Mr and Mrs

Good morning everyone!

I’m excited to say that I was chosen as the Color Throwdown blog’s Featured Stamper last week and so I’m over at their blog today as their Guest Star Stamper!

The colour palette this week is aqua, light pink, lavender and white. Can I just say: I LOVE THIS COLOUR COMBO SOOOOO MUCH!

I used a combination of Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass and Spun Sugar) and an Altenew ink (Lavender Fields) for my card.

I heat embossed a My Favorite Things background stamp and applied the inks using the ‘plastic bag blending technique’ that I learned from Kristina Werner at Simon Says Create earlier this year.

I cut a Simon Says Stamp die from some silver glitter paper and added an embossed Ellen Hudson sentiment. Finally I added a few silver hearts as a finishing touch.

The Color Throwdown team have come up with some great ideas for this week’s palette over on the challenge blog – I do hope you’ll play along too!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Rainbow Maker, Day 2 Cards

Hello everyone!

Day 2 of Online Card Classes’ Rainbow Maker class was all about rainbow stamping! After last night’s epic crafty session, I am determined to go to bed at a decent hour! I have managed to get one card completed and here it is:

I used a butterfly stamp by Hero Arts and fabulous inks by Altenew! I am so impressed by how well they stamp.

To complete the card, I added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp and a few of my favourite Pretty Pink Posh sequins! I’m going to enter this one into the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge (Happy Birthday).

Hoping to add to this post later this week, when I’ve had a chance to do a bit more rainbow stamping!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Rainbow Maker, Day 1 cards

Hello everyone!

I signed up to Online Card Classes’ Rainbow Maker class which is running this week. I’m going to try to write a blog post for my creations from each of the days…

So Day 1 was all about rainbow inking. LOVED IT! All the teachers were so inspiring and I stayed up super late creating! I will definitely do more of the techniques

As soon as I saw the dotted background using sponge daubers, I knew I had to try it out. I used Distress Oxide inks and thought it would be fun to try them on white and blue cardstock:

Isn’t it interesting to see the way the inks appear on the blue card? The Spiced Marmalade and Fossilised Amber look sooo similar! Anyway, I added die cuts from Simon Says Stamp and called those two cards done!

I’m entering the first card into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge where the theme is ‘Happy Birthday’.

Next up was the Rainbow Queen, Laura Bassen, and layered masking and stencilling. I chose some Ellen Hudson dies, a Creative Expressions stencil and an array of distress inks. Love the effect!  I added a die from Lawn Fawn to complete the card.

Finally it was onto Julie Ebersole’s video – and ‘abstract direct to paper’. Oh my goodness! This was so far out of my comfort zone…. I used inks from Simon Says Stamp and also Altenew. At first they were quite dark, but the inks dried back to lovely soft tones to give an amazing effect! I love this technique and can see myself using it on other cards. I added a Die-versions die to finish off my card.

So a great start to the class, looking forward to the rest of the week!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Splattered Congrats!

Hi everyone!

This is a super simple card inspired by the current challenge over at the Freshly Made Sketches blog!

I splattered Distress Oxide inks onto three strips of card which I then cut up and stuck to a base card. I then added a glittered Simon Says Stamp die cut and some stars to finish it off!

I’m also entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Splatter it) and the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge (Splatter it!).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Life’s a Beach

Happy Sunday everyone!

It’s time for a new challenge over at AAA Cards. This fortnight’s theme is ‘Summer Fun’ and Happy Little Stampers is our sponsor.

For my card, I stamped and coloured images from the Avery Elle Beside the Sea set. I then masked off the images and created a blended background with regular distress ink and also distress oxide ink. I cut a frame from glitter paper and then added a sentiment from the set to finish it off!

My teammates have shared some gorgeous CAS cards on the AAA Cards blog and we are also joined by Guest Designer Ishani from Quillish. She has some amazing creations on her blog – her quilling is GORGEOUS – so please drop by her site!

Thanks for stopping by – I do hope you play along with us!

LucieG.

Sweet Strawberries

Happy Saturday!

Today’s card is inspired by two challenges – the Casology challenge (cue word – juicy) and the Retro Rubber challenge (a summery photo inspiration).

I pulled out one of my older Magenta stamps, which I think I’ve had for about 3 years, maybe more…. but which I’m ashamed to say, I have never used! I’ve said it before, and I know I will be saying it again in future, but I am so grateful I found the Retro Rubber blog – it really inspires me to use my oft-neglected wooden stamp collection.

Anyway, I coloured the image using my Twinkling H20s and added some stickles to the flower. I cut out a square from some white card using a die by My Favorite Things and added a sentiment by Altenew (seriously, it took me longer to choose the sentiment than make this card! Couldn’t decide between punny eg ‘I’m berry sorry’ or more serious!).

I added the white card on top of my base card using funky foam for dimension.

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

LucieG.