Good evening.

Here is the last week’s colour combo for Summer Card Camp – blues, greens and white and I added some neutral colours of dark grey and kraft into the mix.

I clear embossed HA Flowing Flowers and Leaves stamp onto the background…this adds a shiny, subtle texture. I made the leaves myself (one day I will own a die) and the flowers are hand made as well. The leaves have also been cleared embossed with the HA Envelope Pattern Woodblock stamp.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts “Flowing Flowers and Leaves” cling stamp (CG146), Hero Arts “Envelope Pattern” Woodblock stamp (S5507),
Ink: Versamark watermark ink
Card: Bazzill (Dark grey, lime, white) and American Craft’s (teal, light and dark blue) cardstock
Other Supplies: Zing clear embossing powder, heat gun, foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, Karl Kraft punch – Ume (to make the flowers), Craft Affair die cut chipboard frame, WRMK corner chomper, Wendy Irving Expressions “Just for you” rub-on, Sellotape Sticky dots

Thanks for dropping by…I’m off to build an ark as it has rained, no poured, non stop for 3 days!

Until next time,

Hi there,

This week’s colour combo for the Online Summer Card Camp 2011 is this….and boy did I struggle! Brown and me are just not friends! Thank goodness there was some red and white in there as well!

I don’t mind the card I have made…but it should not have taken the time that it did….how many times can one shuffle pieces of paper around before settling on something? I am sure I am not alone in the art of paper shuffling!

I stamped the HA Flowing flowers and Leaves cling stamp in Versamark watermark ink for the background – love the subtly of this. It looked a bit plain, so I added the white dots using a Signo uniball gel pen. I clear embossed dots onto the brown strip to add another element of texture. I also stamped the HA Envelope Pattern onto the hearts.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts “Flowing Flowers and Leaves” cling stamp (CG146), Hero Arts “Envelope Pattern” Woodblock stamp (S5507), Waltzing Mouse “Teeny Trees” stamp set (for the sentiment and the clear embossed dots on the brown strip)
Ink: Versamark watermark ink
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured square single fold – cut down to size), Brown Bazzill x 2 tones, white card
Other Supplies: Kaisercraft ‘Stocking’ patterned paper (for thin red dotty strip), Zing clear embossing powder, Zing white embossing powder, heat gun, foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, Concentric Hearts Cuttlebug die, Cuttlebug, Karl Kraft small heart punch, kitchen twine, Signo uniball white gel pen

That’s all for today. Until next time,

Hi everyone.

I thought that the Online Summer Card Camp with Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner sounded like a fun idea, so I signed up. I am always keen to see and learn new techniques and tricks. Week 1 has the following colour combination.

I find colour challenges the hardest as I don’t like to be limited to a set amount of colours, but alas I have produced something! And what is even more exciting is that I am using my new Jane’s Doodles Garden Friends stamp set which arrived at my door this week. I have always been a fan of Jane’s cute little digital images…and now I have heaps of cute stamps to play with…oh, and I am the biggest fan of her buttons too!

Anyway onto my card.

A close up of the flowers which I raised up to give the card some dimension.

Supplies:

Stamps: Jane’s Doodles ‘Garden Friends’ stamp set, Kaisercraft ‘Butterflies’ mini clear stamp set (bee trail), Hero Arts ‘Playful lowercase’ letters (LL764) , Hero Arts Envelope Pattern Woodblock stamp (S5507)
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Memento – Tuxedo Black, Distress inks – Broken China, Dried Marigold, Verscolor cubes – Opera Pink, Peony, Orange
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured DL single fold), White card
Other Supplies: Foam dimensionals, Basic Grey Button – orange, Copic Marker- orange, black felt pen, WRMK Corner chomper, kitchen twine, Fiskars scallop border punch, blending tool, Uniball Signo white gel pen

Thanks for stopping by and why not click on over to Jill Foster’s blog as I am the featured artist this week!