Bokeh Forty

After a busy and fun filled family summer, I've finally got a chance to post a card on my blog. Hopefully this is the first of more regular posting now the back to school routine is well established and in theory I've more time on my hands. 

 

Now to the latest creation, I've let the sentiment be the focal point as per the Lawnscaping Challenge this week and created a distress ink coloured bokeh background to display the glittery diecuts. A few sequins and hey presto, a fabulous card! Hey presto needs to be associated with the cards I make at the moment as time is a luxury in between the school runs and never ending laundry that piles up in the wetter weather! All magic welcome! 

Challenges:

Addicted to CAS Challenge #74 Codeword: Sparkle

Lawnscaping Challenge #115: Sentiments

Virginia's View Challenge #19: All Things Coloured

Supplies

Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Cole's ABCs, Quinn's 123s, Circle Stackers

Ink: Memento Luxe Wedding Dress, Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio, Chipped Sapphire, Pumice Stone, Ripe Persimmon, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade 

Paper: White & watercolour card from stash

Highlights: Brushed Pewter Distress Spray, Bo Bunny Double Dot Silver Glitter paste, gesso, sequins.

Hope you enjoyed your visit and have a magical day.

WMS June PJ Party #4

Oh so much fun! Gesso, gelatos, sprays and beads for Challenge #4 at the Waltzingmouse PJ Party. I've followed the Bedtime Story sketch from WMS and taken inspiration from the Card Concept for this mixed media card. Rainbow ombre butterflies and ombre blue gelato background with burlap flags. 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Paste
The Card Concept #37: The Butterfly Effect

Virginia's View Challenge #15: Ombre/Monochromatic

Waltzingmouse Stamps June PJ Party Challenge #4: Bedtime Story Sketch #12 

 

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Teeny Trees
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Hillside Borders, Spellbinders , Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil

Ink: Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: Seed beads, burlap, white spray, iridescent glimmer mist, stickles, Bo Bunny Double Dot Silver Glitter Paste, sequins.

Hope you enjoyed the WMS PJ Party and see you again soon.

Challenge #3

Challenge #2

Challenge #1

WMS June PJ Party #3

I've used one of my favourite Old Pajamas, Half Pint Heroes for this challenge with a not so old hello die! Lots of pearlescent embossing paste, a few sequins and distress inking completes the background.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Paste

Virginia's View Challenge #15: Ombre/Monochromatic

Waltzingmouse Stamps June PJ Party Challenge #3: Old Pajamas

 

 

 

 

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Half Pint Heroes
Dies & Stencils etc: Waltzingmouse Stamps Hello die, Tim Holtz Rays, Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles

Ink: Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Ripe Persimmon, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade, Antique Linen 

Paper: watercolour & white card from stash

Highlights: Pearlescent embossing paste, sequins.

Hope the Pajama Party is still going strong and see you for Challenge #4!

Challenge #2

Challenge #1

 

WMS June PJ Party #2

WMS June PJ Party Coffee Colour Challenge with a pop of red. I've used clear embossing powder over the inks and the CAS(E) this sketch #127.

Challenges:

CAS(E) this sketch #127

Craft for the Craic June Challenge: the Big Occasion

Waltzingmouse Stamps June PJ Party Challenge #2: Coffee Colour

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps A Good Egg
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black, Love Letter

Paper: Kraft card from stash

Highlights: Clear embossing powder, thread, MME enamel dots.

Hope you're having fun at the PJ Party and see you again for Challenge #3

Challenge #1

WMS June PJ Party #1

Pickled Fairy shaker encouragement card, just in time for the Waltzingmouse Stamps June PJ party. My fairy princess is coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers and lots of glitter! The sentiment is the result of some masking. I've added glitter paste down the side using the Falling Snow stencil.

Challenges:

I ♥ Promarkers Challenge €273: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Paste

Waltzingmouse Stamps June PJ Party Challenge #1: Can it/Pickle it

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Heroines- Fairy Princess, Half Pint Heroines, Paper Smooches Crystal Clear
Dies & Stencils etc: Waltzingmouse Stamps Gift Card It die set, Paper Smooches Crystal Clear die Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: White card & acetate from stash

Highlights: Bo Bunny Double Dot Silver Glitter Paste, stickles, wink of stella, gold gel pens, seed beads, sequins.

