Papercrafting, cardmaking and paper art
24 Feb 2017 9 Comments
in Birthday, Cards, CAS, Ladies
For a friend’s birthday of course! I loved the shape of the cards in Susan Raihala’s post at Simplicity on Tuesday: Inspired by Art.
It uses a Kaleidacolour inkpad as well, which Susan has also blogged about. I created a stencil from a big chipboard letter.
Challenges:
16 Feb 2017 4 Comments
in Birthday, Cards, CAS, Ladies
A midweek post. A birthday card for one of my friends who likes riding. I bought the stamp because I thought I’d get a lot of use out of it with horsey friends but I don’t really think it’s my type of thing. Still, after a fair bit of experimentation I hope she likes it!
Watercolours, Colorbox liquid chalk inks (various shades of brown including what sounded appropriate – chestnut roan), Sheena Douglass stamp “From the horse’s mouth” and Papermania sentiment.
Entering this one in CAS(E) this Sketch because I was stumped how to apply this stamp to a design till I saw Chrissy’s sketch!
Also entering Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes
and Crafty Friends Challenge 51 (Anything Goes)
And here’s the haiku:
In the moonlight, ride
Far and fast as you can
Escape the mundane
29 Jan 2017 Comments Off on Zendoodle rollerskate
in Cards, CAS, Ladies, Leaving, Zendoodle
This card is another in my zendoodle series. Possibly those who liked the Red Heart will appreciate this one. It’s a goodbye card for a colleague and reflects one of her interests. I used pictures from the Internet to create my own outline for the zendoodling.
I’m really delighted that Red Heart was one of the Top 5 featured by Muse and an honourable mention for Watercooler Wednesday. So glad people liked it, especially in such inspirational company! Hope the recipient of the card will like it next month 🙂
And my Triple Mat Nautical card was featured on Cards4Guyz. Shame more people didn’t take up the challenge there – I thought the Design Team’s example cards were excellent and really inspired me to try a new style. Thank you for that, ladies 🙂
And a haiku inspired by Roger McGough’s in the Radio Times.
My proud snowman, now
the only snow on the lawn
gone til next winter…
22 Nov 2016 2 Comments
This one is for a family member who’s just bought her first home. So sweet!
It’s inspired by Time Out challenge #70 Home Sweet Home Photo Challenge
There’s pink in there from the picture, and things with wings…
Fun to see our girl,
once a daredevil, now a
domestic goddess!
07 Nov 2016 2 Comments
This is a thank you card in the colours from CAS-ual Friday: orange, brown and kraft. I love the different variations on orange and brown, all subtle due to being stamped on kraft.
This one is for CFC160 CAS-ual Fridays (orange, brown and kraft)
and Time Out #69 Give thanks with a grateful heart. It’s not for Thanksgiving but it is for a couple of people I am very grateful for (and to), which I guess amounts to the same thing.
The haiku for this one is truly autumnal:
Autumn leaves flame red,
orange crunching underfoot:
fade to wet yellow
04 Sep 2016 2 Comments
in Birthday, Cards, floral, Ladies Tags: agapanthus
This one is for the colourQ challenge #357…
It’s a watercoloured background rather than ink but I think I’ve nailed the colours.
Not sure I’ve nailed the hand lettering though 🙁 Need more practice!
A garden sunset
Day, weekend, summer, all gone
Flowers just black stalks
19 Jun 2016 5 Comments
in Cards, Ladies Tags: butterflies
A second post in a day!
Water-coloured medieval manuscript pattern paper cut out using two stencils and a punch. The background is clear embossed Autumn Leaves Rhonna Farrer swirls stamp.
This one is inspired by a few challenges which I am entering. Including CAS on Sunday: Butterflies
and Muse #170 from Anita Bowden with the butterflies and a fiery colour palette.
My words, blown out, sent
into the cold world, setting
fire to the debate.
Let’s just say I’ve been thinking about the EU debate and that I believe in people collaborating and working for change from the inside.
08 May 2016 2 Comments
I’ve never tried a challenge card before, so here goes…
I’m CASEing this sketch
And here’s my card.
My favourite Caran D’Ache watercolours and a stamp that came free with a magazine ages ago…
Creativity…
sometimes it strikes like lightning…
or flows like treacle!
20 Feb 2016 Comments Off on Zendoodle horse birthday card
I’ve really got into doodling recently, and thought I’d try some cards. This is for a horse-riding colleague (seem to have a few of those!). It’s tricky coming up with something new every year!
I really must get better at taking pictures…
Wind ruffling my hair
In a moment I’ll gallop
far from dreary work!
23 Jan 2016 Comments Off on Skydiver birthday card
When people know you like making cards they sometimes try to give you a gift you’ll appreciate and they don’t quite “get it” – do you find that? I am very grateful for the thought, but “toppers” are really not my scene – I prefer to make my own. Nevertheless, I really did like these butterflies – though I’m not sure where they came from as they were a gift. So thank you.
OK, so there’s a skydiver in the family, and something in flight seemed to be appropriate for the latest birthday. Running with the on-trend watercolouring for the background (watercolour pencils here), I also got a bit creative on the computer with the text.
Never let your life
be limited by others.
Fly in your own way!
(Skydiver haiku 1)
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