Monoprinting

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I wanted to take part in this months Craft Stamper challenge. The challenge is to monoprint with an acrylic block. That sounded like fun. I am always up for trying new things :)  I don't own that many paints so I used what I had on hand. They happen to be black and a metallic light blue. I squeezed the paint randomly on the block then put it on my paper. Oh how it makes such a lovely mess :)  This background is what I was left with after I removed the acrylic block. The black was a little too dramatic for me, so I wanted to soften it a little. While the paint was still wet I sprinkled white fine glitter all over.  It dried in with a frosty look from the glitter which I really liked. I stamped and heat embossed the girl with white embossing powder, then painted her with my distress inks. I stamped the sentiment with distress ink then cut out the words and pasted them along side the girl. Finally I added some paper flowers that were coloured with the same distress inks.

Thanks for visiting xox 

Supplies
Unity Stamp Company - Angie Girl - Dream with your Heart & Your Wings Exist.
Ranger Distress Ink - Victorian Velvet, Antique Linen, & Weathered Wood. 
FolkArt Paint - Pure Black & Metallic Ice Blue.
Recollections - White Embossing Powder
Recollections Fine Glitter - Snow
VersaMark Ink
Paper Flowers

Thanks for visiting xox

Be Still - Tag

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I made this tag for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge.  I made my own tag from some scrap card stock.  I used the emboss resist technique. Stamping the flowers and heat embossing them with white embossing powder. I used Ranger Distress Inks and sponged them over the tag. The ink naturally resists the stamped image. I let it dry then stamped the old letter stamp across the tag with the same inks. Then sprayed a little water to create some water marks.  I used the same technique with the sentiment then cut it up and glued it on to the tag. I dyed the ribbon with the same inks. I added some gemstones that were in the same colour scheme to finish off the tag.

Challenges
Simon Says Challenge Monday
Friends with Flair
Avenue613
4kraftygirlzchallenges
Through the craft room door
Love to Scrap
Crafty Card Makers
Hiding in my craft room


Thanks for visiting :) xox


Supplies 
Unity Stamp Company - Insightful Meadows & Your Wings Exist.
Hero Arts - Old letter Writing Stamp
White Embossing Powder
VersaMark Ink
Ranger Distress Inks - Mowed Lawn & Peacock Feathers.
Gemstones
Ribbon

My Cup of Tea

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I finally got around to inking my tea stamp from Unity. Oh how I love drinking tea. We are BIG tea drinkers in Scotland. Anytime you visit someones house in Scotland they will always offer you a wee cuppa tea. It's just what we do :) So when I saw this stamp I had to have it!  I paper pieced the stamp with this lovely vintage paper stack I had bought a while ago. Next I used enamel accents to colour the tiny hearts white. The same paper was use to create a border at the top.  Finally I tied skinny ribbon and mini pearls to decorate.

Thanks for visiting I hope you enjoy my card xox

Supplies
Unity Stamp Company Cup of Tea
Paper Studio - Kirby Teesdale Paper Pack
Ranger Enamel Accents - White
Memento - Tuxedo Black Ink
White Skinny Ribbon
Mini Pearls

God's Timing - Flowers

Happy Friday Friends

Here is a quick card I made for for Friends with Flair. I paper pieced the flower with the matching background paper. It is a really deep shade of pink almost close to red in colour. I used 3 different unity stamps on this one. God's Timing, Feel the Joy & Wishing You Joy.  I could not decide what flower to use so I just stamped them both :)

Challenges
Crafty Catz #221
Eureka Stamps - Anything goes #79

Thanks for stopping by have a great weekend  xox

Inchies - Little Butterfly

Hello my name is Mandi and I am addicted to butterflies :)  It's no secret I have a wee thing for butterflies. I don't know why but I love them. I am captivated by their beauty and how they glide through the air.  I bought this stamp from Unity to add to my winged collection. I LOVE IT :) You can find it here Little Things Butterfly. I know I will be using this one a lot. I created this card completely by accident. I was messing around with my distress inks and white embossing powder. I did not like the end result. So I cut up the card into 1 inch squares and only used 3 of them. I stamped the sentiment and cut each word out individually.  It looked much better as a clean and simple card :)

Thanks for visiting xox


Challenges
Crafty Catz #219
Crazy4Challenges #225


Supplies - Distress Ink Dusty Concord, Distress Ink Worn Lipstick, Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Unity Stamp Company - LittleThings Butterfly, White Embossing Powder, VersaMark Ink, Memento Ink.

