Technique Tuesday - Men's cards, Phrases For All

 Today's card is a very simple one in that I stamped the phrase Happy Birthday several times over a piece of Basic White card. Using the Phrases For All stamp set, I repeat stamped the words in rows but off setting the next row against the previous. I used Tahitian Tide Ink pad and then I stamped the sentiment in Starry Sky Ink and place it over the rest. I used a piece of the Holographic Foiled paper to add some shine.

Technique Tuesday - Artistically Inked

 Thank you for stopping by today. My card for today using the Artistically Inked is another simple card but a technique too. I stamped the flowers all over the card front using Tahitian Tide ink pad and then stamped a few of the single leaves in Parakeet Party again, like I used yesterday. I then die-cut a leaf from the set of dies called Artistic. I chopped it into 2 pieces and adhered it straight to the card front. I stamped a sentiment in Memento ink onto the White strip of card then added that to a strip of the Parakeet Party card. I added the strip to the card front and then trimmed the excess off. It leaves me with a very bright and simple card that can be replicated using almost any stamp set. 

 

Make It Simple Monday - Artisitcally Inked

 Hello and welcome back this week. I loved Cary's fun fold on Friday, did you? I love all of those type of cards as they really are fun to open and receive too. Back to now, I have decided to use a stamp set that will be carrying over into the New Catalogue which comes out in a few weeks time. We are all so excited to be able to order some of the new products when we can. Not soon enough for me though. I don't much like waiting. I know, everything comes to he who waits..... I'm still waiting! So as I said, I have made a very simple card for today using the gorgeous Artistically Inked stamp set. I stamped the smaller flower across the centre of the card, adding a few leaves and a sentiment. Yes, I have used 3 colours but this can be done in just the one colour and maybe add some colouring around the images. Even simpler! I used the amazing bright In Colour ink pads called Tahitian Tide for the flowers, Parakeet Party for the leaves and the Memento ink pad for the sentiments. A lovely, simple card to start the week.

Watercolour Wednesday - Legendary Ride

 Did I have fun with today's card!!!! I really did too. I took 3 ink pads all in shades of blues and one by one, I swiped them across a cello bag in different directions. I then spritzed the bag with lots of water to make sure that all the ink was soaked. I then place a white mat across it and made sure that it was well soaked. I even had enough ink for another mat which I will use another time. Then, using Legendary Ride stamps and Pacific Point ink pad, I stamped another motorbike. The image is so crisp and clear. With the bike laying across the watercoloured mat, it looks like it's flying. a few sentiments and then matted onto Pacific Point card and a white card base to complete this one. 

I added a smaller motorbike to the centre of the card and placed a sentiment mini card over the top.

Make It Simple Monday - #simplestamping - Nature's Prints

Hello again, it seems that I was only posting a few days ago and here I am a week later posting again! This week I have decided to play with Nature's Prints stamp set, the beautiful Designer Series Papers and Fern, a new coordination embossing folder.  Anyway, today being #simplestamping day I have made the quickest cards ever! In fact, they were so simple I made 5 of them! One in each of the new, gorgeous, In Colours!

 

 

I even had fun decorating the insides too!

Watercolour Wednesday - Cup of Tea.

Hello again, today's card I really had fun making. I used Cup of Tea again today for this one and also watercolour paper. I did a wet wash across the whole mat in the soft blue of Balmy Blue. Then using 3 different colours each one at a time, I stamped onto a clear block. I dropped several big drops of water and mixed it in with the coloured inks. Loading the water brush up well with the wet ink, I then tapped the brush over my fingers onto the paper to get the spotty effect. 

After the 3 colour drops and allowing them to dry, it took a few minutes to dry and once dry I stamped the cups across the mat. I fussy cut them out as they were stamped very close together. 

Taking a white card mat, I stamped a few flowers across it in Tahitian Tide and Orchid Oasis inks. I embossed the white mat with Hammered embossing folder. Once I had fussy-cut the cups out I adhered them using Dimensionals (foam shapes) and the sentiment was attached using a piece of the new metallic woven ribbon in Orchid Oasis. 

A few sentiments inside and out and the card is complete.