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Distress Markers

Enjoy your day (Penny Black)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Have I ever mentioned how much I love colouring? No? Only every other blog post, right? lol I really do. I may have a long way to go but by the same token I have come a long way too. One stamp company I discovered early on in my stamping adventure which had WONDERFUL images for colouring was Penny Black. I loved them way back then and I love them now, especially their cute critters – the hedgehogs, the dogs and the cats…oh and those mice too. (As an aside, if you are not familiar with them, Penny Black rubber stamps range is not limited to their cute critters – they cater to pretty much every style and genre. They are amazing!)

Anyway…I received My Favourite Things new Hybrid Ink Pad in Black Licorice in the mail this week and I have been dying to try it out. Did it really allow you to use water colours AND alcohol based markers? I had to try! And using Penny Black’s Sunny Days stamp set seemed like a great place to start as they have such wonderful images to colour. As Father’s Day is in a couple of weeks I’ve been thinking about making some more masculine cards and this set certainly caters to this theme. I chose the little puppy who is fishing. Such a darling image!

I stamped the image twice using the Black Licorice Hybrid ink. I decided to start with my Distress Markers and water coloured the image. Looks good! No blurry, running ink. Very happy with the finish.

Here’s the card…

Enjoy your day!
Materials used: Stamps – Sunny Days (Penny Black); Distress Markers, Cardstock (American Crafts); Dies – Nestabilities Large Labels (Spellbinders), Custom Panels Die (Avery Elle) and Wink of Stella.

Next up, I decided to use my Copics and see how the ink reacted. And…completely fine! No bleeding or feathering at all.

Here’s the card…

Enjoy your day!
Materials used: Stamps – Sunny Days (Penny Black); Copic Markers, Cardstock (American Crafts); Designer Paper – Hey You! (Basic Grey); Dies – Nestabilities Large Labels (Spellbinders), Custom Panels Die (Avery Elle); Linen Thread (Stampin’ Up!); and Wink of Stella.

So the result is that I am a new fan of the Hybrid Ink by My Favourite Things! I love that I can stamp up an image twice (which I usually do anyway) and then colour away using whichever medium I prefer (and which can change on a whim! lol). It’s wonderful! I’ve got a repeat experiment underway just to make sure it wasn’t beginners luck. lol So far so good!

Hope you are all having a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping

24 August, 2014 8 comments

Cards Gorjuss Stamping

Totally Gorjuss

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

What do you do when you stamp up and colour some images (which you are reasonably happy with) and then you go blank on how to finish off your cards? That’s the situation I found myself in after my last post. I had coloured in a couple of images but when I went to finish off the cards I didn’t like any of the papers I chose or designs, etc I came up with. It was tempting just to put them aside and move onto something else but I feared that I might never return to them. I sucked it up and just assembled them. They may not be my favourite cards and they may not have any real flair to them but they are done. 🙂

I used the Gorjuss stamp set “Ruby” which is so cute. Decided to see how she would look if I water coloured her with distress markers and then coloured using copics. I stayed rather true to the colours displayed on the stamp set. Room for improvement with both but it is a start. Think I am getting better with skin tones, hair shading and shadows too. So yay!

Here’s the first card…

I Love You
Materials used: Stamps – Ruby (Docrafts/Gorjuss), In My Heart (Mama Elephant), Stinkin’ Cute (Simon Says Stamp); Distress Inks, Distress Markers; Designer Paper – Hello Sunshine (KaiserCraft) and Wink of Stella.

And here’s the second card…

Gorjuss
Materials used: Stamps – Ruby (Docrafts/Gorjuss); Copic Markers; Designer Paper – Favourite Things (Heidi Swapp); Distress Ink (Ranger); Ribbon (American Crafts).

The above cards were a great learning experience for me in many ways. I thoroughly enjoyed colouring them both – playing with watercolours and then seeing if I could create the same/better/different look using copics. The putting the card together bit though…was less satisfying. Perhaps next time I’ll begin with the end in mind. lol

Happy Stamping!

23 August, 2014 4 comments

Cards Rambling Stamping

Hello (Gorjuss)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Hope you have all been having a happy and creative week. My week started off brilliantly as I had a “Behind the Scenes” experience at Healesville Sanctuary. I had seen on Facebook that dingo puppies had just arrived at the zoo and for a limited time they were offering “Puppy Playtime” sessions with the pups. I *had* to do it! After chatting with my sister, we decided to go together and to take our parents too. So I grabbed the phone and booked it in before it was too late.

We had an AMAZING day. It was the first time just the four of us had been out like this for years. As it was a Monday, most people were at work/school. The weather was a little average too which meant the sanctuary was pretty quiet which was a bonus for us. The highlight was definitely the playtime with the dingo puppies. I believe they have now gone on main display too.

Cute!

I haven’t been doing much on the creative front this week. This had to change! Armed with my distress markers and a paint brush I grabbed the gorgeous Gorjuss “The Fox” stamp set and painted away. Now that I have finished my card I realised the painted background combined with the Simon Says Stamp sentiment is very “Kristina Werner“. I ummed and aahed about sharing it but decided to go ahead. I’ve actually got another couple of the Gorjuss designs I’ve pre-coloured and still have to turn into cards.

Here’s the card…

Hello
Materials used: Stamps – The Fox (Gorjuss); Handwritten Borders, Stinkin’ Cute (Simon Says Stamp); Distress Inks, Distress Markers and Cardstock (American Crafts).

So, that’s it from me for now. Hope you have a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!

