Mixing It Up with WPlus9

Hi everyone!!  I'm back with a card for Ellen Hutson Mix It Up Challenge.  This time around, you are to use Ellen Hutson products along with WPlus9 products!!  As you all know, I am a huge fan of this challenge!!

I decided on the BeYoutiFul die from Ellen Hutson and the Paisley Patterns stamp set from Wplus9.
I chose 7 ink colors from Simon Says Stamp...Doll Pink, JellyBean, Scuba, Green Leaf, Rosie Cheeks, Wisteria and a tiny bit of Slate.

I started by doing a bit of test run to make sure the colors were going to look ok.

Then I stamped my entire background.  I didn't really have a concrete plan in my head but I didn't really expect it to be so "busy"...but hey, let's just go with it, shall we?? 

 To break things up a bit I thought maybe a die cut window would be good, so I used a My Favourite Things Double Stitched Ovals Die.  Then thought I would use the Sunshine Layers Dies to cut the panel (sorry, I couldn't link to it..it is currently out of stock).  I used the pretty scalloped frame!

So, this is when I started to think that I messed up, I basically die cut the focal point out of my  background, that large, beautiful paisley.  Ok, let's think about this...I knew that background was busy, but I didn't want to lose that middle piece.  I ended up die-cutting the BeYouTiFul in the centre of the oval...let's inlay die cut, shall we??

I should mention that this was my first card base.  Scrapped that pretty quickly!!

Yes, the back is very ugly.

I ended up cutting two extra BeYouTiFul pieces from thick, black cardstock, for a bit of dimension, adhered it into the negative space (and can you believe I had all the tiny bits of the sentiment saved?!?).  And no card of mine is complete without some Clear Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents!!  I also put some tiny rhinestones and silver sequins, yes, sequins!!  I kind of have a love/hate thing going on with them...they're pretty but I'm terrible at placement!!  Aaaaanyway, here's the finished card...(I still think its on the "busy" side, but let's call it done!!)

Hope you enjoyed!!  I'm off to have some leftover chicken from today's Thanksgiving feast!!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends!!

Until next time,
Stay Crafty!!

Laurie

Let's Give it a Go!!

So, Paper Smooches is looking for a Guest Designer for the month of November!!!  Wouldn't that be awesome!!??!   I'm submitting an older project and this one here:

This was made with The Autumn Groves Stamp set and Birch Tree Dies.  I ink blended the background (crookedly, i may add), fussy cut all the images and created my little fall scene!!  I just adore that scarecrow:)

I just love the way it turned out!!

Hope you enjoyed!!

Until next time...Stay Crafty!!!

Laurie

World Card Making Day 2015 with Simon Says Stamp

Happy World Card Making Day!!  This is the first time I've participated!!  It is also the first time I'm participating in the 30DayColoringChallenge, hosted by Kathy Racoosin.  So, I thought I'd combine the two to link up a card for Simon Says Stamp for a chance to win 100 smackers!!  Oh, what I would do with that, hahaha!!
The floral images are from Altenew's  Striped Florals, which I watercolored with watercolor pencils and then fussy cut.  The colouring was for the Coloring Challenge and I wanted to make a card using them.  Then sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Hand Lettered Encouragement.  So, here it is!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful day/night of card making!!

Pin Sights Challenge @ Ellen Hutson

Hi Everyone!!  So, here are a couple of firsts for me.  1.  First time colouring on kraft cardstock with coloured pencils and  2. Entering the Ellen Hutson Pinsights Challenge.
I've never made a card using an "inspiration board" before.  The board contains many pretty images with a color palette at the bottom...this is the one for the challenge:

Lot of pretty things and lovely colors, right??  Basically, my inspiration was the bottom right photo...florals, of course:)

I started my stamping/masking my images in Colorbox Sweet Tooth Pigment Ink.  I used the Bohemian Garden stamp set from Ellen Hutson. Now I only have the Prismacolor Scholar pencils so that's what I used. (I should mention I also have the complete set of Spectrum Noir coloured pencils but don't used them, I know, a shame.  Truth be told, their system of numbering the pencils just doesn't make any sense to me.  All I want is three shades of each color...with NAMES preferably...sorry, let's get back on track!)

