Lockdown Cards - 4

This die was a freebie from a magazine I bought some time ago and I had never used it. As it's quite intricate I decided it didn't need anything other than a coloured background to show off the detail. I'm having a bit of an ombré moment so I blended squeezed lemonade, spiced marmalade and festive berries DIs. I would have stamped a sentiment directly onto the card but had a bit of an accident and needed to conceal a splodge. Some tiny gems finished off the card.
I was very pleased with the result (apart from the splodge) so made another in blues. The marks you see on it are from my scanner.

 

Lockdown Cards - 3

I had an urge to play with watercolours and all I had was a little children's paint set but I spent a happy evening playing around. This background was a result. I used an old Cuttlebug script embossing folder and the Memory Box poppy die with a Paula Pascual sentiment. I know I could have used my Distress Inks or even my water based markers but I wanted to feel like I was 'painting' LOL.

Monthly Challenge - May

This month's letter is
                                            D for Dance
with colour options of denim and dandelion neither of which I used on this postcard. I had planned to use a very different image but then I remembered this stamp that I don't think I've ever used.
The background was a light base of peeled paint DO followed by twisted citron DO over a stencil. Instead of using my blending foam pads I decided to use my ink dusters which has given a much softer effect. I stamped the image (Papermania Urban Stamps) twice - once on the postcard itself and once on a scrap piece of card. The spare image was coloured with Coloursoft pencils and solvent and then cut out and stuck over the first image (it saved having to fiddle with trying to cut out the feathers on the headdress). I added some art deco type peel-off corners and lines. The text is from an old Non Sequitur set and I added some Wink of Stella on the gown for a little shimmer.

Hearts for the Hospice

A friend posted some cute knitted hearts on a forum I visit and I really liked them so when a request came for knitted or crochet'd hearts from my local hospice I had to look into it further. I don't know how to crochet and I'm not the world's fastest knitter but I managed to find some wool and needles in my collection (why did I have so much pink acrylic????). There are many free patterns on the internet but I chose this pattern by Amanda Berry from the Ravelry website.
The idea is to knit a matching pair one of which is given to a patient and the other sent to their family who are unable to visit at this time. There is a special process to send them to the Hospice - they can't just be put in an envelope and posted so I shall be following this and hope they will be received by the end of this week.

Lockdown Cards - 2

This background started with Gelatos. I hadn't used them in such a long time but a chance encounter with a video on You Tube gave me a nudge to dig them out and have a play. I scribbled yellow, orange and red in a rectangle and then went over the colours with a wet brush to blend. I added some script with a Crafty Individuals stamp
(CI 017), a small star shape from a Paula Pascual set and then a couple of Tim Holtz stencils (dot fade and rings). The die is Frangia Bouquet by Memory Box. The sentiment (by Paula Pascual) is raised on foam pads and I added a small bow.

Lockdown Cards

 I've been trying to keep busy with a variety of things during these strange times. I've been reading, gardening, watching plays and musicals online and also getting back into card-making. My purpose is to make a selection of simple cards for my local Hospice to sell at their annual fair (whenever it is held). I'm hoping to use old, well-loved and well-used stamps that I haven't used in ages, dies and maybe to revisit some techniques that I used to enjoy.
The background for this card was made by wiping the residue of ink off a stencil with a baby wipe. I will show the card I first used the stencil for in a later post. The diecut is a Sizzix die - a bit fiddly to cut but worth it I think. The friend definition is from an old Paula Pascual stamp set called Punchable Labels.

Monthly Challenge - April

This month's letter for the monthly challenge is:

                                                        

B for Bird

 

The colour options are Brown, Blue and Burgundy.

My background started with a mop-up scrap of card to which I added a stencil, a text stamp by Crafty Individuals and an unknown stamp of some bubble-type circles. The flamingo is an Intricut die cut from pink glitter card and the 'water' is a Tim Holtz scribble die. The birds are a Joy Crafts die and the sentiment is from a Crafter's Companion set.

I hope everyone is keeping well at this time.