A Touch of Tone on Tone...

Hi there,

I'd love to share a card I have made for the current challenge going on over at the always awesome, A Blog Named Hero, and this time round, it's all about 'Tone on Tone'.

And here's my card...

Sometimes, when I haven't got time to get into my craft room to play, I'll write lists of techniques I want to try, and cards I want t make...and a Tone on Tone design was next up on my list of things to try!  So when I saw what the challenge was this month, I was over the moon!

I started by creating a loose watercolour wash on a piece of cardstock using Distress Inks, adding water drops, and flicks of both white and shimmer sprays.  Once dry, I took a heart stencil by Echo Park, and, using the same Distress Inks, lightly blended over the top, fading out from one corner.  I then went back over all my hearts with a wet brush to re-activate the ink and give them a watercolour look, and left to dry.  While that was drying, I inked up another piece of card, using the same tonal inks to use as my back panel.  I took my Hero Arts 'Thank you for being my friend' set, and stamped out this lovely sentiment, onto vellum, and cut into a little flag.  I wrapped some Lawn Fawn twine around my card, and added my vellum over the top using some strategically placed glue, and stapled in place.  I then added a little tie of the same twine just for a sweet little touch.

I added a good scattering of sequins, teeny hearts and stars from a Lucy Abrams mix in my stash, mounted the whole thing onto a card base, and there you have it.

I really hope you like it, I really enjoyed making it and love the tone on tone look!

See you next time.

Jillx

Simple Springtime Stripes...

Hi everybody,

I'd like to share a card I have made for the current challenge going on over on the brilliant Lawnscaping blog, where this time round, it's all about a 'Splash of Colour'...I've loved this theme so much I couldn't stop making cards to play along with and have used up all my 3 lives haha.

And here's my card...

I wanted to create a really clean and fresh design to celebrate the fact that Spring is on it's way, and what says  'Spring' more than a nice simple stripe?!

I started by stamping out my little scene and sentiment, using elements from Lawn Fawn's Hello Sunshine, in Black Versafine Ink, and clear heat embossing.  I then masked off my open spaces using masking fluid and left to dry.  I wanted my stripes to be a clean, fresh 'Spearmint' colour, but didn't have anything that matched the vision in my head exactly, so I made my own by mixing Cracked Pistacio and Peacock Feather's Distress Inks.  I gave them a spritz of water and added my stripes across the front of my card, freehand, to add to the chilled airy vibe I was going for.  Once completely dry, I removed my masking fluid and added a slick of Wink of Stella in it's place, then covered in Glossy Accents.

I matted my panel onto a piece of black card, mounted the whole thing onto a white card base, and that was that.  I skipped embellishments to enhace the CAS design, although looking at it now I'm itching to add some clear sequins haha.

I really hope you like it, and would love to read your comments so please feel free to leave one :)

Hopefully see you next time,

Jillx

A Crabby Splash of Colour...

Hi everybody,

I'd like to share with you another card I have made for current challenge going on over on the delightful Lawnscaping blog, where this time round, the theme is 'Colour Splash', and is so kindly sponsored by the equally delightful Ellen Hutson...so who wouldn't want to win that, right?

And here's my card...

I started by stamping out this cute little crab, from the Lifes is Good set, directly onto my card panel for placement, and also stamped out my sentiment, from the same set, and clear heat embossed. I then took a few different distress inks - Picked Rasberry, Worn Lipstick, and Spiced Marmalade - and created a watercolour wash behind my crab and sentiment. I then stamped out my crab again onto a separate piece of watercolour card and coloured using Zig Clean Colour Brush Pens, fussy cut him, and adhered over the top of my original stamped image, with foam adhesive. 

Now I understand this challenge is about a 'splash' of colour, and I think I may have gone with abit more of a 'soaking' on this card, but hey-ho, who can stop themselves when having fun with Distress Ink?! 

I then matted my card panel onto a piece of black card and mounted the whole thing onto a white card base.  I embellished with a scattering of matching coloured sequins and that was that.

 I really hope you like it and would love to to read any comments so please feel free to leave them.

 Thanks for stopping by.

Jillx