Colouring: Promarkers/Flexmarkers- Apricot, Sunkissed Pink, Soft Peach, Cinnamon, Mustard, Gold, Soft Green, Dusky Rose. 

 

Hope you've enjoyed your visit and see you again for Challenge #2.

We Totally Click

Monochromatic ombre smooching using Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough and Pine Needles. I love how these colours blend together. My addiction to glitter continues as I've sprayed the background with iridescent glimmer mist and added a row of glitter paste through a Simon Says Stamp dot stencil.

The pens are heat embossed in white and liquid platinum on vellum, then fussy cut. The perfect image for the giant ink splat background! This is an anniversary card for my hubby, who after all this time still gets me!

Challenges:

Craft for the Craic June Challenge: The Big Occasion (Anniversary)

Paper Smooches Sparks: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Make It Masculine

Virginia's View Challenge #15: Ombre/Monochromatic

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches We Totally Click
Dies & Stencils etc: Simon Says Stamp Dot Stencil, Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles
Paper: White & watercolour card & vellum from stash

Highlights: Bo Bunny Double Dot Gold Glitter paste, white & liquid platinum embossing powder, glimmer mist, green star gems.

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

Bokeh Birthday

I've wanted to make a bokeh background for ages so the Lawnscaping Challenge and Yainea's card provided the incentive and CCEE Stampers the tools. 

I've blended distress inks on watercolour cardstock. Then stencilled white ink circles and daubed white gesso (faux acrylic) for more vibrant foreground circles, some gold splater and glittery sentiment to finish.

I love all the dimension created within the bokeh background. The diecut letters are layered and coated with glitter paste adding to the texture, sparkle and dimension. Just right to make a late entry for Virginia's View Challenge.

Challenges:

CCEE Stampers CCEE1520:Acrylics & Ink

Lawnscaping Challenges #106: Try a New Technique

Virginia's View Challenge #14: Layers and Dimensions

Supplies

Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Cole's ABCs, Quinn's 123s, Circle Stackers

Ink: Memento Luxe Wedding Dress, Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio, Chipped Sapphire, Pumice Stone,Ripe Persimmon, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade 

Paper: White & watercolour card from stash

Highlights: Heidi Swapp Gold, Bo Bunny Double Dot Gold Glitter paste, gesso.

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

U.S. Mother's Day

A Mother's Day Card for all the mothers out there! I think this Lawn Fawn font is perfect for doodling around and the Posy Patch flowers from Spellbinders and Heartfelt Creations help frame the sentiment. I've used some of the limited edition summer promarkers to colour the flowers and leaves with lots of stickles for shine.

Challenges:

Color Throwdown #341

Sentimental Sunday #258: Happy Mother's Day or Really Girly

Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Spring Flowers  {Spotlighted}

Supplies

Stamps: Heartfelt Creations Posy Patch, Lawn Fawn Sally's ABCs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Embossing: Spellbinders Posy Patch Dies

Paper: White card from stash

Highlights: Stickles

Colouring: Promarkers: Pink Lobster, Tequila Sunrise, Summer Sun, Lime Twist

Hope you enjoyed your visit.

WMS PJ Party Gift Tag

More Waltzingmouse Pajama Partying and I'm still dotty about glitter paste, but I've used gold this time. This is a fun tag for a bride to be with a little fiesta fringe in ombre pink and glitter, of course! I used some partial diecutting and a trimmer to make the large tag and distress markers and promarkers to colour the images.

Using watercolour cardstock left me with the dilemma of how to colour a white dress when the cardstock has a cream tone. I've used Old Paper and Weathered Wood to create some shadows and give the illusion of a white dress, the blue background wash and distress inking help enhance this. Clear Wink of Stella gives a subtle shine to the dress.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: April Showers and/or Spring Flowers [Spring Flower Bouquet]

Waltzingmouse Stamps Pajama Party Challenge #1: Shower with Gifts [Bridal Shower]

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Heroines- Fairy Princess, Half Pint Heros, Mama Elephant Up and Away
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Tag You're It die, Simon Says Stamp Medium dots stencil

Ink: Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire.

