I am right into digi stamps at the moment and here is another little cutie that I have come across in my web travels; this time from Squigglefly. My inspiration for the colours and the rolling sea came from Alice Wertz’s take on Noah’s ark which can be found here.

Once again I used Derwent pencils and Gamsol. I used foam dots on the animal’s heads to give the card some dimension and also on the waves at the front. I white embossed the Hero Arts Flourish background stamp for the waves and then rubbed a mix of Atlanta and Sky Blue Versacolor inks over the embossing. Glossy Accents were used on the noses, beak and eyes of the animals. The cloudy background was made with some cloud masks I made and my sponge daubers.

Supplies: Bazzill cardstock (blue to make the card), white cardstock, Noah’s Ark digi stamp from Squigglefly, Derwent pencils, Gamsol, white embossing powder, Versacolor ink (Atlanta and Sky blue for waves and sky), sponge daubers, Hero Arts Flourish background wood mounted stamp, foam dots, Glossy Accents, circle cutters from Creative Memories, twine, Hero Arts alphabet stamps, black felt pen.

And I am really pleased as I have finally purchased some Prismacolor pencils. I have wanted some for a while now but couldn’t justify the cost, but thankfully someone was having a craft room clean out on Ebay and I picked up a relatively unused set of 48 pencils for $40!! BARGAIN!! So now I have loads more colours to play with…..

Until next time,

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Well I have recently come across another card blog challenge that I thought I would enter. Check out the Case Study Challenge #3. Each month there is a muse who provides inspiration for us to create a card or project of our own. This month’s muse is Maki Jones….my, she is one talented lady!!

Anyway this is Maki Jones’ inspiration card.

…and here is my card.

This is my first attempt at using a digi stamp. I found this cute little bear called Coco at the Digistamp Boutique. I coloured him in with Derwent pencils and Gamsol. To make the flowers shine, I used Glossy Accents.

Supplies: Regal Craft white textured card, K@Company patterned paper -Life’s Journey Pansy, Bazzill cardstock, white cardstock, Derwent pencils, Gamsol, Glossy Accents, Kaisercraft flowers, Kaisercraft pearl embellishments, Kaisercraft “thanks a bunch” rub on, Versacolor ink – umber, sponge dauber, foam dots.

Have a great day and thanks for looking.

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Here is my entry to the Scrapbook Boutique’s Challenge #2 – Using two or more hand crafted die cut shapes. Details of the competition can be found here. I decided to make a simple wedding card using my concentric hearts die cut in my cuttlebug.

Supplies: Regal Craft white textured card, Paper Chic by Cristina Re floral paper, Bazzill cardstock, Concentric Hearts die cut, Cuttlebug, brown and white ribbon, Kaisercraft “Bride and Groom” rub on, foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft pearl gems

Thanks for looking!

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Just a quick post today. I thought I would share a birthday card that I recently made for a 4 year old’s birthday party that my son went to. A very simple, but cute little card. You can’t really see it all that well, but I used Glossy Accents on the spots to make them stand out more. I am loving Glossy Accents at the moment.

Supplies: Regal Craft white cardstock, Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots embossing folder, black and red card, Creative Memories circle cutters, circle hole punch, Glossy Accents, foam dimensionals, Pebbles Inc “Happy Birthday” rub on, green ribbon, black pen, corner chomper.

I’ll be back soon with some digistamp creations I have been playing around with…

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The other day and picked up myself a copy of a UK Card making and Papercraft magazine (June issue). Included in the magazine were some free clear stamps of Bentley Bear designed by Adam Pescott. I didn’t think that they would be very good, but nevertheless I decided to have a play around with these cute teddy bears and I am really happy with the results.

I used Gamsol to colour in the images. Gamsol is a GREAT product for making colouring in look soooo much better as it gets rid of the streaky lines by ‘melting’ the wax to create a watercolour effect. Check out how to use it here.

Supplies: White cardstock, patterned papers (no idea what brand as I have had these in my stash for ages!!), Derwent pencils, Gamsol, Tuxedo Back  Memento Ink, foam dimensionals, Versa Colour ink (blue, purple and pink), ribbon (grosgrain and sheer ribbon), Creative Memories circle and oval cutters, Pebbles Inc “Happy Birthday” rub ons, Kaisercraft gems, tiny love heart stamp (as I made my own patterned background on the pink one), Glossy accents.

I made the balloons and the cake stand out by using some foam dots and on each of the noses I used Glossy accents to give it some shine. I didn’t have any blue ribbon that matched so I inked up some white sheer ribbon.

I hope you like them.

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Here is my entry to the Scrapbook Boutique’s very first challenge – a colour challenge using the colours blue and yellow. Check out the competition here. It is a first for both of us actually as this is my first entry into a card competition as well :-).

Supplies: White cardstock, Hero Arts Blossoms Cling stamp set, Versa Colour Inks (Atlantic, Sky Blue and White), Bazzill Cardstock (dark blue), Copic markers, 3D foam dots, yellow ribbon, thick cardboard brackets (inked white), Pearl embellishments, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (for flower and leaves), Kaisercraft “Friend” rubon.

I had fun making my own background with the two different shades of blue and the stamen stamp from the set and also making the flower have several dimensions (3 layers here).

Hope you like it!

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Hello again,

I find making cards for little boys quite hard. But recently I bought a really cheap and cute little car stamp and so I have been doing some playing around with it and this is what I have come up with.

This is actually my second project using copic markers. I have a really limited number of about 10….and I am in no way an expert at shading, but I have had fun experimenting.

To make the cloudy sky I made my own template of a cloud and then used my sponge daubers to sponge the sky on and when the clouds were removed, it revealed the white cardstock underneath. I also used Glossy Accents on the car windows to give them some dimension. I had a go at making my own Happy Birthday embellishment and I had the blue star button in my stash of buttons and it fitted in perfectly.

Supplies: Regal Craft White Card, Kaisercraft car stamp, Versa Color ink (black, blue, brown), sponge daubers, copic markers, Kaisercraft patterned paper, round cardboard tag, Hero Arts alphabet stamps, blue star button, twine, 3D foam dots, Glossy Accents, green and white cardstock, black marker pen.

With this card, I don’t have a sun stamp 🙁 ….so I made my own sun with some of my punches and then added glossy accents to make it shine. Not the best result, but it is passable. The background was stamped with a Kaisercraft background stamp with clear Versamark ink.

Supplies: Regal Craft White Card, Kaisercraft background stamp, Versamark clear ink, Versa Color black ink, copic markers, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder, 3D foam dots, Glossy Accents, Bazzill card stock (turquoise colours), black and white card stock, Pebbles Inc  Happy Birthday rub on, Carl Craft punches (circle and star).

I am also working on my entry to the Scrapbook Boutique card making challenge…check out the competition here – entries close this Saturday the 21st of August 2010.

Until next time…

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