I’m sure you have all had one of those … I wonder what would happen if I tried this thoughts. So I had one the other day and ended up with this …

I was looking to make something to fit the Modsquad challenge and thought about using a sailboat image. So obviously I needed a water background or waves. On a scrap piece of CS I sprinkled color burst powder in 2 colors and here is where the what if I tried thought came in. Instead of spraying the CS with water I sprayed the brush and just dabbed it about the paper. I kind of liked the look so I also took a much smaller brush and did the same thing. Once it was dry I cut it up with a wavy border die and layered it onto card front. Talk about inky fingers – I’m still cleaning up as each time I touch it I get inky even though it is dry. Using a porthole die by Cottage Cuts I die cut the porthole in sparkly CS and glued it to card front up above the waves. I printed off a free digi stamp found on Pinterest and hand coloured it with Prisma pencils and an ink pen for the red sail. I fussy cut this out and paper pieced the waves over the hull of the yacht. Added the sentiment from a GKD set and a few gems to finish it off. Am quite pleased with how it turned out.

My stamp buddy made me the stencil I used here and I love it.

Before I left for our boat trip I had stenciled out the stones using gesso and then left it to dry on my desk. On my return I brushed in some colour using Distress Oxides and after cutting it down a bit I mounted it onto the silver background. I had already stamped the flowers (GKand leaves using versamark and rose gold embossing powder so I fussy cut them out and arranged them and glued them to the panel. In between all this I had also been messing around with some color burst powders and of course managed to get some of the color onto the panel by accident. I used a Sissix die and some scrap PP to cover up the worst of it at the side. For the sentiment I used a word die and some scrap PP from an old purchased Christmas card. It is flocked and was silver and black. Glued this onto the bottom to finish the card.

Before we left for our boat trip I had stenciled out the stones using gesso and then left it to dry on my desk. On my return I brushed in some colour using Distress Oxides and after cutting it down a bit I mounted it onto the silver background. I had already stamped (GKD Fancy Flowers) the flowers and leaves using versamark and rose gold embossing powder so I fussy cut these out, arranged and glued them to the panel. In between all this I had also been messing around with some color burst powders and of course managed to get some of the color onto the panel by accident. I used a Sissix die and some scrap PP to cover up the worst of it at the side. For the sentiment I used a word die and some scrap PP from an old purchased Christmas card. It is flocked and was silver and black. Glued this onto the bottom to finish the card.

I had two seahorses left over from my little project the other day and so I decided to use them on this …

The frame was an extra from a card I made earlier in the year and the circle was a tag from a gift bag that came off. I adhere the frame to the Turquoise sea card stock slightly offset and then popped up the circle on top. I die cut the bullrush reeds from a Cheapo die I recently purchased using up a scrap of paper. I had a shell already precut from my last project and I tucked it at the top to hide the small hole in the circle. Then I added the seahorses twisting their tails onto the stalks. Sentiment is from an Idea-ology book.

This past week I’ve made 3 items ready to post but didn’t have the opportunity to actually post them. Basically this one was just using up the foiled butterflies which I took off another card. I think they came from StampinUp but I’m not sure.

Thanks to Golda, I have some lovely PP that she sent as a small gift and this background is cut from that. I added the butterflies by popping them up in several places. Added the sentiment and also the bow. I pushed the ends of the ribbon in and out of the butterflies gluing it in place here and there. A very simple card but I think it is an effective one.

My cousins daughter had a little girl recently so I needed to send a congratulations card to her. This is what I came up with …

Using some leftover GKD PP I added it to the card base. On a small piece of CS I created a centre panel using Die Cuts and a sentiment. I then adhered this to the main card. I just used up small scraps of left over PP for the diecuts. Set is by LIttle B and is called Baby. It’s a cute set and came with it’s own storage magnet.

This was made just after our return from a trip and before we left to go boating. Never got the chance to post it on my blog until today.

I finally managed to get a background done using colour bursts that gives the idea of what I saw on screen during my Echocardiogram. What I tried to didn’t quite work but I still liked this result and came up with this card using it.

I added a small amount of perfect pearl powder on top to give some additional shine and somehow during the process of making the background some sparkles got into the card in spots. Doesn’t show here but it is interesting in R.L. I cut the piece down to 5″ by 3 & 3/4″ and added a gold border using a pen. Cut out the heart piece using a Simon Says die. I cut the outline several times and built it up so the solid hearts look inset. I left the larger one empty. In gluing the outline I made a mistake and added glue to the wrong side – what to do? Honestly my mind works in mysterious ways sometimes, as I had the brain wave of using white embossing powder over the glue and then heat set it. Looks great and no one would know that it was a mistake. Then I added the glue to the correct side and adhered it properly.

This is the last set of cards I made for taking with me as a gift when I travel. I had a lot of fun getting these done and it was quite quick to create them too.

They are mostly from 2 different Penny Black stamp sets with the odd one or two additions from a Gina K. Designs set. I coloured them with Prisma colour pencils and used a bit of gold ink here and there too. I made the box to contain them out of some heavy glitter card stock and decorated a tag to add on top. Hope they don’t get squished in my suitcase – lol. I like them because they have a whimsical look and are fun and this friend has 7 grandchildren so thought they would be good for her.

Last upload for today is my water coloured roses. I really enjoyed playing with my metallic watercolour paint pots although one of the colours looks a bit yellow in this photograph. In reality it is a faint purple but to see it one needs to slant the card a little and I can’t do that in a photo.

I used a Gina K incentive stamp for this and some leftover strips from backgrounds I had made using colour burst powders. I really like the way it turned out although the photo doesn’t do it justice.

I had stamped a series of these baskets using a Kitchen Sink set and fussy cut them out. Left them on my desk for a while as I wasn’t sure what to use them for. Finally got around to using the bigger one for this card.

Everything else on this card is bits and pieces left over and stored as I don’t like to throw things away. The daisies were really old and were the last 3 out of the package. I glittered the centers just for fun. It turned out better than I expected. Will add a sentiment when I decide what to use it for.

My last piece of colour burst playing became the focus for this card. I love these colours and how they pop. Added this to a set I made for a friend as I thought it would make a good masculine card if she wanted to use it.

Am entering it into a challenge just for fun although I won’t be around to see the results when it ends. I added a few swirls in gold and the oval gold sparkly piece behind the die cut word.