Flourishes are releasing new sets this Friday and with it comes a release challenge and release party - I love these - lots of fun and a chance to win!
The release challenge was to create a His & Hers cards - use the same stamp set or layout and make two cards. I actually did 2 sets of cards - I didn’t like the first too much - well, the cards were not bad, but it was hard to tell which one is feminine and which masculine so I tried again - this time with these baby booties.

I love the booties image - it’s so versatile, you could make them any color and it would still look great (I also made a cards with green booties, but not for this challenge). So I used the same image and layout, just did one in blue and one in pink. And I also used a bigger ribbon with a bow on the girly one to make it look more feminine and just ties a knot on a the boy card. The images are colored with prismacolor pencils and blended with OMS.

Last week’s Friday Focus on Flourishes blog  was paper piecing. I was really inspired by the tutorial created by Faith so I decided to use the I Love Roses set too. And here is the result:

The whole rose is paper pieced using Basic Grey Porcelain papers. The base of the rose is one paper a bit colored with Prismacolor pencils to matched the popped up middle. Paper I used for the middle of the flower is a bit yellow-y so I added a bit of yellow to the base too. The leaves are half colored with Prisma pencils too. All the other papers and the brads are from the same collection.

I loved the technique, so I decided to make another card. Same papers, just this time I used my new Gorjuss girl stamp from Funky Kits.  And here she is:

This week’s Featured Stamper  on SCS was MIchelle (Justpaintingaround). She has an amazing style of creating. I was really inspired by her backgrounds. So here are 2 cards I made:

The first one is a CASE of one of Michelle’s cards - just had to simplify the layout a bit - it took me a while to figure out how to cut the pieces and then put them back together The image is called Post Box and it’s from Sugar Nellie collection. It’s colored, wersamarked, embossed and then I did the background using sponges and ink.

This card isn’t exactly a CASE, but it was inspired by Michelle for sure. i think she used the same layout (or similar) on more cards. The background was created first, using brayer, sponges and white gel pen. The Tilda was colored with waterbased markers and aquapainter, then I cut her out and glued her “in the sea”.

Today’s challenge on Secret Crafter  is using stripes. Stripes are great for boys cards (they are harder for me to make as I can’t use my usual embelishments like flowers and glitter).

I received this Edwin image from my SCS friend Annabelle and it really came handy because I needed to make a boy birthday card. Edwin is colored with Prismacolor pencils, then Versamark-ed and embossed with clear EP. Then I sponged the background and created the clouds. Papers are from Sandylion paper pack, greeting is from SU and the brads are Basic grey

Another great challenge on Basic Grey challenge blog - this week we need to add TEXTURE to our creations. I don’t have a clue how is this stamp called, received the image from my SCS friend Cloudia (thanks a lot Cloudia) - I’m calling it Flying It’s colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with OMS and stumps. Then I added Martha Stewart White Gold Glitter for texture.

The papers are from Basic Grey Ambrosia collection, grey CS is Stampin Up. The card base is dry embossed with flourishes/swirls and it compliments the Ambrosia papers nicely, but it’s really hard to see on the picture. More texture added with orange and grey satin ribbons.

This is my first time participating in Timeless Tuesday on Flourishes. This week we were challenged to use RIBBON.

I do use ribbon all the time, so I tried to think about a different way to use it. So I created a whole panel covered in different ribbon strips.

The image is from I Love Roses set, it’s colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with OMS and stumps. I had strange light this morning.. the pinks look brighter IRL. The image is cut out and popped up with 3D dots. The sentiment is from Penny Black, the card base is SU cardstock.

This week’s challenge on House Mouse Challenge blog is a sketch. A really nice one I have to say - so I just had to participate - I had the papers already in mind (they are from collection called Pretty Poppies from Autumn Leaves), so I just had to select the right image. I love this one - the mousie with puckered face is so funny. The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils, blended with OMS.

This week challenge on Basic Grey Challenge blog was to create something round (not a corner in sight). I need to make a lot of Easter cards so I combined the 2 things together. All the papers are from BG Urban Prairie collection (looks do fresh and spring-y) and the image is House Mouse. Sentiment is from Inkadinkado.  Round enough?

Here are my submissions for Inky Impressions 1st DT call. Stage one was to create a blog post to showcase 2 of your best works. Choosing which ones are best was hard - what looks best for one person, doesn’t have to look so good for someone else. But the decision was made and here are my choices.

First card is a recent one made with Bryony fairy image from Faerie Art Song Stamps. The fairy is colored with Prismacolor pencils and has Stickles on her wings, skirt and on the flowers in her hair to make her sparkle. I popped her up with 3D tape to create an ilusion that she is sitting on the mushroom. Papers are from Que Sera Sera collection from K&Co. For more detailed images visit the previous post.

For the second one I used a mermaid stamp from Coronado Island Stamp Company.

I picked this card mainly because it shows a different coloring technique. The image was colored with water based markers and aquapainter. The background was sponged and stamped after embossing the image with clear EP.

This cutie is called Bryony and she is from Faerie Art Song Stamps. It’s one of the many images I received from Gail from SCS Canadian Image swap. Thanks a lot Gail. The fairy is colored with Prisma pencils and blended with OMS and stumps. She has some Stickles on her wings, skirt and on the flowers to make her sparkle. I popped her up with 3D tape to create an ilusion that she is sitting on the mushroom. It’s a bit hard to capture on the picture, that’s why all the detailed images. Looks better IRL.

The papers are from K&Co Que Sera Sera collection. Then I just added some stitching, ribbon and couple of pearls and here she is :)  too!

Oh, and since I was on the go, I decorated the inside too!

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