Mothers' Day card (I know it's late)

Just a quick post to show you the Mothers' Day card I made for my MIL. I CASEd a card from Karolyn Loncon (below) and loved the effect of the tilted panel and the mass of roses.

I wanted, though, to try out my Ken Oliver's Color Burst colours using a stencil. So I dug out Tim Holtz's Scribbles Layered Stencil and used it along with Lemon Yellow and Alizarin Crimson. It was cool to see the touches of orange and pale pink that appeared on the panel. 

Because the stencil is more narrow than the background stamp Karolyn used, I ended up with the left side not covering the edge of the card blank. To make it look like it was meant to be like this, I faux-stitched with a black multi-liner around all of the edges

I love the "Happy" sentiment die cut that was popped up using multiple layers of pink cardstock and just offset to create a shadow. It comes from Hero Arts Happy Stamp and Cut set. As does the stamped sentiment.

The butterfly (that happened to be my MIL's favourite bit) is a Kaisercraft cutting die. 

Anyway, thanks for visiting. See you soon.

Love,

Janelle

Inktense colouring for Mother's Day

Hello to all. 

A belated Happy Mother's Day to everyone. I had a lovely weekend (I'm greedy - I don't just have a single day! :) ) On the Saturday, my husband took us to the Gold Coast's Jupiter's Casino and we saw the stage show "The Ultimate Vegas Show" which was very well done; and then we followed it up with dinner. On the Sunday, my son gave me a gorgeous little snow globe and a poem he'd written himself; and I had a day of lazing around and being pampered. The next day, I followed up with lunch with one of my sisters and my Mum. Thoroughly cool!!!

I'm posting the Mother's Day card I made for my mum, that is very similar to a card I made as part of one of my commissions for Simply Cards.

I stamped with a Dylusions stamp set "Fancy Florals" and then coloured with my Inktense pencils. To finish off, I went mad with some green sequins and a bow with two shades of twine. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn and is a nice departure from the standard "Happy Mother's Day" one. (The real truth was that my craft room was temporarily blocked off and that was the closest stamp set I could access. ha!)

I wanted the colours to be big and vibrant and, going with the style of the stamps, not realistic at all - so I only did some slight shading in the background. I tried to get an even finish with the water brushing, but on waterpaper that is naturally slightly rough, it's very difficult to get perfect.

Anyway, I'm off to do some shaped cards now, so I'll post again soon.

Bye,

Janelle

Scrapbook Boutique Challenge instead

Last night I was too late for this week's Muse Challenge, so I have decided to enter my card into this month's Scrapbook Boutique Challenge instead, as it fits into its criteria as well.

The Scrapbook Boutique stimulus photos always make my mouth water, and this month was no different. Such a pretty collection of colours! The blue, pink and cream (or in my case, yellow) flowers match in with my card. The dots on the cakes are reflected by the rhinestones.

Anyway, I'm off to make my husband's 50th birthday card - no ideas yet!

Bye for now,
Janelle

Muse Challenge #14 - late again!

Another quick post today with an entry into the Muse Challenge for this week.  However I've just missed it by 1 minute. Nothing like leaving things to the last moment! Shame on me!

The card of inspiration was created by Virginia Lu and was such a fresh and vibrant card that I just wanted to create something similar. So while I've used the same sketch, colours and flower motif, I think that my card still looks individual as I've also added the ribbon and bow, as well as the diamantes around the masked circle.

I used a number of stamp sets including Annabelle Stamps Daisy Delight and Designer Flower sets, and Marianne Design Collectables.

Anyway, that's all for now.
Janelle