Addicted to Stamps and More #104

Hi guys

It's Wednesday morning and that means there is a fresh new challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More. We have a different genre each week and this week's theme is...

Addicted to CAS

We want to see your Clean and Simple creations

CAS style is fast becoming my favourite and although I've been creating many one layer cards lately, I've used a few layers on today's card while also keeping within the clean and simple theme.

Our sponsor this week is Eureka Stamps and they are offering the fabulous prize of 3 digis.

For my card I used one of the Eureka Digi Stamps, Kitty Peeker, and coloured him with ProMarkers and FlexMarkers before fussy-cutting him out.  I then stamped the Happy Birthday onto a white cardstock panel slightly smaller than my card base and also coloured this in with my markers.  I added a little touch of Wink of Stella to the ribbon on the parcel.  Next I die cut the label square and adhered some patterned cardstock to the card base in the position of the aperture before popping the panel up on 3D foam strips.  The cute kitty was also then popped up on 3D foam and positioned peeking out of the window.

Materials used:

• Digi: Eureka Stamps - Kitty Peeker
• Stamp: Papermania - Typography Happy Birthday
• Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels One
• Patterned Cardstock: Pebbles - Basics Cardmaking Pad 2
• Coloured with ProMarkers and FlexMarkers
• Accents: Wink of Stella

There are some fab creations by my fellow Design Team members over at ATSM so why not pop over and grab some inspiration.  We'd love to see your CAS creations this week.  If you're unsure of the challenge rules you can find them here.

I'd also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of A Challenge - Challenge #123 - Animal
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Challenge #73 - Use a Cute Digi
Charisma Cardz - Challenge #15 - Anything Goes
CASology - Week 104 - Pet

Thanks for popping by today and as always, I'd love for you to leave a comment and let me know what you think of today's card.

Bye for now

Bullrush Sunset

Hi guys

I'm back with the second card I've made for the new one layer challenge at Less is More, to 'Adapt a Fingerprint'.

I made use of my chalks on this one, something I haven't used for a long time...

I used a large post-it note to mask off one side of the card base and then used my chalks to blend a sunset background.  I then used the side of my little finger to stamp the bullrushes.  This was my second attempt at this card.  For my first attempt I got this far and then hand drew the stems but I really wasn't happy with them so I started again and raided my stamp collection.  This time, before stamping my fingerprints I stamped the stems, part of a stamp, then made the fingerprints, before hand drawing in the tips with a fine liner.  The little flying birds are also from the same set. This looks like a very peaceful scene so I decided to make this into a sympathy card, stock I have very little of as they are never easy to make at a sad time.

Materials used:

• Chalks: Craf-T Products - Decorating Chalks
• Stamps: Kanban - Spring Meadow; Clearly Besotted - Many Messages, My Fingerprint
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black

I would also like to enter this into the following challenge:

CAS on Sunday - Challenge #37 - One Layer Wonder
Addicted to CAS - Challenge #42 - Sky (thanks to Loll for reminding me!)

Using fingerprints is great fun, why not have a go if you haven't already.  It's like being back at school! :)

Bye for now

Fingerprinted Four Leaf Clover

Happy Saturday!

When I saw the new challenge set by Less is More this morning I had all sorts of ideas flowing through my mind.  We have been challenged to make a one layer card and to 'Adapt a Fingerprint'.  What a fun challenge :)

This was actually my second idea but the first one will take longer so I created this one first!

I knew that the leaves of clovers were roughly heart shaped so I started by using the negative of a die cut heart as a mask.  I tried this out on some scrap paper first but all the heart dies I had weren't quite right, either the notch at the top was too pronounced or the heart was too wide for my finger or thumb!  So I created my own by folding a piece of paper in half and cutting a one-sided heart.  Then came the fun part!  I used my inked up thumb to stamp through the mask, working around a central point.  I then inked up just the stem of a leaf stamp, lightly touched the stamp with my thumb to remove some of the ink, then stamped.  After stamping the sentiment I felt my card needed 'a little something' extra as it was looking a little incomplete.  So I used a post-it note to roughly mask the clover and worked my way around the image with some grunge dots.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Autumn Flowers (stem) and Flower Arrangement (sentiment); Stampin' Up - Gorgeous Grunge; My thumb!
• Ink: Versa Color - Green Tea and Sage; Versafine - Onyx Black

I would also like to link this card up to the following challenge:

CAS on Sunday - Challenge #37 - One Layer Wonder

That's all for now, I hope to be back again very soon to share more craftiness with you.  Have a lovely weekend whatever you're up to.

Bye for now

Earth Tones Wreath

Hi guys

Just a super quick post tonight to share a card I've made for this week's challenge at Less is More where they have a colour challenge to use 'Earth Tones'.

These are not colours that I generally reach for but I really quite like how this card turned out.  Apologies for the photography, the battery died on my camera so I took these on my mobile so not the best!

I used some coloured cardstock to create the card base for this one, something else I don't usually reach for as I don't have a lot of good quality coloured cardstock in my stash.  I then cut a white panel slightly smaller and used a circular die to lightly mark a circle in pencil.  I then roughly planned out a design using individual stamps from a set by Uniko Studio, and worked my way around the circle.  I finished with a central sentiment before ensuring the ink was dry (I used pigment ink) so I could erase the pencil marks.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko Studio - Background Builders: Vines; Woodware - Salutations
• Ink: Versa Color - Sand Beige, Paprika, Bisque, Umber, Bamboo, Green Tea; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Cardstock: Colour - Stampin' Up; White - Neenah Classic Crest

I would also like to link this card up at the following challenge:

Charisma Cardz - Challenge #15 - Anything Goes

That's all from me today, I'll be back in a day or two with more to share.

Watercoloured Waterlily

Hi there

Today I'm sharing a card I've just made, initially for the CASology challenge but I've also found a few more challenges to combine which are listed below.

The challenge this week at CASology has the cue word 'Float'.  Here I've used a waterlily stamp from a Clearly Besotted set I've had for some time, but I'd not yet inked up this particular stamp.

I used the waterlily die to cut out some watercolour paper.  I then stamped the co-ordinating waterlily in grey ink as I thought black may be too harsh for a watercolour image.  In hindsight I think I should have used something even paler.  I then squished my green, pink and yellow inks onto an acrylic block and coloured in the image using a waterbrush.  I used some fishtail flag dies to cut out three pieces of patterned paper and layered these up before adhering the waterlily on top using 3D foam.  I stamped the sentiment in the same grey ink and finished off with a few 'water droplets' of glossy accents.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps - With Love and Pretty Petals
• Dies: Clearly Besotted - With Love; MFT Die-namics - Fishtail Flag Stax
• Ink: Memento - London Grey, Angel Pink, Rose Bud, Cantaloupe and Cottage Ivy
• Patterned Paper: Hot Off The Press - Cardmaker's Ultimate Pack, Floral
• Glossy Accents

I'd also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Love to Create - Challenge #122 - 3 or more Design Papers

The Friday Mashup! - Challenge 167 - Watercolour Wash / CAS

AAA Cards - Game #10 - Play with Watercolour Techniques

Brown Sugar - Challenge #101 - Anything Goes

I hope to be back again soon with more to share.  I've had a hectic weekend so this is all I can share at the moment.  

Hope to see you soon :)

Happy Birthday, Kylie!

Hi guys

My post today is in honour of the lovely Kylie of Kylie is Addicted to Stamps, and owner of the Addicted to Stamps and More and Addicted to CAS challenge blogs.  Kylie recently asked me to become a member of her Design Team at Addicted to Stamps and More and she, along with my fellow teamies, has made me feel so welcome, I know I'm going to have a fab time creating with them!

It's Kylie's birthday today and the wonderful Loll of Stamping with Loll is holding a linky party to celebrate and has asked me to join in the fun. So...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KYLIE!

Here is the card I've made for you.  Of course, I just HAD to use butterflies and who doesn't love a bit of bling?!

I cut a fishtail flag panel from some white cardstock and stamped the butterflies with VersaMark ink.  I then used four different embossing glitters before attaching the panel to the card base.  The card was then finished with the sentiment.  I was going to add some sequins or gems but I think the bling in the embossing glitter alone is all that was needed.  I hope you like it, Kylie :)

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Elegant Butterflies, Sweet Little Sentiments
• Ink: VersaMark; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Embossing Powder: Wow! Embossing Glitters - Sugar & Spice
• Die: MFT Die-namics - Fishtail Flag Stax

Why not join in and say Happy Birthday to Kylie by popping over to see Loll and linking up.  Kylie knew nothing about this until now and I'm sure she'll be thrilled if lots of us could join the party :)

That's all from me for now, hope to see you very soon.

Eeeeeek...I'm so excited!!!

Hi guys

Today I can finally share some exciting news I've been dying to spill for a while now!  I have been lucky enough to have had the chance to guest design a few times since I started Neet & Crafty but today I'm delighted to tell you, here goes...

I am officially a new member of the Design Team for the fabulous challenge blog,

Addicted to Stamps and More!

I responded to a DT call a while ago and was so delighted when Kylie, the challenge owner approached me and asked me to join their team.  I've been getting to know the team behind the scenes for a while and they have made me and my other new Teamies feel so welcome.  They are a lovely group of ladies from all over the world and I know I'm going to have great fun being part of this wonderfully talented team.

So without further ado, there is a brand new challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More today which is...

ATSM Challenge #102 - Make Your Mark

This challenge means that we want you to 'make your mark' on your projects by using markers, pencils, crayons, paints, etc.

Here is my DT card

This week's challenge has a fantastic sponsor, StampArt Design who are offering the prize of 5 free digis!  I've used one of its digi stamps on my card which I was lucky enough to win on a previous ATSM challenge.

For my card I printed the digi image on some Neenah cardstock and coloured it in with ProMarkers and FlexMarkers.  I mounted the white panel onto some coloured cardstock to create a narrow frame and adhered this to the card base.  I used an oval die to cut out the sentiment, popped this up on 3D foam and finished with a little touch of Glossy Accents on the heart.

Materials used:

• Digi: StampArt Designs - Full Bloom 2
• Stamp: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Many Messages
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black
• Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities - Classic Ovals
• Coloured with ProMarkers and FlexMarkers
• Glossy Accents

Please pop over to ATSM as there are some awesome projects by the Design Team to inspire you and I'm sure my fellow Teamies would be thrilled if you visited and left some love :)

That's all from me for now, hope to see you again very soon.