Off The Edge

       LOVE

                               I would like to thank the team at IndigoBlu for inviting me 

to be guest designer this month. 

I feel honoured and delighted to join them. 

I have always been a huge fan of IndigoBlu and I am still amazed and thrilled 

to have won their last challenge.

The challenge this time at IndigoBlu is 'Off The Edge'

This is the card that I have made...Hope you like it?

 The blue background of the card has been made with alcohol inks, the cling film technique 

and using the diamond stencil from IndigoBlu 

The Big Butterfly stamp from IndigoBlu has been stamped and embossed 

with white embossing powder, ‘Off The Edge’ of the blue background card.

The word ‘Love’ has been die cut with glossy accents added on top.

I had fun, tried new techniques to me and 

now have lots of ‘trial’ (mistakes) backgrounds to use at a later date!

Thank you once again for giving me this opportunity 

and thank you for your fabulous, continuous inspiration 

from your very talented Design Team.

Crafty Hugs x

Celebrate in Style

Pretty in Pink - Ribbons N Bows
Just my sort of colours.....
I was inspired by the challenges mentioned at the end of my blog to do this card.
I made lots of attempts at the background using Distress inks, stains and paints in various shades of Pinks.
I am quite new to this technique but love how they all turn out so differently.
Once I was happy with my background I stamped white flourishes and Pink Butterflies and there's a Pink 21 in there too, but it is difficult to see on the photo.
I stamped the Lady and The sentiment in Black Archival Ink.
I masked the lady's dress and sprayed a gold mica mist over the dress area, just to make it stand out a Little more and to add some sparkle.
I popped on a pretty black die along the edge of the card, a pretty Black Bow and a few Pink round sparkly embellishments.
Lastly, I made a sparkly heart and a distressed looking key out of UTEE and molds and attached them to the card.
I mounted the card onto a Black mount to frame the card and and then onto Smooth White card.
I loved doing the card and was really happy how it turned out, hope you like it too?

I now have lots of backgrounds to use on another day.
I love Pink and girly things and was pleased to see these challenges, which I knew I would really enjoy doing xx
I was inspired by the Allsorts Challenge - Pretty in Pink
and the Stamping Sensations Monthly Challange - Pretty in Pink

and the Crafty Ribbons Challange - Ribbons N Bows and have entered my card into the three challenges

Supplies
Rangers Distress inks, stains and paints in various shades of pink
Snow Cap white Pigment Adirondack ink
Rangers Black Archival Ink
Spellbinders die
Indigo Blu and Creative Expressions stamps
UTEE and molds that I made
Gold mica and water for the misting

Carfty Hugs xx

Distress Chrysanthemum Card

Welcome to My First Blog Post and to 

         My First Design Challenge

I was inspired by Uniko Studio Challenge for a distress or vintage card with a suggested colour theme.

I tried for the first time using alcohol inks and blending them and now have a lot of various colours and backgrounds to use another time, likewise with the distress paints, stains and inks.

After experimenting for some time I finally decided to actually make the card!

I used Uniko stamps, Uniko Background Builders, Round in Circles and Uniko Pure Florals Chrysanthemum

Rangers Adirondack and Archival ink pads, Rangers Distress ink pads, Stains, Paints and Alcohol Inks in various colours, Kraft Card and Smooth White Card.

The outer layer has been stamped with the Uniko Chrysanthemum Stamp using Archival Sepia onto Kraft Card.

The next layer I have used various colours of Alcohol Inks and blended them onto White Smooth Card.

On the top layer I have blended Distress Inks and Paints, stamped the Chrysanthemums and Circles using the Uniko background builders. 

I distressed the edges with a scissors and blended distress ink around the edges. 

I stamped the Celebrate sentiment (from my stash) as I thought this looked like a vintage typewriter font.

Lastly, I mounted the card and then flicked a small amount of water to the top and side of the card to get a slightly more vintage feel to the card.  

Was this a Challenge?...Yes it Was for a Newbie like me...
Both from a creative point of view and from a computer point of view!

Did I love doing it...Yes I did!!!

Going to lie down in a dark room now!

Crafty Hugs  xx