all you need is love

this month over at the creative crew

we were asked to embrace our white space! 

to show monochromatic with white (or vanilla) 

to any progressions of color 

while showcasing the beauty of any image of our choice.

this challenge was to make a celebration card

 i made a wedding anniversary card

although ti could also be used as a valentine's day or wedding card too i guess

i sponged lightest to darkest from the middle out in a variety of reds and pinks

 i used the new alphabet photopolymer abc set

i added some of the new punched hearts in white

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love my mum

another inspired creation from pinterest 

for the creative crew challenges this month

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a holiday that we love using a new technique

 i chose mother's day for my holiday as it is the one day in the year i get a holiday from the daily chores and get to be with my family and cherish what i have. it is also bittersweet as it also represents the things i don't have....my own mum...who passed away in 2008 and reminds me of how much i love and miss her

her face and hair are made using a circle punch with a circle for her bun too.

  the garland is made using the blossom punch and cutting the petals up to use as hearts.

letters are from a new polymer set from the 2014/15 catalogue

 inside the card i used leftovers to pretty it up

 the technique i used was called the sanded pencil background

basically wet water colour paper and then sand your water colour pencils onto it using sandpaper

so easy and beautiful and fun

this is what it looked like wet

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water colour love

i am having laods of fun playing with the sanded pencil technique

this involves using my water colour pencils

 and softly rubbing them against sand paper 

to produce a fine coloured dust 

that gets moved over wet water colour paper.

 i made this card today using that technique and inspired by a challenge over at just add ink to use watercolours

 it is made using the square punch and the corner punch mainly 

with the heart from the owl punch 

and the love die from the embellishments framelits.

 can you see the cool texture that the dust particles leave on the paper?

keep your eyes peeled for another card coming soon using the same technique

go here for the tutorial at split coast stampers

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yoda...the jedi of love

i have to admit

right here right now

that i giggled quite a bit while i made this card

it's yoda

with love heart glasses

what isn't funny about that?

 stamp sets used were the perfect couple set and the love you more set both from the 2014 occasions catalogue

 love heart glasses lololol

 the love planet

using a stamp set for not its intended purpose is always fun

bet the concept artists at su didn't see that one coming

perfect valentines day card for the star wars fan in your life :>

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perfect couple of love birds

love is in the air

and one way to say happy anniversary to the one who has your heart

is through a mushy card :>

there are other things but this is a g rated blog lmao 

 

 crystal effects on the hearts

hand drawn details on the birds

birds made by cutting a mosaic punch in half  and snipping of the sticky out bits 

 banner at top was made by cutting a triangle punch into quarters

drew on banner with pen to decorate plus some dazzling details 

sentiment card was made by sticking end into mosaic punch

and then i made 5 more!

card swaps are fun!

one of my favourite things about being a demo is the sharing of ideas and getting inspired by other creative peeps:>

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wedding card

 love is in the air

quite a few people i know are getting married at the moment

it is quite lovely

so here is a take on a card i saw ages ago and liked and wanted to make 

(but can't remember the source sorry if it is yours-please let me know)

loads of little itty bitty punches and pearls 

(apart from the one in the front there the rest of them are in the middle of the flower lolololol)

i used the thinlits words, large scallop punch and the leaves die to get my card done.

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party in a jar!

woohoo! party in a jar! woohoo!

trying to reclaim my mojo which had gone and hidden in a dark corner of my craft space under a pile of scrap paper

i need to find it fast because the hummingbird craft markets are coming up quick and i have to be organised!!

so here is something you can come along and buy from me

it is a packet of 12 cupcake toppers and a small banner

and they all fit in nicely to a decorated jar

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several things on the go

i am creatively busy at the moment trying to try new things and play with the stash that i have. thankfully i have homes for most of them which helps hey? anyways here is a selection enjoy! this is my entry for the essential baby card swap. the theme was love so i got out all my heart stamps and went a bit berko on the card and then punched images out with a 1 1/4" circle punch here i had some fun with my one of a kind stamp set and used my cuttlebug to add some swirls more cuttlebug here but stuck to a scallop note card. the stamp is from a sale-a-bration set called happy moments some punk rock emo chick stickers (lol) stuck to card stock with ribbon and such stuff. sssssssshhhhh but i used some hero arts stamps. aren't these little christmas girls just the cutest? some thank you cards for a customer using nature's nest stamp set a thinking of you card using trendy trees.... man oh man my stamp-a-ma-jig got a workout!!!! three little words stamp set. a set i find a bit tricky to use but have copied an idea from the ib&c and quite like it okies time for bed cheers ears!