Stitched Cross

Hi!
   A Happy Sunday to you all. So soon another week has gone by. Here's an Easter card I made for a dear friend in San Francisco with who my daughter spent her entire winter break.

Supplies used:

Scrap of plastic mesh 

Silk thread

Stamps - Sentiment- Basket Blessings-Gina K

                 Grass & rocks- Just Breathe-Firecracker Designs

tiny tulip punch

crayola colour pencils

    The cross was cut into shape from a scrap of plastic mesh which we used on our windows to prevent insects. The star stitch was used to sew it just to add some interest. Here's a pic. to demonstrate how it's done. 

If you consider the points the needle has to be passed through, as the hours on a clock, the needle has to go from 6 to 12 hrs and a knot tied behind. Next the needle goes from 1 to 7, 2 to 8 and so on in a clockwise direction. It can also be done anti clockwise, but the uniformity has to be maintained in all the diamonds. However in this case it's like a 20 hour clock as the needle has to go through 10 times not 6 as in a normal clock.                      

As the cross looked very lonely, I added some stamped rocks, grass, punched tulips and clouds. Kindly click on the image for a larger view.

I'm entering this card into challenges at:

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

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - Easter

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com - use scraps

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.co.uk -  Easter

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.co.uk - Easter

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk - Easter

http://pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.co.uk - Easter

Have a Blessed Holy week and a Happy Easter!

Leanne.

Happy Birthday Simon!

Hi!
   Hope all of you are well wherever you are and welcoming the spring. We are already experiencing the summer heat which is tolerable so far. Today I have two Birthday cards to share which I'd made a couple of months ago. The images were coloured by my daughter perhaps two years ago. I fussy cut the images, made the cards and sent her so she could use them to send or give her friends at university.  There is a challenge birthday at Simon Says blog so I thought I'd link them up there.  
CARD 1:

Supplies used:

Sliekje's Digital image

Stamps-Sentiment - mixed messages-Ditto

                grass& birds-Just Breathe-Firecracker Designs

Crayola colour pencils 

Green cardstock

The clouds were made with a self made card stencil, whose edges were coloured and spread outwards with the finger.

CARD 2:

 

Supplies used: 

Stamps - sentiment &candles Birthday Brackets- Stampendous
                  background- Live Life Loud-GinaK
Crayola colour pencils 
Rangers diamond stickles
I'm entering both cards into callanges at:
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - Birthday

Flowering Cross

Hi!
    A happy Sunday to you all. Time is flying by so fast that I didn't realize it's been weeks since my last blog post. The change in weather is stirring up all sorts of viral infections and our family took turns with a nasty dry cough. We are all much better now. Thanks to all of you for your visits and lovely comments. I also feel happy to mention that THIS card made it to the 'Top 3' while THIS and THESE 3 cards were featured by Crackerbox Palace on Facebook. I also won some craft goodies, while a generous blog friend sent me some as RAK. To top it all, my daughter will be coming from the USA after her first semester for her long summer break and she will be bringing all these goodies along with her. That's a lot of good news right?
     Now here's a card I'd like to share today. I made it for the OBDB anniversary challenge and hope to make another one after this if time permits.  

Supplies Used:

Stamps - Flowering Cross-ODBD

               Sentiment-Crackerbox Palace

Die cut frames sent as RAK

Ribbon from my stash

Bling

I'm entering this card into challenges at:

http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com - Anything Goes using OBDB stamps

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com - Black & White

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge - Anything Goes

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - Dies

http://www.blogquickquotes.com - Stamping

    Thanks for visiting. I hope to be more active this week and visit you all too. Have a great day!

Leanne

Stamped with love for Unity

Hi!
    Hope all of you are well and the weather is good wherever you are. Today I'd like to share a card I made using stamps from the only Unity stamp set I've had since the past two years. It's Friends with Flair Time at Unity- a day to share cards made using their stamp and perhaps winning more. I love their stamps and I thought I'd try my luck *wink*. So, here's the card I actually made for the past Unity Challenge, but did not get here to post it on time.  

Supplies used:

Flowers & butterfly - Unity Stamps-Pixie licious Fairies

Border - Lili of the Valley-Delicate Corners

Sentiment - Gina K-Square Pegs

Crayola colour pencils

Rangers Diamond Stickles on botterfly & flower center

Rhinestones for flower centers 

Ink - Splendor #10 Circus

Eraser on a pencil

   The background was made using the 'Bokeh' technique, which I came across on Splitcoaststampers. To achieve this effect, the eraser of a pencil is inked & stamped on the project at random, several times. I used three shades of each blue and green and enjoyed stamping away. As for the flowers and butterfly, they were stamped directly onto the card and onto scraps of card, coloured and fussy cut. The flowers were cupped with a flower tool and glued to the stamped ones at the center, while the wings of the butterfly were curled slightly and glued on the stamped one at the lower edge.

I'm entering this card for challenges at:

http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com - Friends with Flair

Have a great weekend.

Leanne 

What technique is this?

Hi!
    Today I'm very excited to share what I made. It's for a challenge at CASology and Simon Wednesday Challenge After five attempts at trying out this technique in different layouts like random starbursts first, which I didn't quite like, I came up with a floral design which I was happy about.

Here's another pic. from a different angle

Supplies used:

Colour for flowers & swirls - Crylin Acrylic Paint-Pearl Dew 

Pearls - Coloured- Melissa Frances, White- Coture Creations.

Stamps - Swirls- FireCracker Designs-Sitting Pretty

                  Yellow flowers- An assorted flower stamp set 

                  Sentiment - Thanks-Studio G

                                         Wishing you...-Crafter's Companion-Summer Stories

To make the starburst / flowers, I placed a small blobs of paint on the card and covered them with cling wrap. Then, starting from the center, I scratched the paint outwards, using a popsicle stick. The cling wrap was gently peeled off and the pearl center was added to the starburst. While the flower was completed by stamping the tiny flower in yellow in the center then adding the pearl.

For the swirls, three different stamps of the same stamp set were used. Paint was applied to the required portions then stamped. The yellow flowers were also stamped with paint and a pearl added.

Here's a closer pic to show the effect. 

What is this technique called ? I would call it the scratch technique. 

Thanks for visiting.

Leanne

I'm entering both cards into challenges at...

http://casology.blogspot.com - paint

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