Happy Halloween!!

Hi!

    Happy Halloween to those of you celebrating it. We do not in this part of the world, but as I owned a Halloween stamp, I made this card with the image coloured by my daughter to send our friends kids in Canada. Want to know when it was sent? ........... In 2012!! I'm sure the card no longer exists, but, I recently found it saved as a draft here and just remembered to share it with you.

Supplies used:

Prickley Pear stamp

colour pencils

handmade marbled paper from India

scallop scissors

    The image was stamped on a white cardstock circle, coloured then adhered on the black card base. The sentiment was stamped on the marbled paper, cut on both edges with a scallop scissor, then adhered in place.

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

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

https://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com - halloween

    Sorry not been around to visit you yet due to health issues. But will surely do so soon. Have a wonderful day! 

Leanne

Falliday Fest- Joy Fold Card

Hello Friends!
    I hope you are well wherever you are with the weather changing. I had a very busy time while my BIL was here with us and managed to make just one card to send back with him to Toronto for his sis & my SIL Celine, a victim of terminal ovarian cancer. I took time to make this card for her knowing it will be her last. She will receive my card in hand on Oct 30, when the family meet before she goes to hospice. 
    Splitcoaststampers had a Falliday Fest with 30 challenges from 9th to 22nd Oct, just the time I was busy. Making a joy fold card was one of the challenges. I followed some tutorials available online and made this card in shades of lavender. The colour that represents all cancers. See cancer colour chart HERE.

 

Supplies used: 
on card front
Itsy Bitsy dp (background)
Cuttlebug-Pretty posies folder (embossed background)
MFT die-namics-Mini rolled roses
Martha Stewart-Flower shower border punch (tiny flowers)
Michael's-die cut foam sticker leaf sprigs
A Creative Journey-Awareness ribbon set #2 (vase)
acetate sheet-recycled from a stamp (vase)
Staz-on ink (for acetate vase)
Chameleon pens (vase, leaves & tiny flowers)
Taylored Expressions-Embrace beauty (sentiment)
Brilliance-Pearlescent lavender (sentiment)
die cut label from RAK
Recollections-dimensional butterfly sticker
Zig 2way glue pen
foam tape
inside the cards
Our Daily Bread Designs-ornamental crosses
Scriptures for Cancer fighters HERE
Healing Petition HERE
    The size of the finished card was 5.5" x 7.5" and 4.5' x 6.5"(smaller card). The narrow fold of the larger card was 3" wide. After cutting the cards to size, the printed background paper was adhered on the larger card. The scripture verses were edited to the desired size in word then printed. Likewise, the healing petition was changed to second person singular then printed and the cross was die cut. (Links of both are added above). Both the printouts and the embossed floral background were adhered to the cards after writing in it.
    For the focal image, the awareness ribbon was stamped on acetate and fussy cut. Then partly coloured in a blue Chameleon pen to depict water and shaped with a flower tool for dimension. The arrangement was made with die cut leaf sprigs coloured with a green Chameleon pen, quilled roses and tiny flowers from a border punch. The vase was secured in place with the glue pen and leaves. Then adhered to the larger card. The card was finished with the stamped sentiment label adhered in place with foam tape and a dimensional yellow butterfly (to symbolize hope) to hold the card corner.
I'm entering this card into challenges at...
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.ch - anything goes
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - anything goes
http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk - lots of layers
http://cardztv.blogspot.com - anything goes 3D
Thanks for visiting. I will visit you all soon.
Leanne

Four cards in one post for WCMD

Hi there!

    Thanks so very much for the lovely comments on my last post. Once again there's a lot of activity in blogland as W & W is having several WCMD challenges. Although I began planning and crafting soon after, I managed to complete the cards only today as my BIL is here from Canada. So, it's more of cooking than crafting. So once again, I have a long post with four cards.

CARD #1 Using a frame stamp to build a background design

    I enjoy creating watercoloured backgrounds, here's another in fall colours. 