I Love Big Books

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How cute is this stamp? I love big books and I can not lie :) I had to buy this new stamp from Unity you can find it here I Love Big Books.  This is a clean and simple card and is very easy to make. The design was based on a sketch from Lisa Arana's Wanna Sketch. I just flipped the image and the words around to create my design. I stamped the image with Memento Ink then coloured with alcohol markers. I added a few pink sequins to finish the card off.

Challenges
 CAS on Sunday #28
Hiding in My Craft Room #139 


Thanks for visiting xox

Lace & Pearls

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I made this card for some challenges that  that required either lace or pearls. I am not really a pearl kinda girl but I do like lace. This is what I came up with. It is my take on a wedding card using Kraft card. I embossed half of the card with he D'Vine Swirl embossing folder to give it some texture and placed the pearls inside the swirls. The sentiment is from the Unity Stamp Company from a kit called Heartfelt Sentiments. I hope you enjoy my card.

Challenges
Simon Says Stamp
Addicted to Stamps
Eureka Challenge 79


Supplies -  Unity Stamp Company - Heartfelt Sentiments, Kraft Card, Cream Card, Lace, Pearls, Gold Card, Gold Embossing Powder,Ivory Ribbon, D'Vine Embossing Folder.

Ice Cream

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OK I could not resist making another card today for Friends with Flair :) This ice cream one is just too cute. I knew I had some ice cream paper that would work well with this stamp do I dug it out :)  I hope you all have a good weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges
Sister Act Card Challenge

Paper - American Crafts ~ Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Pad
Ink - Spectrum Noir Markers, Memento Black Tuxedo.
Stamps - Unity ~ More than Ice Cream
Accessories - Sew Easy Fancy Floss

Hope

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Here is another card made. I am on a roll this week :) This is another new stamp I bought I love this one. I will be donating some of these cards to my local Ronald McDonald house. This stamp set is called Hope Builds Courage. I stamped and heat embossed this one with white embossing powder.  I then sponged distress ink on top and wiped off the excess. It really made the words pop. I attached the sentiment to white card stock then some hot pink card stock. Finally I added some twine and a little charm that matched the sentiment perfectly.

Thanks for Visiting :) 

 Challenges
Friends with Flair

Inks - Peacock Feathers and Picked Raspberry Distress, VersaMark Ink.

Stamps - Unity ~ Hope Builds Courage. 

Paper - Recollections Pink Card Stock

White Embossing Powder

Never never Give Up Charm

Bunches of Love

I just got this new stamp set in the mail and had to make a quick card :) It is a really nice sentiment set called Bunches of Love.  I needed a new stamp set for all occasion cards and this was it.

Thanks for visiting :)

Butterfly Sketch

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I made this card from a sketch over at the Fusion Challenge. The theme is butterflies so how could I not take part since butterflies are my addiction :) The black card did not photograph very well but it really is a pretty card. I always have trouble taking pictures of black it turns out grainy.

  I used Unity stamps as always :)  You can find them here A Friend Loveth and Heartfelt Sentiments. I stamped a section of white card with black ink and mounted it on to black card stock. Next I added some ribbon below the white card. I punched out a single butterfly, using my punch around the page butterfly punch from Martha Stewart. Then I placed a single butterfly from the stamp that was cut out and glued on top of the punched one. Next some white ribbon was added to the back of the butterfly then glued just the body to the card leaving the wings loose. A little trail from the butterfly was made with rhinestones and also along the ribbon. Finally I placed the sentiment at the bottom of the card.


I am also entering this into the following challenges
Sister Act Card Challenge 45
The Cheerful Stamp Pad
Crafting Musketeers
Eureka Stamps Challenge 78
Hiding in My Craft Room
Friends with Flair

Thanks for visiting  xox