Three Flower Tag (Stampers Anonymous Mini Bouquet)

This tag was a struggle.  Just as I was nearing completion of it, some ink bled which resulted in me cutting the offending area off and wondering what to do next as I'd already invested too much time on it.

Anyway, fresh eyes on it this morning meant that I was able to finish it.  Not quite what I had originally intended but ok-ish!

The original area is the two flower heads and the script background (the script is a stamp from Oak House Studio).  The flower is from the Stampers Anonymous "Mini Bouquet" set. which I coloured using watercolour pencils.

I prepared a Panpastel background in shades of purple, mauve & black then ran it through the Big Shot in a dotty embossing folder.  I then stuck the original section to the top.  This left and empty area on the bottom right hand side of the tag, so I stamped another flower, coloured it in and cut around it sticking it to the tag to fill the empty area.

So this is proof that not all items created run smoothly.

Yellow Poppy Card

I found out today that my friends celebrate their anniversary on Wednesday so got busy making a card.

On a piece of yellow cardstock, I stamped the poppy (Woodware ADS506 stamp) using a darker shade of ink.  I then cut the images out and highlighted areas with tiny dots using my Promarker pens.  I did the same for the stems and leaves. 

I then  ran a Stampin' Up embossing folder "Petal Burst" through the Big Shot to provide a textured background and positioned and glued the flowers.  Once everything was adhered, I mounted the piece onto green cardstock.

Finally on a blank card, I stamped leaves in a random fashion using an Oak House Studio leaf stamp sticking the central decorative panel onto the card.

Week 13 - 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2017

The prompt for Week 13 is "Favourite Colours".

Thinking about this, I have realised I have many favourite colour combinations, but nature reminded me of one particular favourite - shades of sunset, which I have attempted to replicate with this tag.

I used three shades of Panpastels, blended across the surface of the tag to create the background.  I then used various foliage stamps from Stamper Anonymous "Mini Bouquet" stamp set to provide a silhouette feel.

A Happy Birthday (Music Sheet) Card

For this card, I used a copy of the music sheet for the "Happy Birthday" song.  In two shades of green I stamped a leaf pattern using a stamp from Oak House Studio and one from the Stampin' Up set called "Vintage Leaves". I then mounted this on dark green cardstock.

I then cut various pieces of foliage using Stampin' Up "Botanical Builder" and "Leaflet Framelits".  I used the Memorybox "Chloe Stem" seed head die and the Poppystamps "Lorelai Outline Leaf die.  I layered some flowers, attaching them with a small brad.

I then assembled and glued the pieces into position, adding some adhesive pearls for interest.

A Congratulations Wedding/Engagement Card

This card is 8x8 so I was working totally out of my comfort zone, as I prefer to create smaller cards.

I used a piece of patterned paper for the background of this card.  I then sprayed the back of the skeleton leaves with adhesive, sticking them to the patterned paper.

Using two dies from the Spellbinders "Decorative Fancy Diamonds" set I cut the decorative central panels, sticking the large one down.  On the smaller one, I stamped "Congratulations" using a stamp from Stampin' Up "Flroal Phrases" set.  I then elevated that by using sticky foam pads to add dimension.

Finally I added ribbon and sticky pearls.

Week 12 - 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2017

The prompt for Week 12 is "Home".

"Home" means many things to many people.  For my tag, I thought about my Hubby being "my home".

I started by blending some Panpastels to create the shaded background.  I used one stamp set for the detail.  It's by Papertrey Ink and is called "Love Lives Here" it is actually a stamp and die set.

I finished the tag with small dots using a white pen, to the centres of the flowers and added pearls to the hearts at the base of the tag.

A Cheery Birthday Card

As my paper off-cuts box is close to over flowing I thought I'd better use some of the pieces, which resulted in this cheery birthday card.

The sentiment is stamped using a stamp from Stampin' Up "Endless Birthday Wishes" set.