butterfly collection

Have been home a few days now from another trip! When I returned my new Simon Says Stamp card kit for June was awaiting me!! So I pulled it out and created a couple of cards with it!! This first card here is actually my second attempt…I added a few more colours of ink to it and used one size of the rose instead of 2 like the bottom card!! I love how the colours flow into one another! 

This card is this week Clean and Simple card, you can see I did a softer pallet with less colours. At first I wasn't a fan but it grew on me so I went with it!!

For both the cards I heat embossed the rose patter on the water colour card stock. First card is just one size and the FTL card has both rose sizes on it. After I heat embossed it I rubbed distress ink onto my craft matt and sprayed it with water then added the card front to it. The first card I twisted it around a bit where as the second card I just laid it down and left it that way. Did both just to see what I liked better! They are both nice but for different reasons I guess! Once the paper was dry I took a scrap piece of paper and a hot iron to remove the embossed areas. First time for me using this technique…I enjoyed it seeing as I wasn't to sure how to stamp the sentiment directly onto to the card front instead of having it be a banner of some sort! 

These water colour techniques are so fun to do and give such a fun look to a card with very minimal effort!! 

Hope you enjoy! Thanks so much fro stopping by!

Chera~

more watercolour

Here is another one of my water colour cards I made for my dear friend Natasha who's now married!! I wanted to  make her a special card that was extra sparkly and eye catching!! I think I did ok on both those accounts…

I left this card oversized cause There wasn't actually any part of it I wanted to trim! It all blended so well together..didn't think that was going to happen! I did the same technique as my last card. Smooshing down distress ink on my craft mat then spritzing it with water…this one I did do a couple of touch ups with the paint brush as there was a couple areas that didn't have the coverage I wanted! I also did a bit of paint splatter, and some shimmer mist splatter as well as just some regular shimmer mist to give it some sparkle all over!  Other than waiting for the drying of the paper it was a pretty simple card with lots of detail that would leave you to think it wasn't!! 

Thats all for now! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: watercolour paper, cherry cobbler
Stamps: bigger blooms, spring blooms
Ink: wild honey, scattered straw and fire brick distress ink
Accessories: spring blooms die, sequins

back to reality!

After a week of kid free bliss enjoying the ocean waves, beautiful sunsets and margaritas, I'm back trying to get into the swing of things!!!

When I had a spare moment I finally got to finish watching the rest of the online watercolour for card makers videos! This card is one from the bonus day. I loved the technique and have tried a few different combos with the limited distress inks I have!!

For the background of this card I scored some random lines to give a plaid kind of look (loved that idea from the video) then I put down a few colours of distress ink on my mat spritzed it with water and placed the water colour paper on it moving it from side to side a little to get the colour everywhere. I didn't do any touch ups on it. just let it dried, stared at it for al one while not liking it, came back to it today and put this creation together! 

Hope you enjoy and thanks so much for stopping by!!

Chera~

Supplies:

Paper: water colour paper, melon mambo

Ink: worn lipstick, peeled paint, wild honey, scattered straw, and peacock feather distress ink

Stamps: strictly sentiments 4

Accessoires: spellbinders butterfly die, memory pippi butterfly, sequins, twine, PTI banner die

cutting room floor

This was "on the cutting room floor" if you want to call it that! I had put it together with some scrap paper I had inked on…and I just didn't feel it flowing so I put it aside. Today I picked it up again, looked at it and thought it would make a cute birthday card for my of my boys friends birthday he is attending today! 

I found some old Stampin Up! paper that had a good match to the purple ink on the card and thats when I knew I could finish it! In the background on the purple (might be hard to tell in the photo) I did a little shimmer misting with the hexagon stencil. Just needed a little touch to not be so bland but I didn't want to take away from all the detail on the front portion. For the front part I added embossing paste over top the inked paper, added the sentiment then the ribbon…and today after weeks of just sitting there I decided I didn't hate it anymore!!

