My Paper Corner

Been creating with Zinski Art's fun and quirky Chatty Bar stamp set.  This first card features a glamorous cocktail glass and shot glass with humorous sentiments.  Was it a good idea to have another tipple?  Wonder how she'll feel in the morning! Brushed distress oxide inks through a lightbulb aperture stencil straight onto the card base front.  Images stamped, clear heat embossed, fussy cut and coloured with a mix of watercolour paint, coloured pencils and alcohol markers.  Sparkle accents to the rim of the cocktail glass and cherry then glossy accents added to the eyes and cherry.  1mm foam pads give both glasses some dimension.  Stamped sentiment.  Hand drawn corner doodles with a black fine liner. I've used - A6 white card base Funky Fossil Chatty Bar stamp set Funky Fossil lightbulb aperture stencil Distress oxides - squeezed lemonade, wild honey, hickory smoke VersaFine Clair morning mist Linking up with -                      Stencil Fun                            St

This year's Mother's Day card created with stamps from a wildflower squirrel set by Olga Heldwein for Funky Fossil.  The main image is of a lovely squirrel sitting amongst a beautiful crescent of flowers and foliage.  I see plenty of grey squirrels on my walks and would so love to see a red squirrel in the wild one day. Main focal image stamped on a Gelli plate background coloured with watercolour paints.  The surrounding images are a mix of stamps and rub ons.  Sentiment die cut in white with a coloured off set layer to match the layer behind the main panel. I've used - 6x6" white card blank Funky Fossil stamp set - Wildflower Squirrel Funky Fossil rub ons - Summer Twilight Funky Fossil dies - Ransom Note Alphas & Funky Word Linking up with                 Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday              Little Red Wagon                            Stamping Sensations                           March ATG                           # 748 - Florals                       

Very excited to share my guest designer card for the new challenge at  Color Hues  with a lovely soft palette of cream and blue.  You can see my winning card  here .  I was aiming for a cream and blue ceramic look.  I wonder who has left their boots behind in the garden? Hope their kite stays flying long enough for them to return ...        Having bought some new Card-io stamp sets at a local craft fair recently I was keen to create with them alongside other sets I already had.  Made a cream background on my Gelli plate with acrylic paint keeping some white areas for interest.  Stamped all the separate images in blue ink using a stamping platform for either a lighter or darker hue.  Stamped and heat embossed a few white clouds in the sky.  Bushed in some added blue lines for contrast. The central part of the scene was cut out with a decagon (10 sided) die, used a neutral matt layer behind before matching it back up over the panel.  Final panel finished with another neutral layer.  Whit

Decided to make a different fun fold card and whilst browsing Pinterest for inspiration I spotted several square column (or pillar) style cards that caught my eye.  Straight forward to score from a square card blank and easy to adapt to other sizes too.  Folds flat for posting.  You can watch a YouTube video by  Iced Images  if you would like a visual guide of this style of card. Scored the front of my 6x6" card blank at 2" and 4" and cut a 1" strip from spare card (scored in half lengthways) for the fixing element.  The background panels were cut from a piece of designer paper as I loved the golden bubbles at the bottom, just perfect as I was making a celebratory 30th birthday card.  All the stamps come from a Chessboard set by Zinski Art for Funky Fossil which combines quirky and classic chess themed images.  The silhouette chess pieces were stamped in black ink across the bottom.  The partial chess board and checkerboard strips were stamped and clear heat embosse

First make with a new stamp set with blocks of geometric patterns.  Here I've used all five of the individual blocks and one of the sentiment stamps.  A second entry for Uniko's 12th birthday link up party. Blocks stamped and heat embossed with Wow EP then selective areas coloured with alcohol markers.  One block cut out and added with 1mm foam pads as a diamond centrepiece.  I've chosen a pretty colour combination from the current  Color Hues  challenge of lilac and mint (used closest colours I have) and accented the heart with white gel pen dots but these blocks would be perfect for masculine or generic makes too.  Sentiment stamped with DO ink. I've used - 135 mm sq white card base Uniko Bauhaus Blocks stamp set WOW! Lavender Fields EP Promarkers - Orchid, Turquoise Distress Oxide - peacock feathers Linking up with - Uniko's 12th Birthday                               Color Hues                                 Time Out                       Link Party           

Occasionally I pop into one of my local charity shops as they often have some craft items donated, found a grey rubber stamp set for £1 with images that would compliment my stash so just had to be bought.  The stack of books and swirls are from that set which I've paired with some Funky Fossil items. Started with a piece of designer paper for a ready made background.  I love the sun peeking above the rolling hills in this magical mysterious place ideal to place a focal image in the foreground.  Stack of books and the fun quirky bird stamped, fussy cut and coloured with a mixture of watercolour paints and colouring pencils.  Swirls and sentiment stamped and white heat embossed on the background.  Bird's legs stamped on the background and feet on the top book before adhering the focal images with 1mm foam pads.                    I've used - 120x170mm white card base to fit a B6 envelope Funky Fossil Dreamscapes paper pad Funky Fossil The Tweets stamp set Sheena Douglass A Li