Showers of dots with Pointilism

Hi!
    Today I'd like to share a card I'd made a couple of months ago. Pointlism is a technique of painting with dots of colour to form an image. Spaced out dots result in a lighter shade & those close together a darker shade. My kids learnt this in Grade 7 & I was eager to  try it too. 

Supplies used:

Anniversary rose Cake icing stencil 

Felt pens 

Sentiment - Studio G-Ditto-Mixed Messages 

Twine

Entering this  card into  the  following challenges:

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/work-it-wednesday - Anything goes April Linky

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - Anything goes

http://www.dreamweaverstencils.blogspot.com - Showers of dots

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com - Monochromatic

Have a lovely day. Will be back soon.

Leanne

Happy Earth Day!

Hello!
    Happy Earth Day to you all. Yesterday, as I looked through my folder of cards to be posted, I found this card I'd  made over three years ago for my grand nephew, but never shared as I felt I hadn't done much. However, today being Earth Day, I decided to share this card made using stuff which would have been discarded as thrash. 

Supplies used:
Background image - a page from a Bob the Builder book which was in a bad condition as it belonged to my boys 
Alphas (Birthday)- cut from an old card my daughter received
3rd - drawn & cut from a silver cake box 
Tools - Recollections-dimensional sticker
I'm entering this card into challenges at...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/category/events/work-it-wednesday - Anything Goes
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com - Anything Goes April linky
http://open-mindedcraftingfun.blogspot.com - Recycle
Thanks for visiting. Have a lovely day!
Leanne

Keep Calm & Find Your Zen

Hello!
    So happy to be back soon and with a card for Unity's Friends with Flair once again. The image for today's card was also coloured by my dd. I'm sure she'll want the card for her roomie who practices Zen Meditation & I feel it would be a nice card to give her before she leaves for her study abroad program.

Supplies used:

Image - Unity Serenity Fashionata

Sentiment - Find your Zen-Unity Serenity Fashionata

                     Keep Calm-The Craft's Meow-Vintage Rides

Papers - Stamping Up

Ink - Versamagic-cloud white

Crayola colour pencils

Foam tape

   The image was fussy cut after coloring it, the mat was stamped on DP, image glued over mat. Then the entire image was fixed on the DP that depicts the floor with foam tape. The Keep Calm strip is color A4 parer onto which I stamped the sentiment. The & was handwritten. I struggled most to get this sentiment placement right.

I'm entering this card into challenges at...

http://www.theunitystampco-challenge.blogspot.com - Sketch

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/category/events/work-it-wednesday - Anything Goes

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - Pink

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com - Anything Goes April linky

Thanks for visiting. Hope to be back soon.

Leanne

Thanks with Beautiful Lace

Hello!
    Happy Monday friends! I have several cards not shared on on my blog yet, and hope to do so before I get busy again in summer. Today I'm sharing two quick cards which of course my dd took for her use.

Supplies used:

Background stamp - Layers of Color-Beautiful lace by Nina B

Sentiment - Ditto- Just for You

Images - Dimensional stickers

I've used this beautiful lace stamp several times for quick cards. The design of it is so detailed that a friend of mine told me she thought I had actually stuck a crochet doily at first glance. 

I'm entering this card into challenges at...

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - Spring flowers

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/category/events/work-it-wednesday - Anything Goes

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com - Anything Goes

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - Pink 

Thanks for visiting. Hope to be back soon.

Leanne

Thanks for Being You.

Hi!
Thanks for the encouraging comments on my last mixed media post. After all those comments I'm likely to attempt that technique again.Today I was determined to link up a card on Unity's Friends with Flair using the images my dd colored while she was here in summer.  

Supplies Used: 
Focal Image - Unity Itty Bitty-You're my Bestie
DP from my RAK collection
Sentiment - Melissa Frances-Vintage transfers
Crayola color pencils
Gelato through mesh screen
Flowers - Fiskars 3in1 corner punch
Flower centers - 3D outliner
I showed the card to my dd & she wants it for her Chinese American roomie. 
I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
http://www.theunitystampco-challenge.blogspot.com - Sketch
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - Spring flowers
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/category/events/work-it-wednesday - Favorite Unity stamp
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - Flowers
http://lilredwagon.blogspot.co.uk - Spring is in the air
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk - Anything goes
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com - Anything goes
Thanks for visiting. Have a great weekend.
Leanne 

Easter Wishes with Mix Media.

Hello Friends!

    I'm here  today to share my first  ever mix media creation...an Easter card I sent  my daughter.

Here's a close view of Bunny's face...

Supplies used:

For Background-

Sakura Poster paints

Faber Castell - Art Grip Aquarelles(green, red & yellow), PITT Artist Pen(blue metallic), Gelato (yellow metallic), Gesso through mesh screen

Dreamweaver Stencil- LJ896 Large Flourish

Firecracker Designs Stamps (Fir Tree, Grass & Birds)

Punched butterfly 

Butterfly sticker

Salt

For Bunny-

Stencil of assorted ovals

Designer paper

Copics(Floral Favorites) 

Punches- Martha Stewart- flower shower border punch for Tiara flowers & Swirl punch for curls on head

Googly eyes

Heart bead nose

Faber Castell PITT Artist pen to add details

For Eggs-

Stamp- clear egg shaped with sentiment within

Designer paper

Foam  tape 

    The inspiration for this card was from HERE. For the bunny, I used a stencil to cut the ovals but cut the ones of the ears narrower. For the tiara I cut a thin semi circular piece of green paper & added the negative cut outs of the floral edge punch after colouring them. Added a few fur curls which were ends of the punched swirl. Next I wanted to add greenery, found THIS lovely BoBunny scrapbook paper; but as I didn't want to cut it, I created the background using several mediums listed above. After a watercolour wash on the entire paper, I added some foliage with paint, aquarelles, stamps & stencil. For some texture used Gesso through a mesh screen & also some salt . As the upper half looked very plain, I stamped some birds & added a punched butterfly which I covered with a butterfly sticker and then coloured the uncovered portion with black. The eggs were stamped on dp & cut out. It was fun using mix media that even bunny dirtied her paw while I played around. Thanks to my extra generous blog friends for helping me make this creation possible.

Entering this  card into  the  following challenges:

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/category/events/work-it-wednesday - Inspiration from blogger
http://cardztv.blogspot.com - Easter
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/challenges - Hippity Hop
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com - Easter
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.co.uk - Easter & Anything Goes 
http://www.craftindesertdivas.com - Anything Goes
http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.co.uk - Bunnies
http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk - Easter 
http://www.dreamweaverstencils.blogspot.com - Showers of foilage

Wishing you all a Blessed Easter.

Leanne.