Forever Autumn Part 2

Forever Autumn

This is part 2 of the That's Crafty monthly challenge.

Here is a teaser of my project! 

Head on over to the That's Crafty Challenge Blog to see my full projects and lots of other inspiration too.

Vera Lane Studio

Another new love of mine is Vera Lane Studios.

I have been following the blog Betwixt this and that for a couple of years now, Nikki the blog owner makes some incredible ATC's using Vera Lane Studio downloads and I decided to give it a go and see what I could come up with.

The Facebook page of VLS has monthly swaps and the standard of the work is amazing. 

Below is my first piece, a 6" x 6" card coloured using watercolours.

The ATC below is the first swap I took part in.

As you can see, the images are a little quirky but lots of fun to use. There are a huge variety of images to choose from and I intend to make full use of as many as possible!

ZinskiArt

I am completely in love with ZinskiArt (Elena Guzinska), who has a wonderful range pre-coloured digi images (available from Etsy) and rubber stamps (available from Paperartsy)

The card below I made for my niece Suzi. I used Distress Oxides for the background (another new love of mine), a background stamp by Paperartsy and a digi image from ZinskiArt.

As my colouring skills leave a lot to be desired I find using these pre-coloured images brilliant for quick cards. This is a 6" x 6" card.

Meow

I thought I would share a couple of cards and a journal page I made using the Tim Holtz Crazy Cats stamps, I love these quirky stamps, such fun images.

I used a mask and a brick design Washi tape for the above card.

I decided to use colourful watercolour paint colours rather than realistic so staying with the quirky feel of the stamps.

I made the background for the journal page using gesso to give texture, Gelatos and string.

Christmas is coming........

Only Joking!

I thought I would share a few Christmas cards I made with my lovely friend Ann.

 A little bit of stamping and glitter 😝

A little of PaperArtsy always a good sign.

Peel off glittery lines, perfect!

These are such easy designs to follow but very effective. Sadly I did have to use glitter!

Pollyanna Pickering

A 7" x 10" card featuring artwork by Pollyanna Pickering.

 Close up of tea bag folding embellishment.

The front of a gift bag.

Close up of tea bag folding embellishment.

 Heart shaped journal using papers and images from Creative Crafting World.

Monster!

It is my Brother-in-laws birthday this week and I made this 'monster' of a card using a Stampotique stamp, DI pads to colour with using a water brush and a journalling pen to create the border. A very simple 4" x 4" card but I just love it!

Tando Christmas!

I made this card for my fellow Demented Cat, Cheryl. 

I made the background using Gelatos, blending with a dampened finger.

Santa and his reindeer are by Tando. I triple heat embossed them along with the London scene below which is also by Tando.

I glued the two Tando pieces onto my background and added to a blank card. Simple easy steps but with an end result that I loved as did Cheryl!

Remember You Are Loved

I have started to make a few more cards (yes I did say that!) I had completely gone off making cards but slowly I am coming back. 

The one below is simple but I like to think effective. I used an IndigoBlu stamp for the main image then masked it out to stamp the script stamp. I added a black rose to the girls hat to complete the look.

The inside of the card saw self adhesive pearl gems (on a strip and shaped into a heart) finished with a small black button. I stamped the greeting and added a chicken wire die cut from Sizzix to the opposite corner to the heart. I finished off using a journalling pen to edge the card.

I love using black and white, it is timeless and suitable for both sexes.

That's Crafty Crazy Cats!

ATC Challenge

That's Crafty are running an ATC challenge that runs until Friday 5th February, below are my entries. 

As soon as I saw these Crazy Cats stamps by Stampers Anonymous I knew I had to have them!   

I used a black Versa Mark ink pad to stamp the images onto white stamping card.

I then used Distress Ink pads to colour them in using a water pen. Finally I used white Dylusions paint to add some circles, dots and lines.

I hope you will agree they are great fun images to use.

A card using Seth Apter stamps and stencils

This months challenge details can be found HERE

This is a 6" x 6" picture frame style 3d card.

I took a stamped image Lynne Perrella (PaperArtsy) and coloured it using Distress Ink pads.

 I gave the image a thin coat of DecoArt Crackle Glaze.

I heat embossed the 'Network' stamp on a piece of 6" x 6" card and cut out the middle.

Using Distress Ink pads I coloured the card and added details with stencils by Seth Apter (I bought these directly from the US from StencilGirl).

Using the Crackle Glaze I dripped it onto the frame and let it run.

Using a pizza base I cut a frame to fit.

 I added the Lynne Perrella image behind the pizza base.

I was going to attach a card blank to the rear but decided to put a hanging tab instead.