Papercrafting, cardmaking and paper art
25 Mar 2017 5 Comments
in Birthday, Cards, floral, Ladies
There are a few blues in colour challenges at the moment, so bluebirds are still on my mind…
This is a birthday bluebird sitting in the pink blossoms. I’ve tried out a few new techniques for me – spattering the background, new L’Aquarelle stamps watercoloured and cut out and pieced together.
These are as close as I could get with my watercolours to the colours at Just Add Ink 352
The haiku ofr this one
A bluebird trilling
joyful in the tree above.
Happiness floods me
25 Mar 2017 1 Comment
in Birthday, Cards, CAS, Masculine
Here’s a card for a young boy. It’s based on a stamped and zentangled bookmark that is designed to be removed and used.
This one is for Cards in Envy’s challenge Black and White
and CAS-ual Fridays No Dies Allowed
Run and jump and play
Be strong and active and then…
Snuggle: read with me
25 Mar 2017 1 Comment
in Birthday, Cards, CAS, Friends, Ladies
For a friend who is a Francophile:
Entering in Fusion challenge Paris Rain – inspired by the image of course!
And a haiku based on our honeymoon experience many years ago…
Remember Paris?
Such rain, the Seine overflowed
Cosy honeymoon!
24 Mar 2017 5 Comments
Can you tell I’ve had a day off today? Including some crafty purchases and some playing with ink and paint and paper…
Here is a card for someone who is expecting a new baby in a couple of weeks. Just time to get people to sign it 🙂 The first time in ages I’ve used patterned paper: I have SOOO much of it (just managed to resist buying more today)!
This one was inspired by Jenni’s card at Muse Challenge #208
and also entered in The Paper Players Clean and simple baby cards – just under the wire…
24 Mar 2017 3 Comments
This is for a colleague’s birthday next weekend – he’s in training for a charity bike ride.
Just a Hobbycraft vintage bicycle stamp and a free sentiment, Palette and Memento inks, with a stroke of watercolour, but I’m pleased with it. (Oh, and a bit of bling…)
This is for Seize the Birthday “Black and White and one more colour”
and Watercooler Wednesday Masculine Anything Goes
The haiku for this one:
Go, race to the end:
Enjoy the speed as the air
Rushes past your face
24 Mar 2017 7 Comments
Here is a card stamped with watercolour pens and Inkadinkadoo Delicate Branches. Love that sketchy watercolour look. Not sure why the Old Olive has come out so brown though!
This is for CAS Colours and Sketches (I did it before I looked at Emily’s card so it’s not a CASE!). That lovely blue made me think straightaway of the bluebird of happiness…
It will have an insert with the sentiment: May you find your bluebird of happiness.
Also for 
Freshly Made Sketches – two branches for Linda’s sketch. However, the sentiment didn’t look right in exactly the same place as on the sketch so I moved it…
And today’s haiku:
The bluebird flies by
Try catch that happy feeling
Though ephemeral…
20 Mar 2017 6 Comments
I haven’t had much time to create cards this weekend, but managed one tonight.
Here is a CAS lighthouse intended for a friend going through difficulties.
I want to enter this one for Just Add Ink – #351 Just Add L
L is of course for lighthouse.
and Addicted to CAS Seaside challenge – I was gutted I didn’t get a doodled card done in time for their Doodle challenge!
12 Mar 2017 9 Comments
in Birthday, Cards, CAS, Masculine
Balloons are the theme of my last couple of cards. This one is in yellow, purple and white, with a charcoal grey sentiment. Watercolouring, stamping and hand cutting. I was going to have two balloons on each card and a bigger yellow panel, but cutting it down to match the shape of the square card base and having two clouds to make up the Power of Three seemed to work better.
This one is entered in CAS Colours and Sketches #213. I couldn’t put too much grey in it, as it would have looked rainy instead of a sunny adventure!
Also in CAS-ual Fridays Off The Edge challenge
and though balloons are unisex I think this one is more masculine so entering at Cards 4 Guyz CAS challenge #160
I did another version of this. In orange and yellow instead – trying to give it a gentler look. I think I prefer it with the purple and grey though.
Entering this one in Cards in Envy: Keep it simple
and Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes
My balloon flies off.
Watching it drift in the blue,
I wish I could too…
12 Mar 2017 3 Comments
Yet more agapanthus. My go-to stamp so many times. This time it’s white embossed on a watercoloured background. I painted then stamped and embossed. Next time I might try a resist technique and see if it works better.
I used the colours from Color Throwdown #433 green, blue and white.
Also entered into The Flower Challenge #6 for March. Anything Goes
Colours are too bright
Red, orange, yellow: give me
Peaceful blue and green
12 Mar 2017 3 Comments
in Birthday, Cards, Masculine Tags: steampunk
I love the idea of steampunk. Jules Verne, H G Wells, Dr Who, Warehouse 13, etc. So many interesting motifs for masculine cards: cogs, balloons, goggles, watches, top hats. And a great theme for an escape game… Last time I went to a steampunk fair I came away with loads of steampunk themed charms to make cards – and have I used them? No! Not sure why I haven’t been very inspired with cards. Although I was pleased with this one.
Such a good idea for The Male Room to have a Steampunk challenge. I started with card faintly patterned with clocks and added balloons, more clocks and cogs. Can you see the ironic element of my picture? 😉
An unusual haiku this time:
The highwayman coat
Caught his eye but was too small 🙁
Incentive to slim…
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