Supplies used...
Frame stamp from RAK- company unknown
PTI-Spring woods (sentiment)
watercolor paper
pan watercolor
bling

    The watercolored background was adhered to the card base, then repeatedly stamped with the frame stamp in white. Next the sentiment was stamped and the card was finished off with a previously die cut & watercolored leaf HERE and bling. 
Linked to...
http://www.blog.winniewalter.com/2016/10/wcmd-2016-stretch-your-stamps-with-kelly.html
http://www.blog.winniewalter.com/2016/10/wcmd-2016-background-building-with-shay.html

CARD #2 A card for a crafty friend using the pinspiration pic

    I made this card for my crafty friend here, Sr. Martha...a nun in charge of a home for orphan girls. Although we cannot craft together because of our own busy schedules, we share our craft supplies and ideas.

Supplies used:

Stampology-Flourishes
Taylored Expression-Embrace beauty(sentiment)
watercolor paper
pan watercolors  
    The card was made using the pinspiration image below. First, the background was partially watercoloured, then stamped using seven of the nine flourish stamps from the same set and finished off with a stamped sentiment.

Linked to...
http://www.blog.winniewalter.com/2016/10/wcmd-2016-make-card-for-friend-with.html
http://www.blog.winniewalter.com/2016/10/wcmd-2016-colour-combo-with-heather-p.html

CARD #3 CASEing a card by Kate Capper using aqua, blue & green
    Here's a CAS card with more watercolouring and changing a 'Thank You' die cut to 'Thanks'. 

Supplies used:
Hero Arts-fancy die
watercolor paper
pan watercolors  
stickles
bling
    A panel of paper was watercoloured in blue and green. The sentiment was die cut from an aqua coloured cardstock. See the original 'Thank You die cut HERE. To make the word 'Thanks', the end of the 'K' was cut and part of the 'Y' in 'you' and the end of the 'K' were joined to form an 'S', then attached to the 'K'. To CASE the card below, the background was cut to the desired size, then adhered the die cut sentiment, a strip of aqua cardstock and finished off with stickles on the sentiment to conceal the joined 'S' and bling.

Linked to...
http://www.blog.winniewalter.com/2016/10/wcmd-2016-case-with-lydia.html
http://www.blog.winniewalter.com/2016/10/wcmd-2016-colour-combo-with-heather-p.html
http://www.blog.winniewalter.com/2016/10/wcmd-2016-cas-with-kate.html

CARD #4 Building a card with Taheerah's pick & mix counters

    Here's my take on the challenge using the watercolour trend, heat embossing technique, masculine theme, white as the neutral colour and four other colours...mustard, lawn, rust & merlot.

Supplies used:

four wooden stamps-company unknown
SRM sticker (sentiment)
gold embossing powder
watercolor paper
watercolor pencils
gold acrylic paint

    After heat embossing the stamped leaves on watercolor paper, they were coloured with watercolour pencils. The narrow panel was then adhered to the card base and the sticker sentiment was adhered to form a border above the panel. The card was finished off with a splats of gold.
Linked to...
http://www.blog.winniewalter.com/2016/10/wcmd-2016-pick-n-mix-with-taheerah.html
http://www.blog.winniewalter.com/2016/10/wcmd-2016-cas-with-kate.html

I'm also entering these card into the following challenges...
CARD #1  http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk - autumn
                 http://www.dare2bartzy.com/wp - fall
                 http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.no - leaves 
                 http://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk - masculine with leaves
                 http://thecatspajamasrs.com/TCP/blog-2 - fall colours
CARD #2  http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com - CAS
                 http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com.au - CAS watercolour
                 http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au - CAS
                 http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk - anything goes+sentiment
                 http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.ch - anything goes
CARD #3  http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com - CAS
                 http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com.au - CAS watercolour
                 http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk - anything goes+sentiment
                 http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.ch - anything goes
CARD #4  http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk - autumn
                 http://www.dare2bartzy.com/wp - fall
                 http://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk - masculine with leaves
                 http://thecatspajamasrs.com/TCP/blog-2 - fall colours
                 http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com - heat embossing

    Thanks for reading my lengthy post. I will be visiting you all slowly but surely but there won't be more posts until the end of the month. Have a beautiful Sunday!
Leanne