Made in Moments

I thought that I would make a card for the challenge at AAA Cards.

I didn't exactly time myself making this, but it was quite quick. It would have been slightly quicker if I had stuck to my original idea of using a die cut for the sentiment, but once cut, I realised that it was way too big for the composition. SO back to the drawing board and a quick computer generated sentiment tailored to the die I wanted to use to mount it. 

I make my computer sentiments in Word and if I set the zoom to 105%, the size I see on my screen is the exact size of a sheet of A4. SO if I write the sentiment, hold the die I want to use against the screen, I can see if it will create the effect I'm after. The size I see, is the size it will be printed.

Just Us Girls - Summer

Final butterfly card

Here is my third and final card for the CAS Watercolour challenge this month. I've had great fun with this challenge and have tried all sorts of things which didn't work and a few that did!

For this one I cut a large Memory Box Butterfly  from card and once I had taken out all the little insert bits, I put it back into the card I had cut it from, to use as a stencil! I then tapped a few colours of Brushos over it and sprtized liberally with water... probably a bit too much but I still quite like the effect... and I have a fab, messy bit of paper towel to use for another project!!!!

I simply added a bunch of sequins randomly over the image, cut it down to size and mounted it with a stitched die cut frame. The sentiment is from MFT.

Bubbles

Here is a stamp set from Stamping Bella which just makes me smile! Who doesn't enjoy blowing a bubble or two?

I thought it would be perfect for a few challenges!

Just Us Girls - Summer

Addicted to CAS Bubble

Time Out - Relaxation

I gently coloured the chicks and bubbles with Copics and added a little clear Wink of Stella to the bubbles. I actually had to add a couple more bubbles after my first placement, as the composition was slightly off centre. I added one tiny bubble and somehow manage to get a blob of ink on the card in the process so had to add another bubble to cover that!

Bright butterflies

I have been playing around with all sorts of messy things today trying to come up with a design for a couple of challenges.

CAS Watercolour - Colourful Butterflies

And the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch

I saw a video on YouTube where a piece of card was daubed with Distress inks, spritzed with water and then embossing paste added through a stencil. I did this and added a dusting of Gold Glamour Dust over it, but the butterfly I had used was huge and the whole thing looked gaudy. I decided to use what I had made in a rather different way than planned and cut out a couple of small butterflies from this huge butterfly using Sizzix dies, adding gold bodies and feelers. I think they look quite cute  and fitted well with the CAse this Sketch sketch! The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted.

I was running out of embossing paste and so decided to try my hand at making some. It worked reasonably well but was a matt finish so I shall have to work out what to do to add a little shine or lustre.
Dies R US Bright Colours