Inlaid dies

I have been fascinated by die-cutting from the first time I saw it demonstrated in a Paper Mill shop many years ago. I love the finish the cut gives and love to discover new ways of using dies. Inlaying them was a technique I found quite some time ago and is great for keeping cards fairly flat for posting!

This fab Memory Box tree was cut from smooshed card and then the trunk was inked with some Distress ink after  cutting. The  base panel was cut with an MFT square stitched die and extended by part-cutting from each end to make a rectangle,

The sentiment is from Hero Arts cut with a Framelit extended rectangle.

It's for Addicted to CAS

Time Out with Kim

The current Challenge at Time Out is to take inspiration from a card by the talented Kim!

Here is my card taken from this inspiration

It's a fairly close 'take off'. I stamped the  Stamploration flowers with Versamark and embossed in white. I then coloured them with pink and yellow watercolour pencils over a white base layer, (I believe it's called the Black Magic technique) adding a little Glamour Dust at the end.

The sentiment is part of the 'Pawesome' die from SSS with the 'p' removed and a little twinkle added!

Less is More - Sketch 4

This week at "Less is More" our challenge is a sketch. My first card is basically a one layer card... details are on the LIM blog.

As our challenge is dedicated to all things Clean and Simple... we have a very simple sketch.

I have made three cards for this week's challenge, these first two began with a masked and inked strip which has been further adorned with stamping. This one also uses a Glitz it Now background (text) stamp over the band and Inkylicious flourishes with a Papermania birdcage. 

The chain on the birdcage is quite short and as I don't like to see disembodied objects on cards, with a little masking, I managed to stamp some extensions to the chain to make it reach the edge of the card. 

The sentiment is from Personal Impressions.

The last one uses the Black Magic technique, details of how to do this are on the "Less is More" blog.

I've just had a couple of days looking after my grandchildren... thinking about my state of tiredness now, it makes you realise why nature intends you to have children when you're young!

Have a lovely weekend, I'll be off helping to look after my brother-in-law who has just a had a second hip replacement operation.