Spring Pocket Letter

Here is a Pocket Letter for one of my friends on the Pocket Letter Pals network. 
We chose a Spring theme and this was my interpretation:

I chose birds, bees and butterflies to fill the front of my PL in muted, pastel, spring colours. 

The circle-patterned background card (which Jennifer had gifted to me in her last PL) had gold dots on it, so I heat embossed gold script on to the taupe striped card to make it match. The cards were cut to ATC size (6.5cm x 9 cm) and the edges inked in Vintage Photo distress ink.

 The tag, ticket, banner and green swirls were all shop-bought embellishments.  
The birds were printed onto card, cut out and the edges inked. They were mounted on foam pads.



The bee and butterfly were heat embossed using an embossing pen and black embossing powder, then I added some extra colour using watercolour pencils and a water brush. I added some glitter, fussy cut them and attached them on foam pads for dimension. 

The flowers were die cut from faux mother-of-pearl card (that I made myself - see how here) using a Tattered Lace flower die. A flat back pearl centre was added.

    


For embellishments I used a variety of gems, an assortment of pearls, cream cotton lace, gold stickers, a tag and wooden painted butterflies.

The back of each pocket was filled with some crafting goodies and a letter.



Pocket 1: Letter and beautiful Katie Daisy quote
Pocket 2: Selection of flat back pearl gems
Pocket 3: More pear embellishments
Pocket 4: Pink raffia and die-cut flowers with gem centres
Pocket 5: Mason Jars and gems
Pocket 6: Burlap tag and charms
Pocket 7: Sticky notes/bookmarks and painted buttons
Pocket 8: Mint tea
Pocket 9: Bird themed tags and string

xoxo

I'd like to enter these challenges:

Crafting With Friends Challenge 23 - Anything Goes


UnstampaBelles Challenges #58 - Pocket Books/Letters or Gift Card Holders

Bird Chirping Weather

Hello

I made this card to go with an ATC swap at Vera Lane Studio Facebook Group.

I used a combination of three Vera Lane digi sets -  Willow and Birdy, and the flowers came from the Hello Spring set.

The background is Brenda Walton Citrus design paper from K & Co. to which I added a hand-drawn border. The images were coloured with Spectrum Noir markers, then fussy cut. They were attached on foam pads.

Yellow crystal gems were added to the tree, glitter to Willow's eyelids and Fun Spring Grass was die cut for Willow to stand amid. The signpost shows the two towns involved in the swap and the distance between them.



I'm entering this at:

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge 24 - Summer Fun


The Crafty Addicts Challenge 17Anything Goes/Summertime


Crafty Gals Corner Challenge 76 - Summer Fun


Inky Impressions June Challenge - Summertime


Crafty Sentiments - Summer


xoxo

CAS: Splatters

Hello

Today I'm sharing my CAS Splatters card:

I used watercolour paper which I taped to my work surface and sprayed with water. I dripped Dylusions ink (Bubblegum Pink and Calypso Teal) in a controlled way to create pockets of colour. I left the paper to dry naturally. When it was completely dry, I stamped the Papermania 'Hello' and heat embossed it in Seafoam White. I love how the word has texture.

Finally, I trimmed the watercolour paper and mounted it onto an ivory card base.

xoxo

I'm entering this at:

Less Is More Week 280 - Splatters

Father's Day Card

Hello,

Wooo-hooo!!! Wesley won me a Feather in my cap!

Here is a Father's Day card using the wonderful Polkadoodles Wesley stamp.

The background is stamped with an embossing folder from Darice. I used Peacock Feathers and Nautical Blue ink with a spritz of water in the embossing folder, then I ran it through the Sizzix machine. This was mounted on to shimmery blue card.

The image is a digital stamp from Polkadoodles which you can find here. I coloured him with Spectrum Noir markers then die cut him with a Pierced Rectangle die from Cottage Cutz.  The background to the image was inked with a blending tool using Peacock Feathers. I mounted the image onto white card and attached it to the background with foam pads.

The sentiment and #1 Dad Rosette were printed from the internet onto card, then cut and attached on foam pads.

I am entering these challenges:

Digi Choosday Week 23 - Add a sentiment

The Male Room Challenge 67 - Father's Day

Crafty Boots Challenge - Masculine 

xoxo

ATC: Bookworm

Hi!

My post today is an ATC I made for the Wicked Wednesday challenge.

The theme this week is 'Bookworm'.

The background is made from torn book pages. This was swooshed through distress ink and water. When dry, modelling paste was applied through a large Dylusions Letter Jumble stencil. 

The stack of books is an image from the internet and the lovely bookworm is a freebie from Miss Rach courtesy of Wicked Wednesday's Facebook page - thank you so much, Rachel! Just look at the title of his little book.

I'd like to enter this ATC for these challenges:

Wicked Wednesday Challenge 213 - Bookworm

Crafty Catz Challenge 328 - Animal Magic

xoxo

House Mouse and Butterfly

Hello!

Here is my House Mouse with Butterfly for the current House Mouse challenge.

I used charcoal patterned design paper for the background. The image is Daisy Float. I coloured it with Spectrum Noir markers and die cut it with a Cottage Cutz Stitched Rectangle Die. I left the die in place and inked the background using memento ink pads (in Dandelion, Bamboo Leaves and Danube Blue) and a blending tool - this left a white border. The image was matted onto a black stitched rectangle and the whole thing attached to the background on foam pads to give dimension. A white die cut doily was placed behind the matted image.  

The banner is made from faux mother of pearl card which I made using pearl acrylic paint scrunched onto a ball of cling film and dabbed randomly onto white card. When it was dry, distress inks were applied with a blending tool. The pearl acrylic paint resists the ink and, when buffed, leaves a subtle, shimmery effect. It was die cut using the smallest Pierced Banner from Cheery Lynn Designs. The Papermania glitter sentiment was attached to the banner with a 3D butterfly.

The flower is a Spellbinders Create a Gerber Daisy die set. Although I find these very fiddly and time consuming, I love the result! All the parts were cut from white card and coloured with inks and a blending tool. The petals were inked in Dandelion and the leaves in Bamboo Leaves.  Prills were added to the centre of the flower.

This is the inside:

Patterned and plain lemon papers were used. The die cut is the second largest from the Spellbinders Labels Twenty set. The butterfly is die cut from a set which was free with Papercraft Essentials magazine Issue 134.

I'd like to enter these challenges:

Housemouse And Friends Challenge 221 - Butterflies

Crafty Catz Challenge 328 - Animal Magic

Deep Ocean Challenge Challenge 130 - Our Furry/Feathered Friends

Through The Purple Haze Challenge 103 - Use a die or Punch

Noor Design Challenge 19 - Here Comes Summer 

Stamping Sensations June Challenge - Feature a Creature

xoxo

Masculine Card

I won at Gecko Galz June Challenge with this card.




Hello!

For my masculine card I used leather-look design paper from Paper Journeys for the background. 

I matted and layered antique-gold and red card with an image from the fabulous Gecko Galz.

I added a banner along the bottom of the card to hold the Papermania glitter sentiment which was aged with Tim Holtz Antique Photo distress ink.

Die cut borders from antique-gold card were added around the edges and along the banner to add some interest and texture. I also added gold chain-link stickers around the red matting to frame the image.

Gold metal-look gems finish off the card.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Gecko Galz June Challenge  - 'Man O Man'

Crafty Boots Challenges Masculine Cards

Cardz4Guyz Challenge 123 - Father's Day

The Male Room Challenge 37 - Father's Day


Going Grey With Scrap Creations Father's Day/Masculine


xoxo