For Lindsay

The crew at Color Hues have made this week's challenge all about LINDSAY who was part of their design team and their challenge is to honour her with her favourite hues and to be inspired by what inspired "her". Now that surely is a challenge worth entering to honour and remember her.

Now this week's hues are purple and blue so I immediately thought of my most inked stamp Mondo Hydrangea (Essentials by Ellen) which I think is perfect for this challenge. My favourite technique with this stamp is watercolouring so I thought I would use my "new to me" Nuvo Shimmer Powders I picked up at SENZ and my favourite white cardstock post-SENZ for colouring whether it's blending or watercolouring on, that honour goes to Lavinia Multifarious Smooth and Supreme white cardstock; which I love and is now an essential in my craft room.

Trying to show the shimmer of the watercolour wash and the glimmer in the black glitter with this close up but not sure if I succeeded.

I sprinkled the powders on my stencil mat from Waffle Flower and added a few drops of water to make a wash and then painted in each individual flower with my no. 2 round brush. I couldn't cope with the leaves just being "blue" so added a bit of green.

Supply List:
Stamps: Mondo Hydrangea (EE), You (Photoplay)
Inks: Veramark
Paper: Lavinia Multifarious, SSS #120lb (trying to use up) but a great card weight for the base of the card, Vellum Paper (SU!), black glitter (CTMH), scrap of black cardstock (?SU!)
Dies: Mondo Hydrangea (EE), You (Photoplay), Blanket Stitched rectangle (PF), Hexagon Tile coverplate (PF), sentiment strips (Photoplay), A2 Layering (Waffle Flower)

Nuvo Shimmer Powders: Violet Brocade, Lilac Waterfall, Blue Blitz, Falling leaves
Other: Alabaster White EP (Brutus Monroe), no. 2 rounded brush, foam strips

Challenge: Color Hues #46

Now I personally didn't know Lindsay but she sounded an amazing positive person and crafter and my sympathy goes out to her family and friends. There are some amazing cards honouring her so do check out the challenge site and if you have time join in with the challenge.

✿ Karen ✿

Another Toi Toi beach sunset card

Time out Challenge have a fab image as our inspiration this week to play along with :

And I knew my very old rubber stamp from Rubbadubbadoo would be just perfect. I recently blogged using this stamp HERE and interestingly enough I went off to the Rubbadubbadoo website and the stamp is still available to purchase and yes it is called Toi Toi (large). If you're interested in getting your own stamp you can click HERE to see it at Rubbadubbadoo.

I emboss resisted this card two times. I first stamped the toi toi image on with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and then added clear embossing powder and heat set it. I then made a mask using a border die. I then stamped the Gentle Waves stamp set with Versamark.  I then used ICE embossing powder which is a very old product from SU! which at the time we all believed to be a mixture of clear EP and dazzling diamonds glitter, but I think it makes good waves.

I then created my background with the mask and its reverse using distress oxide inks. I white embossed my sentiment on a scrap of black card stock and fussy cut it out.

Supply List:
Stamps: Toi Toi (Rubbadubbadoo), Gentle Waves background (SU!), Rain or Shine (HA - sentiment)

Ink: Versamark, Versafine Clair Nocturne
Distress Oxides: Antique Linen, Shaded Lilac, Dried Marigold, Fossilized Amber, Abandoned Coral, Tumbled Glass

Paper: Lavinia Multifarious white for the blending on, Calypso Coral (SU!), Basic Black (SU!) SSS white #120
Other: White, clear and ICE embossing powders. mini stampin' dimensionals, landscape borders die (Wplus 9), Gina K masking paper, A2 layering dies (Waffle Flower), blending brushes
Challenges: Time Out 219 - Photo Prompt

Thanks for popping in. 

Edited Really happy to report my card got "Honours"

✿ Karen ✿

Creating a rainbow of clouds

Is really easy if you use MFT stamps cloud and rolling cloud stencil and I own both so I have 8 sides so no cleaning between blending. I wanted a wee card for my great niece Grace who has just turned 1 & I also used my Hippo Happiness stamp set and matching die from SU!

 I used Pinkfresh studio inks for the hippo and balloons : Rocky Slope, Ballet Slipper, Bubble Gum, Grassy Knoll, Sunshine and Candy Violet.

Distress Oxides used were Spun Sugar, Dried Marigold, Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio, Tumbled Glass and Shaded Lilac.

I just used one of SU! wee notecards as I thought that was an appropriate sized card for the wee hippo.

I don't think my clouds were perfect but it's the first time I have done a multi-coloured array of clouds and I loved it. So many happy returns wee Grace.
✿ Karen ✿