Spring tulip

We had a lovely warm and sunny spring day over here, which put me in the mood for this spring card. I bought this stamp set by Clarity Stamps in a sale a year or so (or more) ago but had not used it yet.
I love this sentiment and the way the single tulip reinforces the meaning of the sentiment.

I first stamped the sentiment in black but decided that was a bit too much, so I started again using Black Jack ink (Catherine Pooler), which is much softer. After stamping the tulip image from the same set, I coloured it in using Primacolor pencils. I think I need to make a few more...

I'm playing at:

LIM - #389 OLC Focus on the sentiment

SSS Wednesday - Anything goes

Time Out - #130 Unique

Colour Crazy - wk8 Anything goes

OLC - Beautiful

Hello crafty friends! I had some play time today and managed to create a few cards. Woot!

For this card, I started by blending distress inks (worn lipstick, squeezed lemonade) over one of my new Ranger mini stencils that came with a UK magazine. I always love how blending these two colours results in a pretty coral colour. For my sentiment, I used my Misti to stamp the different sentiment elements from a Uniko stamp set (Beautiful), which was part of the August stamp release that I won last year. It's a small set but really packs a punch with 2 flower images and sentiment elements that can be combined in many different ways.

I'm linking up my card at:

LIM - #389 OLC Focus on the sentiment

ATSM - #330 Photo inspiration 

(I was inspired by the pastel colours and the flower garland)

SSS Wednesday - Anything goes

Happy Birthday Uniko

I have another card to share today. This card was made using one of the Uniko stamps (Framed Florals) that I received when I won the full stamp release last summer.

I heat embossed the stamped image using Liquid platinum embossing powder onto some dark cardstock and coloured it in using coloured pencils.

After I had finished my colouring, I added my sentiment, which I also heat embossed.

I'm linking up my card at:

Uniko's 7th Birthday Party

SSS Wednesday - Anything goes

Seize the Birthday - Anything birthday goes 

(no toppings for me this time)