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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.

Noteworthy Neutrals

Hi everyone!

The challenge over at the Memory Box blog this month is ‘noteworthy neutrals’ and here is my take using three Memory Box dies (Fresh Foliage, Contempo Birds and Thanks).

I created the black/grey card using Black Soot Distress Oxide ink and couldn’t resist spritzing some Distress Mica Spray on it! This card shimmers so much in real life!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Fabulous Flamingos

Happy Saturday!

For today’s card, I masked off a section of cardstock and lightly blended some distress ink. I then stamped a flamingo background stamp from Simon Says Stamp using distress oxide ink. Love how easy it is to stamp with those inks.

Anyway, I used part of a sentiment from a Simon Says Stamp set and then added a die cut word from Ellen Hutson that I cut out several times for depth.

A few yellow enamel dots completed the card!

I’m entering this into a number of challenges – Freshly Made Sketches , the Color Throwdown (raspberry pink, green and yellow) and the Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge (anything goes).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Seeing Stars

Hi Everyone!

Well, I don’t know what’s happened to summer! It’s very autumnal here today, which made taking a photo of today’s card quite challenging!

Anyway, here it is! I used a stamp and die set from My Favourite Things to create the main image and then added a sentiment using a combination of stamps and alphabet dies from Altenew. The letters are actually cut from glitter paper, but I just couldn’t capture the shimmer in a photo today.

I’m entering this card into two challenges – Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (seeing stars) and the My Favorite Things Colour Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Butterfly thanks

There’s another fabulous sketch at Case This Sketch this week! For my card, I embossed a Hero Arts background stamp with white satin pearl embossing powder. I then blended a mix of regular distress inks (Seedless Preserves and Abandoned Coral) and Antique Linen distress oxide ink and wiped over the embossing to remove any excess ink. I used water to lift some of the colour from the butterfly wings and splattered a little randomly across the rest of the background.

I added a vellum banner, Hero Arts sentiment and some Memory Box butterflies cut from glitter cardstock to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.