Self-propelled Flowers!

Well another fortnight has gone by and it's time for the next words at The Craft Barn's Quotes and Lyrics Challenge - they are TRAVEL and/or FLOWER.

As ever I've searched the net for something profound or rather some image to pop into my head and in the end decided to do this FLOWER quote by Robert A.  Heinlein. The Sunflower and Butterfly stamps are from Oak House Studio and everything has been coloured using Barn Door and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks.  The frame is some Bazzill Just the Edges I found in my stash and the quote is printed off the computer.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment - it is much appreciated!

Oak House Studio - Floral Challenge

Over on the Oak House Studio blog and facebook the new March challenge is up with the theme FLORALS - so anything floral using any Oak House Studio product.  Full details can be found HERE.

So here's my tag for starters using a variety of Oak House Studio stamps - ATC Linen Background,  Small Sunflower,  Live the Life and the English Summer Garden text.   The tag background is coloured with Midnight, Sea Green and Powder Blue Pigments Ink Pads - swiped on a messy mat, spritzed with water and picked up with the tag in exactly the same way as with Distress Inks.  The Linen is stamped with Midnight.  The text was stamped with Sea Green,  overstamped with the Sunflower and embossed with silver embossing powder.  I've added some Beadazzles to the centre and hand cut the stem and leaves.

All spray inks, pigments ink pads, embossing powder and stamps are from Oak House Studio.

Why not join in the fun - there is a prize to be won.  A brand new stamp and I don't even know what it is!!

Inky Doors!

After 6 weeks of exams at the local school I have at last had chance to play!  I had a request to use Oak House Studio's Ink in a Bottle and that's what I've done to create a door hanger. 

A while back I entered a challenge where we had to make something using the colours of our front door....well mine is white pvc but it does have a stained glass kingfisher in it so lots of blues, oranges and greens.  For more details of this project check out the Oak House Studio blog.  I've used Jubilee Blue, Citrus Lime, Peacock Green, Citrus Yellow, Citrus Orange and Jubilee Red Ink in a Bottle - it soaks into wood and card beautifully giving you a soft look or a really intense colour!!

All the Inks in a Bottle, Pigment Ink Pads, Sunflowers and Enjoy Stamps I used can be found here.

Thanks for taking the time to look.  Lynnda is having a give away so don't forget to leave a comment on the post here for your chance to win some Inks in a Bottle!!

Hexagonal Sunflower (??)

Here's my entry for the Less is More Challenge this week where the theme is HEXAGONS.

I don't have any hexagon dies or punches so wasn't sure what to do. I then decided to use the computer to print a hexagon to create a frame on some cream linen card - I cut out the middle, edged the hexagon with Olive Versacolour (so I could see where I'd inked) and then heat embossed it with gold.

For the insert I gold embossed the Sunflower stamp from Oak House Studio on some yellow card and then watercoloured it with Tombow pens and a water brush.  It's just finished with the sentiment stamped in Vermillion Archival.

Well I think summer may well be here - our rose on the front of the house is over a fortnight late flowering but the sun is shining and it's supposed to be positively hot tomorrow.....long may it continue!!  

Thanks for looking and for your comments!!

Blue and Orange

Here's my card for the Less is More Challenge week 118  - it's a colour week and you have to choose TWO opposite colours from the colour wheel.

I did red and green last week, so went for Blue and Orange this time.  I swiped Spiced Marmalade and a bit of Mustard Seed on the craft sheet, spritzed with Citrus Orange Ink in a Bottle and mopped up with some card.  I stamped Oak House Studio's Sunflower on this with Jet Black Archival and cut out. 

It's mounted on some bright blue patterned card - I found loads of DCWV matstacks in TK Maxx yesterday so bought some textured card and this called Royal Garden which was all peacocks and peacock colours.   My card is just finished with the Darkroom Door sentiment stamped with Marigold Versacolor and clear embossed.

Hope you're all having a gorgeous weekend - we're hacking down the shrubs and tidying the garden.  Roll on summer!!

Sunflowers Again

Well it's Summer and all the Sunflowers are out and as I had a card to make I thought I'd use my Sunflower Stamp from Oak House Studio.

I've stamped with Stazon on acetate and then used Alcohol Inks on the reverse - brushed onto the flower section and then dabbed to create the frame.  I've used Sunshine Yellow, Pesto, Red Pepper and Gold Alcohol Inks.  To finish I've fastened it to some gloss card with eyelets and then added to a 6" square yellow card blank.

Hope you like my bright zingy card!

Sunflower Twinchie

Another twinchie for the Show us your Twinchie Challenge week 3 where the theme is to use BRIGHT COLOURS.

For this one I cut a piece of bright yellow card and then clear embossed a Sunflower stamp to one side.   I inked over this with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and then stamped SUN with my PSX Celtic Alphabet.  It's all edged with Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink.

What can be brighter than yellow, green and orange!

Sunflowers

Here's a card made for the Less is More challenge week 78 where we have to follow a sketch which involves a horizontal band in the upper section plus a sentiment.
 

To create the panel I've clear embossed a Sunflower stamp (Oak House Studio), blended over this with Salty Ocean Distress Ink and then misted lightly with some Faded Jeans Distress Re-Inker.  The border is a Bazzill On the Edge strip which I only had in a strange corally colour so I painted over this with some Paperartsy Fresco Finish Paint in Sky and then used Sailboat Blue and Silver Alcohol inks to compliment the panel.  The sentiment is stamped in Manganese Blue Archival.

Hope you like!  Now back to the Olympics and watching lots of weird and wonderful sports.

Z Cards

So how old are you? Did you think I was going to write about Z Cars? Or Softly Softly! I do remember these programmes but I was young at the time ....honest!!

The cards that attracted attention at Ally Pally were the shaped cards so here are a couple of my cards similar to those at the show. I'm not sure what they are officially called, bi-fold cards, concertina cards, Z cards - let me know.

No need for templates or anything complicated - a pencil and ruler, fold an A4 sheet of card into 3 and then cut off a diagonal from the front two-thirds.



On the left is a very simple card showing off the Christmas Corner stamp embossed in China Red.


On the right the card is stamped with the Sunflower in 2 shades of Brilliance and embellished with ribbon and a shrink plastic sunflower.


As I said before the cards are so simple to make, just cut the front on an angle to suit your corner stamp or design, but they give that little bit more dimension. Enjoy!