Whimsical Flowers

Hello everyone I hope you are having a great weekend.  Here it's raining and cool but we enjoyed some pleasant sunshine the last couple of days.

I have a whimsical card to show today:

The background is a 'mess' of Dylusions spray inks, stenciling and stamps from Chocolate Baroque's Spring Foliage Set.

I used Heartfelt Creations - Stripped Sun Kissed Fleur stamps and matching Dies for the flowers.  I molded them and pinched the ends.   I doodled the stems and leaves to create a whimsical look.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week,
Shirley

Crealie Flowers, Damask background and Ryn's Waterdroplets

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well.

I've had a lot going on and when my energy is gone so is my mojo for creating but I enjoyed some time in my craft room yesterday afternoon. 

I used favourite colours, Crealie dies, stamps by Chocolate Baroque and the amazing water droplets by Designs by Ryn to create the card below.  

I started with Distress Inks (Violet and Citron) on an Acrylic plate and spritzed with water to create the background.  I also sprinkled a little Brusho powders, spritzed more water and let it run over the inks.    I over stamped with using the same inks and a couple of stamps from Chocolate Baroque's Dusky Damask set.

I stamped Designs by Ryn's water droplets from the unmounted Textures Sheet with Cobalt Versafine ink. 
I removed some of the ink from the water droplets by dabbing water over top with a brush and blotted with paper towel.  Next I added some colour back, dried with a heat gun and highlighted with a white pen.

It's so much fun to create the flowers using white cardstock.  I used the following Crealie Dies:  Uno No 17 Flower 11, Set of 3 No 17 Flower 11, Duo Set No 20 Swirls, and Double Fun No 12.  Using finger daubers and Distress Inks I coloured and then molded them using a stylus and foam mat.

The matting is navy blue and not black as appears in the photo.

Thanks for stopping by.
Have a great week,
Shirley

Dylusions Doodle Flower

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well this weekend.

I haven't had time or the desire (my mojo has taken a leave of absence) to be in my craft room this month but I have this simple card to show you today. 
 

The background is Dylusions inks along with some stenciling using white paint and black ink.   The flower & stem are from Dylusions Doodle Blooms set.     Best Wishes is from Chocolate Baroque.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week,
Shirley

More Spring Tulips

Hello creative people, I hope you are doing well today.  It's cold here in Ontario this week but early April can be fickle.  I'm still thinking about Tulips and used stamps by Chocolate Baroque to create this card.

The main image is A Year of Stamping, Issue 2 - February (standard) which I embossed with brown and coloured with Tom Bow markers.  The background piece is Walnut Distress Ink and water (on my craft mat) and stamped with a fragment from Texture Fragments.

I highlighted the tulips with Stickles which you can see better in the close up below:

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,
Shirley

Spring Tulips

Hello everyone and welcome to April.   The calendar says "Spring" but it's rather chilly here and will be all weekend. 

I created  this spring theme card using stamps by Chocolate Baroque.     By coincidence  Lesley and the team are celebrating their 5th birthday and all their Spring Stamps are on sale - 30% off, a great time to buy.

The background is Dylusions spray inks along with a little white acrylic paint using a small bottle.  I spritzed the background using the Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer.  I also stamped with foilage from Spring Foliage which is hard to see in the photo.

The main tulip image from Spring Bird Tulip set was coloured with Prisma pencils.

The die cut behind the tulips is by Joy Crafts 6002/0133.

Have a great weekend,
Shirley

Bicycle Themed Wedding Card

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well and enjoyed the Easter weekend.   It was a beautiful day here yesterday, sunny and warm enough to sit out on the back deck.  Today it's raining and so I will play in my craft room for a change.

I have a different card to show today.   A couple that we bicycle with recently married and we thought it would be fun to give them a cycle theme wedding card.   We were heading to a bike show the day we gave it to them with a wedding gift so it was well received :)

I realize that this is not my usual vibrant colour scheme and I did not create the background.  I used paper from a Heartfelt Creations collection that I've stashed away to use for a travel album.  I cut out a piece that had a vintage bicycle image.  I stamped congratulations and created flowers and flourishes using die cuts.  I coloured the flowers with Distress ink to co-ordinate with the paper.  I added Wink of Stella and the hearts to the wheel centres.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.
Shirley

Guest Design for Crealies

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well.

I would like to thank all of you that follow my blog and for your encouragement in leaving kind comments.   I'm sorry that I have not been in blog land as much as I had been, but life is busier these days :) 

I was happy to create this card & tag for Crealies as a Guest Designer again.   Their products are quite beautiful my collection is growing :)

The background was created using Picked Raspberry Distress Spray along with Vibrant Turquoise Dylusions spray ink.  I spritzed with water to let it blend and blotted with paper towel.   I sprinkled a little Turquoise and Purple Brusho ink powders and spritzed with water again.

Next I stamped with Bits and Pieces No 26 - Splash with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.  Then using Crealies Stencil No 20 (circles) I added more Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and white Acrylic paint.

The Flower Die Set of 3 No 17 and Uno Flower No 17 were die cut on white cardstock.  I blended Blueprint Distress Ink on the ends and molded with a stylus and mat on the back.  I also rounded the petals on the stylus.   I added parts of Duo Die No 20 and Decorette No 11 - interlocking circles.

I also made a little tag from the left over background.

And here is a close up of the flowers.

I used the following products:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day
Shirley

Gelli print and more Flowers

Happy Weekend everyone, I hope you are doing well.   Time is flying, it's March already and Spring is around the corner.  

The background of this card is a Gelli plate print that was hanging out in my stash along with paper flowers using dies by Heartfelt Creations.

Heartfelt Creations Dies:  Sun Kissed Fleur (flowers embossed with Striped Sun Kissed Fleur) molded and pinched, Border Essentials and Bella Rose die (flourish)

Sizzix (Tim Holtz design) Die:  Written Love 660218

Joy Crafts:  Vintage Flourishes (leaves)

Background was created using a Gelli plate along with tools, bubble wrap and my own hand carved flower stamp

Thanks for stopping by
Shirley