I chose shades as close as I could get to the color palette on the inspiration board and started colouring!!  This technique is awesome...I think it would be really hard to NOT get pretty results!!

After all my colouring was done, the real problems started.  The sentiment.  The sentiment that I didn't plan for before I stamped my flowers.

Nope!!  Let's try something else...

Almost, but not quite...

Ok, so it definitely has to be vellum...and this is what I decided...

Yes!!

After placing the sentiment and a few embellishments, I matted the kraft piece on white cardstock and popped those up onto my card base.

I really loved this technique and will definitely be trying it again!!

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you enjoyed!!

Stay Crafty!!

xx

Your Next Stamp Sketch Challenge #22

So, I've been spending a little time in my craft room this weekend (as you can probably tell)!  Two posts in one day!!! WHAT??!!  Anyway, I'm certainly enjoying my time!  I'm entering a card into the Your Next Stamp Sketch Challenge #22.

I am currently waiting for quite a substantial order from them, lol!!  So, what better way to get prepared for that order than to play with the stuff I have!!

I used the Quirky Critters #1 stamp set (ordered the co-ordinating dies,yay!) for my card today.  Super, duper cute images!!  I also made this a 4 bar note card...addicted to this size!  So easy to "finish", if that makes sense.  I also added some texture by using a scrap piece of burlap cardstock I had laying around.  Looks pretty cool, I think!

So before I post the pic, let me point out that I need some practice in centering my panels...totally didn't notice how wonky the centre image was!  I left it because I did the exact same thing earlier and when I tried to remove the piece (with mounting foam) it basically ruined the card.

Anyway, here it is!!

Hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by!!

xx

Paper Smooches Anything Goes (wk1) Challenge

Happy Saturday!!  Don't you love it when you have this brilliant, stunning idea in your head and when it comes time to create, your end product ends up looking um, less than stellar?  That was the case with this card...although in the end, I actually love it.  This is for the current www.papersmoochesstamps.com Sparks Challenge, which is an Anything Goes theme!!

First I used the Coffee and Tea dies to cut the teapot out of a piece of scrap patterned paper.  I used the Flowers dies to cut various flowers out of some 80lb Neenah cardstock.  I coloured the flowers with my Spectrum Noir markers.

I've been really addicted to 4 bar sized cards lately so to make my base I used dies from Mama Elephant.  I used a stitched circle die as well as a scalloped circle die to place my elements on.

I arranged my elements and decided I needed to ground my teapot, so I used the Shadows stamp set with some light grey ink.

I adhered all my tiny pieces and added some white details with my Sakura white gel pen.  I also added Glossy Accents to the pot...which ended up being all bubbly and kinda yucky.  Cannot wait to get some fine tips for that stuff!!!  I used the Sentiment Sampler set for the greeting in Ranger Ink.

And here is my finished card and entry for the Challenge!!

Hope you enjoyed!!

Stay crafty, friends!!

xx

Ellen Hutson Mix It Up & Card Share

Hi all!!  Sorry it's been awhile.  My crafty mojo has been on hiatus, but it may have returned.  I wanted to share my card entry for the current Ellen Hutson Mix it Up Challenge.  This challenge involves using products from Impression Obsession.

I literally have three products from IO..two background stamps and a tiny bow die...this was indeed a challenge!
I actually made three cards using these products.  There is something I love about each one but none of them "blew me away".  But I had to pick one to enter...and this is it!!

I used the Wish Big stamp set from Ellen Hutson and the Zebra background stamp from Impression Obsession.
Here are a couple of my other tries:

I used Mondo Magnolia (Ellen Hutson) stamps/dies and the Beauty Text background stamp (IO) for the top card and Bohemian Garden and again, the Beauty Text background for the bottom card.

Hope you enjoyed!!

Stay Crafty xx