What is teal anyway?

This evening I set about making a card for less is more's 'mostly teal' theme. Armed with a new (to me) lawn fawn die, I fancied playing a bit more with some brushos and ended up producing this;

I quickly realised that brushos and a soft subtle colour like teal were simply incompatible after my combinations produced a colour closer to electric blue than teal. Never mind, waste not want not and all that, taking the cut out happy (in electric blue) I tried again using another of my latest acquisitions, oxide inks.

I suppose teal is a subjective colour to portray and this one has been dubbed 'cracked pistachio' by Mr T. Holtz but I think it'll do.

I used star and sentiment stamps from craftwork cards to add to the background and finished with an all important wink of Stella.

Ttfn!

Challenges;

Less is more

Simon says stamp Monday

Penny black and more

Lost and found

I was excited to see the theme at Simon Monday this week is 'based on a book'. I love books, notepads are an absolute fave and I had a great time doing an altered dictionary with the craft barn last year, but more than any others, I love children's stories. I based this card on a book by Oliver Jeffers about a lost penguin who sailed across the ocean in an umbrella. I also based it on the sketch from less is more since they seemed to go quite nicely.
Here is the book;

 


This is the less is more sketch;

And here is the card I made;

The stamps are from lawn fawns 'toboggan together' and 'hello baby' sets. The waves are made with doodlebug paper frills and I have coloured using distress inks and promarkers. 

Thanks for stopping by!

In the garden

Good morning! 

I'm sharing a door hanger with you today made with imagination crafts rice paper, sizzix dies and a bit of paint and stenciling thrown in for good measure! 

A full description of how it was made can be found on the craft barn blog.

The pictures here show both front and back of the hanger.









I'd like to enter this in to the following challenges;
SSS Monday - based on the secret garden
SSS Wednesday- anything goes

Pooch party

Hi there!
I've been tasked with the job of creating a leaving card for a colleague at the animal rescue centre where we work. This is a trial run card really as I have just ordered the new lawn fawn 'miaow you doin' set. I intend on adding a whole host of cats in to the mix just as soon as the stamps arrive but for now I'm quite pleased with all the pooches!
The stamps are from lawn fawns daschund through the snow set and the sites are sizzix.
I'd like to enter this card in to the following challenges;
stamping sensations animal magic
Simon says stamp anything goes
Allsorts anything goes
Penny black favourite stamp (I'm not sure I could ever truly choose a favourite stamp but this set would always be up there)

That's all for now,
Lou x

Hearts and flowers

Hi there!
With valentines day just around the corner I really should be thinking about a card for my hubby. Instead I'm sharing with you a journal cover I made recently with a romantic theme. (Then I'll go and make a valentines card!)
I used honey dooo stamps and distress inks to make this one and 'lifted' it using a white gel pen.

I finished it off with a little wink of Stella and doodled a heart and line border around the edge.

I'd like to enter this project in to the following challenges;

Allsorts-hearts and flowers

Simon says stamp- young at heart

Simon says stamp- cute (because I think it's a cute sentiment)

Craft stamper-anything goes

Ombre

It's been a long time since I last entered a simply less is more challenge. I took a break as I didn't really have time to comment on other people's work and it didn't feel fair when people are always so generous in commenting here.
Anyway, plan is to start again, starting with this week's ombre challenge. I used three different purple distress inks to create the ombre background then stamped a honey doo stamp over the top. I coloured it with ink tense pencils and outlined the stems in a gelly roll pen which I also used to write the sentiment.

Christmas for just a little bit longer

Well, I'm still going with Christmas cards for a little while longer - there's no harm in getting ahead for next year while your still in the spirit, eh?
I stamped directly on to the stampin up woodland embossing folder with a woodware tree stamp and a card-io deer stamp. I then brayered the folder with clear embossing ink and ran the folder through my bigshot. I then embossed the whole thing with clear sparkle embossing powder. The flourish in the corner is made using Sizzix  holiday greens dies and finished with a pearl dot.

I'd like to enter this in to the challenge at Craft Stamper and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.