Colour Q #295

Hello folks!

How's your week going? This is the first post tonight and it's for the latest Colour Q challenge.  I love this combination...so elegant. It would be perfect for a wedding card I think:

I embossed a couple of Waltzingmouse's Camellias in gold and coloured one with some Spectrum Noir markers. I then used a different bloom from the same set to stamp a masked background.  Not a great photo I'm afraid so I may try and take a better one in the morning.

You've got until Monday at midnight CST to link up your creation - hope you get time to join in this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Claire x

Waltzingmouse Pyjama Party

Hello!

Time for another Waltzingmouse Pyjama Party! I'd love to have made more for this one but I only had time to make a quick card for challenge 2 which is a colour challenge:

I sponged a circular background using Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap, then added the branch and blooms from Asian Gardens. I think this was the second WMS set I ever bought and it still gets inked up on a regular basis.

Short but sweet again...kids to feed, homework to be done and wine to be drunk....

Happy waltzing!

Claire x

Roll on Summer - CFC #140

Morning everyone!

There seems to be a Summer theme around blog land at the moment and this months CAS-ual Fridays challenge is no exception.  Michele's idea of Summer is tan, white and one other bright colour so here's what I came up with:

I die cut a kraft circle and inlaid it into the card, then added a die cut 'hello' which I coloured with Copics and covered in a thick layer of Glossy Accents. The clouds and sun are from Whimsy Stamps 'Happy Hello.' Anita pointed out that this fits with the current Time Out challenge too - be inspired by the words 'happy is the bride that the sun shines on' - so I'm popping it over there as well.

Just a very quick post today...unfortunately something called 'work' is getting in the way of my craft time...

Catch you later!

Claire x

Colour Q #294

Hello for the second time today!

So are you ready for Summer (if you're in that part of the world)?  This weeks Colour Q hues are a Summery, sunny affair inspired by these pretty, frilly thongs:

I used a combination of MME patterned papers and ink for this card - I masked and sponged a Summer background scene using Soft Sky, Daffodil Delight and Mustard Seed distress inks.  I then used Frayed Burlap to stamp the flowers from Technique Tuesday's One of a Kind. Don't forget, if you haven't got the exact colours, just use the closest at hand.

I loved the layered sketch over at Fusion this week so I used that for some added inspiration. 

There's heaps more inspiration from the rest of the design team so make sure you go and check out their creations and leave them some love!

Happy stamping!

Claire x

Time Out Twist

G'day folks!

It's been a full on holiday weekend for us in the last few days. We took the kids to see Vivid on Sunday which is a festival of light where huge light projections are placed on the Opera House and other well known buildings around the city.  So clever - the boys loved it (although I have to admit I spent most of the time walking around in a mild panic, in case they got separated from us. The crowds were horrendous!)

Time Out has an inspiration challenge this week based on this beautiful card by Deepti:

I focused on Deepti's main colours for my inspiration - I love how she's torn her card stock diagonally so I based my design on a diagonal slant. I used an embossing folder to emboss a diagonal strip and then clustered my WMS Funky Flowers around it. I've stamped some blooms in colour, then white embossed some on vellum to add some softer texture. The embossing folder created a crease along the card stock - so annoying when that happens - so I covered this up with a stamped, dotted line from WMS My Kind of Guy.

That's it for this post - I'll be back later with the latest Colour Q palette. Thanks for stopping,

Claire x

A Vintage Offering

Hello again,

Another great cue word over at Casology - 'vintage.' I have to say I'm not a big fan of vintagey things (except wine of course.) I tend to envision old fashioned lace, chintzy fabric and a musty smell! So it was definitely a challenge to create something with a vintage theme and yet keep it clean and simple:

I thought the monocled man from WMS 'My Kind of Guy' would be perfect for this one. I love the old fashioned sentiments in this set. I kind of did some masking in a mask, if that makes sense.  I masked off a larger rectangle, then used a square mask with distress inks to mask lots of little squares within it. I then added a little crystal effects to his monocle to make it shiny.

Simon Says Stamp has a masculine challenge on their Wednesday challenge blog at the moment so I'm going to link my monocled little man over there too!

Thanks for popping by,

Claire x

Colour Q #293

Evening all!

So after an extended challenge, it's time for Colour Q #293. Can you believe we're almost up to our 300th challenge? It's a bright, bold and fun palette today...I can definitely see a few cards for the boys using these colours:

I used this week's Retro Sketch to kick start my mojo and Mama Elephant's Nursery Deco to create the little nursery scene.  I've had babies on my mind recently as I became an auntie again a couple of weeks ago. In a family of boys, you can imagine my delight that I'm able to buy something pink at last.  And I'm even going to get to see her in person soon when I make a trip back to the UK (dare I say it, without the kids!)

Enjoy getting inky this week - thanks for stopping by!

Claire x