The Card Concept - Challenge #17

Hi bloggers!

There's an inspiration pic over at The Card Concept this week - I've always wanted a green bedroom and I think this is the perfect green.  Years ago, when I lived in London,  my (now) husband managed to persuade me to buy some green paint so that he could paint my bedroom for me.  Unfortunately it was the kind of green hue that reminded me of the inside of a hospital operating theatre...not quite the clean, restful colour I was thinking of....

Anyway, unusually for me, I didn't have any kind of idea in mind - I just had a play around with a W Plus 9 script stamp and a Bo Bunny flower to see what I could come up with.  I masked the flower and stamped over it with the script, shaded some of the petals with a couple of Copics and added a lick of Wink of Stella.  I then cut it into 4 squares and stuck it all back together again. I did think of making it clean and simple but I can never resist layers so I added an embossed background too.  I guess that's made it clean and layered now hasn't it?

It would have been nice to have been able to fit a sentiment somewhere but I didn't want to cover the flower so blank will have to do!

Thanks for popping over!

Claire x

Freshly Made Sketch #142

Hello bloggers!

Hope you are having a restful Sunday! As soon as I saw the sketch by Jen over at Freshly Made Sketches I knew I wanted to get a bit inky. But talk about a deceptively simple sketch - I thought it would be a real quickie once I'd stamped the background but I tried every embellishment possible - ribbon, butterflies, flowers - nothing seemed to work. In the end I used a Fancy That die cut dragonfly:

I stamped a W Plus 9 script stamp and then clear embossed a Bo Bunny bloom and sponged some distress inks over the top.  I absolutely love that script - it's just so pretty.  

I have a few distress inks in various colours but really don't use them enough so I'm also entering into Monday's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge which is 'I ought to use this more!'

Thanks for popping by,

Claire x

Feeling Flowery

G'day folks,

We're enjoying an absolute blinder of an Autumn here in Sydney, the warmest May for 120 years - perfect blue skies, beautiful sunshine without the sticky heat and stunning colours everywhere.  What more could you ask for?

Before tempting fate and getting a downpour I'll show you a quick card I've done for Casology where the cue word is:

I started off masking the stamped background but it looked rather dull so I framed it and added a white mat which gave it far more of a pop. I stamped a huge bloom from BoBunny and then used a very ancient flower punch to cut the flowers. In fact, it's so ancient I think it may have been the first punch I ever bought...still does the trick though.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend - thanks for popping by,

Claire x

Retrosketches #83

Morning bloggers!

Hope you're having a lovely, lazy Sunday morning.

It's my final week filling in for Kasia over at Retrosketches so a huge thanks to Arielle for letting me join in the fun every week....I've loved every minute of it! This week's sketch is based on this wonderful card by  Laurie:

I stamped the kraft background in white pigment ink using a bloom stamp from Bo Bunny and then stamped over the top with a Kaisercraft script stamp in chocolate. I wanted to 'pretty' it up a little so I used a Marvellous Squares Spellbinders die to cut the triangle.

I have to admit I'm in need of a little injection of colour on this blog at the moment. The last few cards have all had a neutral colour combo so there will be a second, slightly more colourful post a little later today for this months MME challenge.

Have a fabulous Sunday and thanks for stopping,

Claire x