Day 4 - create your own sentiment using more than one stamp set.

Here is my card - using Thoughtful Banners and Sunshine Sayings plus a die from Sunshine Wishes.  I thought I could send it as encouragement for someone undergoing medical treatment.

Day 3 - Use every stamp in one set

Day 3 brings one of the most difficult challenges - for me! - which is to use every stamp in a set.  This often poses a problem, as many sets can be used for more than one occasion - wedding, birthday, get well, thinking of you - so I made my choice for one that contained just one sentiment, though not only one image expressing that sentiment - thanks!  Tropical Chic is my choice - and I managed to include every image in the set!  Not that I would normally put this much on a card - not exactly clean and simple is it?

World Card Making challenge - day 2

Today's challenge was to use the largest stamp you own - I've chosen a background stamp - Buffalo Check - and made a very quick Christmas card, adding in the Dashing Deer stamp set.

The Buffalo Check was stamped in Call Me Clover.  I used a mask to create the circle and then doodled some dots around the edge to highlight the shape.  The sentiment is stamped in Lovely Lipstick.

Enjoy Life

Gosh it's been ages since I've posted here, but I assure you I have been creating cards - just not taken the time to post.  Mostly I've been making Christmas cards - my favourites really - but today I am taking part in Eureka Stampers 7-day challenge celebrating World Card Making Day!  Simone Bertrum does a fabulous job of organising other SU demos to get making, so I'll do my best to join in every day.

Day 1 - is to use a never-before inked stamp - so mine is the bicycle and sentiment from Enjoy Life:

For my clean and simple card, I've used the masked circle technique, to add interest to the focal image of the bicycle.  I also stamped the sentiment 3 times so that I could cut it up and place it along the bottom.

Hello Little One

My card today is a very clean and simple one - to welcome a new baby, and also to join in the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

Here is the sketch:

and my interpretation:

Supplies:

Stamp:Stampin' Up! Little Elephant

Ink:  Rich Razzleberry, Blueberry Bushel

Punch:  Two elephants

Embossing Folder for card front:  3D Subtle

Wishing You all the Best

Today's card uses the limited stamp set and bundle - Blended Seasons - a beautiful set for using with blend markers or any other kind of colouring medium.  this set is only available till the end of August, or when supplies last, so if you are interested, don't wait too long to purchase it.

The stamps are made of red rubber, so perfect for using with Stamp and Write markers and the Stamparatus.  Just colour the lines as desired, huff on them, then stamp - and repeat.  I tend to colour the stems and leaves first, as you can colour as often as you wish - no need to hurry, as the card is always in the same position - this way you can colour up as much or as little as you like - it is a lovely way to achieve a soft watercolour look.  In fact, I did use my aqua brush a little, to smudge or blend the colour out.

Can you see the lovely white stitched frame behind the flower spray?   That is from the coordinating framelits - I cut 3 and glued them one on top of the other, for depth.  There is no die for these flowers, but they didn't take long to fussy cut out.  The butterfly is a die from my stash - just to balance out the design.  It is very difficult to see, but the front of my card is covered with the large dynamic folder - called Subtle - it has the look of a linen card and I love it.

CASEing a card by I'm in haven and some new products

I'm very fond of the Clean and Simple style of card making, and my first card typifies this.  It is CASed from Pinterest - I'm in haven - and although it uses the retired Petite Petals stamp and punch, the sentiment is very new - from Blow Out the Candles, and the ink colours are all current - Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay, Call me Clover.  The tiny flowers are mounted on the smallest square from the Square framelits.

My next two cards use the Beautiful Bouquet Bundle - lots of lovely flowers and stems.

I cut these pieces from white card, then lightly watercoloured them in lilac tones and blue/green.  I used a stitched rectangle to emboss a subtle shape on the front.

Same bundle used here but the different design and colours used make it seem totally different.  I love the combination of Smoky Grey, Real Red and white, but heat embossed the wrapper with Silver  embossing powder.