Wednesday Words

There's a very interesting challenge going on at Addicted to CAS at the moment - Symmetry.

Now that's just so appealing to me. I really like the neatness and precision of symmetry and struggle with randomness of any kind.

Here's my card:

I used the Butterfly Heart stencil from Funky Fossil because - well butterflies are symmetrical and so is this heart and the butterflies within it!  Then I set my self the challenge of trying to add inks so that the heart full of butterflies would stay symmetrical. Think I've more or less managed it!

And what better sentiment than WOW - perfectly symmetrical! I finished off this card by matting it onto a black card base.

Supplies:
Stencil: Funky Fossil, Butterfly Heart
Inks: Ranger distress oxide, squeezed lemonade, spiced marmalade, picked raspberry
Die: MFT Die-namics, WOW

It's been so much fun to have you drop by today, thanks so much for your time.

And keep crafting!

Jane
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Tuesday Talk

Today I'm sharing a card I made for the challenge at Day of the Month Card Club.

The day they are celebrating in March is National Puppy Day. It's also their first birthday, so congratulations to them! And of course there are prizes to be won.

Here's my card using one of the adorable pug dogs from Funky Fossil, who incidentally are one of the sponsors for this birthday challenge.

I used the new Dotty Frame stencil from Funky Fossil to create a background and combined some blue, green and, of course, purple distress inks.

I stamped the pug dog, added a minimum of colour using Copic pens and then hand cut him. I cut the greeting into a fishtail banner and then placed the pug dog to straddle both the background and the banner.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Pugs & Hugs

Inks: Ranger distress, lucky clover, blueprint sketch, wilted violet; Versafine Clair, nocturne

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Dotty Frame

Die: MFT Die-namics, stitched fishtail flags

Pens: Copic, C1, C3, C5

Huge thanks for looking today, it's been so much fun to have you visit my blog.

And keep crafting!

Jane
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Monday Moment

Today I'm sharing a card I created to enter the Big & Small challenge at Less is More.

Here's my card:

I used stamps from three Uniko sets selecting them carefully to show a range of big and small elements. 

I also chose a greeting that had both big and small words.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Beautiful Blooms III, Originally Organic, Originally Organic Additions

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Colours: Copic, RV09, C00, BV000, BV11, BV17, E50, YG03, YG63; Miya oi pencils, black and white

Thanks so much for looking today, it's been fun having you drop by.

And keep crafting!

Jane

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Saturday Spot

Today I'm playing along with the challenge at Time Out. Their photo inspiration pic really caught my eye.

   

I just love the vibrancy of the aqua and yellow combo and those picture frames also spoke to me.

I stamped the Uniko bloom in yellow and then went in with Miya oil pencils and a Copic marker to add some extra definition.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Beautiful Blooms I, sentiment from Just Because
Inks: Memento, dandelion; Versafine Clair, nocturne
Colurs: Copic, Y18; Miya oil pencils
Dies: Uniko, Beautiful Blooms I; Lawn Fawn, stitched scalloped rectangle frames

I'm so pleased you found my blog today, thank you for dropping by.

And keep crafting!

Jane
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Papermill Direct DT Inspiration - Mini Gift Zig-Zag Album

Hey!

I'm up on the Papermilldirect blog today with a fun card featuring the colour green.

Come on over and take a look at how I created it - HERE.

Supplies:
Card: Papermill Direct, Purple Grape Plain Card
Patterned paper: First Addition, Wild Flower
Epherema: Cocoa Vanilla, Midnight & Bohemian Dream
Ribbin from my stash

Thanks so much for looking and don't forget to follow that link over to the Papermill Direct blog - HERE.

And as always keep crafting!

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration

Hey!

I'm up on the Uniko blog today with a trio of cards using the beautiful stamp set Spring Botanicals Snowdrop.

Here's a peek of what I've been up to, but for the full reveal you need to pop on over to Uniko.

Hope you like the look of them and will find time to go take a look at Uniko!

Thanks for visiting my blog today and keep crafting!

Jane

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Happy Little Stampers - March CAS Challenge

Don't you just love it when a challenge theme is really helpful? Well the new one at Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge is a real gift - who doesn't like to use a favourite technique!

Well of course the difficulty here lies in choosing a technique when there are so many, but currently I adore the effect of alcohol inks on yupo paper and that's where I began.

Having created the magical mix that alcohol inks produce I decided to stay on the same theme with my image. I stamped, coloured and hand cut the dragon and then added a sentiment on a banner.

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT, Magical Friends
Inks: Ranger Alcohol, sunshine yellow, raspberry, pool; Memento, tuxedo black
Pens: Copic, BG11, BG32, BG0000, V01, V15, Y11, E0000, E42, YG03, RV000; Wink of Stella, clear

How about you? What are your favourite techniques at the moment? I'm really looking forward to finding out and maybe discovering some new ones to try out.

Huge thanks for your time today, I'm really pleased you spent some of it visiting my blog.

And keep crafting!

Jane
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