Spring

It's half way through our SPRING FLING challenge at TRY IT ON TUESDAY and I needed a quick make for a friend, so I did this in super quick time!

Altenew's Flowery Field 3D embossing folder and simply coloured with Oxides applied with a finger dauber. (I didn't trust myself to just try rubbing an ink pad over the embossed bits!)

I originally was going to stamp and ink a background before using the folder but thought I would just have a trial run on a piece of white card first.

I liked it with the stark white so left this one but I did make a background and it's waiting for me to paint the embossed flowers.

I don't have a lot of 3D folders but I've decided they're great when you need something done in a hurry!
Thanks for looking! x

Spring Fling

Happy Tuesday and welcome to another challenge at TRY IT ON TUESDAY.
Spring is the name of the game this time - SPRING FLING - is the title for the next 2 weeks so please join us and show off your Spring themed projects.

My Altenew stamps have been getting used a bit more than usual over the last couple of challenges! And here's another!

I love this stamp set called (unsurprisingly) Under the Cherry Blossom Tree.

Nothing shouts Spring more to me than a Cherry Blossom in flower.
When I was a child we had a huge tree in our garden and I waited patiently for the flowers to bloom.... more often than not the spring wind blew the petals off and I remember my Mum complaining bitterly about how much mess it made!
I didn't care - the carpet of pink petals was just as pretty underneath my feet!

The little blue bird of happiness has since received a coat of glossy accents since I took this pic

I added a pale ink blended edge and found a Chinese script stamp which was free in a mag eons ago.
Thanks for looking, hope you will pop over to the BLOG and see what the rest of the DT have made.
Have a great day whatever you're doing. x

For a Lady

 

Having used this Altenew stamp for the  TRY IT ON TUESDAY  challenge  'FOR A LADY'  I used it again before it went back in it's storage box!

The background was stamped with Versfaine Clair Charming Pink.

Stamped and gold embossed the focal flower  and coloured with Distress Oxides.

I don't own a die for this stamp set so it had to be fussy cut - each time I decide to fussy cut something half way through I wish I hadn't started - and think I should have bought the darn matching die!

Popped it all up on foam pads to give it a bit of dimension.

Another relatively simple and plain card which will go into my Birthday Box to be used later in the year.

Thanks for dropping in! x
 

For a Lady

The latest challenge at Try It On Tuesday starts today and our theme is 'FOR A LADY'.
Any project accepted as long as it fits our challenge theme so hope you can join us.

I've been painting recently so had a piece of watercolour card out on the desk and instead of putting it in the remains box I used it for this.

The left hand side background was smooshed and because it's watercolour card it absorbed it and made it more subtle than I actually intended but I think it works.
Blue, green and brown inks and for once the colours were where I wanted them - although I think maybe next time I might try lightly wetting the watercolour card first.

Stamps are a mix of Altenew and Rare Earth, used Walnut Stain ink and sprayed lightly before stamping.
Matted onto dark brown card.

Thanks for looking today - hope everything is well in your part of blogland! x