Florals .....

Made a watercolour card .... on a 6 x 6 inch white card-blank.....

Would like to enter this into the Simon Says Monday Challenge this week whose theme is 'Play With Paint'

Simple watercolour florals handpainted onto 300gsm hot-pressed watercolour card.

I have simply matted onto black and satin gold cards as a frame. The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink onto white card, trimmed and again matted onto black and satin gold.

The watercolour matt was then added to the card blank to finish and the sentiment added on foam pads ....

Sid xx

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Dotty .....

Made this card for a Challenge at the Less is More Blog whose Challenge No. 420 is 'Going Dotty' ...

I used a white 5 x 5 inch cardblank as the base. I die-cut a circle from card and used this as a mask through which I applied a number of coloured dots with some round ended markers. Once the mask was removed I stamped the sentiment 'Sending Our Love' in black Versafine ink to finish.

Simple .....

Sid xx

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Thanks ....

The Less is More CAS challenge #419 is 'White & Cream'  this time...... and this is my card for the Challenge .....

I used a 5 x 5 inch white cardblank s a base and die-cut a smaller square of white card. I stamped the word 'Thanks' (Inkadinkadoo) in pearlescent beige Brilliance Ink in the bottom right of this square.

I then die-cut a tree (Memorybox) in cream pearlescent paper and adhered as shown. The smaller panel was adhered to the card blank to finish ....

Sid xx

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Flamingling .....

Made this card for a Stamplorations 'Theme and Photo' Challenge whose theme is  'Stamps & Tropical' ..... 

I thought that Flamingos were very tropical so made this card.....

I started with a white 6 x 6 inch white cardblank. I cut a smaller matt in yellow spotty paper and mounted this onto black card to make a border.

The main image (Great Impressions) was stamped on white card in Memento black ink. It was coloured with pink and blue Posca pens. It was edged in blue Versamagic chalk ink and matted on black card. The spotty matt was applied to the card front and the Flamingos mounted off centre on foam pads on the card.

I made a background with Distress Oxides in greens & yellow on white card and die-cut  a number of open leaves from this. The leaves were then arranged as shown and embellished with some pink sequins.

I cut some Washi tape with the words 'Let's Flamingle' and mounted this onto white card applying on foam pads as shown to finish the card.... Ohhh how I long to be on holiday in a Tropical place at the moment ... think I have no choice but to wait though !!!

Sid xx

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Face ......

As we are having a 'Use Your Peel-Offs' Challenge on UK Stampers Forum I have made this card again making a background with them.....

I started with a 5 x 5 inch white card blank and cut a smaller matt out of white card. I layered a whole sheet of peel-offs onto this and gave it 3 coats of watered down white Gesso to hide the metallic finish of the peel-offs.

I then stamped a face (Cherry Pie) in Archival black ink onto the background and used some  watercolour brushpens  (Lyra Aquabrush) to colour the lips and eyes. I then chose two shades of pink Versamagic chalk ink and coloured the background and edges with these.

The base matt was layered on pink card and this mounted onto the card blank.  I chose a 'Hello' die and cut this twice in pink and black layering them slightly offset as shown on the panel to finish.

Sid xx

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Dream .....

Made a set of Inchies for a monthly swap on UK Stampers Forum .....

I used waste packaging and punched out the bases which are 1 x 1 inch square. I made a background with Distress Oxides and a waterspray which was also punched.

The bases were covered with the background and stamped with a spotty flower stamp in Versafine black ink. The word dream was then stamped in dark green Versamagic chalk ink. A small adhesie pearl was added to the flower centres. The Inchies were edged dark blue Versamagic chalk ink t finish.

Sid xx

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Bee Happy .....

Everyone wants to Be Happy especially at the moment with Lockdown !  Made this card....

I started with a 6 x 6 inch white cardblank. I took a square of watercolour card and stamped this with a bee stamp (Pink Paislee) in Archival black ink. This was coloured with Watercolour brushpens and the wings and body stripes glazed with a Gelly Roll clear glaze pen. I then took a die and die-cut around the bee with a hexagon honeycomb die. I trimmed this to be uneven and coloured with yellow watercolour. Some of the die waste was retrieved and also coloured n orange watercolour.

I  then selected a piece of printed paper  and matted this on blue and beige card. The bee image was mounted on foam pads and the waste pieces applied on the paper underneath the honeycomb.

