Do I Never Learn

It's cold and wet out today so I am thinking a perfect day for clearing out my stash cupboard. The last time I decided to do this it took me 3 days because I kept finding things I had forgotten about. Why if they were so "must-have" when I bought them have they never been used. That's CRAFTING for you!! And the other thing, after my last clear out I couldn't find anything for weeks - I think I was just born to be an untidy CRAFTER. Perhaps I'll just go and make a coffee snuggle up on the sofa with the dog and think about it.

Silly Me!!!!

Who moved Mother's Day? - silly me thinking it was the middle of March as usual and I had a week and a bit to finish off card orders. This weekend has been manic getting them all done.
The flowers and the word "MUM" were cut out with Cricut George Basic Shapes using Pink Petticoat papers adding buttons, a bit of ribbon and a few gems.....done.

My Crafty Place

My Crafty Place - "my get away from it all" place - can lose all track of time.

Every Crafter's Essential COFFEE....can't function without it.

21st Birthday Card

Well another day at the office - yes I know it's Sunday. Last minute order for a 21st birthday card.

WELL HERE GOES

This gal who is fast approaching her bus pass has decided to embrace new technology and move into the 21st century. Here are some of my favourite card designs.

Say It With Words

Words from Pink Petticoat Monograms CD

Papers and Flowers below from Little Fleurs CD

Simon Says - Wild Rose

Hello my friends, I'm back to share cards I made with the Wild Rose 6" x 8" stamp set from Simon Says Stamp In My Heart recent release. The release has lots of amazing products to inspire your creativity and you can check them all out HERE.

I love stamp sets with floral images and decided to have a little fun with watercolor techniques.

I stamped the larger image from the Wild Rose stamp set on to an A2 panel of Distress Watercolor card, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival.

I applied water to the image, one section at a time, dropped in colour from my Distress Watercolor Pencils palette (colours linked below), dried between layers and repeated to colour the background.

I trimmed the panel to 4" x 5.1/4", inked the splatters stamp from Simon Says Stamp Watercolor Bouquet stamp set with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and stamped randomly on the background.

I stamped the sentiment from Wild Rose on to a scrap of Distress Black HeavyStock, inked with Versamark ink, sprinkled with White Embossing Powder and heat set. I trimmed around the sentiment using my Mini Recoil Snips and fixed in place with Simon Says Stamp Thin 3D Foam Squares.

I matted the panel to Distress Black HeavyStock and fixed to an A2 white card blank.

If  you're not confident watercolouring the images, why not leave them white and apply a watercolor wash to the background instead.

I stamped the second floral image from the stamp set on to Distress Watercolor card inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne and heat set to dry the ink. I applied a wash of water over the panel, smooshed Salvaged Patina and Peeled Paint Distress Oxide inks on to my glass media mat, picked up the colours with a wet paintbrush, applied the colour around the edges of the image in sections and let the water work it's magic.

I added splatters using Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Black Splatter Medium and stamped the sentiment from Wild Rose, inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.

As before, I matted the panel on to Distress Black HeavyStock and fixed to an A2 white card blank.

Enjoy your weekend whatever you have planned and I'll be back on Monday to share my DT project for Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

Hugs Kath xxx