Gardening Popcorn

I needed to do a card for someone who loves gardening so decided on this Popcorn stamp, as the stamp itself is a bit on the large size I've used an 8x8 card for this one.

Products used:

• Stamps - Popcorn gardening and Penny Black Greeting.
• Papers - K&Co and DCWV
• Embellishments - Gardening string and a mini newspaper (from a dolls house shop), raffia ribbon.
• Coloured with - Prisma Pencils
• Tools - Glossy accents for sticking down the string.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

• Friday Sketchers #106 - Sketch (Fri 4 June)
• C.R.A.F.T Challenge #54 - Men's Card (Thur 10 June)

Carolyne

Large Floral Card

I was asked to create a large (A4) card for a ladies 80th birthday, the only restrictions i was given was it should have flowers and be light pastel colours. As the stamps had didn't seem big enough i dug out a my craft studio no stamp required CD that i don't think I've used since i bought it and took the outline image from there. The paper were also from a CD - a Kanban one that containing background paper that match some tree themes stamps and toppers.

Products used:

• Images - No stamps Require Flower CD, Hero Arts script for one of the background panels, Papermania greeting and Forever Friends number stamps..
• Papers - Kanban CD, DCWV card stock.
• Embellishments - Paper flowers and roses, Cotton lace, Punched leaves, P:ear pins, Adhesive pearls.
• Coloured with - Watercolour pencils, Chalk eye ink pads, clear glitter to highlight, White pen for faux stitching.
• Tools - Nestabilities, Score bug (for stitching holes)

I am entering this for these challenges:

• Alphabet Challenge Blog - F is for Flowers (Fri 4 June)
• Sketchy Colours #27 - Green, Lilac & White (Sun 6 June)

Carolyne

Doggy Bathtime

I have tried using this stamp before but was never particularly happy with the outcome so i have tried colouring this image with my Prisma Pencils and am generally much happier with the way its worked out.

Products used:

• Stamps: House Mouse
  Papers: Unknown from my stash
  Tools Used: Nestabilities, Paper Shapers Swirl Punch, Prisma Pencils, Clear Glitter, Cuttlebug Alphabet Dies

I am entering this card for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge #116 - Anything But Square.

Carolyne

Golfing Popcorn

I was asked for four 6x6" thank you cards with a golfing theme. I only have four suitable images so had to use them all and as this popcorn stamp was too big to use the whole image I cropped it so i was only using the top half.


Products used:

• Stamps: Popcorn Golfing and Hero Arts Sentiment
• Papers: K&Co and DCWV
• Embellishments: Golf ball made using a circle nestability embossed with the bubbles folder, Decorative Ribbon.
• Tools: Scorebugs for mock stitching, Nestabilites, Bubbles Embossing Folder, Prisma Pencils, White and Blue Pens.

Challenges entered:

• Creative Card Crew - Thank You (Tue 8 June - Fortnightly)

Carolyne

Glittered Jade Butterfly

This card was made in two stages. I originally made the background and layout for my spring wedding carriage card but it wasn't quite right so i ended up taking that image off (and creating a new background for it) and replacing it with this glittered acetate butterfly that seemed a lot more in keeping with this background.

Products used:

• Stamps: PSX Butterfly, Hero Arts Foliage and Script Background Stamps.
  Paper: Acetate, Coredinations cardstock and stamped/embossed backgrounds
  Embellishments: Card Candy, Ribbon
  Tools Used: Green Peewee Glitters, Nestabilities, Encore Metallic Jade Ink, Clear Glitter Embossing Powder, clear detail embossingpowder.

I am entering this card for these challenges.

• Cupcake Craft Challenge #94 - Dazzle (Mon 7 June)
• Everybody Art #94 - Things with Wings (Tue 8 June)
• One Stop Craft #59 - Make Your Own DP (Sat 5 June)
• Challenge Up Your Life #22 - Critters and Bling (Sat 5 June **)

Carolyne

Wedding Carriage

This card was made as a spring wedding card, i have reused an old layout I really liked from a challenge a couple of months ago.

Products used:

• Stamp: Lilly of the Valley
  Papers: DCVW Nana's Nursery (Boy)
  Embellishments: Card Candy, Ribbon
  Tools: Prisma Pencils, Clear Glitter, Nestabilities

I am entering this for the Stamptacular Sunday challenge #64 - I Do (Sun 6 June)

Carolyne

Popcorn Reading

Haven't managed to upload anything for a week or so as all the cards I've done have had a lot of mirror card on and i've not figured out a way to successfully photograph them yet without the reflection ruining the pitures.

Decided to try out one of the Popcorn stamps I bought aged ago, i bought about a dozen of them but have only used a couple of them. I tried colouring this one with Prisma Colour Pencils which had worked a lot better than my previous attempts at colouring Popcorn.

Products used:

• Papers - Paper Adventures, HOTP
• Stamped Images - Popcorn the Bear
• Embellishments - Black pearls, Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Satin Edged Organza Ribbon.
• Tools used - Primsa Pencils, Paperstumps (for blending), Nestabilities

I coloured the images using Primsa color pencils and blended using sansador, the image and backing panels and background paper with black card and finished it with the two ribbon and the black pearls.

I'm entering this for these challenges:

• Allsorts 50 - Animals (Sat 1st May)
• Sketch Saturday 101 - Sketch (Sat 1st May)
• The Crafty Pad 69 - Ribons (Sun 2nd May)
• Pile It On 17 - Boyish Colours (Sun 2nd May)

Carolyne