True Colours

Hello,
 Today I have a card to share that I made with the Concorde & 9th turnabout dahlia stamp. I do love turnabout stamps and have had them out recently to practice because I do struggle to get them properly lined up. Anyway, you can probably expect some more turnabout examples from me in the next few weeks.

As you can see I have also used the coordinating die and as always when I use these stamps, it is almost lined up exactly, but not quite. I have decided that I am not beating myself up about it and am sharing it anyway because despite that I think it is a good card. I really like the colours, when I say that it generally means that they are Catherine Pooler colours. I originally stamped the fourth colour in Something Borrowed but then decided to use the coordinating die and cut out the blue, replacing it with the blue mirror card. I am pleased with the effect.

Here is a close up:

I am sharing this card at:

Stamping Sensations - Show your true colours

****Show Your True Colours****

Stamplorations - Anything CAS goes

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.
Hilary
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2 Stencils 2 cards

Hello,
It is time to make sure I put an entry into Pixies snippets Playground #354 so I have found a card that I actually made a while ago but haven't posted yet.

This stencil is from The Crafters Workshop and I have inked it with distress oxides. It is finished with a die-cut sentiment cut from blue and white card to create the shadow. I added a bit of sparkle with some stickles and 3 enamel dots to finish it off. The snippets are the little bits of blue and white card used for the sentiment.

I am also sharing this at A Place to Start with a challenge title of stencil me in.

I have another card made in the same style that I thought I would share now too. I don't know which I like more, it's a tough call. This is an art screen stencil from colour box and I also used distress oxide ink.

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

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Today I have an alcohol pearl inked background to help showcase my die cut flowers and butterflies on this birthday card that I made for a friend.

I have always loved alcohol inked backgrounds but now I have some alcohol pearls I like them even more. I also used some silver mixative on this one. The die is from Memory box and I cut it twice and stuck it down, then I used my alcohol markers to colour in the petals before stacking the remaining die cut on top. This next picture shows the shine a bit better.

The butterflies are part of the die set and add a little final touch I think. The sentiment was heat embossed.

I am sharing this card at:

Die-Cut Divas - Celebrate Birthdays

HLS Anything goes with dies - June Challenge



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

Bees

Hello,
This months Twofer #17  has the prompt Bees. I was lucky enough to win 2 Chocolate Baroque stamp sets at Stamping Sensations May challenge, one of those sets was called Honey Bee so I really had to use it for this twofer challenge. The stamp set includes a range of bee themed stamps and I chose to use the large solitary bee for my cards.

My first card uses a Uniko stencil, Gold Perfect Pearls and  background created with distress inks. It is a birthday card.

The bee was stamped on acetate and heat embossed with Wow gold pearl embossing powder, as was the sentiment. I fussy cut the bee and mounted it with a clear pad. The panel was mounted on some green fun foam and then onto the dark green card base. The next picture shows the shine a bit better.

And here is a close up of the bee:

I am also entering this card in the June CAS Stencil Challenge



My second card is very simple and hopefully showcases the bee stamp where the first one didn't so much.

I inked the die cut square with wild honey distress ink and stamped and heat embossed the bee and it's label with black embossing powder. the square is mounted on foam and the base card is a coated light grey. I couldn't decide whether to add a 'just a note' sentiment and in the end I decided not to but I might change my mind before I send it out.

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

Hello,
My card today in an emboss resist using a stencil, clear embossing and alcohol inks on watercolour paper.

Here is the card:

The stencil is a woodgrain which I inked with versa mark and heat embossed. I then used alcohol ink which soaks into the paper creating rather a lovely subtle effect. I also used bronze mixative that gives it a shine and isn't resisted by the embossing in the same way. The card is finished with a bronze strip of metal effects card and a diecut sentiment.

Here is a close up:

I am sharing it at Just add ink #460 emboss resist.



I also made another card with a left over piece so I thought I would include it in this post:

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