Uniko's 6th Birthday!

Hello!

We are hopping along today for Uniko's 6th birthday - Bev has grown this fab stamp company single handedly over that period in addition to having lively twin toddlers to keep her busy :)  I love Bev's design style and the fact that she has recently added stencils to the mix.....I am sure that Uniko will continue to go from strength to strength over the coming years.

Anyway, to my card:

No birthday would be complete without cake and here I have used the fab Celebrate with Cake set that Uniko released in 2016.  Here I used the no lines watercolouring technique to create a soft effect.  The string of stars from Seeing Stars adds some background interest and the card is completed with a sentiment from Organic Wishes.

I also made a card using the same colours but a slightly different look:

I stamped the cupcake and added some shading with pencils and highlights with white pen before masking it and adding the stream of stars from Reach for the Stars on either side.  I love the way that the sentiment from the set fits around the cake!

I hope you enjoy the birthday hop :)

Sarah x

Weekend Crafting

Hello!

I have spent some time this afternoon making cards and making a mess with lots of inks and paints....my favourite thing to do :)  Here are a few of the things that I came up with:

Here I inked a card panel with distress oxides and placed it behind a die cut aperture from X Cut.  It is such a simple way to create a card.  I shall link up at Inkspirational where the challenge is to make aperture cards.  

I also wanted to play along at CASology where the cue card is Butterfly.  I used a new stamp from Carabelle Studio:

I watercoloured the image with Aqua Markers and added a sentiment from Altenew.  The pastel colours and flurry of butterflies makes me think of spring!

And finally I made (another) valentines card:

I stamped a wavy background stamp from Hero Arts on to light blue card stock and added some colour variation with pencil.  The cardstock was die cut in to a heart shape and I added the beautiful layered whale which is also from Hero Arts.

I shall link this card up at Simon's Monday Challenge and at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where the theme is Love.  

I hope you like my cards :)

Sarah x

Golden Heart

Hello,

Just stopping by with a quick post featuring my heart stencil given we are in the season of romance and love :)  I used the inspiration photo from Time Out as the starting point:

I inked through the stencil with Delicata gold ink and didn't feel that was vibrant enough so I added gold glitter kiss from Cosmic Shimmer and gold starlight paint from Imagination Crafts.  The sentiment is from Skull and Cross Buns.  I attached striped washi tape to the top and bottom of the card before adhering the card panel.

Here is the fab inspiration photo that the Time Out team have provided:

I shall also link up at AAA Cards where the theme is Love and at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where the theme is It Must Be Love.

   

The heart stencil is available for sale in my Folksy shop :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge

Hello!

I am popping in with a project for the February Take It, Make It challenge at Craft Stamper.  I used one of Trish Latimer's fabulous WordGirl stamps - available in her Etsy shop and one of my mdf art boards which are for sale in my Folksy shop.

I primed the mdf with white gesso and then applied some dylusions paints with a brayer before layering up with my mandala stencil and some stencilled stars.  I knocked the colour back a bit with some white paint and then stamped some Stamploration stamps in archival black to add grungy elements.  The stream of stars is from Uniko.  I stamped the girl on some watercolour card that I had coloured with Pixie Powders and then added further colour with watercolour pencils and highlights with a white paint pen.

I hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

More Valentines.....

Hello!

I seem to be addicted to hearts at the moment and have made a few more valentine cards this weekend :)  I don't know what I am going to do with them all.....

First up I used a fun stencil from Clarity Stamp.  I pressed versamark through the stencil and white embossed it before spraying the image with a number of inks to create a colourful background.  I die cut the card with a heart die and added a die cut sentiment from Stamplorations.

I will link this card up at AAA Cards where the theme is All You Need is Love and at Simon's Monday Challenge where we are using the resist technique.  I shall also enter at Happy Little Stampers February CAS challenge where we are featuring hearts.

Next, I have used the tree ring stamp from Concord and 9th on the card base and main panel.  I embossed my new stamps from Skull and Cross Buns.  Very simple!  

I will link up at Happy Little Stampers February Watercolour challenge where the optional twist is hearts and at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where Anything Goes.

Are you feeling all loved up this February?!

Sarah x

Rock and Roll Stencil

Hello,

I shared some cards yesterday using a new headphones stencil and have another one to share today which is a bit more grungy:

I embossed the headphones in black and then sprayed inks in blues and purples through my star stencil.  Some further spritzing gave added colour.  It was easy to wipe any inks off the embossed image.  The sentiment is from MFT.  I added an outline around the headphones with a white paint pen to help it pop.

With teenage birthdays coming up, I anticipate this stencil coming in handy!

I shall link up at Simon's Monday Challenge where the challenge is to use a resist technique and at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where anything goes.  I shall also play along at The Male Room where the theme is television - my boys seem to spend most of the day wearing their headphones playing games on the PlayStation and X Box!!

I hope you like this card and check out my stencils on Folksy :)

Sarah x

Less Is More #364

Hello!

I am so excited to be playing along with my teamies at Less is More as we celebrate our 7th Birthday!  Sarah and the team do such an amazing job bringing us fun challenges and inspiration - I really appreciate all of the work they do behind the scenes :)  Thank you x

This birthday challenge is a theme that I am sure loads of you will love....

I used one of my new stencils - heartbeat headphones - on this design.

I masked off a panel on the card front and inked through the headphone stencil with dark grey ink and using red ink for the heartbeat.  The headphones are clear embossed to give them a glossy sheen.  I added some stamploration stamps to create a grungy feel and a die cut heart.  The sentiment is from Uniko.

On my second card I have black embossed the headphones and used blue ink on the heart beat.  I added some Uniko stars in the background and a sentiment from Mama Elephant.  They are both one layer cards!

I shall link this card up at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where Anything Goes.

I hope you like my headphone stencil which is now available for sale in my Folksy store.  Do head over and check out my small (but growing) range of stencils :)

Thank you to Sarah and the team for letting me come back as a GD for this special birthday month.  I look forward to seeing what you create.

Sarah x