Sue's Inky Fingers

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

More Hydrangeas

I'm back with a couple more cards featuring the Essentials by Ellen Mondo Hydrangea.

For the first card I white embossed the image on watercolour paper and coloured it with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I'm still in the experimental stages with these markers.

The Simon Says Stamp mom die cut was layered four times with red card stock with the final layer being watercolour paper. I just love the pretty script of this die.

I put liquid adhesive around the edges of the panel and sprinkled with Distress Rock Candy Glitter and added a few Nuvo Crystal Drops.

For the second card I gold embossed the image on watercolour paper and used Gansai Tambi Watercolors. I had wanted to make a pastel card but my watercolouring had some issues so I went back with darker layers and sort of made a mess of it and had to add more watercolouring and ended up with this bloom. I was going to pitch it but I thought someone out there might like it.

I ran my panel with the Essentials by Ellen Stitches Cover Plate on the top corner for some added interest and finished off with a gold die cut sentiment.

I'm entering this card for Ellen Hutson's March Pin-Sights Challenge here. Loving the jewel tones in this colour palette!

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Monday, April 9, 2018

Happy Birthday Simon Says

The Wednesday Challenge Blog at Simon Says Stamp is turning 9 years old! Wow, how time flies!

I needed to make a masculine birthday card so I pulled out a sheet of Lawn Fawn plaid paper and created a background piece for the window using alcohol inks.

Very simple design, which I tend to use for masculine cards. I don't know about you, but I find them difficult to make. Though I rebelled a bit and added one sequin.

That's it from me today.

Happy Birthday Simon Says!

Thursday, April 5, 2018

I'm Back!

I took a few months off from blogging and am now back with my first crafty post of the year!

I have been totally smitten with the Essentials by Ellen Mondo Hydrangea since it came out and finally got my hands on the stamp set.

I gold embossed the flower twice on watercolor paper and used Peerless Watercolors on them. For a little contrast the sentiment was die cut from 3 layers of black card stock and and a top layer from gold card stock.

To finish I flicked on gold paint and added a few pearls. I have a couple more hydrangea cards in the works and hope to have them done in a couple of days!

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Simon Says Stamp Mood Board

I'm stopping by today with a card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog and this week there's a fall mood board.

I couldn't resist making a leafy card for the challenge.

The Poppystamps Maple Leaf is covered with gilding flakes.

The panel the leaf is adhered to is embossed with a Taylored Expressions Weathered Embossing Folder. I then tapped Versamark along the edges, sprinkled on gold embossing powder and heat set.

The sentiment is from the Neat and Tangled Oak Leaf stamp set and is black heat embossed on vellum and wrapped around the panel.

I finished off by rounding two of the corners on the card base.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

World Card Making Day

Hello everyone, it's been a while since I posted but life sometimes gets a little crazy, right?

I have a card today I made for World Card Making Day.

I finally got a chance to play with the beautiful Emma Stamp from Simon Says Stamp. This is such a pretty and elegant design! I embossed the image in Brass Embossing Powder from Hero Arts onto water colour paper. I spritzed the paper with water and then added Ken Oliver Color Burst in Merlot and let it do its magic. I love all the separation of the different pigments in this colour!

The colours are a little darker than I would like for a wedding card but I didn't want to mess around with after it was dry so I left it as is.

I added a die cut sentiment and one black gem to finish the card.

I'm submitting this card for the Simon Says Stamp World Card Making Day Challenge found here.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Gilded Butterfly

Here's a little peek at my card that's up at Poppystamps!

Stop by the blog here to see all of the details!

Happy crafting!

Saturday, June 24, 2017

Ragged Daisy

Hi everyone! I have a sweet floral card up over at Poppystamps.

Please stop by the blog here to see all the info on the card!

Happy crafting!

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Rainbow Wishes

Hello crafty friends! I'm popping by today to let you know that Poppystamps has a new challenge starting today called Rainbow Wishes. Everyone loves a rainbow, right?

When I think of rainbows I definitely think of Distress Inks so I pulled out some colours to create a bright inky background. Then I die cut the Stitched Bloom Trio flowers from the background and also die cut them twice from black card stock for each flower so I could adhere the three layers of flower together, two black layers and the inked layer. I then fitted the flowers back into the background like puzzle pieces.

I white heat embossed the sentiment onto a Stitched Tunnel Tag that was cut from white card stock and inked with Distress Candied Apple so it would match the red in the background.

I added a few vellum leaves behind the tags and added a bow to finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. The Poppystamps Rainbow Wishes Challenge lasts until the end of June and a random winner will receive a gift certificate from Poppystamps. Stop by the blog here for all the challenge details and to see the other rainbow projects created by the design team.

Have a great day!