Seeing as Jill Foster is this month’s muse at the CASE Study Challenge Blog, I couldn’t resist having a play along. Jill is one of my all time favourite card makers. I love the colours and vibrancy of her cards….it sings volumes to me!

So here is her card…

And here is my take. As you can see I used the same red/orange in the background and the same layout.

And a close up showing the background detail. I clear embossed the Hero Arts Classic Fabric Design stamp over the top of my distress ink background. I had to do a lot of fussy cutting around those flowers, which are coloured in with Copic markers.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Delicate Blossoms stamp set (CL449), Hero Arts Classic Fabric Design (CG245), Waltzingmouse ‘Teeny Trees’ stamp set for ‘Birthday Wishes’ sentiment
Ink: Memento Ink – Tuxedo Black, Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Dried Marigold, Barn Door, Scattered Straw
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured DL single fold (cut to size), X-Press-It white blending card
Other Supplies: Copic Markers, American Crafts clear embossing powder, blending tool, kitchen twine, chipboard tag, foam dimensionals.

That’s all for today folks. Thanks for stopping by,

Update June -11:
This card won at CASE Study!

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Hi,

When I saw this week’s Tuesday Trigger in Moxie Fab World, I knew I had to give it a go. I love bright colours.

I used these fabulous colours in the order they appear to create my colourful background. I cut thin strips, distressed them with distress inks and them stamped the Hero Arts Classic Fabric Design in the same distress ink over the top. Easy peasy.

A close up of the ribbon flowers and sentiment.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Classic Fabric Design (CG245), Waltzing Mouse “Teeny Trees” stamp set – Birthday Wishes sentiment
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Broken China, Dried Marigold, Worn Lipstick, Scattered Straw, Peeled Paint, Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured square single fold), White Bazzill card
Other Supplies: Ribbon Roses (Wedding Gift Favors – I found these in a bargain discount shop), Kaisercraft Pearls – snow, Kaisercraft white grosgrain ribbon, Zots Adhesive dots, Blending Tool, Spellbinders labels Four die, Cuttlebug.

Hope you likey as much as I do.

Thanks for stopping by,

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Hi-dee-ho,

Hope you are having a good weekend….mine is extra good as it is a long weekend here in Australia (Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday!) Yay!

I have 2 cards to share with you tonight that I am entering into a couple of challenges…. so let’s begin.

First up is a little flowery number for my Mum. She is coming to visit us this weekend! I don’t get to see my Mum very often as she lives 9 hours away, but she is coming to spend 4 nights with us and I wanted to make her a card to tell her I love her. Her favourite flower is a rose so it is a perfect fit! The flower is a digi stamp from the DigiStamp Boutique which I coloured in with prismacolor pencils and gamsol.

I am entering this one into 2 competitions. The DigiStamp June Customer Competition and also the CAS-ual Friday #6 Tic Tac Toe challenge…this is so cool as you get to pick the combination that works best for you!

My combination for this challenge is the diagonal one – Emboss, Dies/Punch, Buttons. I dry embossed the background, my die is the end of a Spellbinder’s Labels 4 die and I have used a beautiful button from Jane’s Doodles.

Next up is another card that I made for the CAS-ual Friday Tic Tac Toe challenge. This time I chose the middle combination – gems, die/punch/flowers. I love how it turned out. I am also entering this one into the June Hero Arts Blog Challenge. This one uses the technique of water colouring with distress inks, water and a paint brush.

Supplies:

[Pink rose]
Stamps: The DigiStamp Boutique “Rose Collection”, Waltzingmouse Stamps – Teeny Trees for the ‘Love you’ sentiment.
Ink: Printer, Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (Square single fold which I cut to form a smaller card), white Bazzill card, white card
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, stubbs, Kaisercraft pearls – pearl, Kaisercraft pink grosgrain ribbon, Jane’s Doodles button, Spellbinders Label 4 die, Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Embossing folder – Birds and Swirls, foam dimensionals, Glossy Accents (to adhere the button)

