You're Amazing - Skipping Stones Design

Hello everyone,

I'm her today with another card using the Dandelion Dreams stamp set.  This is my all-time favourite set because it's so versatile.  I have a hard time with masculine cards but not with this set.

I stamped the images with distress ink and I sprits it with water before stamping it to my card.  I used first and second generation stamping to give it more dimension.  

I stamped the sentiment with dark brown in and finished it off with some sequins.  Just because it's a masculine card doesn't mean you can't add a little embellishment!  

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn  :)

Paper Smooches sympathy card

Hi everyone,

I'm here playing along with the Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes challenge.

Here is my card.  I cut out the flowers and leaves from white 110# card stock and used my copics to colour them in.  I embossed a card stock panel with a small dot embossing folder and cut a circle out of the top middle.  I created a shaker with it and popped it up and added some purple, white and clear sequins along with some shaped glitter.

I stamped the hearts in the background with the ones from the Graceful Beauties set and stamped it with Hero Arts ink and used first and second generation stamping for the background to give it some interest. 

I added a piece of acetate to the back of the panel and loaded in the sequins and glitters and then placed the back panel and that created the shaker.  I then placed the flower and leaved on the top panel, stamped my sentiment on a banner die cut with Versafine and popped it up on some foam tape as well. 

I then added some adhesive to the back and glued it to the purple panel that was cut out from a WPlus9 die and then it all went on an A2 sized card base.

Supplies:

InLinkz.com

Thanks for stopping by, see you again tomorrow!

Coralynn  :)

You're the Best!

Hi everyone,

I'm here with a card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.  It's all about stencils!  

I started out with a piece of Canson 140# watercolour paper and with some Mustart Seed distress ink I made a background.  Then about 2 weeks later I was looking at it on my desk and thought it could some some Texture Paste, so I took a stencil and added that to it.  Then another week later I finally figured out what I wanted to do with the panel.

Here it is.  You can barely see the paste but it's there!

I used the Stitched Due 3 dies from Pretty Pink Posh to cut out the vellum.  I added some white thread on top for some interest.

The I took the sunflower from the Lawn Fawn set "Friendship Grows" and coloured those in with my Koi water colour paints.  I added the sentiment from the Avery Elle "Hand written note" set in Memento Onyx black ink and cut out the banner ends.  I thought it needed something else so I wrapped some May Arts twine around the ends and popped it up with foam tape.

I added some Beatle Black sprinkles from Doodlebug along with some clear sequins from Simon Says Stamp.  I added the panel to an A2 sized card base and called it done!

Supplies:

InLinkz.com

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn :)

Online Card Class - Stretch Your Dies

Hello everyone,

I'm back with a few more cards for the Online Card Class and it's the last day so I thought I would post a few of the cards I made.


This is Day 5 and I was inspired by Shari Carrol's card.

Mama Elephant: Freestyle Florals, MFT diagonal stitched dies, MME enamel dots, Clearly Besotted sentiments.

Day 6 and I based this one on Laura Bassen's card.
WPlus9 Hello die, distress inks: Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Dried Marigold, Barn Door & Aged Mahogany

Day 7:  Based on Jennifer McGuire's card.

Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABS's, sequins (from my daughter's stash! ;)

Thanks for stopping by, I had lots of fun.

See you again soon!

Hugs,  Coralynn  :)

Bugs & Kisses

Hello everyone!

I'm here with a colourful card for the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog and don't know about you but I am getting a little bit tired of seeing white snow everywhere around me!  So I thought I would do a card with lots of bright colours.

This is a 4bar size card base and I used distress inks for the background.  I took the edge of a scrap piece of card stock and pushed the ink off the card stock on to the base overlapping the colours.  I stamped the sentiment and lady bugs with black ink and watercolored them with distress ink as well.

Be sure to pop over to the the Butterfly Reflections Ink shop as there are awesome goodies Vanessa adds every day!  Also stay tuned for a couple more spring releases that are on the way!!!

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Bugs & Kisses stamps & dies

Ranger Distress inks

See you again soon!

Coralynn

S'More fun! - Lawn Fawn Card

Hello everyone,

Well today was the first day of school for my girls and it was successful.  My youngest did not do so well at first as she is going into grade 1, but she did great after a few minutes.  My oldest did great, as soon as she saw her friends, mom and dad could be on their way!

I have a card to share with you that I made with Lawn Fawn's Love you S'MORE set.

I needed to get used to my distress inks as I was not getting the hang of the blending part.  I was always getting streaks no matter what I did but stubbornness prevailed and I think I figured it out...for this time at least!  I used Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves and Dusty Concord as well as Mowed Lawn and Forrest Moss (all purchased as Simon Says Stamp) to give the hills and grass some dimension and I used the Mini ink blending tool and the regular ink blending tool as well.

 I used the Grassy Border dies from LF at the bottom as the bottom of the card needed something so I used a strip of grass to fill it in and I think it did the trick.  I did used the Mama Elephant Landscape Trio dies for the hills as my LF Stitched Hillside Borders Dies aren't in yet (but they are on there way!!!!!!) Unfortunately they are currently out of stock but it won't take long for them to get more in.

I used the Tiny Back Drops with Hero Arts white embossing powder for the starry background and the sentiment which I embossed on a piece of black card stock.  I used my copics to colour in the critters, moon and the flames.

