CAS Foliage

Hello,

I am here with a quick post whilst I enjoy the Easter sunshine in Spain to share a card that I made just before I set off for my hols.  It is another card for the AAA Card Challenge where we are just using a third of the card front.

I masked a diagonal panel and used my foliage stencil to ink through in shades of green distress inks.  I die cut a few Penny Black dragonflies from a piece of cardstock that had been coloured with purple and blue sparkle pens and added a sentiment from Hero Arts.

Very simple and nearly one layer! I love the variation of greens and detail that the stencil adds. 

I shall also link up at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where Anything Goes and Anything Goes with Dies at Happy Little Stampers.

As always, my stencils are available to purchase from my Folksy store :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Uniko Challenge

Hello!

I am popping by with a reminder about the new challenge at Uniko.  Given that Easter is fast approaching it seems appropriate to have a challenge that combines fresh spring colours with an optional twist of easter:

I decided to focus on the colours and have another play with the fab balloon bash stencil that Uniko released at the end of Feb.  I inked through the smallest balloon in each of the 5 colours and added a sentiment from the new Birthday Sentiments set and a bow from the original Balloon Bash stamp set.  Finally I added die cut letters (from Stamplorations) to the balloons to complete the sentiment. 

The photo doesn't show the colours very well but I promise that they are much closer to the inspiration colours in real life.  The colour on the end is pink....not red!

Anyway, I hope you like it and check out the super inspiration that the rest of the DT have in store for you at the Uniko blog.  You have until 20 April to play along so there is still lots of time to get involved.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sarah x

Time Out #106

Hello!

I am delighted to be the GD at the latest Time Out Challenge :)  There is a stunning photo inspiration for this challenge which has lots of lovely details and elements:

I love the soft blues and yellows and my eye was drawn to the lemons so I made this:

I stamped and masked the lemons (by Sheena Douglass) and softly inked through a new stencil (Moroccan Star) which mirrors the beautiful vase in the photo.  The stamped image was watercoloured with sparkle pens.

I shall also link up at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where Anything Goes and for a final time at the current one layer card challenge, Less is More, where we are creating with stencils.

As always the fab DT have lots of inspiration for you.  I look forward to seeing which aspects of the image inspire you....the colours, the stripes, the blossoms etc.  Have fun!

The stencil is available, along with lots of other designs, in my Folksy shop.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Uniko Revisit - Fun Flowers

Hello!

We are revisiting Uniko's Fun Flowers stamp set and stencil this weekend and I decided to use the stencil to create a flowery unicorn :)

I used the flower stencil through the aperture of my unicorn stencil and inked it with distress inks.  I lightly inked round the outline of the unicorn to give it some definition.  I also used the stencil on the card base to provide a flowery and colourful frame.  

I hope this card makes you smile!  I shall link up at Simon's Wednesday Challenge which is Floral Frenzy.  Thanks to Izzy too for pointing out that I could enter this card at Inkspirational's current challenge which is 'mythical'!

Do visit the rest of the fab DT on the Uniko blog hop.  If you leave comments by 7 April you will be in with a chance to win an e-gift card of £15.

Thank you for your visit :)

Sarah x

One Layer Cards with Stencils

Hello!

Just popping in with a few one layer cards that I have made this week with my stencils.....sometimes it is just fun to ink them up to create quick and easy cards :)

Here is a card that I have made to play along at AAA Cards where the challenge is to only use a third of the card front.....a great way to keep things CAS.

Here, I simply inked through the honeycomb/hexagon stencil with distress oxides and inked a bee silhouette stencil over the top that I am currently working on.  The sentiment is from Avery Elle.

I have made a second card for Time Out using the large geometric circle stencil and some of the geo circle background images.  Overlaying them adds extra interest.  The sentiment is from MFT.

I hope you like these two simple cards :)  The stencils that I have used are available to purchase in my Folksy store.

      

See you soon,

Sarah x

Hexagonal Windows

Hello!

You may have seen from some of my previous cards that I love using the apertures on my stencils as 'windows' for creating scenes/patterns into.  I have 2 examples to share today.

First up is a one layer card made with my new hexagon stencil.  I selectively inked in to some of the hexagons in greens and browns before stamping some beautiful mini wildlife images from Clarity in to the apertures:

The sentiment is also from Clarity.  I really like how this turned out....it was really simple to do too :)  I shall link this card up for a second time at Less is More where the challenge is to use stencils on a one layer card.

On this card I used a fab set of mark making stamps from Neat and Tangled inside my owl in flight stencil.  A bit of gentle inking around the edge gives the shape definition.  I added some pink splatter stamps from WPlus9 and a sentiment from Prima.  This is a bit more of an artsy design but I think it has lots of visual impact.   I shall link up at Addicted to CAS where the code word is Birds.

I hope you like today's nature inspired makes!  

Remember that you can buy my stencils in my Folksy shop :)

Sarah x

Drama and Ombre

Hello!

Are you having a good weekend?  It is horribly cold with snow showers here so I am taking that as a sign that I should stay warm inside :)  Of course, that means I have been playing with stencils!

First up is a one layer card that I have made for the new challenge at Less is More:

I masked a panel on the black card base and dabbed through my triangle grid stencil with gilding glue and then rubbed gilding flakes over the top.  The sentiment is embossed in silver.  I was inspired by this fabulous card by Sharon in creating my design.

On this card I have inked through my Forest Foliage stencil in shades of green to create an ombre effect.  I added one of the beautiful butterflies from Stamplorations to the design along with one of their sentiments.  

I shall link this card up at AAA cards where the challenge is to feature ombre and at Simon's Wednesday spring themed challenge.  

I hope you like these two designs and the stencils that I used to create them which you can find in my Folksy store.

See you again soon!

Sarah x