Monday 30 November 2020

Quick and Simple FMS #463

Hello. hello,

Quick card for Freshly Made Sketches and Time Out:




 



This is my second card for Time Out's 'quick' challenge which was even faster than the first,  as I already had some alcohol inks blended for the Stamplorations die cut butterfly. The three stamped strips are PTI's Watercolour Wonder - an oldie but still a goodie!

Happy stamping!

Claire



Sunday 29 November 2020

MFT Cupcakes

Hello, happy weekend to you,

The latest CASology challenge,  'wheat,'  inspired me to ink up these sweet cupcakes from MFT:



 






I normally make my CASology cards a little simpler than this but I kept adding elements like the stencilled brick background, the tiny frame and scalloped edge at the top. It's still clean though, so I think I can get away with it.

I've also used the colours from MFT's Colour Challenge 154 and I'm popping it over to Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge where 'anything goes.'

Happy stamping!

Claire

Thursday 26 November 2020

Quick and Simple Holiday Wishes

Hello and Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends!

I'm still in clean and simple mode with a very quick card combining AAA's Along the Edge challenge and Time Out's 'quick' challenge:






There's the option of using snowflakes for AAA so I embossed CAS-ual Friday's Snowy Sayings, then blended a trio of distress inks over the top. I added a simple die cut from Memory Box (I think) and a strip of sparkly card stock. Took about 15 minutes - believe me, that's quick by my standards!

Happy stamping!

Claire 









Monday 23 November 2020

Color Throwdown #620

Hello folks,

Just getting in a quick card before the latest Color Throwdown challenge finishes:




I combined the pretty colour colour palette with the simple layered sketch over at CAS(E) This Sketch.

 The stamp is called 'Blossoming' from Stamplorations - I never feel as though I do this stamp justice but for once I'm happy with how the colouring came out. Makes a change!

Happy stamping!

Claire

Friday 20 November 2020

Clean and Simple Christmas

Hello inkers!

It's been a while since I've played along at CASology  Their cue card this week is 'stag' so I used this fun image from Your Next Stamp called Reinbeer:






The background is CAS-ual Friday's Amazeballs - it kind of made me think of the bubbles in a beer. I'm also popping it over to The Paper Players who have a clean and simple holiday challenge and Simon Says Stamp's Christmas themed Wednesday Challenge. 

Happy stamping!

Claire

Sunday 15 November 2020

Christmas Colours

Hello folks,

At last, a couple of cards - the first is for Less is More's 'blue and silver ' challenge:

 



Nothing like your favourite set of stamps to get you back into stamping mode!  I used PTI's Doodlie-Do, coloured with blue Copics and embossed with pewter embossing powder, then set against some sparkly strips of silver glitter card stock.








The second card is for both MFT's Sketch and Colour Challenges. I stamped one of Birdie Brown's older stamps - Warmest Wishes, which has actually just been re-released from the MFT vault. The snowy background has been masked with masking fluid, with Summer Splash blended over the top using the Cloud Stencil.

Happy stamping!

Claire