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.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Hi Friends!
    For each petal on the Shamrock, this brings a wish your way...Good health, good luck and happiness for today and everyday. 
    I'm back from hiatus to share a card I made for my dd at University in USA where St.Patrick's feast is celebrated on a grand scale. Besides, St.Partick is also the patron saint of our Parish here and I hope to have this card posted before I leave this evening for the celebration. 

Here's a closer view...

The computer generated Irish Prayer was printed on some paper from my stash. For quilling I used manually cut 3mm strips in two shades of green. Two teardrops for each petal and finished off with bling in the center. 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges...

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - Luck

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/category/events/work-it-wednesday - Spring (an occasion in spring)

http://cardztv.blogspot.com - Spring (an occasion in spring)

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com - Scraps (scraps of light green A4 paper used for quilling) 

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.co.uk - Anything Goes  

Thanks for visiting and hope to visit you all soon.

Have a lovely day! 

Leanne 

Handmade Feather

Hi!
   Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. Here's a card I made yesterday, the embellishment for which was made from scratch.

Here's another view.

Supplies used:
Digi Images - Paper Smooches
Bling
Poster colours
Scissors 

The image above is of the paper I made with poster colours. It was my first attempt in creating a background for a card but played with it too much in an attempt to produce a marbled effect using a cling wrap and made a mess of it. So I decided to use the best portion to cut out the enlarged digital image of a feather, then created barbs with scissors and folded the shaft. I added some bling as the feather looked too lonely. I liked how the feather turned out and  I hope you like it too.
I'm entering this card into the following challenges...
http://papersmoochessparks.blogspot.com - Anything Goes
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/category/events/work-it-wednesday - Create
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge - Start from scratch
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au - Anything Goes
Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful Sunday.
Leanne

Shake It!

Hi Friends!
    Thank you for your visits and the comments on my previous post where I forgot to mention that my DD did the colouring for me. Sharing more of my DD's colouring today which I used in a shaker card I made for the very first time.

Here's another image to show the grass I cut from card stock with scissors to cover up the image as it did not print fully.  

Supplies used:

Image from Precious Moments colouring pages

Crayola colour pencils

Star shaped sequins

Acetate sheet 

3D foam tape

I'm entering this card into challenges at:

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

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - Shake it

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk - Things with Wings

http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting. Have a great week & hope to be back soon

Leanne

Heart with Joy

Hi Friends!
    Happy 4th of July to my friends in USA! Finally I made it here to post a card I'd made a month ago. Literally how time flies!! Schools are off for summer and I'm on vacation, but it's no vacation at all as housework never ends. Anyway, I made it here today with a card for Friends With Flair at Unity Stamp Company.

Supplies Used:

Stamp - Heart with Joy-Unity Stamp Company

Sentiment - Happy Birthday-SRM Sticker  

Crayola colour pencils

Watercolours

The white card background was spray painted with watercolours using a toothbrush & ruler in the same four colours as in the stamped image, while the heart shaped rubber stamp protected the image.  

I'm also entering this card into challenges at:

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

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge - White

Thanks for visiting. I will try my best to visit  you all soon.

Leanne