Twas the Night Before Christmas

With hours to spare before Christmas Day

I have managed to finish off two canvases, which were part of a challenge.

 

Overall, I'm happy although I'm not too sure about the black stamping, 

however, it's finished and that's the main thing!

And, in honour of the 25th ......

have yourself a merry little Christmas!

I thought either of these might work for the new challenge
which the Snarky Stampers are temping us with - N is for Naughty Christmas!

Stamps

Katzelkraft - #KTZ152

AALL & CREATE - #2

Challenge
 http://snarkystampers.blogspot.com.au/2017/12/soss-100-n-is-for-naughty-christmas.html

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

  

Garden Fairies

The silly season is fast approaching once again,

and I have a feeling Mr Mojo has been skipping around the shops,

as he certainly hasn't been sitting at the craft desk very much lately.

 

So, left to my own devices yet again, I made this little card for a recent birthday.

 

 

I decided to make a CAS card, using a combination of stamps,

starting with "Hive Flower" and adding the fairies and the dragon.

Even though they are from different companies, I think they work well together.

"Hive Flower" is coloured with Gelly Roll pens in a blend of green, blue and purple.

A touch of sparkle was added to the fairies wings.

I don't often use stickers, but this black Happy Birthday was a good fit for this card.

Stamps

Stampotique - Hive Flower

Lavinia Stamps - Three Dancing Fairies; Dragon (?)

Thanks for visiting .....

Happy Crafting!

   

Bloom

When I find a new technique, I like to keep playing with it;

sometimes to perfect it, sometimes to find how many different ways

it can be used and sometimes just because it's fun!

I sprinked a combination of Ken Oliver Color Burst paints

onto watercolour card, spritzed them lightly with water and put aside to dry.

I then stamped the butterfly and flowers onto extra white card

and using a paintbrush, watercoloured them with Inktense blocks 

co-ordinating the colours with the background.

I stamped the butterfly and flowers onto the prepared background

and coloured the leaves and grass with Intense Blocks.

 I fussy cut the butterfly and the flower blooms 

and glued them directly over the background stamped images.

I chose a sentiment, cut around it and glued it in place.

The watercolour panel was adhered to a black mat and then onto folded white card.

Stamps

JOFY - 11, 13

Ken Oliver Color Burst

Alizarin Crimson, Pthalo Green

Challenges

Craft Stamper - Take It Make It - December

Thanks for coming to look today, see you again soon!

Happy Crafting!

 

There are always flowers

Although it's December, that doesn't mean that every card I make

 needs to be for the festive season.

Sometimes I make cards purely for the joy of creating something I like, 

no strings attached (so to speak).

I started with the background, sprinkling a combination of Orange and Yellow Ochre color burst over watercolour card.  A quick, light spritz with water and watch the magic happen!

Once the background was dry, I stamped the flowers directly onto it, and again onto extra white card. The extra flowers are watercoloured using Inktense Blocks to co-ordinate with the background.  The flower heads were fussy cut and glued directly over the stamped image.

A black mat was added before attaching to a folded white card.

Stamps
JOFY 14

Ken Oliver - Color Burst
Orange; Yellow Ochre
Challenges
http://craftstamper.blogspot.com.au/2017/12/take-it-make-it-challenge-december.html 


Happy Crafting!

Naughty or Nice

We have tickets to see Cat Stevens tonight - yippee!!!

But, before I get too excited, here's something else to look at :

Yes, it's creeping up on me ...... hmmm, I guess I should start shopping!

I made a set of these cards for a magazine, 

but as it was due to hit the shops at least a month ago and is yet to make an appearance,

I decided I'd blog them instead.

I used my favourite background technique for these cards,

and of course, my favourite stamps as well.

Stamps

Stampotique 

Dylusions

I'm still hopeful the magazine will appear as it was relatively new on the market,

(should be issue 6) but of course, there was no guarantee that my cards would be published anyway.  

Happy Crafting!