Marianne's cards 'n stuff

Monday, 24 July 2017

Altenew flower

Here's a card that has been sitting on my desk in a semi finished state for quite a while. I started it when my sister was visiting back in May and we were trying out one of the techniques from the Altenew watercolour class, painting wet in wet using reinkers.

After heat embossing the Altenwe flower (Amazing you) in gold embossing powder, I coloured the image using Ranger distress reinkers. After I had finished, I still had a lot of reinker left on my craft mat, so I decided to use this to paint another panel of watercolour cardstock for future use. I ended up using a strip of this panel behind my popped up flower panel. To finish off, I stamped the Hello sentiment in black Archival ink and sprinkled a few gold sequins for some added sparkle.

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge - #10 Embossing (heat/dry)

ATSM - #251 Anything goes

Stamping Sensations - Anything with flowers

Saturday, 22 July 2017

Christmas in July 3 - Mixed Media

I managed to create one more card today, using a previously created watercard panel with two pine cones that I had actually created for last month's CAS Mix Up challenge using a stencil and embossing paste.

Since the embossing paste acts as a resist, I decided to create my background using my Distress Oxide inks. Once my background was dry, I picked up some pale gold paint with a paint brush and splattered in onto my panel. For the sentiment, I used a previously die cut I had laying around and matted my panel first onto dark blue cardstock and then onto my red card base.

Challenges:

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 1

CCC - #17 Anything Christmas goes (optional photo inspiration)

CCAYR - Anything Christmas goes

Christmas in July 2 - 3 cute cards

I have been doing some colouring this week. I have a feeling I'm overcoming my fear of colouring. Instead of worrying which colours to use, I just grabbed a few markers and went to work. What's more, I'm loving the results!

My first card uses this cute elf by Bugaboo and was coloured using a selection of Promarkers and 1 or 2 Flexmarkers. I coloured the background using a light blue marker and then dabbed using a rag with a little rubbing alcohol. I also added a few extra dots using a blender pen.

Challenges:

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 3

Passion for Promarkers - #404 Bright colours

I love Promarkers - #339 Anything goes

ABC Christmas - O = for Old (all supplies are old)

CCAYR - Anything Christmas goes

Colour Crazy - Anything goes

Polkadoodles - #28 Anything goes

The Cutie Pie - #113 Here come the girls

CCC - #17 Anything Christmas goes (optional photo inspiration)

For my second card, I used this cute cat trio by Bugaboo, which I coloured using Copics and some Promarkers.

Challenges:

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 2

ABC Christmas - O = for Old (all supplies are old)

CCAYR - Anything Christmas goes

Aud Sentiments - #184 Christmas in July + sentiment

Winter Wonderland - Use a digi image

ATSM - #251 Anything goes

For my third card, I used this week's Friday Freebie by Bugaboo, which I printed onto kraft cardstock and coloured in using coloured pencils (Spectrum Noir). Instead of looking through my stash to try and find a fun sentiment matching the quirky image, I simply jotted down HO² (after all, there's only 2 critters) using a black Sharpie. I added sparkle to the bells using a silver gel pen and added dimension using glossy accents. I added a few red stars for some added sparkle and an extra pop of colour.