Bridge Over troubled Watercolour

I stamped the bridge by Art Impressions onto watercolour paper then painted the scene in with distress inks I love watching it develop into a scene.

Most of the painting is trial and error and I find myself painting a little bit and then walking away from it for a while before going back and painting in a little more.

In this shot you can see how I have embossed the base card with the scalloped oval Nestabilities then cut out the watercolour painting with the plain oval and glued it on top.

I used liquid pearls to dot around the painting.

Wishing Well by Whipper Snapper

This is a Wishing Well Rubber Stamp by Whipper Snapper coloured with Prisma Pencils.

The background was embossed using the Textile Cuttlebug folder and the label shapes used to cut out the Wishing Well is by Nestabilities.

A few Wishing Well traditions.

Did you know that the reason coins were thrown into a well was to give gifts to the guardians of that well as people believed that water had healing properties.

The theory was you dropped a coin into the Well and made a wish, if the coin landed face up then your wish was granted however if the coin landed face down then it wasn't.

It is said that millions of pounds each year are thrown into Wells and fountains in the hope that a wish will come true.

Watercolour Village Mens Card

This clear unmounted stamp is made by Art Impressions and is called AI Clear - English Countryside Garden set 2 I stamped the row of houses with distress inks then set to with a paintbrush, it was quite fun painting my own trees as I didn't really know for sure how it would turn out but I have to say I quite like the results.

Floral Craft Large Rose Gift

I made this Floral Punch Craft Rose from a tree punch it was a bit of a challenge as the tree punch is very very large and as it is so big the rose would be too big to go on a card but is perfect to incorporate as a gift.

It took 13 tree shapes to make the rose.

I punched out the shapes from pink light pink coloured paper then sponged cranberry ink onto each shape then using the shape forming tool I pressed downward whilst dragging the tool over each shape.

Then I used the pointed tweezers to curl the edges of the shapes to form the petals.

A close up shot of the rose.

click on the image to see it full size.

This shot of the floral punch craft rose is took from the side as I wanted to try to show you that each petal was sponged with the matching ink

The gift is inside the glass, a shower gel and body lotion.

This is the Super Giant Tree by Leone Em that I used for the petals of the rose

Wine Stamp Card

Using the Rollagraph wheel and the script stamp I rolled it into the versamark ink and rolled over my base card several times to create a watermark background pattern on the card.

the wine stamp was inked with Adirondack cranberry ink then using a damp brush I moved the ink around on the image until I got the effect I wanted. I tore along both the top and bottom of the image then embossed along the top tear line with gold detail power.

Again using the cranberry Adirondack ink I sponged around the rest of the edges to create a distressed effect.

I used the trio ribbon tags by spellbinders and stamped Thinking of You on top of is and attached it with a white ribbon.

I finished the card by edging it with a gold pen.

This shot is to show you a close up image of the card base and the effect you get by using the Rollagraph wheel with versamark onto a dark coloured card.

JustRite Stampers Card

I bought a couple of JustRite Ensemble stamp sets, this is one of the Oval baby sets, some really cute designs in them I also bought the Devine oval set with the wooden stamper.

I thought I should get into practice of making baby cards again in light of Lauren (daughter) expecting a little one in July.

Stamped Beach Scene Card

Simply stamped an shaded with a little watercolour, the edges were distressed then inked with the ocean tides ink by PTI, I found some raffia in my craft stash and plaited it and adheared it to the card,

I Punched out a couple ofstar fish with craft punches and coloured with watercolour pencils the compass is from the Father knows best Stamp set by PTI.

Floral Craft Sunflower

Hand made Floral Punch Craft card, the flower was made with a mega daisy punch by Punch Bunch a 5 corner Flower by Punch Bunch and a small Sakura Punch made by Carla.

I started by using the rubber stamp set Spiral Bouquet by Papertrey Ink and stamping the base card using Palette Inks I used the Nestabilities to cut out the scalloped and plain circles then layered them together.

I made up the sunflower and added the leaves after painting them, the craft punch leaves are Dusty Miller, Ivy and Leone Em's Ash leaves