Geometric Rainbow

Hello folks,

Just sneaking in with a CAS card for the geometric challenge over at Addicted to CAS:

 

A very old WMS stamp for this one with coloured in a rainbow of Copics. I'm amazed I was able ink up each of those CAS-ual Fridays 'Celebrate' letters individually without getting ink all over that white space!

Happy stamping!

Claire

August Altenew Inspiration Challenge

Hello inkers, 

It's almost 2 months since I made a card, my longest inky drought in years! A new full time job in a different industry has had a severe impact on the card making - there's always such a lot to take in when you start a new job and I don't think my brain is quite used to thinking so much! Having said that,  I did manage to get one done for August's Altenew Inspiration Challenge:

I had some lovely new goodies from Altenew to play with including the Mini Delight: Butterfly Dreams Stamp and Die Set and the Wonderful Wreath Stencil - the background is from a 6x6 paper pad. Talk about a quick card just to get a chance to use some new stuff!

Happy stamping and here's hoping September will be a bit more productive!

Claire

One Last MFT Colour Challenge

Hello folks,

Can you believe it's the last ever MFT challenge? Kim's closing the doors which is such a shame as I've loved their colour and sketch challenges over the years.  She's finishing appropriately with a very patriotic set of colours - having said that, I chose to make a Christmas card. Not the best photo - there's weather warnings all over the east coast of Oz at the moment so it's a very windy, dull and rainy day:

 

 

 

 

 

I've always loved MFT's Christmas stamp sets and it got me thinking about which is my favourite card I made after all these years.  I've made a whopping 349 cards using MFT products according to my blog - way more than any other stamp company.  I picked the one above as I had to wait months before the BB Merry Christmoose came back in stock. I'm so glad I managed to get my inky hands on it!

So thanks to Kim for all the wonderful products and inspiration - all the very best with what's to come!

Happy stamping!

Claire

Addicted to CAS - Water

Hello inkers,

Still not much craftiness going on in this household but here's a quick card I made for Addicted to CAS where the code word is 'water:'

 

I made a watery background with alcohol inks and added some sparkly bubbles. The cute little fish is from an older YNS set in my stash. 

I'm also popping it over to AAA Cards who have an 'anything CAS goes' challenge - without the optional twist!

Happy stamping!

Claire

Altenew May Inspiration Challenge

Hello inkers, long time no card!

Not much creativity for the last few weeks but here's a quick one for Altenew's May Inspiration Challenge that I'm managing to enter by the skin of my teeth:

 

I usually have a lot of white space when I make a card using Altenew stamps but the colours called for a bright, bold background with some stamping using Groovy Garden.  The background was done on my Gelli plate with a light inked wash and stencilling with Altenew's Grid Stencil.  I added some sparkle to the centres of the flowers for a bit of bling!

Happy stamping!

Claire

CAS Flowers

Hello bloggers,

The cards are very few and far between in this house unfortunately. I've strained my neck by card making which is the saddest reason to strain your neck isn't it? It would sound so much more impressive if I'd done it rock climbing or jumping out of a plane!

So this is a very simple card for AAA Cards colour challenge and Seize the Birthday where the birthday topping is flowers.  I used a die from Altenew as a stencil to colour the flowers, then popped a clean die cut over the top. The die is quite intricate so it took longer than I thought and quite frankly wasn't worth the effort (or the dodgy neck)! Next time I'll use paper die cuts to colour in the bloom I think!

Happy stamping!

Claire

April Altenew Inspiration Challenge

Hello again,

It's been such a busy few weeks I completely forgot to post my card for Altenew's Inspiration challenge this month:

Until I actually finished it I hadn't realised that there are quite a few similarities with Amy's beautiful card.  I used the same sentiment from the Timeless Sentiments Die Set with a smaller one from Tiny Sentiments: Hello. The blooms are from Build-a-Flower:Sakura Blossom Layering Stamp and Die Set (on sale by the way!) and the background is the Diamond Cover Die.

Happy stamping!

Claire