Wishing You The Best Day Ever

Every now and then I like to make cards in which I don’t use black at all…and today I wanted to try a card using soft colours from Distress Oxide inks…I really like these inks because they are so versatile…they are a fusion of dye and pigment inks so you can blend,stamp,heat emboss etc…they are fast becoming my favorites…

For a plain white card base,I chose a white top layer as well and used a stencil and Distress oxide inks to print the pattern on the top layer…I first used worn lipstick and then moved the stencil a bit before using cracked pistachio oxide ink to print the same pattern again and adhered this panel onto the card base…

On a separate piece of white cardstock,I stamped the flowers using worn lipstick oxide ink and the leaves using cracked pistachio ink…I used a water brush on some sections of these flowers and leaves to pull in the ink to colour those sections…I then cut them out and adhered them on the card front…

I stamped the sentiment on a small white label using cracked pistachio ink and heat embossed it using clear embossing powder…I layered it with a green glitter cardstock and adhered it near the top of my card..

And finally to embellish my card I have used a few pink and green sequins…and now when I look at my completed card,I think it is more of a ‘two colour card’ rather than a card with no black elements…

Thank you so much for taking the time and visiting my blog today…Have a wonderful day ahead…Happy crafting..!!

Pri

Blessings For A Happy Life

Every time I see a Hibiscus flower, I’m reminded of a few of my science teachers who taught us the parts of a flower using this very flower…visual memory is usually so much stronger than just memorising something off a book and not understanding it much…it’s great to see that most teachers nowadays teach with visual teaching aids and topic related experiments and excursions…

For today’s card I chose a black card base and a watercolor paper for the top layer…I sponged a few different green distress inks and then splattered some water for effect…

On a separate piece of cardstock,I stamped the Hibiscus flowers and coloured them in using Peerless watercolors…once dry,I cut them out and placed them on the top layer and added a few die cut leaves as well…

I stamped the sentiment using black ink and placed a few clear sequins to embellish the card..

Thank you for stopping by to take a look…Have a blessed day today…!!

P

Birthday Pansies Card

Winters are officially ending in Australia today so Spring starts tomorrow…yaaayyy…..what’s not to like in spring….longer days,lovely weather,lots of flowers everywhere,icecreams,the beach….

For today’s card I have used vellum paper and gold embossing powder for the pansy flower and leaves from the Summer Flowers stamp set and I just loved the results….

I used a plain black card base and a very light blue top layer,which I have die cut using the stitched rectangle die…Using Versamark ink I stamped the pansy and leaf stamp repeatedly on a sheet of vellum paper and heat embossed them using gold heat embossing powder…

Before cutting out the flowers and leaves,I coloured them in using my Spectrum Noir markers…I reversed the flowers and leaves and coloured on the back side instead of the front as the markers might spoil the heat embossing…

I stamped the sentiment using white pigment ink on a black strip of cardstock and placed it on the top layer and placed the flowers below it and just one flower above…I have also used a few purple sequins to embellish the card…

Here’s a close up of the card…hope you like it as much as I do…

Thanks for visiting today…Have a lovely & blessed day ahead….Happy crafting…!!

P

You Are Awesome

For today’s card,I chose the lily stamp from the Summer Flowers stamp set…I also decided to create a bright and colourful background for this card…

The card base is plain black and the top layer has is made from watercolour paper on which I created a background using Distress inks…I also spritzed a bit of water on it for effect..once the top layer was dry,I stamped the sentiment on it…

On a separate piece of cardstock,I stamped the lilies and coloured them in using Peerless watercolours….I then cut them out and placed them on the card…I have used clear sequins to embellish this card…

I have also used Glossy Accents on the anther(stamen) of the lilies…Here’s a close-up of my card…

Thanks for stopping by to take a look at my card today…Happy crafting…!!

P

Bright Marigolds Birthday Card

Hmmmm….so are these Zinnia or Marigold flowers???I always thought they were Marigolds but some stampers have referred to them as Zinnias…I tried to look up the website of Inspired by Stamping for more details but they have removed the listing as these stamps are not being manufactured anymore…

On a black card base I have used a white watercolour paper top layer….I created a couple of masks for the flowers before I started stamping…I used black ink to stamp the flowers and the sentiment and while the masks were still in place,I used green inks to stamp the leaves…

I used Peerless watercolours to colour in the flowers and a few gold sequins to embellish the card…

Thanks for visiting my blog today…Have a great day ahead….!!

P

Summer Flowers by Inspired by Stamping

Happy Birthday Flowers Card

Going through all my stamps today, I pulled out the  Summer Flowers stamp set….it was released about three years back by Inspired by Stamping and has been a favourite of mine…I decided to make a few cards using this stamp set and here’s the first one…

The card base is plain white and the top layer is a very light mint colour cardstock which I have die cut using the largest rectangle stitched die…I stamped the sentiment directly onto the top layer using black ink…

On a separate piece of white cardstock,I stamped the flower three times and coloured them in before cutting them out….I also die cut a few leaves from the Wild Greenery die set and decided not to colour those in…I placed all the leaves and flowers on the top layer and the card was ready…

Thanks for stopping by to take a look at my card….Have lovely & blessed day ahead…!!

P

Post#77 Thank You My Friend Card

I recently bought two sets of really cute girl stamps by Deep Red…and I wanted to make a few nice colourful cards straightaway….

Here I used a blue card base and a white top layer which is much smaller than the usual top layers size…On the top layer I stamped a lot of flowers using bright inks…

Once I had stamped and coloured in the girl image I die cut it….I also created a dotted border on the die cut using a red gel ink pen…then I adhered it to the card using adhesive foam…I also attached a stamped sentiment to it….

I really hope you like this card as much as I do…Thanks for stopping by…

P