Golden Ordination Anniversary

Hello!
    Today I'm sharing another anniversary card I made in Jan for our old rector and family friend.

Supplies used:
Lil' Inker Designs-stitched square mats
American Crafts-DIY thickers (50)
gold glitter
rub on sticker (years)
gold ribbon
double sided foam tape
    Inspiration for the computer generated words on this card were also from Printery House. The die cut printed panel was adhered with foam tape, over a piece of gold ribbon across, then added the DIY thicker and the rub on sticker. Gold glitter was used to cover the thicker.
I'm entering this card into the following challenges...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge - metal (gold)
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - anything goes
http://cinspirations.blogspot.co.uk - for the boys
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - word art anything goes.
Have a great weekend.
Leanne

Silver Ordination Anniversary

Hi!
    Calligraphy was a hobby I developed while in my early twenties. I bought a book and a pen to learn the art and used to write the sentiment in basic calligraphy, when I first started card making. Reused the pen after 22 years for the lettering on this card I made for the rector of our parish in December. It was a last minute make...so much so, that I pictured it on the cutting mat.

Supplies used:
water-colour paper
Ranger distress inks
Lawn Fawn-stitched journaling die
Platignum calligraphy pen
silver ribbon
sticker (25)
    The background effect was achieved using the smooshing technique on water-colour paper. Wrote the sentiment, die cut the panel and finished off with ribbon and sticker. The inspiration for the words was from Printery House.

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

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge - metal (silver)

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

http://cinspirations.blogspot.co.uk - for boys
http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - word art anything goes

Having a problem with Google Chrome so cannot access my bookmarks. :(

Have a fabulous Friday. I'll be back soon.
Leanne 

Zentangle

Hello!
    I'm back with a card I made this evening for a challenge at Paper Smooches...black and white with a pop of colour. I do not own any PS products, so made this card using their freebie. I have been wanting to try zen-tangling for quite a while and finally did so today.

View in sections... 

Supplies used:
Paper Smooches-freebie (image & sentiment)
Faber Castell PITT artist pen
Crayola felt tip marker
wiggly eye
foam tape
I'm also entering this card into challenges at...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - anything goes
It's the first time I tried this form of art. So, your frank opinion negative or positive will be highly apperciated. Thank you.
Leanne  

Live life to the fullest

Hello!
    Sharing the second card I made yesterday for a recipe challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs. Finally inked the lovely stamp that has been in my possession since the past two years.

Supplies used:
ODBD-Each Minute (quote)
Ranger - white embossing powder
Stampin Up - paper 
die cuts from my RAK 
bling
I'm entering this card into challenges at...
http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com - O (stamp) D (designer paper) B (blue,bling) D (dies)
http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.co.nz - words
http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk - die cuts
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - anything goes
http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - word art anything goes

Thanks for the Stampin Up! paper Shirley-Ann. I finally started used it.

Have a wonderful day!

Leanne

Embrace Beauty

Hi!
    Today my mojo was in full swing and I made two cards. This one is for the CAS and sketch challenge at Taylored Expressions. 

More views of dragonfly and embossed sentiment... 

Supplies used:
Water-colour paper
Taylored Expressions-Embrace beauty (image & sentiment)
Ranger-distress ink-mustard seed
Ranger-Silver embossing powder 
fluorescent water-colours (tiny plastic tubs from India make unknown) 
Crayola felt tip markers
Martha Stewart-doily lace edger punch
fluorescent A4 paper
    The image was stamped on water-colour paper with distress ink. This was done to achieve the no line water-colouring effect (first attempt). The image was then painted. The set of water-colours also contained a tub of glittery silver paint which was used for the dragonfly wings while its body was coloured with felt tip marker. The image was cut around the outline of the stamp adhered to the card and the body was extended slightly as it looked incomplete. The punched edge was glued to the lower half of the card base and the top half was shortened to reveal the edge. Sentiment was heat embossed.
Entering this card into challenges at...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - girlie
http://www.happylittlestampers.com - mix media wings
Back tomorrow with my second card.
Leanne

Girlie girl

Hi!
    A warm welcome to my newest blog followers and thanks to all your visits and comments. Sharing yet another card made some years ago and not shared here for the obvious reason...procrastination!! The image on this card was also coloured by my daughter before she left for university. I made the card and sent it to her so she could give her friend.

