Spots, Stripes, Clocks and a Cat

 Another card, and hopefully just in time for the Allsorts Challenge!

I am in a rush, only one hour left to join the challenge, so I start with 'the making of' right away. I used a Post-It note to cover the lower part of the cardstock. I used my Inktense pencils to make spots of different sizes and a waterbrush. I started with brushing over the spots and filled in the empty parts between the dots immediately after. I stamped 'Lines and Circles' of Technique Junkies with green versamagic.

I stamped the clocks with Versamark ink, and colourized the rest of the card with blue Inktense (and water of course). I stamped the cat with black Versafine, I did it 3 times to make sure the cat is very, very black. Added the sentiment and made  the eyes of the cat white with a gelly roll. 

Stamps:
- Technique  Junkies - Lines and Circles 
- Art Journey - Lady Clock (the clocks)
- Katzelkraft - Katz03 mini 003 (the cat)
- sentiment was a gift

Materials:
- white PaintOn paper
- Versamagic Turqouise gem
- Versafine onyx black
- Inktense pencils
- Sakura gelly roll (white)

Challenges: 
- Allsorts Challenge - #780 spots and stripes

Sorry for the bad pic, the card looks so much better irl! Thank you for watching!

Spring is in the air

 Finally, the weather is improving over here, which hasn't gone by unnoticed. The snowdrops have disappeared, my small daffodils (narcissus tête-à-tête) have turned my backyard into a big yellow blanket, and hyacinths are adding  bright blues, pinks and whites. The hyacinths are extremely beautiful this year!

Time to capture this happy feeling in a card. 

The cardstock looks like kraft but it is actually more yellowish, I would describe it as 'sand'. I stamped lots and lots of flowers on it with versamagic in 5 different colours, this was so much fun to do! 

I added the lady and the grass, both stamped with black versafine. But how to proceed? I felt most of my sentiments were a little too much, and to be honest, I preferred the text to be on the inside of the card. And a lot of other stamps that would have fitted another card nicely, were not a great match with the 'spring' theme. 

Suddenly, I came up with and idea ..... why not use a small part of my stamp of a bird's nest? Exactly the branches with blossom I was looking for. Added some white dots with my sakura gelly roll for the finishing touch.

I glued the card on a piece of paper, and on pink cardstock. On the inside, I stamped 'It's the Art of living to make every day special'.

Stamps:
- lady, flowers and sentiment (inside): ArtSpecially Pink Ribbon (2009)
- branches with blossom: Chocolate Baroque, Spring bird - Tulip
- grass: Art Journey - Bird Boy

Materials:
- Cardstock (sand and pink)
- Versafine black
- Versamagic
- polychromos pencils
- sakura gelly roll 08 white

Challenges:

- Stamping Sensations - March challenge - Spring

- We Love Stamping - March challenge - feminine

Thank you for watching!

I wonder what she is thinking about

 This stamp of a girl dipping her toes in the water always triggers my imagination. She is a bit mysterious, don't you think? When I spotted the challenge 'a penny for your thoughts' on Let's Craft and Create my thoughts immediately went to this girl. I always wonder what she is thinking about.

First, I stamped the girl (Stampin'Up!) on both PaintOn paper and masking tape. I masked the girl and made a heart shaped background with Inktense pencils. My next step was to add another layer to give the card more depth. I used a stencil and sponged versamagic ink, white in the center and blue towards the edges. After heatsetting the ink, I decided to stamp a heart (Art Journey, Follow your heart)  right in the middle of the card. I added the watches (De Stempelwinkel, Watch lg and Watch sm) on both sides of it. 

I removed the masks and colourized the girl with polychromos pencils. 

Challenges:

- Let's Craft and Create - Challenge #203 AG + Penny for your thoughts

Thank you for watching!