[Tall Flower – Thanks]
Stamps: Hero Arts Tall flower woodblock stamp (K5431), Waltzingmouse Stamps – Teeny Trees for the ‘thanks’ sentiment (The sentiment actually says Give Thanks, but I only inked up the thanks part as I didn’t want to cut it up)
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, VersaMark watermark ink, Tim Holtz distress inks – Fired Brick, Dried Marigold, Peeled paint, Scattered Straw
Card: Regal Craft Card (Square textured single fold card), X-Press-It blending card
Other Supplies: American Crafts Blck embossing powder, heat gun, Kaisercraft gems, paintbrush, Spellbinders Labels 2 die, Cuttlebug, foam dimensionals, kitchen twine, Tim Holtz blending tool

Thanks for stopping by,

Update June-11
Tall Flower-Thanks, earned me a spot on the VIP’s List at CAS-ual Friday.

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Hi ya!

Did you miss me? Well I have been around looking at blogs but haven’t had a chance to create anything until today! Between writing school reports, assessments, teaching, having the vomiting bug pass through our family, playgroups etc – I have finally stopped today and taken a breather!

Anyway onto today’s card. I wanted to join in the fun over at the Hero Arts Challenge Blog and have created a congratulations card…it is very generic….it could be used for many different congratulatory occasions!

I white embossed the flower onto white paper and then coloured by blending distress inks using sponge daubers.

A close up showing the dimension.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Stencil Flower cling stamp (CG194), Hero Arts Blossoms cling set(CG148), Hero Arts Classic Messages (CL414)
Ink: Versamark watermark ink, Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress inks – Fired Brick, Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw, Bundled Sage
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square textured single fold), X-Press-It Blending Card
Other Supplies: Foam dimensionals, sponge daubers, black felt pen

Thanks for stopping by,

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Hi everyone,

I really should be in bed…but just wanted to post this before I head there! This card looks simple (and it is) but I lost track of how many hours I fiddled with it to get it to this stage…ho hum!
I am using my new Hero Arts Classic Fabric Design stamp that I stamped with Broken China distress ink (my FAVOURITE distress ink colour). I spritzed with Perfect Pearls before stamping, so in real life it has a shimmer to it which is lovely. I am entering this into Lucy’s Lovely Lines sketch challenge over at Lily Pad Cards which is sponsored by Lawn Fawn.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Classic Fabric Design (CG245)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Broken China
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square single fold), White card
Other Supplies: Perfect Pearls, Mini mister, foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft Flowers, Kaisercraft Pearls – snow, Making Memories metal word fetti – ‘hello’ tag, White ribbon, Kaisercraft teal grosgrain ribbon, white button, Smiggles mini stapler, Zots Adhesive dots

Thanks for looking,

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Hi,

I have a different card for you tonight…different from my recent run of cute critters that is!

This card uses the Hero Arts ‘Delicate Blossoms’ stamp set. The sentiment is from the Waltzingmouse ‘Teeny Trees’ stamp set. I used Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. The ribbon was a bit fiddly…not sure how other people do it, but I came up with my own method and I am really pleased with how it turned out.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Delicate Blossoms stamp set (CL449), Waltzingmouse ‘Teeny Trees’ stamp set.
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), White card
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Stubs, foam dimensionals, Spellbinders Nesties – Label 4, Cuttlebug, White satin ribbon, Zots clear adhesive dots.

Thanks for stopping by,

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Hi everyone,

This cute little monster/alien is from the Digistamp Boutique and I just had to buy him (and his 3 little friends). Check them out here. He is coloured with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. Glossy accents is used on his spots, eyes and on the bunting which is a Hero Arts stamp (Kiss from the Sun set). I wanted to make it look like he was jumping up and down.
I am entering it into the Digistamp Boutique May customer competition.

A close up…

Supplies:

Stamps: Monster Collection 1 – Digi stamp from the DigiStamp Boutique, Hero Arts “Kiss from the Sun” (CL439)
Ink: Printer, Memento Ink– Tuxedo Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square single fold), Xpress It blending card
Other Supplies: Turquoise dotty paper (not sure of brand but it is an Australian handmade cotton paper), Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, stubbs, Copic markers, glossy accents, foam dimensionals, American Crafts black fabric covered Thickers – Doll, Weave Extras teeny tiny letter stickers – black, Creative Memories circle cutters, kitchen twine, black felt pen, Basic Grey buttons – bright.

Thanks for stopping by,

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