Congratulations.....

Inspired today to make a CAS card......

I started by stamping the flower and heat embossing with white.

I made a mask so that I could stamp the black stripes.

I coloured in the flowers with a few colours using Zig pens and water.

The green around the flowers is also Zig pens and water.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment onto black card 

and raised it a little using foam pads.

I am still playing with my Zigs and enjoying them x

Thank you for finding time to stop by....

Crafty Hugs xx

Challenges I would like to enter....

CAS Mix Up July Challenge - Stamp...Marker...Plus one other

I have used stamping, water-colouring, heat embossing and die cutting

Update...I was lucky enough to to get an Outstanding design shout out for this card..Thank you so much, absolutely delighted.

Addicted to CAS - Stripes

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes

Stamplorations - CAS - Anything goes with eh option of Orange

Stamplorations - Sketch/Theme challenge - I have gone with the sketch

Flower Cupcake.....

The inspiration for today's card 

came from Cupcake Inspiration Challenge

Although you don't have to use a cupcake...

It was the first thing I saw and thought they where so pretty.

The delicate colours also caught my eye.

This is my card....

The background has been water coloured using inks and acetate.

I popped on a flower stencil and spread clear embossing  paste over it to add some shine 

and detail without detracting from the delicate colours.

I wanted the die cut tag to be matt so I used white gesso through the stencil this time.

It just adds a subtle detail.

The cupcake was stamped, die cut and heat embossed in silver and white puff paint.

I coloured the small roses, added some wink of stella and popped them onto the cupcake.

I wanted the background and the cupcake to shine against the matt tag.

I finished off with a  Love sentiment stencil, some white opaque embossing paste, 

a hint of colour and wink of stella.

 Thank you so much for finding time to stop by.

Crafty Hugs x

I would like to enter the following challenges...

Cupcake Inspiration - Inspiration photo - Flowers

Happy Little Stampers - Anything goes with dies

Stamplorations - Ongoing challenge using theri products

The flower stencil is Stamplorations

Bonjour!

Bonjour Mon Cheri.........

I was inspired by Curtain Call Inspiration challenge to make today's card.

I loved the glossy Cherry and the pale blue sugar crumbs...

This is my take on the Challenge.....

I stamped the cute cherry's, masked one of them and used a stencil to blend some pale blue ink.

I popped on some clear embossing paste and whilst wet added clear micro beads.

I thought this looked like the sugar crumbs in the photo.

Once the sugar crumbs dried I coloured in the cherry's and added glossy accents.

I added some glaze to the leaves and under the cherry's to ground them and a couple more splats.

I finished off with freehand stitches around the edges, first in black then in white to soften it.

I also made another card....

I was inspired by AAA Cards and Happy Little Stampers Die cutting challenge 

to do this card with a die cut tag.

Same techniques as the first but die cut a tag and popped it onto the card.

I'm not sure the splat should have come out of his head!!!

I had fun with these cards...

Thanks for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs x

Challenges I would like to enter with my fun card....
Creative With Stamps Challange - Ink Splats
Update - I was lucky to get a 'Favourite' for this card...Thank you x

Curtain Call Inspiration challenge - Inspiration Cherry Bomb Photo

CAS-Ual Fridays - Color Challenge - Red White and Blue

AAA Cards -Tags or a card with a Tag on it
Update ....Top 4 with this card..Thank you so much x

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes
Happy Little Stampers - Anything goes using a Die