Supplies used:
Sliekje- digi image
Hampton Arts (background)
Crayola colour pencils
Crackerbox Palace (sentiment)
double sided foam tape
I'm entering this card into challenges at...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - girlie
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk - pink & girlie
Hope to be back with a new make soon.
Leanne

Butterfly Beauty

Hello!
    Happy Sunday! Sharing a card on which I tried heat embossing for the very first time. I wasn't too happy with the way it turned out, so added a bokeh background. 

Supplies used:
StampinUp-Swallowtail
SRM sticker (sentiment)
Ranger black embossing powder
Crayola felt tip markers 
pencil with eraser (bokeh Background)
I'm entering this card into challenges at...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge - butterfly
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - girlie
http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.com - butterfly & texture
http://www.cardchallenges.com/search/label/colorchallenge - colour
http://www.happylittlestampers.com - mix media wings
Have a beautiful Sunday. 
Leanne

Butterflies galore!

Hello!
    How are you? My blogger problem has been solved by just fiddling around and I'm back to share a card. The image used was downloaded and coloured by my daughter before she left for university perhaps in 2012 used it to make this card two years later and posting after another two years. Yes, I'm working on changing my mode from "Procrastination" to "Do it Now". 

Supplies used:

Image-internet download-source unknown 
Hampton Arts (background)
The Craft's Meow-Vacation Time (sentiment)
Crayola colour pencils
Ranger diamond stickles 
    The downloaded image was printed in duplicate, coloured then fussy cut. The butterfly on the card base is the complete image while the one over it was made smaller by cutting the additional scallops on the lower wings. The bodies of the two were glued together and the wings of the one on top were folded upwards for dimension. After creating a background with the Hamton Arts stamp, the butterfly was glued in place then added a touch of diamond stickles and finished with the sentiment. 
I'm entering this card into challenges at...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge - butterfly
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - girlie
http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.com - butterfly & teal
Thanks for visiting. I'll be back soon.
Thanks for the Hampton Arts stamp set Shelly.
Leanne

A Negative & Positive

Hi!
    Thanks to those who visited and left suggestions regarding my blogger issue. I did try the settings thingy but will still try again. The negative and positive challenge at Mod Squad inspired me to make this card yesterday. 

Supplies used:
papers from RAK
Hero Arts-Thank You fancy die
Marianne design-creatables (flower)
Spellbinders-Banner basics III (for flower center)
Crayola felt tip markers
    The sentiment was die cut from the two coloured papers. Next, the blue was adhered on a white base and added strips of patterned paper on the sides. Using the cut sentiment as a guide, the negatives of the blue paper (inner portions of h,a,k,y,o) were glued in place to look like this...

Finally,  adhered the patterned paper sentiment slightly below and to the right of the negative and added the die cut and coloured flower. 
I'm entering this card into challenges at...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - polka
http://ablognamedhero.blogspot.de - CAS
              
Thanks for visiting.  Hope to be back soon.
Leanne

Spider Mum's

Hello friends!
    I guess everyone is busy enjoying the weekend as I've not had anyone comment comment after yesterday's post. In that post I mentioned a blogger problem I'm facing and was wondering if my posts appear in the dashboard reading list or not. Today, I completed a card, the image for which was made a month ago.

Supplies used:
colour card stock
watercolour paper
Dreamweaver Stencil-Spider Mums
Ranger Distress Ink (for background)
Camlin Pearlacent Acrilic paints (for image)
Spellbinders-Banner Basics III (for the edges)
Taylored Expressions-Embrace Beauty (sentiment)
Ranger-Silver embossing powder 
silver paper recycled chocolate box
vellum 
    I did the stenciling using acrylic paints and a normal paintbrush. Added the background very carefully using the smooshing technique &and also the paintbrush closer to the image. Added the die cut edges, the embossed vellum sentiment and three tiny silver circles which were negatives of the banner die.     
I'm entering this card into the following challenges...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge - flowers
http://sharejoychallenge.blogspot.com - tic tac toe (flowers-stencil-vellum)
http://yournextstamp.com/blog/sketch-and-color-challenge-37 - colour
                              
Kindly read yesterday's post to let me know if you have any solutions to my blogger problem.
Thanks for visiting. 
Leanne

Blogger problem & watercoloured roses

Hello!
    How are you all? Today I have a blogger problem and a card to share. The problem is that the day and date as was initially set on my blog does not show anymore. This happened after I made a change to my blog template width and centered my banner. I have been googling as to how to go about it. I tried the simple solutions but those involving changes in HTML scare me. Your suggestions in this regard will be highly appreciated. Now, here's another card with watercoloured roses. 