You can't see it very well but I used my Wink of Stella clear glitter pen on the marshmallows and the flames.  I used Recollections 110# card stock as well as a Kraft card base and I stamped the LF Woodgrain Backdrops on the base just for an additional element.

Thanks for stopping by!

See you soon with another card.

Coralynn  :)

Honourable Gnome in the Lawnscaping Challenge #86 Watercolouring

Hello everyone,

I know I have been away from my blog for a while and I apologize for that, but I have been enjoying freedom crafting!  I am a slow crafter and sometimes I work for an hour or two just on a background and then find a way to make a card or project with it a couple of days later.  That's why I like challenges as they make me pull up my socks and speed it up a bit.  LoL!!!


I am SUPER EXCITED to share that I was chosen as an Honourable Gnome over on the Lawnscaping Challenge Watercolouring.

My daughter and I had made a card and we had lots of lovely comments about them.  She was elated with excitement as this is the first time someone commented on one of her cards.  Which I am VERY proud of her.

You can see the post here for that challenge.

As for me, I was away on vacation to the US and I was tickled with all the Tim Holts products that JoAnn's had (well compared to what I have here.  Our Michaels does have a lot of product but it takes a long time for them to get in the new stuff).  Mind you I was a bit disappointed with the lack of stamps but hey, something is better than nothing!  Here is a picture of what I picked up.  It helped that there was already 30% off (I missed the 50% by a day) and that I had a coupon for an extra 25%.

I am also participating in the latest Online Card Class - Stretch Your Stamps 2!

I am waiting for some stamps to arrive for that class so I haven't started posting my projects yet.  

And yes, that would be the stamp that starts off the class!  Hehehe!  Oh well, it should be here tomorrow.

I have also been playing with new products from the Simon Says Stamp latest release "This is the life" so I am having lots of fun with those and will posting some of those soon.  

This is the last week for Camp Scrap 2014 and I have to say, I am truly grateful to May for showing me that it all doesn't have to be planned or perfect and that has helped me in my creative process.  I don't worry as much when I do work on a background for two hours and nothing comes out of it.  I also enjoyed watching May go through her process when she would just "create".  She cracks me up and I love the messy freedom that she goes through.  Thanks May!  

Well that is it for me.  Sorry for the ton of updates and info, I promise to spread it out a bit more next time!

Thanks for stopping by!

See you soon.

Coralynn  :)

Camp Scrap Week 2

Hi everyone,

Here is my project for week 2 at Camp Scrap 2014

I did up another canvas and used the Lawn Fawn stamps and altered them.  I stamped them on patterned paper and then when over them with Gesso and walnut stain distress ink.  I used acrylic paint and a Tim Holtz stencil.  I altered some wood venires and stamped the sentiment in Hero Arts black ink.

Thanks for stopping by.

Coralynn  :)

Lawnscaping Challenge #86 - Watercolouring

Hello everyone,

I haven't been posting much these days.  Summer Life is well underway and we are trying to get in as much as we can as the new school year is fast approaching.  

Today I'm joining the Lawnscaping Challenge "Watercolouring"

For my card I used the Stitched Journaling die set and I used Crushed Olive,  Walnut Stain, Dusty Concord, Vintage Velvet, Weathered Wood and Tumbled Glass distress markers.

The Cat is from Critters in the 'Burbs and I had coloured it a while back with my copics and decided that it would fit on this card.   

Supplies:

Stitched Journaling dies (LF - SSS)

Critters in the 'Burbs (LF - SSS)

Home Sweet Home (LF - SSS)

Recollections Kraft Cardstock

Canson watercolour 140# paper (Michaels)

Avery Elle Handwriten Notes (sentement - Simon Says Stamp)

This is the card my daughter did up for the challenge.  I love what she came up for the sentiment.

Bree's Card

Supplies: 

Hello Baby (LF)

Critters in the 'Burbs

watercolours(michaels)

hello baby(LF)

pencil crayons (walmart)

monster high stickers

Thanks for stopping by.

See you soon with another card

Coralynn  :)

SSS Wednesday Challenge - "Let's be Clear"

Hello everyone!

I am playing along withe the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Let's be Clear".  They are featuring Clearly Besotted Stamps and you have to use something clear on your card.

Today I used a few things and the first is clear stamps.  I used the Lawn Fawn Critters in the Sea and I used the whale.  For the background I used stencils that I cut out with my Silhouette and used Peacock Feathers and Black Soot distress inks.  I coloured in the whale with my copics and used my white gel pen to add in the dots.  

 My clear part for this challenge is the liquid glass (CTMH) to cove the water spray on the top of the whale's head and clear Wink of Stella glitter pen on the waves in the background.

I stamped the sentiment in Versa Fine Onyx black ink, which is my favourite for sentiments.

I used Recollections 110# card stock for the whale, waves and the background.

Supplies:

Copic Markers (Michaels)

Lawn Fawn "Critters in the Sea" (kinsalecreations.blogspot.ca)

Silhouette (amazon.ca)

Versa Fine Onyx Black ink (Michaels)

Distress ink Peacock Feathers mini w/ mini tool (SSS CKOM)

Distress Marker - Black Soot (Michaels)

White Gel Pen - Sakura (Michaels)

Black Gel Pen - Sakura (Michaels)

Thanks for stopping by!

Coralynn :)