HAPPY WOOF DAY

Hello
Today I'm playing along at the 

Less Is More Challenge

where the theme is solid and outline.

For my solid element, I used a 'happy birthday blend' stamp, with rainbow colours of distress ink.

I really like this effect, and I might try it out with my letter dies - slightly overlapping them. Then I could make any word or name I wanted.

Will it work, do you think?

For the outline element, I used this cute pup.

I had to really fight that impulse to colour him in, 

just adding a smidgen of brown to his bone :-)

Less Is More Challenge

mft - woof pack - happy birthday blend, stamp and die

distress ink - pickled raspberry, ripe persimmon, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, mermaid lagoon

FRESH MORNING

Hello.

Here's my card for this week's 

Inspired By Challenge

As soon as I saw it, I loved this bold stamp set from Altenew.

But, you know me and flowers. We are not best friends!

I had a bugger of a job getting the blooms to stamp. They were very blotchy to begin with. After using the Versamark trick they got better, and I think it's just a case of, the more you use them, the better impression they will give.

Unless you know any other tips.

N.B. memento tuxedo black ink blends really well. 

I used it with a stencil for those stripes.

Inspired By Challenge

I was inspired by the bold, black and white stripes and, the orange/red and teal colour combo.

altenew - bold floral drape

distress ink - abandoned coral, peacock feathers, mowed lawn

memento tuxedo black

clearly besotted stripes stencil

sentiment from avery elle, home sweet home

liquid pearls white opal

HOODAD

Hello

With Father's Day coming up, 
I thought I would make a card for my hubby,
from the dog   :o)

I took inspiration from the picture at this week's 

Inspired by Challenge

The things that caught my eye were the rich, bold colours and the tassel fringes.

There are no tassel dies in my stash, so these were hand drawn with a zig marker brush. 

And I'm definitely not what you would call 'arty', so if I can draw these anyone can.

Inspired by Challenge

supplies

mft - four legged friends coloured with copics

banner hand drawn with zig clean colour real brush markers

hoodad letters from mft, happy birthday to you die

you're the best sentiment from wplus9 neighbors set

ICE LOLLIES

Hello

When I saw this week's 

Inspired By Challenge

I had to go for a rummage through my stamps.

I wanted something that could be stamped in different colours and
would look ok with an alternating direction.

I came up with these ice lollies.

I don't have a lot of ink shades, so I only used one ink for each lolly,
stamping the base, then using the same ink for the stripes.
It looks ok so far, 
and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it won't just fade into one uniform colour.
What do you think?

Inspired By Challenge

supplies

sugarpea designs - summer scoop

altenew inks - lime, wisteria, sea breeze, crimson

mement ink - tangelo

sentiment from mft stamps, sweet somebunny

SIMPLE CIRCLES

Hello.

Just dropping in today with a super, quick card for the 

Inspired by Challenge

As soon as I saw the inspiration photo (below) I knew I wanted to use those circles.

I stuck to a similar colour palette, and added a deeper pink from the bloom on the left.

I was also inspired by a card I recently saw on instagram by the hugely talented Angela @mycraftyperspective

Inspired by Challenge

supplies

textured card die cut with spellbinders circle nestie

congrats die from lawn fawn

LLAMA LOVE

Hello

Rainbows have become a common sight on my dog walk.
Rainbow pictures are in people's windows, chalked on pavements, and painted on fences.
They definitely lift the spirits and make me smile.
So, how could I resist the rainbow challenge at 

Addicted to CAS

My 'rainbow' is in the form of brightly coloured rolls.

Not a complete rainbow I know, but my llama was already struggling under the weight - a few bundles even tumbled off!

:-)

Addicted to CAS 

mft - llama love

copic markers / zig clean colour real brush markers

PARTY ANIMAL

Hello

I had some help from my assistant this morning.
All sequins were checked for quality control ;-)

For my card, I played along at

 CAS(E) this Sketch

I do love these cute little stamps, cos they allow me to do a minimal amount of colouring. 

Then I only have to worry about where to put those tricky white highlights!

CAS(E) this Sketch

mft - party animals coloured with copics

mft - fishtail flag die

SOMEBUNNY LOVES YOU

Hello

Inspiration doesn't usually come quickly to me,
but when I saw this week's 

Inspired By Challenge

these little, sitting, bunnies popped straight into my head.
I'm glad they did, cos they are kinda cute.

I was inspired by the simple layout of the chairs on the inspiration photo, 

and I tried to replicate the colours as closely as I could.

Inspired By Challenge

supplies

mft stamps - sweet somebunny coloured with copics

THE DRINKS ARE ON ME

Hello

Here's my card for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge.

A simple card, right? 
But my brain was elsewhere and I managed to make several annoying, little mistakes.
First off, after I stuck down the cocktails, I realised they were way off centre - I tried to fix it by trimming the panel down a little, but it's still what my eye is drawn to.
Then I dropped the star stamp, so ended up having to stamp a few more than I wanted.
Finally, I stuck my panel down a little to the left. I definitely have a habit of doing that though.
Hey ho!

CAS(E) this Sketch

clearly besotted - raise a glass

sentiment - mama elephant, labeled messages

stars - winnie and walter, big bang confetti

inks - altenew, fuchsia, baby pink, lime, fresh lemon.tide blue

A TRIO OF BLOOMS

Hello

My inspiration today came from a duvet cover I saw online
  (picture at the end of this post)
It's from Orla Kiely, who does the most amazing retro graphic prints.
I spent an age drooling over her designs.

With just a little trimming of my die cuts, I got the effect I was aiming for,

and the sentiment strip covers up the worst of the joins.

For some added interest, the blooms were all popped up with foam tape.

This is definitely a card I can see myself making again with different colour combinations.

Inspiration picture

Challenge

Addicted to CAS

supplies

mft - sketchy flowers

mama elephant - birthday messages

altenew inks - lime / wisteria / hydrangea / ultraviolet

JUST MY TYPE

Hello.

Eek! It's been almost a month since my last post.
This card took me forever... 
I've totally forgotten how to craft   :-)

I started out with the CAS(E) this Sketch,
but I don't have a star die, and my brain could not work out how to draw a star, so I swapped it for a circle :-)

The circle is stamped with polka dots, embossed with clear powder and then inked - so it does add some texture to the card.

supplies

typewriter - hero arts

inks - altenew - fuchsia, baby pink, sea breeze, turqouise

 itsy bitsy polka dots background stamp - mft

balloons - clearly besotted - make a wish