Stampin' Up! Tiny Tags and I create a Thank You Card

I'm back again with another card featuring some watercolouring :)

This is a Perfect Plum card base, which I have layered with a piece of designer series paper from the retired Sew Suite. I sponged around the edges of the DSP using So Saffron ink. I layered the Seam Binding Ribbon around it, and tied a little bow. Gosh I love that stuff! I had coloured this little girl from MFT the night before last, using my Stampin' Write Markers, Blender Pen and Ink Pads. I cut her out, and put her on a piece of Very Vanilla which I had sponged with So Saffron. I popped it onto a piece of Certainly Celery and added my sentiment, which is from Tiny Tags. 

I am entering this into two challenges, the first is the Play Date Cafe colour challenge, and secondly the Mojo Monday sketch.  

Thanks for dropping by

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Stampin' Up! So Happy For You and I create a Monochromatic Birthday Card

Hi! I have spent the last few hours in my craft room water colouring... I find it is such a relaxing past time, now that I'm getting my head around using the Stampin' Write Markers as watercolour markers.... Here is one of the images I have coloured and made into a card...

This little cutie is from My Favourite Things and it was great fun colouring her in... I don't know why I chose greens, but any way... The Stampin' Write Markers I have used are: Blush Blossom, Chocolate Chip, Crumbcake, Basic Black, Old Olive, Wild Wasabi and Certainly Celery. I have cut her out and mounted her on Very Vanilla cardstock with a piece of Certainly Celery shaped using my Scallop Border punch and a piece of Wild Wasabi Ribbon (this one is retired now) I have mounted the image panel onto some Wild Wasabi Card and before attaching it to my card base, I stamped the sentiment from So Happy For You, a retired Sale-a-bration set in Wild Wasabi. 

I am entering this into three challenges, the first is the Less is More challenge, to use Ribbon or Buttons on a CAS card, the second is the Jac-inks Monochrome Challenge and the Card Patterns Sketch (below)

Well, it's almost 2am here, so I'm calling it a night.... 

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration So Happy For You makes fun Birthday Cards

Hi all,
I have something crafty to show you after a short hiatus. I have a male friends birthday coming up, so I needed to make a card.

Now, this isn't a typically male card, but I think my friend will like it. I have used a few inspiration spots for this one, the first being the colour challenge over at Just Add Ink, the masculine challenge over at Less is More, and the birthday challenge over at SUOnly (which was incidental). I used the Sale-a-bration set So Happy for You, and stamped the star image using Crumb Cake, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry. I embossed the bottom half of the card using the Big Shot, and stamped the sentiment in Rich Razzleberry, a little bit of Whisper White Grosgrain finishes this card off.

Don't forget, you have 1 week left to get this stamp set for free! All you need to do is spend $100 or more, and you get to pick one of the Sale-a-bration sets for FREE, so, it's time to fish out your wishlists and get ordering! Call me on 0405 173 237 or shoot me an email

Until next time, 

Happy Stamping!

Colour Q #72

Hey bloggies...
A card to share with you today.... a card I really struggled with. I have a huge pile of off cuts in these colours now, looking at me forlornly... I inked up so many stamps and still couldn't come up with anything! Until this -

I wanted to make it look like the circus, so there is the bunting, and the mixed animals.... although, I have never seen a fox, owl or whale at the circus... hehe.... It's a fairly simplistic card when it comes down to it.... the bunting is actually only tied to the front of the card, and moves.... 

These colours are for the Colour Q challenge #72... which was a daunting one.. 

Anyway, I have to get ready to head to the craft store... I keep forgetting I need blades for my paper cutter.... So, a trip down to the craft store to replace them.... and a look around never hurt anyone hehe :P

Happy Stamping!

Colouring with your Stampin' Write Markers

I'm forever on a quest to learn how to utilise one of my favourite tools.... My Stampin' Write Markers...There are lots of cool ways of using these, but I wanted to learn how to colour an image nicely with out it piling the paper.... In steps google, and its wonderment of suggestions! The best walkthrough I found was this one by Cee Cee. She suggests stamping on Kraft (Crumbcake) cardstock, and instead of blending as you would with Copics, you layer your colouring. Stampin' Write markers are water based, so they behave differently than alcohol based markers, such as Copics. Instead of blending you will get shading that is visible (which looks just as good)

Here is the overall card I made, and below, a close up of one of the flowers! 

I absolutely adore this, and it is something I will do again, and again I'm sure... I'm entering this into the Moxie Fab World Marker Challenge. 

Thanks for looking.

Jess