Card Party Sharon wants to see those cards using a tropical theme.

And while my card isn't immediately what you might think of as tropical, potted plants are often tropical plants?

OK, I may be stretching the tropical thing a bit but I haven't had a chance to share this card that I made ages ago.

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see more truly tropical cards that I am sure the other ladies came up with.

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Washi, Washi!

2016-07-07T06:00:00.000-04:00

This week over at Crazy Card Party, Kathryn wants to see cards featuring washi tape.

I created these two cards at a day crop a couple of weeks ago:

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what everyone else came up with.

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Kraft and Black

2016-06-30T06:00:00.000-04:00

Hi there!

Over at Crazy Card Party this week I want to see cards using only kraft and black.

I created this simple but I think striking card:

Hop over to Crazy Card Party to see what everyone else created.

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Fresh and Bright

2016-06-19T22:21:00.002-04:00

This week at Crazy Card Party, Patricia wants to see fresh and bright cards.

I borrowed Regan's stamp set to create these fun, and I think, bright cards.

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what everyone else was inspired to create.

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Oh Deer!

2016-05-26T06:00:00.000-04:00

Hello!

This week at Crazy Card Party Sharon wants to see cards featuring a deer, a stag or anything antler related.

I decided to create these rather funky cards using a stag silhouette:

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what everyone else created!

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Colour Inspiration

2016-05-19T06:00:00.000-04:00

Hello!

This week at Crazy Card Party, Kathryn chose a colour inspiration based on this pillow:

I used scraps of cardstock in the pillow colours to create this card:

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what everyone else came up with.

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Anything Goes

2016-05-12T06:00:00.000-04:00

Hi there!

Over at Crazy Card Party challenge it's my challenge and it is an easy one, anything goes!

I am working my way through using up the last bits of some 6 by 6 paper pads and created these three cards:

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what everyone else came up with.

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Colour Inspiration

2016-05-08T14:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Mother's Day!

Over at Crazy Card Party this week Regan picked a really pretty colour inspiration photo for us to work from:

I decided to base a Mother's Day card on the colours and also used the pillow and rug patterns in my choice of patterned paper:

And I used another technique I've been meaning to try for quite sometime, white embossing on vellum.

I really like how it turned out.

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what everyone else came up with.

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Butterflies!

2016-05-04T12:13:00.000-04:00

Hi there!

Over at Crazy Card Party Patricia wanted to see cards with butterflies.

This year's Easter cards I made back in March fit this challenge perfectly.

And while I used these for Easter they could be used for any occasion simply by changing up the sentiment.

I also tried out embossing on vellum that I quite liked.

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what the other ladies came up with.

Thanks for stopping by!

Bouquet

2016-04-07T06:00:00.000-04:00

This week at Crazy Card Party, Sharon wants to see cards featuring a bouquet.

I played around with one of my Papertrey stamps and some watercolours to create this card:

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what the other ladies came up with.

Thanks for stopping by!

Friendship

2016-03-31T06:00:00.000-04:00

Hello.

This week at Crazy Card Party, Kathryn wants to see cards with a friendship theme.

I created these cards that I think fit this theme pretty well and they gave the Misti a good work out, lol.

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what the other ladies came up with.

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Scraps

2016-03-24T06:00:00.000-04:00

Hello!

It's my turn to set the challenge over at Crazy Card Party this week.

And since I always seem to have lots of scraps lying aroung, I thought it would be fun to use scraps to create a card.

I used the last bits of a 6 by 6 paper pack to create these cards:

I can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with and, if you can, please play along at Crazy Card Party.

Thanks for stopping by!

Gold Dipped

2016-03-17T06:00:00.000-04:00

I'm back with another Crazy Card Party card.

This week Regan wants to see cards that feature something gold dipped. I wonder if she was inspired by the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, particularly as today is St.Patrick's day.

I heat embossed the sentiment in gold to make it appear gold dipped.

Such a fun challenge!

Pop over to Crazy Card Party to see what everyone else created.

Thanks for stopping by.