Chevrons and flowers

Welcome back to another week at the Muse Card Club.

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I was recently asked to coordinate a card making table at a fundraising evening held at my church. I jumped at the opportunity to make cards and the following was the one we made. Die cutting with some inking and stamping. Simple, but effective. I really love the combination of chevrons and flowers. Some of the ladies chose to take their design in a different direction which I was all for – a bit like Muse really 🙂 I wonder where this card will take you?

Thinking of you | Marion Vagg

 

Here are some of the guidelines if you are unfamiliar with how Muse works.

  • Use the Muse card as inspiration, explain your interpretation and link back to Muse.
  • Provide supportive comments to at least 3 of your fellow member’s submissions.
  • Vote for 3 of your fellow member’s submissions that you find inspiring, once voting opens.

For the full challenge guidelines go here.

Supplies

Stamps: WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals stamp set (sentiment)

Card: Xpress it Blending card, Bazzill cardstock – beige (unsure of correct name)

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black ink, Hero Arts – Picked Raspberry and Bubblegum ink

Other Supplies: Cuttlebug, MFT – Upsy Daisy Dies, MFT – Chevrons die, WPlus9 Folk Art Florals die (leaves), Tombow Mono Mulit glue, AnnaBelle Stamps 5mm pearl, Patterned paper (from my scrap pile – I think it is a Kaisercraft Paper), Sponge dauber

Hope you can find some time to play along this week,

Marion

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Faux Hand Painting

I’m back with another card for the Online card class – Watercolor for Cardmakers.

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I have been totally inspired and simply blown away by both of Dawn Woleslagle’s watercolouring techniques shown on Day 7 and 8 of class. I hadn’t thought to do this technique, but since watching, I can’t stop. I’m addicted! I stamped the images in Distress ink and then I painted over the top with water. I had fun and I felt like a real painter!

Watercolour flowers | Marion Vagg

Watercolour flowers - detail | Marion Vagg

Supplies

Stamps: Hero Arts Etched Floer Cling stamp, Hero Arts Messages with Flourish Stamp set

Card: Canson watercolour paper, Hero Arts layering papers – Punch

Ink: Distress Markers – Barn Door, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, VersaFine Onyx Black ink

Other Supplies: Watercolour paint brushes, water

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

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Friday Feature – Fanciful Flowers

This week at AnnaBelle Stamps, Kylie and I are showcasing the Fanciful Flowers Stamp set.

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I kept things simple by white heat embossing onto blue cardstock and adding a pop of colour with a piece of patterned paper down the side.

Marion Vagg | Just a note

 

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Fanciful Flowers stamp set

Ink: Versamark watermark ink

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white cardstock, Hero Arts Azure layering paper

Other Supplies: AnnaBelles Stamp embossing powder – white, heat gun, Anti-static pillow, Foam dimensionals, AnnaBelle Stamps 0.8mm hemp twine – white, Kaisercraft gem, Mini glue dot, Echo Park 6 x 6 Patterned paper – Dots and Stripes

Be sure to check out Kylie’s  card using this set as well.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Marion

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Watercolour and Woodgrain @ Muse

Hello. It is my turn this week at the Muse Card Club.

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I have been playing around with some watercolours – and feeling like a real painter, which I am far from mind you! I think the finished focal point looks like a tile. I struggled with the placement of the sentiment, so I left it off.

Marion Vagg | Watercoloured tile

Here are some of the guidelines if you are unfamiliar with how Muse works.

  • Use the Muse card as inspiration, explain your interpretation and link back to Muse.
  • Provide supportive comments to at least 3 of your fellow member’s submissions.
  • Vote for 3 of your fellow member’s submissions that you find inspiring, once voting opens.

For the full challenge guidelines go here.

Supplies

Stamps: Jane’s Doodles, Doodle Flowers Stamp set

Card: Canson watercolour paper 180gsm, Simon Says Stamp Woodgrain cardstock, Hero Arts Layering Papers – Azure

Ink: Watercoloured paints, Versamark Ink

Other Supplies: Paintbrush, AnnaBelle Stamps white embossing powder, Heat tool, Foam dimensionals

Hope you can find some time to play along this week,

Marion

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Colour Challenge @ AnnaBelles

Hello.  A new month means a new monthly challenge AnnaBelle Stamps. Where is this year going? We’re already into Autumn for those of us in the southern hemisphere. Yikes!

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These are not colours I usually gravitate too, but that is why they call it a challenge right? I certainly stepped out of my comfort zone here…and this card includes a few ‘firsts’ for me. Water colouring out of the lines – it was really hard for this perfectionist to do! And secondly, I splattered ink. I have admired others do this for months and finally gave it a go. I just made a puddle of Mustard Seed distress marker and water, loaded up my paint brush, flicked and held my breath – and I love how it turned out!

My inspiration has come from this card by Aga. She often uses a dymo for her sentiments as well, which I don’t own, so I used a sentiment that was similar. I popped it up for some added dimension (but in all reality it was to cover up the first attempt of the sentiment which I botched up 🙂 )

You're a true friend

You're a true friend - detail

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Designer Flowers stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Scribble Scrabble 1 – Round and Round

Ink:  VersaFine – Onyx Black, Distress Markers – Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Dusty Concord, Seedless Preserves

Card: Canson watercolour paper, Hero Arts notecards – Lilac

Other Supplies: Foam dimensionals, AnnaBelles Stamp embossing powder – white, heat gun, Anti-static pillow, Paint brush

Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects – their links are on my side bar. I hope that you will be able to find some time to play along.

Until next time,

Marion

About our challenges:

  • We post our challenges the first Friday of each month at 8:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
  • Each challenge runs until 24 hours prior to the next challenge.
  • All entries MUST include AnnaBelle Stamps as the main focal image, this can include our digi range which can be found here.
  • One random winner will be the lucky recipient of a $20.00 AnnaBelle Stamps Discount Coupon! This opens the challenge up for everyone to play along with and to have a chance at the prize.
  • We will feature our Top 3 picks and announce the winner prior to the next challenge going live.

How To Play Along:

  • Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post.
  • For those without a blog you can still play along! Simply upload your card to a image sharing site like Flickr and include a link to the challenge in your description.
  • Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.
  • Please don’t link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.
  • You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
  • Only AnnaBelle images can be used as the main image.
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Friday Feature at AnnaBelle Stamps

This month at AnnaBelle Stamps the Belles have been busy whipping up some projects using the Easter Chickadees Stamp set, which has matching dies as well. For more inspiration, head to the AnnaBelle blog.

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To make my card, I traced around a heart die lightly in pencil and then I took the smallest stamp from the set and got to work stamping. I coloured in the flowers with Copic Markers and also die cut some of the same flower to pop up around the heart wreath for some added dimension. I used a flower punch (cut up) to create the leaves and the green dots were stamped with my scoring stylus. The sentiment is from the Love Birds stamp set.

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Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Easter Chickadee stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Love Birds stamp set

Ink: Memento – London Fog, Hero Arts – Green Hills, Versamark ink

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white cardstock, Hero Arts layering papers – Daffodil, Punch

Other Supplies: AnnaBelle Stamps Easter Chickadee dies, Cuttlebug, Foam dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig, AnnaBelle Stamps 3mm Icicle sprinkles, Glossy Accents (to adhere sprinkles), AnnaBelle Stamps white embossing powder, Heat tool, Scoring Stylus (to stamps green dots around wreath), Carl Craft flower punch – Sakura (cut up to create leaves)

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to check out the monthly challenge. Head here for details.

Until next time,

Marion

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