Technique – Stamping

Featuring stamping

From My Heart

Happy Friyay everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the clean and simple challenge at The Paper Players. The theme is ‘bloom’.

I absolutely love Penny Black florals and their latest Springtime release contained some amazing stamps! I decided to ink up the beautiful From My Heart cling stamp (40-845) and offset it slightly so that there would be enough of that white space that I love to have when I make CAS cards! I coloured the image with my Twinkling H2O paints and then lightly sponged distress ink across the background.

I added a sentiment from the Love Big set (30-898) and a few Nuvo drops to complete my card. This is so shimmery in real life but that’s always so difficult to capture in a photo!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Meet Mooch!

Hi there!

Today I’m playing along with the Addicted to CAS challenge which has a theme of feline.

Last week, I saw a card using a fabulous stamp called ‘Mooch’ by Lavinia Stamps. I knew I had to have it so I tracked it down and it landed on my doormat yesterday morning.

I made this card for my dad who loves very CAS cards so I kept it very simple with a distress ink square and the stamped Mooch. The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Sparkly Forsythia

Hi there!

Today I’m playing along in the March Four Seasons Challenge which has a fabulous spring inspiration board! One of the photos that caught my eye when I looked at the board was a beautiful vase of forsythia and as my forsythia bush has just burst into bloom, I knew I wanted to focus on that!

I used Penny Black’s beautiful Delicate & Dainty cling stamp (40-510)! I love this stamp but I haven’t used it much since I bought it five years ago… seriously, how can it be five years – I remember creating this card with it as if it was yesterday!

Anyway, back to this card. I lightly blended some distress ink and then stamped the image with Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide. I coloured the image using two shades of yellow gouache and then added a sentiment from the Thinking of You clear stamp set (30-825). I added a frame cut with the largest die from the Stitched Frames die set  (51-709), some yellow Nuvo drops, sequins and pearls.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Little Snowdrop vase

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the CAS on Friday challenge which has the theme of ‘spring flowers’!

Although my snowdrops have mostly faded away, I really wanted to use the beautiful snowdrop image from Penny Black’ s Wintry Whites mini stamp set (30-634)! I fussy cut and coloured the image with my Twinkling H2O paints. I then smooshed some distress ink onto my card base, added a frame from the Framed die set (51-622) and a sentiment from the Fragrant Friends stamp set (30-807).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

You warm my heart

Happy Friyay everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the The Card Concept challenge using products sent to me by Penny Black.

After playing around with lots of different ideas for the beautiful Wholeheartedly cling stamp (40-817), I ended up stamping it on a square card base using a grey ink.  I then used my Prismacolour pencils to add colour and definition to the leaves and stems! I certainly needed sharp pencils for this!

I added a sentiment from the Warm My Heart stamp set (30-895) and a few hearts from yesterday’s crafting and sequins to complete my card.

I love the foliage heart in the inspiration image, although I veered from their colour palette with my CAS creation!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

You make my heart smile

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the theme challenge at The Paper Players using Penny Black supplies.

To start, I inked up an image from the Bunches of Love stamp set (30-890) and coloured it using my Twinkling H2O paints before cutting it with the coordinating die set (51-726).

I then cut the heart frame using a die from the fabulous Lovely Borders die set (51-484) and adhered the panel to coloured cardstock. I then added my image and a sentiment from the Words Sweet stamp set (30-525) to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.