Turtley Awesome

  I have definitely been feeling the summer vibes with the hot weather we have had here in the UK. And I made this card using the turtles from the Turtley Awesome stamp set as they just scream summer to me :D I coloured them up with copics before putting them on with some foam pads to add a bit of dimension. 

For the back ground I did some tone on tone ink blending and then did some more inking through the She sells sea shells stencil to give another layer and pattern to the background. I used squeezed lemonade, mustard seed and Fossilised Amber distress oxide inks for my stencilling. I used an oval die to cut in the middle of  my inked panel to create a frame that I used for this card and I used the oval on another card that I shared last week :D 

The sentiment is from the Heffy Doodle Pebble sentiments and die cut with the pebble add on die. I stamped in Catherine Pooler Tiara ink. I also used the Tiara ink to colour the strip of card so it perfectly matches the card. 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

Pammies Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff - Summer Fun

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Summer feel

 I have definitely been feeling the summer vibes with the hot weather we have had here in the UK. And I made this card using the turtles from the Turtley Awesome stamp set as they just scream summer to me :D I coloured them up with copics before putting them on with some foam pads to add a bit of dimension. 

For the back ground I did some tone on tone ink blending and then did some more inking through the She sells sea shells stencil to give another layer and pattern to the background. I used squeezed lemonade, mustard seed and Fossilised Amber distress oxide inks for my stencilling. I used an oval die to cut in the middle of  my inked panel to create an oval for this card and leave me with a frame that I can use on another card. I sprayed the card blank with Salvaged Patina distress ink stain. The seniment is a combination of the sunshine die from Heffy Doodle and a hello stamp from Sweet Dixie's Big sentiments set.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie - Anything Goes

Challenge up your life - Beach Time

Unicorn Challenge - Summer Time

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Shake it up

 

For the first time in ages I have had a go at a shaker card. The shakers bits are all from random things I have picked up off of e-bay over the years and decided to put together for this. I ink blended a background with Blueprint sketch, broken china and tumbled glass distress oxide ink. Next I used the Kraftin' Kimmie snowflake kisses stamp set as well as some clear sparkly embossing powder to add a bit of sparkle and texture to it. To finish it off I used some gold embossing powder and a sentiment from the Holiday wishes stamp set to make the sentiment stand out from the background. 

I used some acetate that I cut to the same size as my inked panel and added foam tape all around the edges of it. Before sticking it to the inked panel I used an anti static bag on the inside of the acetate and then put my chosen shaker bits in it. To hide the tape I die cut a the scalloped slimline frame from the Falalala die set and stuck it on the front of the window.

The adorable mouse is from the Cool critters stamp set and coloured him up with copics before attaching him to the front. 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' - Create your own background

Gem of a challenge - Anything goes

Dare2BArtzy - Christmas in July

Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas in July

The Holly and Ivy - Anything Christmas goes

Ike's World - Christmas in July

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You're the man

I do love a funny sentiment so this Old Friends stamp set by My Favorite Things is right up my street :) 

This card was so quick to put together just ink blend the rectangle using tumbled glass distress ink and the small rectangle masking stencil. Here is a quick video on how I coloured this guy up.

 I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Pammies Inky Pinkies - Anything goes

Lil patch of crafty friends - Anything Goes

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Old friends are the best friends

 

There is a colour challenge on at MFT and I am very late getting involved as it has taken me a while to get this picture taken. I really do love the "Old Friends" stamp set from My Favorite Things and this was a good challenge to colour based on a colour combination :D I embossed the white card to add a bit of texture and used glossy accents for their glasses after I copic coloured them.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

My Favourite Things - color challenge

AAA Birthday - Use an embossing folder

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Thanks a ton

 

The little whales, shark and mermaids in The Greeting Farm "Mermaid Fun" stamp set called to me so I had to add them to my collection. I made this card (other than the colouring) in 10 minutes as part of a card wars challenge. That is where you have 10 minutes to make something and have to incorporate a few randomly picked techniques or theme. For this card I had to do some ink blending and ink smooshing. it was so much fun doing the smooshing and as soon as I had done the smooshing I knew I needed to add this little whale that I had in my stash of coloured images. I am so pleased with how this turned out :D

I used a mix of  Blueprint skecth and Tumbled glass distress oxides for the blending and smooshing. I felt it needed a little something else so I used a sentiment from the MFT "Friends with Fins" set and some nuvo drops for a touch of sparkle and texture :)

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiment - Anything Goes

 Through the craft room door - Anything Goes

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