Pink Tulips.....

Thinking about Spring with Today's Card......

Inspired by The Paper Players Theme Challenge...

Spring has Sprung!
Thrilled to have been chosen as The Headliner with my Card....Thank you so much x

The tulips have been stamped and masked and heat embossed in white.

The water colouring has been done with several colours of Lindy Magical powders.

The 'Easter' sentiment has been die cut and popped up on one layer,

 as not to detract from the tulips.

Perhaps a little too hidden!

Finishing off with a die cut frame.

The card was so relaxing to do and here's to Spring coming soon.....

Thank you for stopping by...

Crafty Hugs xx

Challenges I would like to enter....

The Paper Players Theme Challenge - Spring has Sprung.....
Thrilled to have been chosen as The Headliner with my Card....Thank you x

CAS Watercolour - Garden - A Garden and not just a flower

The Flower Challenge - Anything Goes
Thank you for my top pick shout out

Stamplorations - March Challenge - All About Spring or Faith

The tulip stamp is by Stamplorations - You do not have to use their products to play along
Stamplorations - Never Ending Challenge - Using their products
Happy Little Stampers - Watercolour Challenge - Anything goes without the twist

What if I Fall?

Today's card has been inspired by Loll over at 

Stamping with Loll...

Here is a video link to The Splash Water Colouring Technique...

This technique would be great for backgrounds 

but I wanted to try it in a different way.

As soon as I saw, a new to me technique, I'm in....

I started by cutting a stencil with a die cut 

and then had fun splashing my distress inks, 

drying in between, which the masking paper did not like and kept creeping up...

 I popped the fairy mask on and hi-lighted the wings firstly with gold acrylic paint.

I then spread some gold  stickles onto my mat 

and using a paintbrush hi-lighted further. 

I always forget to use the stickles this way.

I stamped the crackle effect at the bottom of the card and heat embossed in gold,

finishing with stamping the sentiment in black first and then gold on top.

I have had this sentiment a little while and not used it

but when I got this new die, I thought they went so well together....

I was quite surprised that I only had some seepage, 

especially with the masking paper creeping up.

I had fun with this technique and thank you Loll for the inspiration to give it a try.

Crafty Hugs xx

Challenges I would love to pop my card into....

Stamping With Loll - Splash Water colouring Technique Challenge 

CAS Mix Up - Stamping, Glitter and my choice....

Heat embossing, die cutting, masking, stencil and The Splash Technique.

Stamplorations - CAS Challenge - Anything goes without the optional colour twist

The sentiment stamp is Stamplorations

Water Cooler Wednesday Challenge - Gail's Feminine Anything Goes

Craft Stamper - Take It Make It Challenge

One Layer Fun.....

I have been having fun making One Layer Cards, 

using a die cut as a mask and then as a stamp.

I started by making two master boards that I cut up into four cards.

The flower die has been cut out of masking paper to use as a mask.

I also die cut the flower out of foam and made a stamp, 

which was heat embossed in white to use as a resist.

The background has also been stamped with some smaller stamps 

and embellished with white and black pens.

The boards where sprayed with several sprays, 

mostly containing mica for that added shine.

 Further interest has been added with stamping 

the background text with silver paint.

I finished off with stamping individual sentiments 

and popping on silver paint around the edges.

I enjoyed using the die cut as a mask and as a stamp

and also liked the slightly different looks to the both techniques.

I also enjoyed using some smaller stamps, which I often forget about.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog.

Crafty Hugs xx

Challenges I would like to enter...

Where Creativity Meets C9 - Concord & 9th Challenge *8- One Layer
Happy Little Stampers - Mixed Media Challenge - Sprays

Grey, Pink and Copper....

I was playing with different colour combinations....

This is my card....

The inspiration for my card came from the die cut leaf shapes that looked liked hearts.

The leafs have been die cut and foiled in copper 

and some over painted with metallic paints.

The flowers have been stamped and fussy cut.

I have used zig water-colours, copper heat embossing, metallic paints 

and frantage on them.

The heart shape has been die cut and used as a mask.

I have used heat embossing, paint and ink splats in several different colours 

to achieve the effect around the heart.

The card has been matted and layered and edged with heat embossing 

and metallic paint.

Concord & 9th has a Love challenge this month so I will be linking up my project.

I have used two different Concord & 9th die cut sets and wildflower stamp set.

I enjoyed using different colour combinations and had fun.

Thank you for stopping by...