Paper: Watercolour card & tissue paper from stash

Highlights: Bo Bunny Double Dot Gold Glitter Paste, Simon Says Stamp clear embossing powder, stickles, wink of stella, gold & white gel pens, pink ribbon.

Colouring: Promarkers- Apricot, Burnt Orange, Burnt Umber, Spice, Gold. Distress Markers- Old Paper, Weathered Wood, Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire, Mustard, Seed, Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry, Mower Lawn.

Hope you've enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

WMS April PJ Party

I've created a gift card card for a new arrival for the Waltzingmouse Stamps Pajama Party Challenge #2. I'm addicted to glitter paste so I've covered the card base in dimensional silver glitter polka dots and used vellum for the next layer because I couldn't bear to cover them up or the stamping on the gift card. The sentiment is embossed with liquid platinum adding to the dimension.

Poor lighting conditions as I sought out the last of the sun's rays in the garden for my photography session. Lots of shadows, but I hope you can get the gist!

Challenges:
CCEE Stampers CCEE1515: Stencils 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: April Showers and/or Spring Flowers 
Virginia's View Challenge #14: Layers & Dimensions  

Waltzingmouse Stamps Pajama Party Challenge #2: Gift Card It

Supplies

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps A Good Egg
Dies & Stencils etc: Waltzingmouse Stamps Gift Card It die, Simon Says Stamp Polka dot stencil

Ink: Memento Luxe Angel Pink, Morocco, Dandelion, Pear Tart, Bahama Blue, Love Letter.

Paper: White card & vellum from stash

Highlights: Bo Bunny Double Dot Silver Glitter Paste, Liquid Platinum embossing powder.

Hope you've enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

Unicorn Shaker

Shaker card inspired by Kristina Werner's video of a shaker card made using fun foam. I've created a springtime watercolour background with rainbows and clouds from the Paper Smooches Spectrum stamp set, added white sequins and clear seed beeds to the fun foam and vellum shaker window.

A little watercolouring and some stickles for the unicorn and we're almost ready to go! A fun and surprisingly quick card to make, ignoring the glue drying time. I'm still experimenting to find the best glue for foam.

Challenges:

Graph'it Colour Challenge Wk13: Springtime
Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge April5-11: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday
Virginia's View Challenge #14: Layers and Dimensions [layers of fun foam]

Supplies 
Stamps: Paper Smooches Spectrum, Sentiment Sampler, Lawn Fawn Violet's ABCs Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles

Ink: Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black
Paper: White card, vellum & fun foam from stash

Highlights: sequins, seed beeds, stickles, glossy accents, wink of stella, clear embossing Colouring: Distress Markers- Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean, Old Paper, Walnut Stain, Squeezed Lemonade, Ripe Persimmon, Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn, Seedless Preserves, Weathered Wood

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.

Happy Birthday Little Mermaid

Dimension is the word this week so I've pulled out my pop dots and dies! I've used lots of layers, there are seven different heights on this card from card base to gem and a glitter paste that is very dimensional giving lots of sparkly texture.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is celebrating a birthday this month and so are we. Birthday season has officially started with the old new year!

I've distressed both backgrounds with Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean and Chipped Sapphire. I love this mix of colours especially with a misting of iridescent Glimmer mist. The upper background and happy diecut was created with the smooching technique and the lower one using emboss resist with a distress inking tool. I found the glitter paste while browsing my local-ish online store and it jumped into my cart & arrived the next day- I'm so glad. I love all the glittery dimension it gives.

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #103: Dimension

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Happy Birthday

Virginia's View Challenge #14: Layers and Dimensions

Supplies

Stamps: EK Success Disney Collection, Hero Arts Magical Background
Dies & Stencils etc: Lawn Fawn Cole's ABCs, Quinn's 123s, Simon Says Stamp Happy die, Corner rounder

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire

Paper: White & watercolour card from stash

Highlights:glimmer mist, wink of stella, Simon Says Stamp blue gems, white embossing powder, stickles, label maker, Bo Bunny Double Dot Silver & Gold Glitter paste.

Colouring: Promarkers & Flexmarkers & red colouring pencil

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon.