Just Because

Hello everyone! I hope that you are having a great week. Lately I have found that I have lost my mojo....burnt out. No motivation whatsoever. Should be thinking about things for school (new grade), making craft projects as I have free time being on school holidays but NOPE.... nothing....zilch...a big fat ZERO. The end of last year was so busy....so many deadlines, my time was dictated to the minute in order to get everything finished, then I had to host Christmas and you get the picture rush rush rush.

In order to break my cycle I brought out the markers, popped on some tunes on Spotify and started to colour. It seems to be therapy for me. I made two cards as a result. I think the drought is starting to crack. I have made a card that is not my usual style but it was just created for enjoyment.

I stamped my images and heat embossed using white embossing powder. I then used Zig Markers to colour my images in. I used some cardstock as borders and that is all.

Supplies:

Stamps: Altenew Beautiful Day, Hero Arts Many Messages, My Favourite Things Distressed Patterns

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Markers: Zig Markers Deep Red 260, Pale Rose 230, May Green 047, Green 040

Dies: Altenew Beautiful Day Dies

Other: Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, Bristol Smooth Paper, Darice Crystal Cup Sequins

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Heartfelt Wishes

Hello everyone! I hope that you are well. I am trying my best to have some balance in my crazy time of year...reports!! As I look outside my window, I see a beautiful sunny day and wish that I could be spending some time in it sipping coffee. So my aim is to reward myself with getting a quota of report comments done and then doing just that!

Today I have created a card following the current sketch from Mojo Monday and also at the Wednesday challenge over at Simon Says Stamp which is 'a hint of pink.'

I get hooked on buying loads of supplies and lately I have been digging deep and rediscovering the treasures that I haven't seen for a while and enjoying that. I have used an older paper collection from Pion Designs plus some of my favourite dies to create this card.

Supplies:

Paper: Pion Designs For Mother

Stamp: Hero Arts Everyday Messages

Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia and Distress ink Vintage Photo

Dies: Elizabeth Craft Curvy Leaves, JustRite Custom Die Template, Spellbinders A2 Scalloped Borders One

Other: Green Tara Roses and Wild Orchis Crafts, Stampin' Up! Doily

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Flamingo Wreath Card

Hello everyone! I hope that you had a lovely Easter with your loved ones. Today I am sharing a card with you that was a birthday card that I made for someone who absolutely loves flamingos! I also dug deep into my stash to create the floral wreath which frames it as well.

I started my wreath by using a circular stamp and then I pulled out any floral and foliage stamps that I owned and stamped away. It was very easy to do once I had found the stamps that I needed. I used a wink of stella clear pen to highlight some of the flowers in the wreath.

Supplies:

Stamp: Hero Arts Color Layering Flamingo and Die

Paper: Strathmore Smooth

Dies: My Favourite Things Single Stitch Line Rectangle Frames

Ink: Flamingo Hero Arts Soft Pink, Soft Blossom and Ultra Pink
Wreath: Gero Arts Green Hills, Grape Juice, Field Greens, Soft Blossom, Ultra Pink, Altenew Warm Sunshine

Other: MISTI, Wink Of Stella Clear, Foam Tape

Stamps: 49 and Market Gabi's Circle Stitch Stamp Set, Stampin' Up! Vintage Vogue and Baroque motifs, Grant Archival Christina Re, Design a Flower set Practical Publishing

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You're Fabulous

Hello everyone! I have a one layered card to share today. It's eventually going to be part of a gift set of cards that I plan to make. I purchased this layering flamingo set and hadn't had a chance to play with it.

This card was very simple to make. I used the stamps plus the coordinating die to create the main image. The background is a Tim Holtz  stamp .

Supplies:

Stamp and Die: Hero Arts Color Layering Flamingo

Ink: Hero Arts Shadow soft pink, soft blossom and pale tomato, Hero Hues black (flamingo)

Background:  Tim Holtz Brushstrokes
Ink: Hero Arts shadow ink soft pool, tide pool and Altenew mango smoothie

Grass: Hero Arts Lime Green and Simon Says Stamp Green leaf

Die: Die-namics Postage stamp stax

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Just For You

Hi everyone. This week I am playing along with Let’s Capture These Sketches. Here is weeks card sketch :

Card sketch #13

At the moment I am drawn to aqua and turquoise. I also wanted to use my embossing folders, as they haven’t been used in a long while!

The sentiment and background stamp established my colour palet. The baja breeze is a such a soft colour. Once I found a matching cardstock, I was set!

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to create one of the background papers. I created the other by stamping onto white cardstock. All other elements were created using Spellbinders dies.

Supplies:

Paper: DCWV brights, white cardstock

Stamps: JustRite Fancy Labels, Hero Arts Cling Dots

Ink: Stampin’ Up Baja Breeze

Other : Spellbinders Nestabilities labels 13, classic ovals large, classic rectangles large, fleur de lis rectangles, Spellbinders Shapeabilities Parisian accents, Cuttle bug Snow Dots embossing folder, Kausercraft paper bloom sea breeze, Bow Easy, ribbon.

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