ME and me- watercolour birthdays

Hi Everyone!

Hope you all are well- today I am participating in a challenge that I have never done before- the Mama Elephant and me challenge!

So without further a do, here is my card!

I inked up my new Summer Garden Stamp set from ME and SSS, and stamped the flower images in Hero Hues black ink (which is waterproof). I did the same with the sentiment (from SSS). I then used some of my ink pads and an aqua brush to add a watercolour wash over the flowers. 

I added a few flicks of colour with the brush, added a few clear sequins and adhered the card panel onto a black card base, and that was my card all done!

hope you likey!

Preeya

Make it Monday #174- Diamond Stamped Wallpaper- take two!

Hi everyone,

As promised, here is my second card for this challenge- Using the 'Happy Harlequin' Stamp set from PTI. It is just perfect to create a diamond stamped wallpaper….Probably because the set contains DIAMOND shapes in various patterns (duh). 

This card is slightly different to my usual style- I almost always base my card on a white front panel and then work from there. It is heavily inspired by one of the PTI design team members…can you guess which one?

 If you, like me, are a PTI fan- it won't take to long to dawn on you… (*cough*).

Alright, enough of that. Lets have a look see:

As it is not my usual style, it took me a while to like it. But as I added the sentiment strip and the gems, it grew on me, and I really like it now. Very inspired to try this card out using other colour combinations.

Hope you likey!

Pree.

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Make it Monday- Diamond Wallpaper Stamping

Hi Everyone!


I am participating in the latest Make-it-Monday Challenge over on Nichole Heady's blog. This week Ashley Cannon newell shared a diamond stamped wallpaper. Now, I don't know why I forgot that I own the Happy Harlequin stamp set (which is pretty much made for this technique!) but I did. And so I had to be creative and try and come up with a stamp that I could use to create this design. So I went with that little row of teardrops in the 'Happiness in Bloom' set (which is one of my all time favourite floral sets). So here is my card :)

I was pretty happy with the way this little number turned out- What do you think? I may get some time tonight to have a play with my Happy Harlequin set and I'll probably create another card for this challenge a little later on. Thanks for stopping by!


Preeya

Make it Monday #173

Is it really the 173rd MIM??? That's just crazy.

I was super excited when I saw this weeks challenge- couldn't WAIT to try it out. However, I did not have many PTI sets that were outline images. But then i thought, the same technique would work for solid imges. I'd just stamp off once before laying down the original image, and then go over it with water colours. And so, my card is really a mash up between this card by Maile Belles and this card by Jennifer McGuire. How can it go wrong?!

This card makes me happy happy happy! I love watercolour and I love rainbows, and I love love LOVE the wet paint stamp sets from PTI… And I love that I splashed some paint onto the panel by accident, and it was a no-stress event. 'Cause all I did was go and splash some more paint on so the first two splashes weren't so lonely!

Here's a better look at all those pools of watercolour-y goodness :)

Hope you likey :)

Pree

Virginia's View - Die Cutting Challenge

A really quick post everyone! This is just a quick entry into the lovely Virginia's View Challenge on die cutting. I have had a very busy month, and have had many ideas in my head as to what to for with this challenge, and with the limited crafty time I have had, I wanted to try out this technique that I saw…ooooh I can't remember for the life of me where!!! But here is my card- and if I find the link to where I got the inspiration from, i will post it later.

It's a simple card- maybe a little too simple…But I thought I may let the technique just shine through. I first stamped the sentiment the main cardbase (which was lightly inked in blue). Then, I stamped The same sentiment on a piece of patterned paper, which I die cut with the SSS big you die. I also cut the 'you' out of some bermuda bay cardstock and stacked the die cuts up on each other for added dimension. Then I adhered it all together, making sure I lined up the sentiment on both the card and the die cut.

There it is! I hope you likey!

Pree

Papertrey May Blog Hop Challenge

Hey everyone,

It has been a long time between posts, but it has been a long time between cards for me! We went away to New Zealand on the 1st of May, and got back on the 9th. Since then, it has been crazy, just unpacking three suitcases (gotta learn to pack light), doing loads of washing, planning and executing a two year old's rainbow-themed birthday party for forty people (self-catered, with help from Mum and in-laws)..and so you can imagine my creative energy- it is ready to explode! I have only just made my first card today in….I dunno, a month?! I thought I heard angels sing as I lifted the lid on my Pool Party ink pad.


I am entering this into the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop  for this month which asked us to make something using the colours Aqua and Melon. What a sensational colour combo! So here is my card:

I stamped the flowers from Happiness in Bloom in some Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe and Calypso Coral inks (all SU! inks). The sentiment is from Over Under Easy, mounted on black cardstock and embossed in Liquid Platinum embossing powder from Ranger. Then I added some enamel dots from Doodlebug.

I am sharing some pics from my holiday and of my little girl's birthday party.

 We went on a tour of the Hobbiton set that was used in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Hobbit movies. Hubby was in nerdy LOTR heaven. That Peter Jackson in a perfectionist and a genius!

 My hubby and his cousin after they completed the Rotorua marathon.

 A morning at the beach with Eva and her great aunt

Soaking in a hot pool that we dug out ourselves at Hot Water Beach on NZ's Coromandel Coast.

You just rock up to this beach at low tide and start digging wherever you feel the warmth beneath your feet, pretty soon your little hole starts filling with hot spring water (I'm talking 60-64 degrees C- that's like 140F!!!) You have to try and get some other cooler beach water in there just so you can sit in it- or you'll blanche your bum! hahaha!!! An absolutely amazing spot on this planet! 

And now onto our last weekend's rainbow birthday party for little Miss 2

 The cake and dessert table

 Hub, bub and me.

 That cake! Thanks to my Mom-in-law- a.k.a the Dessert Queen.

I hope you likey,

Preeya