Stamping for NSM

Did you know that September is National Stamping Month? What better time to pull out some of my stamps to create a background for a card.

I started by stamping some images onto watercolour paper using my Archival Black ink.



Once they had dried, I started to colour them in using my Watercolour Paints.



I also coloured in the background for a more sepia, vintage look.



And here is the finished card complete with sentiment!



This card is part of my Design Team link up at H2H challenges for National Stamping Month, and I am also entering this card in the Color Throwdown and Curtain Call challenges.

A red, white and blue birthday

Happy 4th of July to my American readers!

I wanted to take part in some patriotic challenges with Color My Heart and Curtain Call, but I also didn't need a specific USA card so I used the colours to inspire a birthday card.

 

The cupcake was inspired by the cherry as I always think of a cherry on top of any cakes.

Simple layers of Colonial White and Ruby cardstock, with some embossing, stamping and shimmer trim.

I stamped the sentiment in second generation Ruby and Sapphire ink to give a lighter tone and make the cupcake really stand out as the bold feature of the card.

I popped the cupcake up on foam tape to give some added dimension to the card.

Thanks for stopping by today!

You're a fine-apple!

The challenge cosmos aligned perfectly this week, with three of my favourite challenge blogs inspiring me to make a tropical card.

Just Add Ink wanted a card with stripes, Curtain Call was a Tasty Tropcis theme, and the Color Throwdown even had a pineapple on it too!

I started off by painting some watercoloured stripes, and adding some paint splatter. The base of the card was also a striped Kraft cardstock.

I still can't find my fruit themed stamp set, so I improvised with a Cricut cut pineapple from Canary, Kraft and Fern cardstock, and I wrote the saying using my Cricut and the pen attachment.



Here you can see the sentiment close up- I am a sucker for a pun and the Sour Apple pen was a great match to the Fern twine and cardstock.



This may be my favourite card of the year so far! The idea came together out of nowhere- usually I have to be inspired by a sketch or someone else, but this card only used the prompts listed above. Now I just have to find someone awesome to give it to!