Artist challege Day 1 - Keep smiling

I've been nominated by a friend to take part in the #artistchallenge. After events in the UK over the last few days, this card sums up what we all need to do now ...



Thanks for popping by & take care.

Tam x

Supplies
Stamp: Visible Image "Keep Smiling

Smooshing with friends

I found a bit of time this afternoon to do some crafting so I could enter a couple of challenges before the deadlines. I try to enter the One Layer card challenge at Less is More as I find that one really makes me think outside the box. I combined it with the 'swooshing' challenge at Just Us Girls & the cue card of 'Pink' at CASology. Here's what I came up with ...

I rubbed an ink pad onto a craft sheet then spritzed it with water. I then laid a square card blank front over the top of it to get the 'swooshed' effect across the card. The hexagon pattern was then stamped across the top in the same colour. I stamped the 'Friend' sentiment in a different colour; overstamped with a versamark inkpad & embossed with clear embossing powder to make it stand out.

This wasn't my first attempt, my creative journey went something like this ...

This was my first attempt, but I thought it looked too busy, so I gave up with that one & came up with this ...

I still wasn't happy with that one, the 2 patterns seemed to jar with each other. So eventually it was third time lucky! Does anyone else have these trial & error moments?!

The geometric stamps were a free gift in a magazine ...

Thanks for popping by & take care.

Tam x

Supplies:

Docrafts Papermania 'Capsule Geometric Mono' stamps - free in a magazine

CB 'Sugar & spice' sentiment stamps

Altenew Crisp inks 'Red Cosmos' set

Versamark ink pad

Clear embossing powder

Challenge inspiration:

Less is More: ONE LAYER CARD 

challenge!  Geometric Shapes or Patterns

Just Us Girls:

CASology: 

Sing!

Two posts in one day! I wanted to enter the Less is More challenge again so here's what I came up with ...I bought this Visible Image stamp at a craft show recently & I've just placed an order with them for some other stamps ... watch this space!

Just very simple stamping ... the stamp & the sentiment say it all really! It makes me think of the Ed Sheeran song :)

Thanks for popping by & take care.

Tam x

Supplies
Visible Image 'Sing' stamps
Adhesive stones
Inks: Versafine onyx black & SU real red

Inspiration
Less is More: Colour challenge ... White space but not  WHITE

Without the rain there'd be no rainbow

I've had a little break from crafting for the last week or so ...I had a steroid injection in my wrist which was a tad painful & also put it out of action for a day or 2. I then caught a rotten cough & cold so I've been feeling a little meh lately! I'm not one to moan though & I won't let anything keep me down for long! Which brings me nicely onto the sentiment of this card; always see the positive ...

I do like to join in with the challenges in blogland, so I've combined 3 of them to come up with this card. The rainbow is a die cut. You do need to die cut 6 times from 6 different coloured cardstock but it didn't take very long. I masked off a panel then stamped with 1st, 2nd & 3rd generation stamping (where you don't re-ink your stamp before stamping again). I emphasised the panel by scoring a line top & bottom. I wanted the raindrops to glisten so I added glossy accents to them all.

Thank you for popping by & take care.

Tam x

Supplies
Paper Smooches 'Rainbow' die
CBS 'April Showers Additions' stamps
Glossy accents
SU cardstock

Challenge Inspiration
Less is More: A colour challenge ... White space but not  WHITE
Just Us Girls: Word Week ... Raindrops

CAS(E) this Sketch!:

A friend like you

It's one layer week at Less is More & I often find this challenge a challenge!  The challenge is to make the sentiment the main focus of the card. I haven't inked up these honeycomb stamps from Clearly Besotted for a while & thought these would make a nice background. I was tempted to go for pink,green & then yellow or purple as the third colour, but decided to use this lovely bright, but pastel blue instead. I quite like the card I have come up with this time ...

Thanks for popping by & take care.

Tam x

Supplies
CBS 'Honeycomb' stamps
Mama Elephant 'Friend Indeed' stamps
Ink pads - VersaMagic: pixie dust, sage, sea breeze; Memento: london fog; Versafine: onyx black

Inspiration
Less is More -  one layer cards where the sentiment is the focus of the card

Suits you sir!

I always find male cards the most difficult to make. I picked up 2 paper pads at a craft show in Birmingham recently which are perfect for male cards. I used one of them to make my nephew's birthday card ...

Thank you for popping by my blog. I hope you have a lovely weekend. I'm off to a crafting afternoon at a friend's house tomorrow where she is going to show us how to do book folding. The ones I have seen of my friend's & on Pinterest look fab so fingers crossed!

Take care.

Tam x

Supplies
CC 'Suits you Sir!' paper pad
Paper Smooches 'Incognito' stamp (moustache)
CBS 'Basic Banners' stamps (Happy birthday sentiment)
MFT Die-namics 'Tag you're it' die
MFT Die-namiccs 'Sentiment Strips' die
Divine twine

Inspiration
Sketch Saturday:

From all of us

Clearly Besotted has a fab release of goodies this month. My order arrived very quickly as always on Monday & I've had a quick play with one stamp set this afternoon. Here's what I came up with ...

I stamped the row of poppies stamp 3 times, the first time in orange, then I masked it & stamped either side in yellow. A couple of strips of card at the bottom emphasized the colours & I finished off by rounding the corners with my corner chomper & adding a couple of candy dots. I have a lot of these but I'm never sure how to place them on my card so that they don't look like they've just landed!

Thanks for popping by & take care.

Tam x

Supplies
SU cardstock & inks: old olive, daffodil delight, tangerine tango
CBS 'From all of us' stamps
SU candy dots - brights

Inspiration
Less is More: Colour week - Citrus
Just Us Girls: Word week - Flowers