17 August, 2014 6 comments

Cards Mama Elephant Stamping

Spread Happiness (Mama Elephant)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying a lovely and creative weekend. I still had the Mama Elephant stamp set Up and Away on my craft table so decided to make the card which had been in my mind before I got side tracked by ball pit cards. lol

My idea was to make a moving card especially when I saw the sentiment “Spread Happiness wherever you go”. I had all the pieces almost ready to assemble when I decided that the cotton thread might not be strong enough to pull the little critter across the card. At that moment I decide to anchor all the pieces and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.

Here’s the first card…

Spread Happiness
Materials used: Stamps – Up and Away (Mama Elephant); Dies – Creative Cuts – Landscape Trio (Mama Elephant); Mister Hueys Colour Mist – Shine (Studio Calico); and Distress Markers.

Of course I always stamp up (and usually I colour them too) multiple images when I create so I decided to try my moving card again but this time I would I wouldn’t separate the balloons and the strings. I was partially worried by the appearance of the white behind the string and toyed with the idea of sponging ink but now that it is finished I’m not unhappy with the white.

Here’s the card…

And as the critter flies across the card…

I’m sorry the photographs aren’t the best – one of the downsides to being a nighttime crafter, especially during winter.

Hope you all have a wonderful day! I’m super excited as I am off to play with Dingo puppies tomorrow. *Squeal*

Happy Stamping!

10 August, 2014 6 comments

Cards Competition Entry Mama Elephant Stamping

It’s a Good Day to Be Happy (Mama Elephant)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Don’t you love it when you come across a stamp set, or sets, which just seems to offer soooo many different possibilities? I do! The Mama Elephant stamp sets I have seem to be providing me with so many ideas that I almost don’t know where to start. Every time I sit down to create my mind spins with all the possibilities. I managed to settle myself down to finally create a card to share. Yay! And I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t say that I have a few ideas about how to change this card up in the future.

I was playing with the Up and Away set by Mama Elephant as I thought they would make a perfect birthday card to fulfil the requirements of their August challenge – Watercolouring and Birthdays (in which I am entering this card). As I was stamping out the balloons it hit me that they almost looked like balls in a ball pit…and from there I had no choice but to make a ball pit. I pictured children playing in a ball pit on their birthday. So cute! And from there a simple card was born. I watercoloured all the elements with Distress Markers and assembled them all together. In this case, I decided against masking the design (I tested it out) – I wanted it to have lots of texture like a real ball pit would. After watercolouring the children I added little smiley faces as I’m sure they would have been having lots of fun. lol

Mama Elephant Challenge Blog

Here’s my card…

It’s a Good Day to be Happy
Materials used: Stamps – in My Heart, Up and Away (Mama Elephant); Distress Markers; and Sugardot Stickers: Everyday Vintage (Prima).

And my other ideas would be to have other critters playing in the ball pit too. I like the idea of stamping out a sentiment which says “Bazinga” (a The Big Bang Theory reference – this scene makes me laugh a lot!) or “It’s Your Birthday, have a ball!”…something like that.

Thanks for visiting today!

Happy Stamping!

7 August, 2014 16 comments

Cards Competition Entry Paper Smooches Stamping

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge: July 27-August 2 Designer Drafts challenge

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

When I saw the sketch for the new Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge I had a few ideas run through my head – yay! Always a good start, right? lol

I had the urge to create a scene like the olden days using the adorable “Cuteasaurus” set. Gosh I love this set. I wish there were more scene building stamps to go with it – different sized rocks, some grasses, a couple more trees, etc, and then I would be a super happy girl. 🙂

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge Blog

Paper Smooches July 27-August 2 Designer Drafts challenge

And here’s my card…

You Are Awesome
Materials used: Stamps – Cuteasauraus, Eco Friendly, Summer Groves (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – American Crafts; Distress Inks, Distress Markers; Glossy Accents (Ranger) and Wink of Stella.

I’ve a couple more ideas for this sketch – looking through windows at scenes as well as a couple of streetscapes so, depending on how things go, I might try and create a couple more cards. It’s just such a great sketch. I think it could easily become a go-to design.

Oh, I also made another card based on this sketch (in fact, I made it before the one I am submitting for the challenge) but I thought it might be a bit busy.

Here ’tis…

Cheer Up Grumpasaurus
Materials used: Stamps – Cuteasauraus, Eco Friendly (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – American Crafts; Distress Inks, Distress Markers; Glossy Accents (Ranger) and Wink of Stella.

Hope you are all having a great day!

Happy Stamping!

31 July, 2014 10 comments

Cards Mama Elephant Stamping

Hello (Mama Elephant)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

It never ceases to amaze me as to where ideas can come from. The idea behind this card actually came from the “Surf and Turf” set by Paper Smooches. I had the set out to make a little seascape. In fact, I had actually roughed out a little scene but it didn’t really look right. In a little fit of pique, I stamped the log image in a row and, to quote Bev, *PING* an idea was born – the ADORABLE little munchkins from the Mama Elephant set “In My Heart” would look so cute climbing on the logs in the playground…so I set about trying to make that idea happen. This meant another quick visit to the Mama Elephant site to get the “Tree Friends” set so I could have a couple of lovely trees to frame the logs. (Yes, I *had* to get a new stamp set…the sacrifices one must make for their art! haha) This gorgeous set comes with a tree stump so my idea changed gears a little but I am actually really thrilled with how this card turned out. I didn’t do anything fussy at all – straight colouring and bam, done!

Here’s the card…

Hello
Materials used: Stamps – In My Heart, Tree Friends (Mama Elephant); Dies – Die-Namics Blueprints 5 (My Favourite Things); Distress Inks; Distress Markers; and Wink of Stella.

It was suggested to me that I only needed one tree so I might give it another go and see how it looks with just the one. I’m also now crushing on the Ripe Persimmon Distress Marker. Such a gorgeous shade. lol

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are all having a super creative day!

Happy Stamping!

29 July, 2014 8 comments