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