AAA Cards Game #131

Hello,

Today I am sharing my card at AAA Cards CAS #130, I think I am just in time for the deadline. It is a sketch with an optional twist of pastel colours. This card took a long time to come together and I am not desperately happy with it but I thought I would share it anyway as it all helps me improve.



Here is my card:

The flowers are cut with a Lawn Fawn die and the centres have been filled with enamel accents. This didn't work as well as I had hoped but the overall impression is OK I think.

Here is a close up:

I lightly inked the edges of the panel with wilted violet Distress Oxide to give a little definition and tried to curve the sentiment to match the flowers - it almost worked!

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.
Hilary
xx

Bokeh

Hello,
Today I am sharing my card at CAS Mix Up January Challenge, the three elements this month are bokeh, stamping and your choice. This is the first time I have attempted a bokeh effect and I am quite pleased with the finished result. It is a very effective technique and some of the examples in the gallery are quite stunning.

Here is my card:

I created the background by blending distress inks and then adding white pigment ink through different sized circle masks. The flowers/seed heads were stamped in versa fine  onyx black, as was the sentiment. My choice for the third element was die cut and I added one tiny gold dragon fly.

Here is a close up:

I think I shall have to practice this technique a bit more, it is very effective. I really like the different looks you can get with it.



Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.
Hilary xx

Thinking of you

Hello,
Today I am sharing a card at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Challenge #67 Anything Goes.

Here is my card:

The background was inked with distress inks, then splashed with water and splattered with black ink. I then stamped the seed heads repeatedly and spritzed the panel with cosmic shimmer once dry. The sentiment was stamped with StazOn black ink onto vellum. I added the coloured frames and mounted it on black paper. The 3 little dragon fly die cuts finish it off.

It took a while for this card to come together but I am quite pleased with the end result.



Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.
Hilary xx

Stencils 1

Hello,
Today I am sharing this card at January CAS Stencil Challenge and CAS on Friday #149 Flowers. I have a growing collection of stencils but am not generally very good at using them, so the new stencil challenge is an ideal opportunity to try and correct that.

Here is my card:

The stencil is from Funky Fossil,  the rose and leaves where a free gift with issue 179 of Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine and the thanks is from Lawn Fawn. I sponged the stencil through an oval aperture with Dew Drop Pearlescent lavender ink so it has a rather nice shine to it.




Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate.
Hilary
xx

Snowflake

Hello,
Today I am feeling slightly nervous as this is my first ever guest designer post. I was lucky enough to be chosen as CAS Perfectionist for this card at Addicted to CAS #148 so I now find myself trying to come up with a suitable CAS design for Challenge 150 with codeword Snowflake. Thankfully you do get several weeks to plan, I think I may have been lucky and got some extra time because of the Christmas Holidays.

 Anyway here is my card:

Products used:

• Snowflake die from The Works
• You die from My Favourite Things (bought with my prize)
• Matching sentiments from My Favourite Things (also bought with my prize)
• Alcohol inks

I created an alcohol ink background on yupo paper and added some blue foil whilst it was still wet to create some shine. The snowflake die was cut 3 times, the first from the front of my panel and then I turned the die round and cut it from the bottom part of the panel. This was to ensure the gap in the panel had the right curve on it. I then stuck the stacked dies on the edge of the top part of the panel and stamped the sentiment with pigment ink and heat embossed using clear embossing powder. The you is also cut 3 times and stacked. The 2 pieces of the panel were propped up with double sided sticky foam sheet to give the dimension.

Here are some more pictures:

I have to admit that I made this card several times before I got it right. I had a clear image of what I wanted in my head but somehow it didn't want to go right when I made it. I am quite pleased with the end result though.

I hope you like it, do please tell me what you think.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today
Hilary
xx