Brusho Art Flowers

Time to take it a little step further and introduce some stamps into the equation.

 

Choosing the colours was the first job, flowers - crimson, scarlet, vermillion, gamboge. Leaves – leaf green and lemon.

I used a stamp set from Papertrey Ink to stamp out the flowers, leaves and the swirls on the background in stampendous Frantage Shabby white embossing enamel.

This time I wet the porous card and sprinkled the powder in the places that I wanted the colour, i felt that I had more control of where it was going.

I cut out the leaves and flowers and laid them how I wanted them then added them with pinflair glue gel to give dimension.

Take a Bow

 

Baby Bow from Mo’s Digital Pencil 

Such a sweetie, coloured with Copic Markers and Chalk pencils then teamed with a spellbinders fleur di lis die, Papertrey Ink designer paper and a pretty ribbon to finish.

 

 

Saturday is a together Day for Chris and myself, weekends we take time out to be together and enjoy each others company.

Today I declined from the cycle ride but Chris went out early morning and come home like a drowned rat, he was soon showered and ready for the rest of the day together.

It was a naughty kind of day, it started well with porridge and banana for breakfast but then we did the sin of going to Dalton Park and grabbing a Latte to go from Thornton’s (you always get a chocolate to go with the coffee, now if that wasn’t bad enough we had to pass by Millie's cookies and a toffee cookie was calling our name, not one but two each, oh well I’m sure a cycle ride tomorrow will sort that out for us.

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend too.

Home made Ice Lollies

Todays post has me remembering the Ice Lollies my Mam used to make, we had Ice Lolly moulds from Tupperware, they were the juiciest ice-lollies in the land, we used to experiment with flavours.

The only downside to it was when the ice-cream van came round, I was told to get an ice-lolly out of the freezer.

Summer boy is by Mo’s Digital Pencil and I’m figuring that he has a raspberry ice lolly clenched in his hand.

Coloured with Copic markers and teamed with Papertrey Ink dotted paper and DCWV striped paper.

he’s definitely ready to give someone a soaking.

Flamin Go

Apparently when flamingo’s start their courtship the male of the species has to win it’s mate by performing a dance and when she is suitable impressed she gives in to his charming light-footedness and they become mates for life, this then excites others around them so much so that they copy his dance to celebrate. amazing huh!

Meet Ollie and Olga by Karen’s Doodles I could have gone two ways with this stamp Ostrich or flamingo but when i checked out their courtship habits I knew which i had to do.

It’s kind of funny because in my own courtship Chris was known for trying to impress me at the disco with a kind of turkey strut Oooo the memories.

I think you’ll agree that this couple seem very tied up in each other.

Colours – Copic salmon and lemon shades

Papers – Papertrey Ink

Letter – Thickers

Ribbon and Card from my stash

Little Walker

Oh how I remember those first steps, just how wobbly they are and more often than enough then land on their bums, thanks heavens for nappy padding. Before long they are like whippets and you need to be as fast as Linford Christie to catch them ha ha!

The Digital stamp is Walker by Mo’s Digital Pencil 

I used Papertrey Ink designer paper, a piece of lace and papertrey Ink ribbon, some block letters that I picked up at the early learning center a couple of paper flowers and a pretty pink button.

Image coloured with Copic Sketch Markers.

Just a little update on Natalie, she is continuing to get better and she still hasn’t had a cigarette, I’m so proud of her.

Love Ya!

Everyone say awe! I remember my Mam knitting me a cardigan this colour, in fact I remember her knitting me twin sets, little cardigan and matching skirt.

Love Ya by Mo’s digital Pencil

I used designer background papers and matching polka dot ribbon from Papertrey Ink, coloured the image with Copic Sketch Marker I used an edge paper punch by EK Success and finished the card with some matching buttons.

Tomorrow is Proms in the park for me so can you all please do a sunshine dance tonight and pray that the rain holds off for me. I have bought some new wellingtons just in case.

Big Shoes

Oooo I remember my two girls doing this, I often used to catch them trying to walk in my high shoes, these days it’s them wearing the high shoes not me.

Big Shoes from Mo’s Digital Pencil 

Coloured with Copic Sketch Markers, I used the Nestabilities Labels 4 Die to cut out the image and a couple of Martha Stewart punches for the melon coloured card underneath the image, ribbon and patterned paper from Papertrey Ink and I used the ScorPal to add a few lines to the card.

Close up view of Big Shoes

Little Aviator

Isn’t it just so sweet that Mo did this as a girl too.

