Vibrant Florals

Hello!

I hope you are enjoying your weekend :)  I have been inspired by the latest photo inspiration challenge at Time Out to use my floral stencil and make this card:

I inked up the dahlia style flower in Spiced Marmalade, Fossilised Amber and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxides and cut them out.  I also inked through Uniko's Natures Treasures leaf stencil in Cracked Pistachio and Twisted Citron Distress Oxides to create the foliage.  I arranged the leaves and flowers on some dark navy cardstock and added a sentiment from Uniko.

I was obviously inspired by the gorgeous floral wallpaper in the inspiration photo and love the way that the flowers pop against the dark background.

I shall link up at AAA Cards where we are being inspired by nature....I hope my design is CAS enough?!

I hope that you like this flowery card and check out the stencil in my Folksy store....

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Sweet Roses

Hello!

I am popping by to share a couple of cards that I have made with a new stencil which features two flowers.  They work perfectly for the current challenge over at Time Out:

I inked through the rose stencil with Distress Inks and then added further shading with Spectrum Noir pencils.  I cut them both out and popped them on top of Uniko's new Nature's Treasures leaf stencil.  The sentiment is from Uniko too and works with Time Out's word inspiration:  Friends are the Charming Gardeners who make our Souls Blossom.

I shall also link up at Simon's Monday Challenge where we are being inspired by songs.  When making this card I kept thinking of the song 'Rose Garden' with the lyric, I never promised you a rose garden!!  I don't know who sang it though?

While I had the stencil out, I inked through the dahlia style flower with distress inks and used it for a birthday card. 

The shapes are easy enough to cut out easily (I don't have much patience!) and are sized to make a good focal point on cards without being overwhelming.  I hope you like them!  

The stencil is available in my Folksy shop:

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Birthday Makes

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I have two birthday cards to share with you today which use an art deco style stencil.  I decided to emboss it in copper on blue cardstock.

I love the way that the copper pops against the rich blue!  I die cut a square panel out of the centre and popped the remaining frame up on foam tape.  I die cut the number from a copper coloured cardstock and combined it with a sentiment from Altenew.

I shall link up at Simon's Wednesday Challenge which is to use a stencil this week and at CASology where the cue card is copper.

I then made a card with the central panel which had been die cut from the card above:

I shall link this card up at Simon's Monday Challenge where we are using stencils and at Seize the Birthday where the twist is to use a number.

You can find this stencil in my Folksy store.

I hope you are enjoying a sunny weekend.....thanks for stopping by :)

Sarah x

Floral Gown

Hello!

I am stopping by with a last minute card for the challenge at Inkspirational to use purple and gold.  I have used some shades of purple sparkle paste from Imagination Crafts on one of my stencils - Floral Gown:

I shall also link up at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge for a second time where the theme is using stencils.

I hope you like this card - I would love to have a dress like this :)

Sarah x

Another Stencil!

Hello!

I have a card made with another new stencil to share with you today :)  I just love this cool silhouette and mask and suspect that I will be using it a lot....

I simply inked through the aperture with Black Soot distress inks and then stamped a range of grungy and abstract images over the top.  They are a combination of Lisa Horton stamps and Neat and Tangled.  I added some pops of colour to give the image some extra interest.   The sentiment is from CASual Fridays.

I shall link up at both Simon's Monday Challenge and Simon's Wednesday Challenge where the focus is stencils.

I hope you like this design :)

Check it out in my Folksy store.

Sarah x

Mermaids

Hello!

The lovely Ruth from Crafting While the Baby Naps has recently been making cards featuring lots of sweet mermaids and that got me thinking about making a mermaid stencil....

Here is what I came up with:

I inked a panel in blue distress inks and then inked over the panel with my Messy Dots stencil in the same colours.  Then I inked through my pearl seeking mermaid silhouette with black ink before embossing over the top with clear holographic embossing powder to add some shimmer.  I simply stamped an old sentiment from Hero Arts along the edge of the panel.  I shall link my card up at Simon's Monday Challenge which is to use a stencil.

I inked through my sitting mermaid in distress oxides before using the mask and inking round her with the messy dots.  Whilst the mask was in place I drew in the detail around her arms with a white paint pen. 

 I hope you like these designs.  The stencils are available in my Folksy store:

  

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sarah x

Uniko Release

Hello!

The Uniko release is finally here and available to purchase!!  It contains a fab range of stamps, stencils and dies and I have had so much fun making cards with them this week.....Here are a few cards that I haven't shared with you yet.

Here I have used the Stylised Floral stencil with colour bursts - sprinkling the powder and spritzing through the stencil with water.  The sentiment is from the lovely Just Because stamp set.

By contrast with the multi coloured first card, here is a CAS way of using the Stylised Floral.  I inked through it with Faded Jeans Distress Oxide and then popped a circle aperture over the top.  I love this crisp look.

I used the Party Confetti stencil on this card alongside the balloons from the Balloon Bash stencil and birthday sentiments from the last release.  

I hope that you hop along with us to celebrate release day and see all of the lovely products showcased.  You can find the links to all of the DT blogs at Uniko.  I look forward to seeing what you come up with when you get yours :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x