DIY Stencil for background colouring

stamp: House-Mouse Design 'Holiday Happy SSCM5009'

others: soft pastel, diy stencil, computer generated sentiment, watercolour pencils

Inspired by Francine's background colouring tutorial, I used deckle scissors to cut out the inner part of square art card and used it as stencil with soft pastel to colour the background of front panel square card. Love her idea of making own stencil! Image was coloured with watercolour pencils and fussy cut out. 

Challenges:

1. HMFMC #414 Anything goes + Option of ADD YELLOW

With love at Christmas

stamp: House-Mouse Design 'Candy Claus', sentiment from Humphrey's Corner 

others: border punch, watercolour pencils, cloud stencil

Use watercolour pencils to colour the image, while the background was created using soft pastel and cloud stencil.  Punch out floral border from white cardstock as added interest.

Challenges:

1. HMFMC #414 Anything goes + Option of ADD YELLOW
2. Stamping Sensation May Challenge
3. We Love Stamping - Vintage or anything goes

 

Scent of flower

stamp: House Mouse Designs mini clear stamp 'POPHM54 Spring flowers: I Am Roses (S10-601 Achillea Cottage, S10M-15 Achillea Cottage White, R5-2 Indian Jasmine Soft Pink), 

Others: Scallop Square dies, Memory Box label die, Martha Stewart Frond punch, Copic

Coloured the image with Copic and die-cut with a rectangle die.  Matted on a purple cardstock die-cut with scallop square. Use soft pastel to colour the white cardstock front.  Added some flowers from I Am Roses and finished it off with sentiment die-cut from Memory Box label die.

Challenges:

1. HMFMC #414 Anything goes + Option of ADD YELLOW
2. Word Art Wednesday - Week#645-646 Anything goes
3. I Am Roses - April Challenge
4. Stamping Sensation May Challenge
5. We Love Stamping - Vintage or anything goes

 

Warm cocoa drink

 

stamp: House-Mouse Design 'Warm Drink HMCV35', 

others: Prismacolor pencil, Olive leaves embossing folder, Martha Stewart Scandinavian Snowflake punch, poinsettia dies

Image was coloured with Prismacolor pencil, burnished with baby oil using Q-tip. Pink cardstock front panel was embossed with an olive leave embossing folder and embellished it with die-cut snowflake and poinsettia flower.

Challenges:

1. Caffeinated Christmas Challenge #29   #caffeinatedchristmascardchallenge  #cccc29 
2. HMFMC #414 Anything goes + Option of ADD YELLOW
3. Word Art Wednesday - Week#645-646 Anything goes
4. Christmas Craft Creation - April Challenge Non-Traditional Colour
5. Stamping Sensation May Challenge
6. We Love Stamping - Vintage or anything goes

Birthday Candles

 

stamp: Birthday Wishes RSC-024, Frantic Stamper Stitched Rounded Rectangles die, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder

Die-cut the image with a rounded rectangle die and coloured with watercolour pencils. The brown cardstock panel was embossed with Swiss Dot embossing folder.

Challenges:

1. HMFMC #414 Anything goes + Option of ADD YELLOW
2. Word Art Wednesday - Week#645-646 Anything goes

Wonderful Day

 

stamp: Spellbinder 'Breezy Day' RSC-026, Crafts-Too die, Frantic Stamper Stitched Rounded Rectangles die, basket weave embossing folder

Die-cut the image with a label die and coloured with watercolour pencils. Embossed the yellow cardstock with basket weave embossing folder for some texture effect. 

Challenges:

1. HMFMC #414 Anything goes + Option of ADD YELLOW
2. Word Art Wednesday - Week#645-646 Anything goes

Hello Snowdrop

stamp: Clearly Besotted-Snowdrops, bricks stencil, oval die, Tim Holtz distress ink (Dusty Concord, Mustard Seed)

Image was stamped onto snippet of watercolour paper, die-cut with the flower die and colour with watercolour. The background of the white card was made using bricks stencil with distress ink.

Challenges:

1. Snippets Playground #479 - anything with snippet
2. Word Art Wednesday - Week#645-646 Anything goes