Plenty of girls love this sort of thing and I for one was a typical Tomboy being brought up with two older brothers I had no choice.

Dream Girl by Mo’s Digital Pencil 

Coloured with Copic Markers, the designer paper is one from Stampin Up and the brown stitched block is a silk sample I received when I was in the Lake District, the sentiment is from the Birds of a feather stamp set by Papertrey Ink and a satin ribbon to finish.

Beautiful Flora and Embellishments

After using a digital stamp for my card making yesterday from Funky Kits I couldn’t resist getting this little beauty too. Her name is Flora.

I also found the most delightful Etsy store full of fabulous embellishments and everything just kept dropping in my basket and when you receive your order it is all so pretty, the lace was wrapped around dolly pegs with a little pearl topped pin to secure the lace in place ooh and the pearl embellished large pins are just a delight. All of the embellishments on my card, lace, pins, pearls, buttons and flowers are from this cute as a button store and tomorrow Thursday I will have more to share with you about it and even a giveaway for some lucky person.

I used the Tonic Studios border system for the large scallop and coloured the image with Copic markers, the designer paper is from Papertrey Ink and the ribbon is a satin ribbon from Fantastic Ribbons.

New Love–Prisma Pencils

It had been so long since I did a full Prisma pencil colouring and sometimes it is god to revisit old techniques that I really enjoyed making this card. I blended the colour with the white pencil and my finger rather than using the usual method of gamasol or baby oil.

The image is called New Love and can be found at A Day for Daisies .

I also used a Papertrey Ink polymer flourish stamp from the With Sympathy stamp set and heat set it with white detail embossing powder and blended the edges od the card going over the heat embossed detail with aqua ink.

Ribbon and pearls and a bit of love brought it all together.

A close up image

Button Flower card

Just a pretty Button flower card, don't you just love buttons?

The ones I used are from Fantastic Ribbons and can be found here, you get ooodles of them for your pennys. brilliant service and brilliant value.

I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set Everyday button bits for the plant pot and sentiment and teamed it all with Stampin Up Designer papers.

I added pearls to the button petals.

Floral Friend Card

Oh yay! It's Friday and the weekend begins.

I used 2 stamp sets by Papertrey Ink for this card, "Silent Night and Friends Till the End" teamed with Promarker colouring, pearls, ribbon and score lines made using the Scor-Pal and a bit of love to bring it all together. Not a bit of designer paper in sight this time.

Attention to detail...

Adding a few basic score lines onto your card can make it look classic a more expensive card stock, it's amazing what it does.

Bertha geting some Tea.L.C

This image is Tea.L.C digital stamp by Just Inklined and it is Bertha having a well earned cup of char.

Coloured with Copic Markers and Prisma Pencils background papers by Papertrey Ink a ribbon a couple of pearls and a bit of love to bring it all together.

I tried to get a glowing appearance coming from the lamp behind Bertha, you can tell she's done all her housely chores and is now having a little well earned ME time.

oriental poppy - Just Inklined

Oriental Poppy by Just Inklined colouered with Promarkers, the digital stamp was dragged to one caorner before printing it out.Ribbon and sentiment by Papertrey Ink.

And a bit of love to bring it all together.

The digital Stamp can be purchased fron here

you can also visit the Just inklined Blog for more card making ideas

Through the Trees

Clean and simple, I love doing these, it makes an easy beautiful card.

Papertrey Ink through the trees stamp, Nestabilies plain square embossed over the top of the image, a couple of score lines to house the satin ribbon, a little sentimant tag tied with linen thread and a bit of love to bring it all together.

CPS Card Sketch Challenge 173

CPS hold a card sketch challenge each Week (see here) and it has been such a long time since I did any challenges that I thought I would give this a whirl.

I used the Papertrey Ink Fancy Flourish stamp set and the paper flowers where made from a scalloped circle punch, I used the swiss dots Cuttlebug embossing folder at each end of the focal image added a couple of beaded stamins and a ribbon and a bit of love to bring it all together.

Fabulous Friend

Papertrey Ink Flourish, Stampin Up ovals and butterfly stamps and punches a rusenberry ink, pearls, ribbon , beads and a bit of love to bring it all together.

Whimsical House

A whimsical house on a hill, clean and frsh colours the stamp is from a set called Wonderfully Whimsical by Papertrey Ink

Attention to detail...

3 matching buttons and a border line drawn with a fine liner pen.

A pretty ribbon and a couple of background papers glittered and punched with the Martha Stewart loop punch.