Wild Geraniums

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a great week.  I've been extremely busy so I haven't had a chance to visit blogs recently.   Life will slow down again but once our snow melts, it will be time for gardening.  We can't believe it but it still seems like mid winter most days as we have a lot of snow and it's been very cold.   But soon it will start to warm up....we hope :)

I have a two card designs today using a beautiful stamp set, Chapel Road - Da Vinci Botanicals available from Class Act Inc.    I used a favorite colour combination for the first one.  I've used these two colours so often that a couple of my friends call them the 'Shirley colours' :)

To create the background I used Broken China, Mowed Lawn and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks using the acrylic block technique.    When dry I used TCW Ferns with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink.  Next I used TCW Circle Explosion stencil with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink & White Acrylic paint.

I cut a strip off the background and stamped the whimsical sunflower edge from Chapel Road's Large Sunflower set and 'hello' (from Impression Obsession) with Cobalt Archival Ink.

The background behind the Geranium from Da Vinci Botanicals is Mowed Lawn Distress Ink again using an acrylic block.   I stamped the flower with Cobalt Archival Ink.  I bleached the ink from the flower and coloured with Mustard Seed and Peacock Feathers DI using my craft mat, brush and water.  I distressed all the edges and sponged Chipped Sapphire DI before assembling the card.

The second card below uses the other Geranium from the Da Vinci Botanicals set:

The background was created with Shaded Lilac and Seedless Preserves Distress Inks using an acrylic block again.   I stamped the Flower Words background stamp with Seedless Preserves DI (I lightly spritzed with water before stamping).

I stamped the flower on watercolour paper with Cobalt Blue Archival Ink and coloured with TomBow Markers #685, 155 & 177.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day,
Shirley

Sunflowers with Colourful Inks

Hello everyone, I have two colourful Sunflower designs to show you today using beautiful Chapel Road stamps, a line available from Class Act Inc.    These flowers make me think of summer, I can't wait.  Actually I would be happy with Spring flowers :)

Stamps by Chapel Road - Large Sunflower Set and the background is Flower Words

To create the large background I used Vibrant Turquoise, Midnight and White Linen Dylusions Inks.   I stamped the Flower Words with Salty Ocean Distress Ink.  

I used glossy paper and Sailboat Blue, Purple Twilight & Citrus Adirondack Alcohol inks to create the background behind the sunflower.   The Sunflower was stamped with Black Archival ink.  I added colour to the flower with Tom Marker #062.    I cut the main image out and attached to the larger background over ribbon.   The sentiment and whimsical border are also from the Large Sunflower Set.

And below is a 2nd card created using Sunflower Set.

The background was created with Cut Grass, Fresh Lime and Vibrant Turquoise Dylusions Inks.  I sprayed over top with Gold Glimmermist and blotted with a paper towel which created the water marks.    I stamped the whimsical border with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink.

The Sunflower was embossed with black and coloured with Tombow Markers #55, 158 & 993.  I cut around the image and popped over the background.

Thanks for your visit and have a fabulous day,
Shirley

An Autumn Twinchie Topper

Good evening !   I hope you enjoyed the weekend.   We managed to move a mountain of soil over our lawn.  I'm glad that job is finished, whew !   Tomorrow my hubby will over seed and then we hope for rain.  It's been a very dry summer.

I missed the last Twinchie challenge, so wanted to make sure I got in early this time.   The theme is "Autumn" for Challenge #5.   Check out the awesome creations by the Design Team here at Show us your Twinchies Challenge Blog.   Remember these creations are only 2 x 2 inches.  A small space, but for some reason I find creating them a little addicting.     I enjoy creating cards using the Twinchie as a topper and I think they would make great little gift tags.   

Update: Monday morning -  I'm adding this card to Judith's 'Forgotten Friday' Post at Judith@Poppy Cottage since I've used uninked stamps that have been waiting since last winter for Fall creations to start :) 

The background was created by using Rusty Hinge, Aged Mahogany, & Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks on an Acrylic Block, sprayed with water and then added to the white card stock.

The Stamps are the Maple Leaf A Stamp Set from Class Act Inc.     I stamped a large leaf from the set with aged mahogany DI over the background.   The small leaf was embossed with gold, cut out and popped up on the Twinchie.

Below is the card I created with the Twinchie as a topper:

The background for the card was also created using the Acrylic Block Technique with Spiced Marmalade & Rusty Hinge Distress Inks.  I also over sprayed with Sunshine Glimmermist.   I stamped two different leaves from the set with Aged Mahogany, Rusty Hinge and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks.  

The quote - All Seasons C3534 from Impression Obsession was stamped with Walnut Stain DI.    The Twinchie was popped up and it's done !    I love this quote as Fall is my favourite season, especially after a long hot summer.   

That's all for today.   Thanks for your visits and kind comments, I appreciate them. 
Have a great day !
Shirley

Fairy at Sunrise

Hello Crafters !   

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.  I had fun today with wonderful ladies in a class over at Crop Circles teaching the background technique with Tom Bows, Water & Salt .   Wow, what a mess we can make when 'playing', but the ladies created beautiful work !    Helen (owner of Crop Circles) will send me photos and I'll get them posted soon.   

Last night I worked on another card using this technique to show the ladies today.  I was inspired by the photo (see bottom of this post) from For Your Inspiration's Blog and this is my second entry into their current (FYI #28) challenge.

I'm also entering this card into Craft a Scene Challenge #4, as the theme is to use a Silhouette this month.

It's worth taking time to check out both Challenge Blogs as they feature awesome creations from both the DT and participants ! 

The background was created using Tom Bow markers, water & salt.    The 'grass' was created by using a stamp from the Hero Art CL428 Set which was stamped several times (partly off the page) & embossed with gold.  The little fairy silhouette is from Class Act Inc. ANGF316C (sm butterfly pixie) stamped with ColorBox Boysenberry Pigment Ink and embossed with Clear.  

The picture below is from For Your Inspiration's Blog.    I can't stopping look at this, it's such a gorgeous photo !

That's all for this evening.  Thanks for all your visits, they are appreciated ! 

Shirley