Summer

Wow, where have the last couple of weeks gone!  My children have kept me so busy with end of school year activities that crafting has had to take a back seat! 

I love this colour combination - I think it's really summery.  The background is a piece of cardboard covered in texture paste, stamped into top and bottom with a Karantha stamp - 'Cottage Garden: Meadow Daises' and dusted over with yellow and pink PanPastels.  I spread imagination crafts' Sparkle Medium - 'Old Rose' through a That Special Touch mask - 'Fox Glove'.  The large flowers are the Heartfelt Creations 'Sun Kissed Fleur' die and the butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.  I distressed the edges of the black card on the base with the Sparkle Medium.  I would like to enter this into the following:

Happy Campers Challenge - 'Summer'

In The Pink Challenge - 'Hot Pink'

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like it!

Diamonds

Morning Bloggers!  Hope you are all enjoying the sunshine.  The inspiration for this card came from the Crafty Friends Challenge this week 'Inspired by a Song' and I chose Rihanna's 'Diamonds'.  The background was created using dusty concord, picked raspberry and mustard seed distress inks.  The stamps are Sheena's 'Silhouette Garden' and Claritystamp's 'Birdhouse Garden'.  This was a reasonably quick card to make but I am pleased with the result.  I would like to enter this into the following:

Crafty Friends Challenge - 'Inspired by a Song'

Happy Campers Challenge - 'Bling!'

 

I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!



Beach Hut

 

 

Hi bloggers!  I bought this Artemio wooden beach hut and wooden shapes a few weeks ago and have finally decided to do something with them!  One of my dreams would be to own a beach hut just like it and spend lazy days by the sea (one day maybe!!).  I used PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics in 'Beach Hut' and 'Stone' to paint the beach hut with a layer of PaperArtsy Crackle Glaze between the two layers of paint to create the crackle effect.  The wooden shapes are painted with the 'Beach Hut' paint.  I stamped the anchors on the front with 'Peacock Feathers' distress ink.  I stamped some leaves on the sides with 'Peeled Paint' distress ink to create a seaweed effect.

I would like to enter this into the following:

Crafty Calendar Challenge - 'A Colour Challenge'

Stamping Sensations Challenge - 'Summer Colours'

Crafty Friends Challenge - Picture Inspiration (Summer theme)

 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like it!

Here Comes Summer!

 



Hi bloggers.  Have just been looking at the weather forecast for the weekend and it looks like summer is finally on its way (well for a few days at least!), so I have decided to share this 'summery' card with you today.

 

The items I used are:

 

Papers - HOTP 'Serendipity'

Orange/yellow flowers and flourishes - Spellbinders 'Jewel Flowers and Flourishes'

Pink/blue flowers - Die-namics 'Prima Donna Petals'

Whimsy Stamp - 'Wee Suzi' (coloured with Promarkers and Spectrum Noirs)

Large black gems - Creative Expressions Dazzlers

White circle - Spellbinders 'Exquisite Circles'.

 

I would like to enter this card into the Country View Crafts' Challenge - 'Summer Sizzler'.

 

I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!