Paper Parrot: September 2013

Monday 30 September 2013

Birthday Balloon

Hi,

Just popped in to share a cute little window card with you today. I followed a sketch from the Less is More blog.

Balloon and background are from Kaiser Craft papers.

Dies used:

Quickutz - nesting circles

Memory Box - Puffy clouds

Memory Box - Modern Landscape Border

Clouds were also embossed with Sizzix embossing folder (Swirls)

Sentiment reads "Happy Birthday". Stamped with Dovecraft alphabet stamp set.

Hope you like my window card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Phi

Challenges:

Cuttlebug Mania - Flying high

Less is More #139 - Sketch #10

Crafty Catz #200 - Birthday

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

Yay!! I made runner up for the Cuttlebug Mania Flying High challenge.

Friday 13 September 2013

Ghosting

Hello,

Today's card contains a technique called ghosting which I have learnt from Shea Marshall from the Inspired by Stamping site. Please click here if you wish to see the tutorial.

For the background I "ghosted" the leaves in a random fashion then flicked some water for the little splashed effect. I had so much fun with this new technique and I think it looks great.

For some added interest I stamped and embossed some butterflies in the corner with clear embossing powder. Then stamped and embossed some more butterflies in white for the little popped up panel. The sentiment is also embossed in white and reads "always".

Stamps used:

Butterflies - Grace Taylor (sorry, don't know which set it came from, lost the packaging)

Leaves - BasicGrey, Dainty set

Sentiment - Stampin Up, Small Script set

Hope you enjoyed my card today.

Thank you for stopping by.

Phi

Challenges:

Less is More #136 - Colour challenge - dark green and rust

Allsorts #223 - Butterflies

Totally Gorjuss #200 - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - Embossed

Bearly Mine Challenge #103 - Fall colours

Inspired by Stamping WHW#116 - Ghosting

BasicGrey challenge #102 - Anything goes - BasicGrey, Dainty stamp set

Anything Goes Challenge blog #100 - In the garden + add some butterflies

Just for Fun challenge #2 - Colours of Autumn

Penny's Paper-Crafty challenge #144 - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Emboss it!

Vintage Stamping Challenge #12 - Anything from your garden

Wednesday 11 September 2013

Butterfly Baby

Hello Bloggers,

I am so excited to be sharing this card with you.

I created a subtle background by stamping some word stamps in versamark, from a stamp set called Favorite Features by See-Ds. Then embossed it with clear embossing powder.

Hopefully this picture shows the lovely sheen on the embossed background.

Ribbon, button, and cloud die cuts were added to the card. Also added a mini handcut butterfly. Glitter was used to highlight the butterfly and the heart on the baby wings. Faux stitching was added to the clouds to make it stand out a little more.

I kept the whole background white as I really wanted to show off my little coloured image.

The image is called Butterfly Baby by Krista Smith and is coloured with copics using the no-lines technique. This is my first attempt at colouring this way and seriously I didn't know what I was doing half the time. Not an easy way to colour my friends. Needless to say I went super slow. Thankfully, there is a super talented lady called Zoe from Make it Crafty. I have watched her colouring videos many times before I felt ready to try this awesome colouring technique. Quite a long time later I ended up with this little cutie. I know I have a long way to go before I can colour like Zoe but oh! was I proud of myself. Not bad for a first try. Not bad at all!! If you ignore some wonky bits and squint your eyes then this baby is just perfect...LOL.