Get into Gear

This week's challenge at BTF is to use Picture My Life cards on a project.

I have a stash of retired PML cards that work great for masculine themed cards.

I placed a 3x4 card on a dry embossed background. I then stamped a bike and heat embossed it to stand out.

The sentiment and gear were also from a retired stamp set, and I added some White Dots to complete the card.



My husband and brothers in law are all bike mad, so this will be a perfect card to have in my stash!

For the Love of Stamping!

Hello and welcome to our CTMH Featured Products Blog Hop. This week our featured product is stamp sets.

If you have just joined us you can start here and continue on, as this is a circular hop or if you get lost along the way you can find the complete list at the end of this post.   If you came here from Annette you are in the right place. Now on to my project:

I love the Shower Flowers stamp set for a solid floral image, perfect for this technique!

I started off by painting a piece of the Watercolour Paper in the Jeepers Creepers featured colours- Pansy, Willow, Raspberry, Tangerine, Lemon and Lagoon. In order to get a good match with the specified colours, I used the watercolour guide (available from your consultant).



I then stamped some flowers from Shower Flowers onto the dry piece of paper with Versamark ink, and heat set using clear embossing powder.



I then swiped the paper with clean water, removing any excess with a paper towel. This allows the colours to come through strongly where the embossing is, and leaves a lovely watercolour background for the rest of the panel.



Here is the finished card with a sentiment added stamped in black ink and matted on Lagoon cardstock. I also added some light grey sequins.



You can see how the shiny colours show through using this technique, and the possibilities are endless as you can use any solid stamp and any colour combination!

Thank you for checking out my project. If you would like to purchase our featured product of the week or any additional supplies you can buy them here. If you enjoyed my project please comment below as we love feedback! Next on our blog hop is Corinna from Corinna's Crafts. Make sure to check out her amazing work featuring this same product.

See you on Wednesday 19th October as we will be featuring the Swan Lake Paper Packet! Have a great day!

Complete list of blogs participating:

1. Annette Clark  

2. Lauren Moore 

3. Corinna Murphy

4. Donna Digby 

Linking up with BTF and Color Dare. 

Color Dare and BFT- For My Sister

Many of you may already know I have a twin sister- she has been so good to me these last few months as I have battled with my health and felt less than adequate as a wife and mother.



I decided to make her a quick card with a note to let her know how much I appreciate her. I used the Colour Dare and BFT challenge prompts for inspiration!

The card was made using some leftover Cranberry patterned paper from the retired Heartstrings Paper Packet.



I used Liquid Glass in the centre of the flowers, which were stamped in Pear ink and then coloured in the centre with Honey ink.


I stamped the sentiment in Cranberry ink at the top of my card and now I am ready to write a special message inside for my sister.

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Colonial White, Honey
Ink: Cranberry, Honey, Pear
Paper Packet: Heartstrings
Stamp set: Friend In Me
Tools: Liquid Glass