Crafty Hugs x

I am popping my card into two Challenges.....

Concord & 9th Love challenge

Two different Concord & 9th die cut sets and wildflower stamp set.

And

Rubber Dance - Layers Challenge

XOXOXO.....

Happy Valentines Day x

Here is today's card.....

I started with die cutting the bird and the branch from masking sticky paper.

I applied the mask and also used masking fluid to extend the branch.

I used Zigs for the water coloured background.

The sentiment has been stamped with grey ink and 

the top left enhanced with grey zigs and pearlescent.

I was inspired by the PaperArtsy Challenge - Masks

and this glorious creation.....

My colour inspiration is from Rubber Dance - Pink/Green/Grey

And

My style of CAS with a Love theme from CAS Watercolour Challenge

Another fun day.

Trying my best and learning all the time with water colouring 

and masking techniques.

Thank you for stopping by....Always appreciated.

Crafty Hugs x

Love is in The Air..

Today's card...
Thank you so much for the shout out at City Crafters for my card x

I started by roughly tearing a hole in a piece of paper to use as a mask. 

The text was then stamped into the hole to give me a rough edge.

The ink pen was stamped over it, embossed and the sentiment added.

I wanted it to look like one collage stamp.

The cute envelope was die cut.

The little hearts where cut from left overs, from a previous card 

using the foam marbling technique.

I finished with a little doodling, splats and some glossy accents.

After splatting I thought it looked sort of like a heart 

so helped it along by adding white splats!

City Crafter Challenge this week is S.W.A.L.K...

Use an envelope or letter....

I of course read it wrong and put on SWAK....

As the challenge was my starting point and inspiration for today's card 

I am hoping you will chuckle at this? x

I would also like to link my card up to

The Paper Players - Will You Be My Valentine? -Inspiration from the photo

The Card Concept - Love and Romance - Inspiration to use Pink Hearts
I think my card would be classified as CAS ...as it has open space and limited layers
but may tip over to Clean and Layered because of the coloured hearts and accents

Happy Little Stampers - Anything goes with dies

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really do appreciate it.

Crafty Hugs x

City Crafter Challenge

Congratulations.....

I have been having fun playing with Alcohol Inks....

This is my card......

I started with die cutting a circle, to use as a mask 

and then stamping around it using splat stamps, 

in a couple of shades of light grey.

I also did free hand splats with silver metallic paint...which I loved.

The gown has been stamped onto one of my Alcohol ink backgrounds

 and fussy cut.

I normally don't do fussy cutting, as I like to work out how to do it 

as one layer but with the inks I was stuck.

 The gorgeous stamp, which I've not used before,
 is from The Ton and also includes the delicate lace stamp, 

which goes at the bottom of the dress 

but I stamped it just inside the circle as if it was a hanging flower/vine.

I wanted to show the gorgeous effect of the inks in this photo.

Once I started I couldn't stop and have lots now for future projects.

I wanted to show how fabulous the gold ink is, in this photo.

I have used all Ranger Alcohol Inks but the gold is from Patina and is stunning.

It moves like liquid gold when you use the blending solution on it.

Karen D of Snippets was using Pinata Alcohol inks and of course I had to have some!

I finished with stamping the sentiment, also in the stamp set, the tiny flower

and silver washi tape down the side.

I actually made a flower from shrink plastic for her hair but it was still too big!

I loved playing with the alcohol inks. 

The colours themselves re-acted differently, which surprised me

and of course on different glossy card, yupo etc.

Stained fingers and loved it!

Crafty Hugs x

I am linking my card to the following challenges.....

The Ton - Celebrate

Darnell's NBUS challenge. 

I would be thrilled with any of the wonderful prizes

Without the optional theme..x

Exotic......

Hello There......

Today's card is a CAS fun card.

The giraffe has been stamped and then masked so I could use a stencil 

and blending with distress inks.

I thought the stencil from Stamplorations looked like a Giraffe.

The edges have been heat embossed with gold and copper.

I finished off with lightly colouring the Giraffe and stamping the sentiment.

Some smudgy bits but I guess that the Giraffe won't mind!

Thanks for stopping by....

Crafty Hugs x

Fun Challenges I would like to enter......

Simply Less is More - Exotic

CASology - Cue Card - Fun

AAA Cards - Blending

Stamplorations - Sketch and  or Theme - Stamp and Markers

Happy Little Stampers - CAS - Masking
Thank you for the Favourite shout out with this card....