A One layer card!!!

Hi!
I hope you've all had a great weekend, with a bit of time  (or a lot!) for crafting!

I was able to squeeze a bit of time (that's it, working until really late at night once the girls are in bed!). My toddler seems to be so full of energy, she doesn't want to sleep early... I haven't got any other option than to craft during the night.. which I don't really mind on the weekend, and I get some peace and quiet!)

Today I bring you another New baby card, which I've made for my friend and neighbour, who had a baby boy last week. It's CAS (I think it's the most CAS card I've ever made!), just one layer and no designer paper! that was a challenge!

So, after a lot of stamping, inking, masking and colouring this is what I ended up with! A few years ago I wouldn't have dreamt to make a CAS card... but lately I'm really giving them a try (although I still like to indulge in layers and lots of embellishment in some of my cards).


For this card I used a clear stamp set that I've had for a long time and it's been sitting in a drawer since.... (together with a lot of more stamps waiting to be inked...). It's the "New Arrival" Forever Friends clear stamp set, I don't remember where I got it from.
I coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

Card Recipe

 6x6 card blank

"New Arrival" Forever Friends clear stamp set (baby bear and cross stitching stamps)

Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour the stamp

Papermania light and dark blue pigment ink 

Sizzix Tim Holtz On the Edge torn notebook die (used to mask the edges of the inked patch)

The Crafter's shop mini template - writing stencil

Postal mark clear stamp from The Works

multi date stamp (from local shop in Spain) - I used it to add the baby's date of birth

"Cute as a button" stamp from Hobbycraft

blue heart button

sequins in different colours

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

2 Creative Chicks showcase #7 - Anything goes

613 avenue Create #164 - Anything goes (optional twist: Create your own colour challenge)

AAA cards #58 - Sequins  

Aud Sentiments #149 - Cute + a sentiment

Brown Sugar #186 - Anything goes

CAS on Sunday #77 - One layer wonder

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards #103 - Anything goes

Crafting from the heart #100 - anything goes

Crafting with an attitude #12 - Always Anything goes

Crafty Catz #312 - CAS (no Designer Paper, No fuss)

Craft your passion #300 - Always Anything goes

Creative Fingers #103 - Anything goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday #124 - Anything goes / twist: make it cute

Fantasy Stampers #56 - Just one layer

Fun-Friday challenge #126 - Anything goes

Glitter n Sparkle #176 - Anything goes

HIMCR #239 - CAS Clean and Simple

Inspiration Destination #73 - Always Anything goes

Just Keep on Creating - Feb Anything goes

Let's color Saturday Linky party #3 - AG with something coloured

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #28 - Anything goes

PDE Linky Party #111 - Anything goes

Penny's challenge #265 - Anything goes

TTCRD - Anything goes

I hope you like my try on a one layer CAS card! If you do, don't forget to leave me some love in the comments and follow me if you are not doing so... Thanks!

Until next time!!!

Stencils and stamping

Hi!
I'm back today with a new card... This time it's a Clean and Simple card, which I find so difficult to make.. But lately I've been drawn to more simpler cards... I still enjoy my layers and embellishments, but now and then I like to make something simpler, which doesn't mean easier!

I decided to make a card without any patterned papers. I bought some stencils the other day and I couldn't wait to use them to create a bit of a background. Nothing too dramatic, but it took me ages!!! I think this background was the fourth try! I've realised I'm so messy when I use inks... it's so difficult to keep the ink only in the places I want it to be... not sure if I'm making any sense, I hope so!

For this card I used the sketch for this week's CAS(E) this sketch challenge

This cute stamp is a new rubber stamp I got for Christmas. It's from Stamping Bella and it's called Tiny Townies Bree Loves Buttercream. The sentiment is part of it too.

