Miss Pinks Craft Spot

Well the end of May is here..... that means it's time for the crew at Stampers Showcase to give you some inspiration, this months theme: Black & White. As simple as it sounds, when you then try to create a card with only 1 colour of ink, well that can be a challenge, lucky for me I had a BBB delivered on Friday so I had lots of new catalogue goodies to try, and this is what I came up with: I started by stamping the long watercolour image from Artistically Linked across the card, then using a dauber blended the black ink, and blended, and blended..... until I got a nice solid black base to the card. Then to choose scripted or plain text from Biggest Wish for the sentiment, or a mix? Any would work, I finally decided to use scripted font. This design is also great for masculine card, and could also be done in a different colour scheme. I can't wait for you to see all the other inspiration from the new catalogue in the hop today, so why don't you go ahead and click the n...

Hello, today's card is a shout out to my Victorian friends who are currently in a COVID19 lockdown, I hope you're all doing well. The colours and layout for the card are from 2 of my favourite Challenge Blogs: I started by stamping the cocktail glass, carefully applying ink to the top of the "beverage" in Pale Papaya, then Soft Succulent on the bottom, one stamped I coloured to the edge of the glass with the corresponding Stampin' Blend, then coloured the lime wedge and umbrella. After die cutting "Cocktails" I coloured the bottom with the Dark Pale Papaya Blend, and blended towards the top with the light blend. I also added a sentiment to the inside of the card. Here's hoping for a short lockdown, and in the mean time if you need inspiration check out the challenge blogs to get your mojo up and running. Thanks for visiting today, I hope you enjoyed viewing my project. Stay tuned for more inspiration and tips this month.  I’ve listed the products I u...

Hello and welcome the International winners, firstly a want to say to a big thank you to everyone that voted for my project in the International Highlights - I was in the Top 10, so I'm back with another  card. Today I've used the Pierced Blooms Dies to create a lovely floral arrangement, and I've moved from pastels to something a little bolder, HIghland Heather, Magenta Madness, Calypso Coral and Granny Apple Green - bound to brighten someones day! The gorgeous pin hole details on the dies adds so much to the cut images, all that I needed to do was arrange the die cuts and add a sentiment (from the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set). I tend to gravitate to make the focal side of my cards the right when doing arrangements, so for something different I did the arrangement on the right hand side of the card,  To finish I added Matte Black Dots for some bling, still keeping the card clean and bright. Thanks again for your votes, be sure to view the Top 10 participants below for som...