MFT Colour Challenge 37...

Hi there,

Today I'm sharing a card I have made for the current MFT's Colour Challenge.  

This is the first time I have ever entered anything into a MFT Card Challenge, and I am over the moon to be taking part this time round.  I've been building my collection of all their goodies up recently, and now just can't stop playing with all the deliciousness :)

So here's the colour palette...

And here's my card...

I wanted to create something really soft and pretty, so went with a load of watercolour.

I started by stamping out the, beyond beautiful, MFT Lace background, (Oh my word, it is breathtakingly stunning - and has straight away jumped to the top of my absolute faves!), onto watercolour card, and heat embossed in white powder.  I then smooshed a ton of ink spritzed with water, matching the challenge palette, on top of the pattern, and left to dry,

I then cut MFT's 'Scribble Roses Overlay Dienamic', stamped out some leaves from MFT's Sweet Roses set, and again swooshed the pieces in the challenge palette colours.  I wanted to create a really soft romantic piece, so, before building my card up, I added a wrap of vellum over my whole background.  It created just the look I wanted. 

I added a couple of different elements of lace, a twirl of white twine, and built up my scene over the top.  My sentiment is from the new MFT 'Some Bunny' set that I cut up (ouch-sorry).  I wanted to use it as it was really small and simple and fitted perfect with what I wanted my card to look like, so I heat embossed it in silver to keep it very subtle .  

I finished with a scattering of sequins and gems, and there you have it.

I really hope you like it and would love to read your comments, so please feel free to leave them!

Hopefully see you next time :)

Jillx

Enjoy the small things

 Hi everybody,

Jill here, and today, I am looking forward to, what will hopefully be, a beautiful Spring...

...with a sweet, simple, pastel, Paper Smooches scene.

If you got the chance to check out our 'favourites of 2015' blog series at the end of last year, you'll know Paper Smooches made a massive come back for me last year - and this cute little 'Birds' die was another knock-out in my opinion.  What can I say?  It is just soooo sweet!

I cut my pieces and coloured them all with my Copics, leaving the outline edge white.

I then created a soft pastel watercolour wash background using Distress Ink, added a few flicks and splashes to it, and adhered my pieces in place.  I wanted my card to be a nod towards the new, upcoming year, looking forward to Spring and new things to come, so thought this sentiment from 'Eveyday Sentiments' would work perfect.  I stamped it our and heat embossed in Black Sparkle for a little extra interest.

I wanted to keep my card as sweet and simple as the scene that inspired it, so decided to leave it there.

I really hope you like it.  As always, everything I used can be found in the beautiful new store, and is all linked up below.

See you next week.

Jillx

One layer of leaves and copper...

Hi everybody,

I hope you are well.

I'd like to share a card with you which I have made for the current challenge going on over at A Blog Named Hero, where this time round, the challenge is to make a 'One Layer Card'.

And here's my offering...

I used Hero Arts Graphic Leaves background stamp to make my card. 

 I started by masking off the whole of the back of my card blank so as not to get it covered in ink, and also masked an inch strip along the front of my card to leave a space for my sentiment. I then stamped out my Graphic leaves background in Pine Needles Distress Ink, and clear heat embossed.  Once cool, I coloured all my different leaves using different shades of green Distress (Evergreen Bough, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Cracked Pistachio, Shabby Shutters), using the inks as watercolour, and left to dry.  Once dry, i stamped out a thin strip at the top and bottom of my masked area, in Versamark ink, and heat embossed in copper.  I then took my sentiment from Hero Art's Essential Messages, and again, heat embossed in copper.  The copper looked so pretty against the green, and because I was making a 'one layer card' I knew I wouldn't be embellishing - so decided to add a little extra detail - I took a Perfect Medium bullet nib pen, and traced around a few of my background leaves, and also heat embossed them in copper.

And there you have it. 

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

See you next time.

Jillx

Thinking of you.

Hi everybody,

Happy New Year, and even more importantly, Happy New Store!  So exciting!  In celebration of all things new, I thought I'd start my year with a brand new to me, Concord & 9th...

...and boy oh boy have I fell head over heels in love with them!

Their stamps are very cool, and kind of remind me of Roald Dahl illustrations - they're just brilliant.

 

I used the 'Grateful' set to make my card.  I stamped out the feathers, and watercoloured them using bright Distress Inks, adding a ton of flicks and splodges across my background.  I then took a piece of vellum, slightly longer than my card panel, and heat embossed this huge, gorgeous sentiment from the same set, across the middle of it using Black Sparkle powder.  I folded the top and bottom of my vellum so I could wrap it around my card and adhere it that way.  I finished with a bind and bow of natural twine, matted onto black card, added to my card base, and, quite liking the subtle simplicity, left it there.

If you haven't checked out their goodies already, you definitely should.  I guarantee you won't be disappointed...and it gives you the perfect excuse to go have a good explore of the new site...as if you haven't already ;)

As always, everything I used is linked to the, oh-so pretty, new store, below.