Card Recipe

7x5 card blank

purple cardstock

white cardstock

Memento ink in tuxedo black

Promakers and Flexmarkers to colour the stamp

oval die cut

pigment ink pads in different shades of green

Docrafts Papermania Capsule Geometric Neon Adhesive Stencils

white doily

sequins

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

2 Creative chicks showcase #7 - anything goes

613 Avenue Create #162 - Anything goes

Addicted to Stamps #119 - anything goes with a stamp

All sorts #349 - Clean and Simple

Cards Galore Encore - Use a digi or stamp

CAS(E) this sketch #158 - Sketch (see above)

Challenge up your live #34 - No designer papers

Crafting by Designs - February anything goes

Crafting from the heart #98 - always anything goes

Crafting with Dragonflies #50 - Anything goes

Craft your passion #298 - always anything goes

HIMCR #237 - No pinks or reds

Inspiration Destination #71 - Always anything goes

Just keep on creating -  February 2016 Anything goes

Lemon Shortbread - Always anything goes

Let's color Linky party - Anything goes with something coloured

Lil Patch of Crafty friends #27 - Anything goes

One crazy stamper - February anything goes

Penny's challenge #263 - anything goes

Sisters of Craft - Anything goes

Stamping Sensations - February challenge anything goes

TTCRD  - Always anything goes

Thank you so much for stopping by!!! don't forget to leave me some love in the comments :) and click the follow button if you want to see more of my creations... 

Until next time!

A lot of stamping!!!!

Hi!

Back again with a new card!
And I had to make it with a plaster on my thumb as I sliced (just a tiny bit... but let's be dramatic!) my finger with my guillotine paper cutter! How can a finger cut  be so painful I don't know!

Anyway...  a bit of a different card for me this time as I gave my Promarkers a break. But I did a lot of stamping! I got quite a few new crafty goodies for Christmas and I tried a few of them for the first time on this card.

And after a lot of tweaking and moving elements around, this is the result.

I really want to try different styles, and this is one I will try again!

I used this beautiful sentiment clear stamp as the main focus of the card. One of my new Christmas crafty goodies!  It's from the Ranger Dylusions range. I really love the meaning of the sentiment... It will make me to smile more when I read it! It's such a positive message.

I also used my new Splodge and Splat clear stamp to create the background of the sentiment.

The heart die from Sizzix by Tim Holtz and the arrow stamp from Craft Asylum Hello Sunshine (part of a set) are also new.

Card Recipe

7x5 card blank

Wording patterned paper from Pebbles Front porch paper pad

Green Chevron patterned paper from American Crafts Yes, Please paper pad

Papermania Happy Days journaling card (which I trimmed)

Sentiment from Ranger Dylusions "Clearly the Right words" clear stamps set

Inkylicious Splodge and Splat clear stamp

Arrow stamp from Craft Asylum Hello sunshine clear stamp set

Stars clear stamp from Teddy Bo & Co (magazine freebie a few years ago)

Sizzix "Scribbles and Splat" thinlits die set by Tim Holtz (heart)

Red cardstock

Pigment inks in different colours

StazOn ink in Jet black

Memento ink in Paris Dusk

Ink It Up stamp pad in Cranberry

Masking or Washi tapes

buttons

sequins

hand-stitching in white thread

Tim Holtz distressing tool

Tim Holtz distress ink in Tattered Rose

I really hope you like this card! I really enjoyed making it...

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges (in no particular order):

Crafty Catz #307 - Wordart

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Something old, something new (something new: see above; the rest is old)

4 Crafty Chicks #281 - Chevrons (patterned paper, washi tape, design in stamped arrow)

Cardz 4 Galz - Something new

Crafty Friends challenge #24 - Anything goes

Scrappers Delights #51 - Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge - January AG with patterned paper

QKR Stampede #174 - Lots of layers

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #26 - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes

That Craft Place - Anything goes

2 Creative Chicks #6 - Anything goes

Cards Galore Encore - Anything goes

Open-Minded Challenge #1 - Something new (new stamps and die -see above-)

Corrosive challenges #11 - New Resolutions for 2016 (to smile more; also a crafting resolution: to use more rubber and clear stamps, not only digital stamps)

Make my Monday challenge blog - stitching -real or faux-

Crafting from the heart #95 - Anything goes

Craft your Passion #295 - Always anything goes

Until next time!!!! Happy crafting!!!!