Flowery Thanks...

Hey,

It's been a while since I played along with The Flower Challenge.

I liked the theme this month -

I have had this Christine Adolph flower stamp for a couple of months and it really hasn't had much use.

I coloured the orange one first, but got so excited I coloured another one!! I used distress inks and a paintbrush - I used to use aquabrushes, but I realised how much I prefer a good old fashioned paintbrush and so switched and now I watercolour with them all the time.

The Thank You stamp / die is from a shop call The Works in the UK.

Super simple cards to make and I now need more flower stamps by Christine Adolph, as it was a dream to colour.

Cx

The Flower Challenge.. Tic-Tac-Toe...

Hey,

I was over at Cara's blog this week and I saw her card for The Flower Challenge and I was inspired to join in.

I love a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge.

I decided to use the middle horizontal row - gems, watercolour and CAS.

I thought it was the perfect opportunity to use the Newton's Nook Vertical Vases, that I have had for ages and have only inked up once!

I went with a bit of messy watercolouring for the flowers using Distress Inks.

The sentiment is from the same set.

Super simple card, made with a recipient in mind.

I think as the challenge runs for the whole month, I might need to play again!

Cx

Flower Challenge: CASE a DT member..

Hey,

I saw the latest Flower Challenge theme over at a friend's blog and really liked the idea -

I decided to CASE Karren J's card -

I really loved the stenciling on her card and the bold flower and sentiment. It felt like a card I would make.

I kept pretty true to Karren's card, I stenciled one half of my stitched die-cut panel, I used varying shades of green Distress Ink, starting from the bottom with the darker colour and moving up with the lighter shades. The stencil is a new Tim Holtz mini stencil (set #27) and is called Diamonds.

I love the Wheat stamp by Inkadinkadoo, it is part of a really beautiful set called Meadow that I have had for a while. The sentiment was a freebie with a UK card magazine and I thought it worked here - ok, I know that Wheat doesn't bloom, but you catch my drift right?

I made my panel bigger than Karren's and affixed it to a coordinating coloured card blank.

What a fun theme, a great way to mix old with new. I hope that Karren likes my CASE of her card.

Cx

p.s I am an idiot! As this posted I realised that my 'wheat' is not a flower (sobs) maybe I'll remake it over the weekend?

Flower Challenge..

Hey,

So one of my Retro Rubber DT buddies Maria is also on the DT at this new challenge - The Flower Challenge and as I have a rather large flower stamp collection I thought it would be fun to play long.

Their 2nd challenge is on right now and the theme is -

I decided to use a great stamp by Unity Stamp Co. I love their flower jar stamps, in fact I love flower jar stamps full stop!

I coloured it using Distress Inks and an aquabrush. The stunning stitched scalloped die is by Gina Marie Designs.

The sentiment I created using a Simon Says Stamp stamp and die set called Sketchy Banners, I don't think they sell the stamps anymore. I love this set and totally overuse it!

I thought it would be a great card to send to a friend who just got some good news.

Cx