See you next week.

Jillx

Meeting in a Winter Wonderland...

Hi everybody,

Hope you're well.

I'd love to share a card I've made for the current challenge going on over on the Lawnscaping Blog, and this time round, it's all about creating a 'Winter Wonderland'.

And here is where it took me...

I created a little critter meeting in a winter woodland :)

I gathered a whole load of critters from a whole load of different Lawn Fawn sets to create my scene. 

I started by stamping out and clear heat embossing a polka dot background, and inking it up using Victorian Velvet, Tumbled Glass, and Broken China Distress Ink.  I then spritzed with water and a couple different shimmer mists to create that nice winter glow.  I then stamped out my trees from the 'Joy to the Woods' set, all my cute little critters (I used about 5 different sets - all Lawn Fawn - so will list below), and coloured with my brand spanking new Copics (I still can't believe I own them and they really are mine all mine!).  I then fussy cut everything and, after adding a good amount of frosty glittery snowfall onto my trees, started to build up my scene using a ton of foam adhesive to give my little gang a heap of dimension.

My sentiment is from the 'Let's Play' set and is inside the banner from the 'Home Sweet Home' set and is stamped onto a piece of card I had covered in glitter to make it all lovely and frosty and sparkly :)

I am also going to add this to the Wednesday challenge over at Simon Say Stamp, where this week the challenge is to, 'Something new', which for me was using my new precious babies - my Copics!  ...now I just need to learn how to actually make them look any good lol!

Well, I really hope you like it, I'd love to read your comments so feel free to leave one!

Thanks for stopping by.

Jillx

Critter credentials -

Deer - Into the Woods

Bunny - Hello Baby

Hedgehog - Hedgehugs

Squirrel - Critters in the burbs

Birds - Home Sweey Home

Hogs and Kisses...

Hi everybody,

Jill here, and this week, I've got some cute piggy kisses for you...

Using the new awesome 'Hogs and Kisses' set from Avery Elle.

I, literally, fell in love with this set as soon as I saw it.  You get a pig, a cow, and a sheep, all holding hearts, with a choice of sentiments to pop in the middle of them - oh, and also two sweet little chickens.  Now I get that sounds a little weird, but they are just adorable - so if you haven't checked them out yet - you definately should!  In my world, weird is good!

So I started by stamping out my little piggy, twice, as I knew I wanted to build the heart up a layer, and coloured using Copics.  I then took a panel of card and die-cut it into sections using Lawn Fawn's Grassy Border, and the cloud from Mama Elephant's Landscape Trio, to build-up a little background scene.  I coloured the grass and the sky, again, using Copics.  I cut Lawn Fawn's Say Cheese die, and, using foam adhesive for dimension, added it around my little scene.

My background is the Sketched Chevron Background stamp from My Favourite Things, and is stamped outo white card using Hero Arts Soft Pool Shadow Ink.

I added a little banner of vellum which I had stamped the 'XO' from the Hogs and Kisses set onto, and added a couple of pink enamel hearts.  I added a twirl of Lawn Fawn's Pink Lemonade Twine behind my Polaroid scene, before adhering everthing in place, matting onto black card, and then onto a white card blank.

I really hope you like it, as always, everything is linked below.

See you next week.

Jillx

           

      

Bright and Bold with Hoppy Poppy...

Hi everybody,

Jill here, and this week, I'm getting bright and bold...

...with Hoppy Poppy!

This is a my first ever purchase from Stamping Bella, and as soon as I set eyes on this set, 'I love you Hoppy Poppy', I fell in love - so was really excited to get going.  I started by stamping out  my image in Versafine Onyx Black, and clear heat embossing.  I then made a mask using a heart die, and placed it over my image.  I took this AMAZING Sketched Chevron Background stamp from My Favourite Things, which I am obsessed with, inked it up in Picked Raspberry Distress Ink, give it a good spritz of water and stamped it out onto my panel,  Once my background was dry, I carefully removed my mask, and set about colouring these little cuties - which I did using more Distress Ink as watercolour (the weird thing is - it was only after colouring, I realised I had done it exactly the same as the example on the packaging!  ...damn sub-conscious!).

Once that was all dry, I placed the negative part of my mask back down over the heart, and inked around the edges, in grey, to give the heart shape some definition and draw your eye in.

  

So this card is a bit of a 'none-one-layer', 'one-layer-card' haha - I have obviously matted and layered, but the top panel, where all the fun stuff happens, is all one-layer, (which is very 'un-me'), so I added a quick layer of Glossy Accent onto their sweet little noses, and the wee little love heart, and left it at that.

I LOVED using a 'new-to-me' set, only problem is...I'm now gonna need more :)

I really hope you like it.  As always, everything I used is linked below.  See you next week.

Jillx