I guess it was good I decided to keep this one laying around instead of just tossing it like I do with so many other  cards that I think don't work!!

Hope you all have a great Friday! Thanks for stopping by!
Chera~

Supplies:
Ink: wplus9 sweet nectar, sweet gelato, blooms berry
Paper: white and retired SU (some shade of purple)
Stamps: strictly sentiments 1
accessories: ribbon, hexagon stencil, embossing paste, shimmer mist

mothers day stencil

Since my may Simon Says card kit arrived with the distress ink and blender I've been trying out stuff! I pulled out this Heidi Swapp stencil (again, used it in another mothers day card with embossing paste) and just starting inking! I love how bold and eye catching it is!!

Hope you are all having a great day and wonderful week!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

Chera~

Supplies:

Paper: white, black, teal

Ink: peacock feather distress ink, versa mark

Stamps: strictly sentiments 4

Accessories: stencil, embossing powder

old meets new

I was given a challenge from one of my good friend Natasha's (check her blog out here) fiancé. He comes up with some pretty interesting ones, but this one I decided to join in on the fun!! It is the oldest with the newest stamp set. I'm pretty sure I no longer have my oldest stamp set, not even sure what that might be. But I certainly do remember buying the one I used in this card (happy everything). It was a very big decision for me. I didn't' want to just buy any old stamp had to be something I knew would be very versatile! And looks like it still has it!! 

I had a few new stamp sets join my collection in the recent weeks but this set (so very grateful) was the perfect one to go with the sentiment!! 

I'm very happy with how it turned out!! So soft and gentle!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Chera~

Supplies:

Paper, white, wisteria wonder

Ink: silver lining, blooms berry

Stamps: so very grateful, happy everything

Accessories: shimmer mist, wisteria wonder bakers twine

PPA202

Good day everyone! Hope you are well!! This card is brought to you today by Pals Paper Arts, I saw a lot of cards using this colour combo and it caught my eye so I thought I would give it a whirl!!!

It was a fairly quick card to make, other than the colouring in of course, which I used with my blender pens!

Thanks for stopping by!
Chera~

Supplies:
Ink: black, crumb cake, bermuda bay, real red
Paper, crumb cake, bermuda bay, watercolour paper
Stamps: so very grateful

all boy

I received my May Simon Says Stamp card kit on Friday and decided to pull it out and play!! I'm not the best at masculine cards as I much prefer flowers but this kit makes you dig deep for that masculine creation!! I used this weeks Clean and Simple sketch to get the creativity flowing!!

In this card kit came a distress ink (which is the only thing I didn't use from the kit, used a green distress ink from my stash) and the blender tool. I know I'm behind the 8 ball on this one but its seriously my new favourite tool!!! Go now and get one!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Chera~

Supplies:

mom

I just seriously can't get enough of these Wplus9 flowers!! So happy to have this set in my collection!! This card was also my first card using embossing paste!! Something everyone should try!! I used a Heidi Swapp stencil I found at Michaels just to add a soft detail to the card!

I used distress ink on the flowers and leaves so I could do a tiny bit of watercolouring. I think I love distress ink!! Not sure thats a good thing or not…have enough stuff in my room already! 

Anyway, thanks so much for stopping by!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: wplus9 oatmeal
Stamps: spring blooms, strictly sentiments 4
Ink: fire brick, peeled paint distress ink
Accessories: spring blooms die, embossing paste, stencil

geometrics

I love the look of geometrics. It always catches my eye!! I just didn't realize how out of the box it would feel for me to actually make a card with it! 

I had the birthday die cut left over from this card and didn't want it to go to to waste. I pulled out my new Wplus9 inks and started stamping triangles and this is how it turned out!! I added a few other colours and even popped a few of them up for some added dimension.

