INKY FINGERS

Well, it is here – kind of.  Here’s a card I just finished. I’ll be doing the Ribbon Blog Candy draw some time over the weekend, so keep your eyes open for it!

The challenge over at LESS IS MORE for this week is ANYTHING GOES.  They’re trying to reach 1000 entries, so I thought I’d have a quick go.  Here’s my very simple offering.

The challenge over at Just for Fun is Shades of Green and here’s my entry. (Just noticed it’s not very straight – duh!  Will have to put that right….. what am I like?)

Don’t forget, there’s still time to be entered for the Ribbon, brads and buttons blog candy – just leave a comment in the post below this one and mention the Giveaway and your name will be entered.

Just finished a card I really enjoyed making. Although I started with some ink on the background, most of the colour has been added with Prismacolor pencils and it’s a combination of some of my favourite colours (as you can probably tell from the number of times I use them, lol).

The challenge over at Daring Cardmakers this week is Flutterbies, so this WAS my entry but I’ve just been told I missed the fact that it was supposed to be pink and green - oops. My apologies, DCM – it really was an oversight and I’ve removed the title!
[PS Here’s a giggle for you.  I made this card with someone in mind and when I went to stamp the inside, I noticed I’d put the front on the WRONG WAY – duh!  The fold was at the right hand side.  Could’ve done with one of those ‘you know you’re getting old when opening a card isn’t as easy as it used to be…’ stamps, he, he.]

Before I start YET ANOTHER major clear up in my stamping room, I thought I’d have a bit of background fun.  Yesterday, I stamped some of my newer images and cut them out, ready to use – this was the one I chose for today.  (Click to enlarge)

Played with one layer cards today, keeping colours simple with one image and a saying or verse. As you can see, the results were mixed :-) I started with Kraft card, which I’ve always loved.

Having withdrawal symptoms from stamping but have to concentrate on other things right now.  I did make some more soaps, though, to try out the last set of moulds I got – aren’t they fab? They’re quite intricate and a real pleasure to unmould.

I’ve just been playing with an address label (A4) for an envelope.  Must do this some more, but next time, think about it first! Really must stop limiting myself to the stamps on the floor or desk and I need to tidy up already – hardly been in there but the room’s a mess again…  

Finished off two of the cards I’d started, using napkins – just had to have a play.  One of them is very red – should’ve made the background a bit lighter – but I like the richness of it. I’d embossed the background/napkin, so used acrylics to add the stamping. Next time I use this design, I’ll use more yellows and browns.

Anyone who knows me well knows that I love script/text/words/quotes, so I enjoyed filling in this background once the napkin had dried. It’s only a mess about and is a bit dark but I only realised how I could easily lighten it when I’d finished – will try that next time.

Seems ages since I posted anything on here but I haven’t been idle, lol.  Had a couple of weeks away, visiting my bestest ever friend, followed by my OH having a week off work, so lots to do and some day trips with lots of walking when the weather allowed.  I’ve done a bit of crafting, but not much stamping and have taken lots of photos but my card reader seems to be broken, so I can’t download the latest ones, even though I have some from the last few weeks.
Here’s my favourite fairytale house, where I spent my break.

 

 

 

The background is Wild Honey and Crushed Olive Distress inks, with lots of splashed water.  I liked the look of it, but it’s a bit too ‘mucky’ looking for me, so I layered it up on Primrose yellow and white, to lift the colours a little.  No background stamping because I was trying to keep this one simple. The primrose and white don’t show very well, though – it’s brighter than this.