Supplies used:
Watercolour paper
Lefranc & Bourgeois pan watercolours
MFT stitched square die 
    The roses here were made just as I'd done HERE, but with additional little white flowers in this one. The watercoloured image was die cut and layered on card stock and did not use a sentiment.
I'm entering this card into challenges at...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge - flowers
         
See you soon.
Leanne

HBD Balloons

Hello!
    It does feel good to blog regularly and I hope to continue so as I have several cards to share. Around Oct'15, I had to make a card for my son. I used the MFT sketch & color challenge inspiration to make the card, did not get to posting it on my blog, but did send him this card.

Supplies used:

watercolour paper
Ranger distress inks (salty ocean & mowed lawn)
Tsukineko Brilliance ink (pearl.crimson)
stamp from my RAK for design on the balloon (company unknown)
Heidi swapp-script words (sentiment)
Fashion cord 
bling
Zig 2way glue pen
foam tape
    I coloured a piece of watercolour paper with distress inks using the smooshing technique. Next, drew and cut balloon shapes, stamped the design at random, adhered to card with foam tape for dimension. Added the sentiment, cord, bling and lightly applied some blue distress ink around the edges. The fashion cord from India, is a multicoloured metallic thread that passes through a thin plastic tubing. This enabled me to turn the cord as I desired but had to use some Zig glue to hold it down in places.    
I'm entering this card into challenges at...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - birthday
http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk - birthday
Thanks for visiting.
Leanne

50 today!!

Hi!
    Today, I'm sharing a simple card I'd made for a priest friend last April. Hope you like it.

Supplies used:

Paper from my RAK

American Crafts-Thickers
gold glitter
alpha stickers
    The words on the card were inspired by a MillBrook Studio card my sis sent from Canada. The original read as..."twenty one years old..." (outside) "...with twenty nine years experience"(inside) I changed it to the above for my friend who was ordained twenty four years ago. The words were printed on the paper, glued on card stock and finished off with the stickers. 
I'm entering this card into the following challenges...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - birthday
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/category/events/work-it-wednesday - pastels
Thanks for visiting. 
Leanne

Vellum Flowers

Hi!
    I'm back soon as I said with yet another card made perhaps two years ago for a family friend. It often happens so...I craft, take a pic but other responsibilities get in the way to keep me away from blogging and eventually I forget about it. Like I did with this card below.

Supplies used...
Studio 18-Vellum Confetti (flowers & leaves)
sequins & glitter glue (flower centres)
oval doily
SRM sentiment sticker
twine  
    The vellum die cut flowers & leaves were given some dimension using my mum's flower making ball tool and finished off with the twine & sentiment. 
I'm entering this card into the following challenges...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - birthday
http://www.cardchallenges.com/search/label/sketchchallenge - sketch
http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com - florals
Thanks for visiting. Will be hopefully back soon.
Leanne

Hexagons

Hi!

   I'm back with another old make. I recall making it for a challenge (hexagons) but did not post it in time at the blog CREATE, which no longer exists. But, here's my card which I sent out last April to a male friend.

Supplies used:

Designer paper from my stash

Fiskars Cloud 9-Simple Thoughts (sentiment)

    A simple card put together by making a hexagon template, drawing then cutting them and aligning them leaving spaces.

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

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - birthday

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

Thanks for visiting. I will be back soon and hope to visit you all later today.

Leanne  

Happy Birthday!!

Hello!
    Hope you are well wherever you are. I've been away awhile because of Lent and frequent internet issues. Whenever I had connectivity I got connected with my kids...yes, I miss them a lot. I did visit some blogs, but been putting off blogging. Today while going through some pictures, I found several cards which I had not posted before and decided to do so right away. The card I'm about to share was made for my nephew and coloured by my daughter before she left for University...three years ago yikes!!

Supplies used:
Stamps - Fiskars-Birthday Type (background)
               Stampendous-Birthday Brackets (candles)
Colours - Metallic blue gelato (border)
                Crayola colour pencils
Foam tape
   The Fiskars stamp is one that has to be used with a continuous stamp wheel. However, I used it with an acrylic block and stamped it twice. The candles were cut and adhered with foam tape.
I'm entering this card into the following challenges...
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - Birthday
http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com - show background
http://onelayersimplicitychallenge.blogspot.com - one layer as you wish
http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk - birthday
Thanks for visiting. I'll be back soon with more old not yet shared makes.
Leanne