A few yellow sequins were applied with Glossy Accents and the matts attached to the cardbase to finish.

Sid xx

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Perfect ....

New month .... new Coins .... made these for a virtual swap over on UK Stampers Forum ...

I used a base of re-cycled packaging die-cut to 2.5 iinches diameter. I then die-cut some coloured card  as the base and stamped this with a flower stamp and yellow chalk ink and used a black Posca pen to dot the centres of the flowers.

The leaves were die-cut from a piece of glossy card coloured with Alcohol Ink. The green circle was applied to cardbase and the leaves were applied onto this. I stamped the word 'Perfect' in Versafine black ink on white card, trimmed this out and attached on foam pads.

The Coins were then edged with Krylon gold pen to finish.....

Sid xx

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Bloom......

A set of 'bloom' Artist Trading Coins made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ....

I die-cut 2.5 ins circles from re-cycled packaging as the base. I then produced a background using Distress Oxides & water spray to make a smooshed background which was also die-cut to the same size.

I stamped some Jofy stamps from PaperArtsy in Archival black ink, coloured the flower with red Copic marker and treated with Glossy Accents. I used a Sakura glitter pen to colour the stems a glittery green and stamped the word 'bloom' in more Archival ink.

The Coins were edged in violet Versamagic chalk ink to finish !

Sid xx

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Sewn .....

This CAS card was made as my entry into the 'Less Is More' Challenge #416 which is a one-layer card with no sentiment ......

I used a 5 x 5 inch white card blank and scored some cross lines with the score board. I then stamped the sewn flower centrally in the central square in Versafine black ink. This was coloured with Distress Inks and a waterbrush directly onto the image. Some white highlights was added with a white Posca pen.

A very simple card but quite effective ......

Sid xx

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Red, Raspberry & Grey......

Wanted to enter the latest Challenge from Less Is More which is to make a Clean & Simple card with Red, Raspberry & Grey.

I used a 5 x 5 inch white card blank as the base. I then die-cut a 3.5 inch square with a stitched edge die which was cut diagonally on the guillotine. This triangle was decorated with a mini flower stamp in all three challenge colours to produce a mass of stamped flowers. I used dots of Stickles glitter glue to highlight the centres of the flowers.

The decorated panel was mounted as shown on foam pads onto the card base.

I then stamped 'You are pretty amazing' as shown in Versafine Black Ink to finish.

Sid xx

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Opposites .....

Here is a simple 'opposites' card design made for a 'Just One Stamp' Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum. There are 12 crafters in a group and they post their stamp to each of the members .... make something using the stamp and then send on.

Great to see each persons crafty interpretation using their stamp.

I used turquoise and dark pink card 50/50 for the background, die-cut a frame from Kraft card, backed the frame in black card and mounted the coloured panel over the frame with foam pads.

The flowers were stamped in Archival black ink onto the same coloured card, trimmed out and mounted on more foam pads as shown. The flowers were highlighted with gold pen and the sentiment stamped in Versafine black ink.

If you would like to join the Forum click HERE !

Sid xx

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Snowflakes ...

A 'cool' snowflake tag made for a swap on UK Stampers Forum ...

The background is antique wood effect with heat embossed white 'snow'. Onto this I have attached a number of layered die-cut snowflakes in foil and iridescent paper centred with adhesive gems. There are also some silver foil stars and the tag is threaded through with some sparkly ribbon .... The sentiment is hand-stamped in Versafine black ink.

Sid xx

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Ohhh Deer ....

Made a 6 x 4 mailart postcard for a swap in UK Stampers Forum ...

The base (of re-cycled card packaging) is watercolour paper and Brushos, the image is stamped, coloured with Copic markers and collaged along with the words 'Oh, Deer'.

I have also stamped a number of stylised snowflakes in Archival black ink coloured centrally with Posca pens. The card is edged with Krylon gold.

Sid xx

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Cute .....

Another unusual Christmas Card featuring a cute pink Deer .....

It's for sale in my Etsy Shop - Harpies Crafty Corner .... click HERE to have a look ...

Sid xx

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Magnolias ....

A 'Thanks' card on a 5 x 7 inch white card base. Made with Gelli print background with matted layers, die-cuts and a stamped sentiment ....

Sid xx

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