Well I hope you enjoy and thanks so much for stopping by!!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: melon mambo, smokey slate, white
Ink: sweet nectar, sweet gelato, silver lining (ink of the birthday die is melon mambo, rose red, calypso coral)
Stamps: just geometrics, strictly sentiments 1
Accessories: birthday die 

Shine bright

This card I made for this weeks Simon Says Wednesday Challenge and the Monday Challenge . I pulled out my April card kit and started creating! Love his this card turned out. 

A quick and easy card with some added details!! 
Have a great day everyone! Thanks for stopping by!
Chera~

Supplies:
Simon says April 2014 card kit
Inks: SU daffodil delight, black
Accessories: pretty pink posh sequins 

three thirds

I've been on a Wplus9 kick lately. Just recently got all her new inks added to my collection and a few new stamp sets as well!!! So yesterday I pulled everything out and started creating! 

I was very intrigued with this months CAS-ual Friday challenge. Three things on 1/3 of a card front. So I started die cutting out the flowers and stamping away!! I'm very happy with this clean and simple creations!! Three flowers with a three word sentiment on 1/3 of the card seems to be complete!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

Chera~

Supplies:

Paper: wplus9 oatmeal cardstock

Ink: sweet gelato, cranberry crush, appletini, old gold, black

Stamps: spring blooms, strictly sentiments 4

Accessories: spring blooms die

splatter fun

This week I finally had some time to make a couple cards! I watched Papertrey Inks Make it Monday video and was inspired!! I pulled out some colours and went to town!!! My first creation using this technique was this card below...

I grabbed some bright colours…On the make it monday video they used a die cut inlay. A technique I have not yet tried so I put it to good use! Love how it turned out!! So much fun to  make!

Supplies:
Paper: melon mambo, white
Ink: calyso coral, melon mambo, rose red
Stamps: wonderful words birthday mini
Accessories: birthday die, paint brush and water, sponge daubers



Next up I made this card….

This weeks Clean and Simple sketch screamed out to me! Love this layout…a go to for me! I decided to flip in on its side tho, still using the make it monday technique. However with the water droplets on this card I did at random by putting water on the brush and flicking it as opposed to being purposeful to where I was adding the water. This beautiful colour combo comes from this weeks Colour Me…!  challenge, they blended together so nicely (after a few tries of course)..The sentiment was heat embossed in white then I stamped the feather behind the three window boxes which goes along side the CAS-ual Friday challenge. Then I popped up the coloured paper to five some dimension. So many quick details to give it that pretty look!!! 

Supplies:

Paper: white

Ink: bermuda bay, coastal cabana, pacific point, tempting turquoise, versa mark

Stamps: fancy feathers

Accessories: white embossing powder, square punch, paint brush with water

Hope you enjoy and thanks so much for stopping by!

Chera

gold sparkle

Here is another quick mothers day card I made using the Stampin Up! sale-a-bration goodies I got! The hardest part was picking the colour combo to use! All I knew is that I wanted to have a gold butterfly for some sparkle on there!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: white, champaign sparkle
Ink: calyso coral, kraft, daffodil delight, cherry cobbler, black
Stamps: my mother, petal parade
Accseeories: butterfly punch

mothers day and gelatos

Today I was really wanted to use my Faber-Castell Gelatos…I've had them for a while now and have hardly played with them! So I pulled them out and created this beauty!

So with this card I took a 3 by 4 1/4" paper, white heat embossed the flowers and leaves on it then coloured with the gelatos spritzed it with water and took a paint brush to blend it all in, let it dry then wipe of access with a baby wipe (Instagram pic below showing each stage). Adhered it to the old olive paper then onto the eggplant. Once that was done I heat embossed the sentiment over top... 

This card is a fav of mine…so many easy elements to give it that classic look!!

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!!

Chera~

Supplies:

Paper: elegant eggplant, old olive, white

Stamps: cutting garden PTI, something to celebrate SU

Ink: versa mark

Accessories: green light purple and dark purple gelato, white embossing powder