William Morris Inspired

How could I pass on this brilliant theme at Frilly and Funkie. I have loved William Morris designs ever since I was a child, when one weekend we visited a Country House ( we were avid National Trust Members) and this particular house had the Strawberry Thief wallpaper in the snooker room- such a vivid memory. I remember being wowed by the fact that the wallpaper design had a name- lol and when I saw the design I just loved the colours and depth of design.
William Morris was such an inspiration in his time, and I'm always inspired by how he did things his way, returning to the "old methods" of production when the world just wanted to "advance". Still relevant to today.
But enough of that- here's my card inspired by the Strawberry Thief of course :-)

Using a piece of patterned paper by K and Co, which must of been in my stash for years. I've then sponged with distress inks, Peeled  Paint and Tea Dye. Stamped using stamps from 2 Stampin' Up sets- Nature Walk and Clearly For You.

I hope you'll all having a good start to the week.

Floriculture Blues

Here's a card I've made using the challenge this week over at Still addINKtive- sketch and colour challenge- you can use one or both parts of the challenge how cool is that?

I decided my Mojo was a little down, and I loved this Colour Combo, so I inked up my Floriculture stamps, from Rogue Redhead Designs (they really don't see enough ink).

I've masked, then sponged and stamped the top part of the card with Pool Party and Island Indigo. I've added a torn strip of Cherry Cobbler cardstock and twine and the sentiment also stamped in Cherry Cobbler. I then added the ribbon, and punched a small scallop circle, folded it in half and a tiny jewelery tag.
I love how it's turned out.

Valentine Case Study

Well this is my third and last post for today, gotta love the holidays combined with a creative burst :-)

I can't remember the last time I played along at Case Study, but today's the day. There's some real pretty Valentine inspiration from the current muse Amerber Kemp-Gerstel and the rest of the Team.
This is my take on her pretty heart card.

Have a great monday.

Valentines at Craft Room

It's our first challenge of 2013 over at Craft room challenge, and it's time for Valentine's. The talented  Nikki's chosen our first theme, please make sure you check out all the DT stunning work.

For my card, I've gone back to an old style of card I used to make- sponging and collaging my own stamps. Feels like ages since I made a card like this :-) I've used a Stampin' Up set Affection Collection to create the background on the card stock layers. I sponged using Victorian Velvet and stamped some images with that ink and some with Tea Dye. My main image is from Gecko Galz.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Crafty Individuals, they have a cool new website and some great new stamp sets available so make sure you check them out.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

I'm entering my card over at Simon says Stamp and Show- where the theme is Embrace the Old. My card is vintage style made in my old style which it's been ages since I created like this :-)

O Come Let us Adore Him

I've steadily working on my Christmas craft list, here's one of the Christmas cards I've made this weekend. I've embossed the image with black and a little glitter and then sponged the sky. 

I love the sentiments from this Stampin' Up! Set as it reminds me of singing carols in church when I was at school :-)

I'm entering this over at Just Add Ink where their theme Music.

Tic Tock

Gosh, where does the time go? This last fortnight has just sped by for me. It's Suzanne's turn to chose our challenge at Craft Room Challenge. She's chosen Clocks, just make sure that a time piece is someone on your creation :-)

It's been a while since I did any collage stamping, which is one of my fav things to do. For my card, I collaged using our sponsors Crafty Individuals stamps CI-333. I love this stamp, I embossed it with gold, masking the Clock (a retired Stampin' Up! set) both to the side and above. I then added some more stamps using those generous freebies that Crafty Individuals send when you order off them :-) Some Gold butterflies and bling and it's ready to go.

This is such a fun theme, with heaps of possibilities can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Tropical Summer

Here's my latest card for Gecko Galz, you should check out the site before the end of August, as there's a current special offer. Gecko Galz has also gone Cyber, with Pinterest, Facebook, Etsy and Twitter :-)

For my tropical Summer card I've used one of the new release collage Beach Babe images and then created a scene with some simple masking and sponging and adding some stamps from Gina K. Some paper, hessian and twine from my stash.

I'm entering this card over at Simon says Stamp and Show where they're asking us to share our favourite techniques. Which for me, is creating scene cards with masking and sponging and stamping 

:-)

Deco Birthday Set

Here's my first creation using Nature Notes the New Release at Rogue Redhead Designs which is currently on sale for just US$12!!!

I just love how it's modern and vintage looking all at once!

For more details please pop over to the RRD Blog

Vintage India

This is my first post as a Gecko Galz Design Team member :-) I've created a trio of cards with the theme of vintage travel, using the newly available Vintage Travel Collage sheets.

To create the card, I've embossed in gold directly onto the card stock, to create the background I've stamped and gold embossed in various colours and then sponged. I've added some trim from Granny's Stash and mounted the India Vintage Travel poster onto to Glitter card stock.

Details: All Cardstock, inks and stamps are Stampin' Up! The Vintage Travel collage sheets are available from Gecko Galz.

I will be posting the next 2 cards from my trio over the next week.

See you Then

Debi x

Friendship Challenge

It's time for another challenge at Craft Room Challenge, and we have a great prize for this challenge offered by Crafty Individuals.

This gorgeous heart set.

The theme of this challenge is Friendship. I've made an 8 x 8 Layout. I started with a piece of Whisper White cardstock and went from there, sponging, masking, stamping and spritzing :-) This page is a sneek peek part of a special book I'm making for  a special lady, still a few days until she sees it- so shhhhhh :-)

I'll be showing more pages over the next few weeks.

Debi x

Sepia Thank You

I've needed a few Thank You Cards this week, here's one of them. I've created this in my absolute favourite way. I've taken a whole heap of my fav  stamps and collaged and sponged to create a unique card.

Details:

Stamps: Milner Misses (RRD). Stampers Anonymous- Shabby French, Stampin Up! (SU)- Various.
Colour Combo: Red and Brown.
Inks: SU, Smooch.
Cardstock: all SU.

I'm entering this card into the Bit of Brown Challenge over at Simon Says Stamp and Show
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Debi x

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is my Dad's birthday, he's lives in England and so birthdays can be tricky times, so as a surprise for when he next checks my blog - This post is for him x

I've created this tropical scene for his card, using post it notes, sponges, markers and inks. The stamp set is from Gina K Designs. The inks and markers are Stampin' Up. I've added a little bit of organza ribbon and matted with Hessian to continue the tropical feel.

I'm entering this card into Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge, the theme is Anything Goes.

Happy Birthday Dad !!!!!

Debi xxx

Seaside Tag

I've created this tag for the Reader Art Quest 1 over at Unruly Paper Arts. Where they're asking us to use our sponges.

Starting with a Manila tag I've masked and sponged to create the background, I've then stamped the 2 children on separate cardstock, colour them with Prismacolor pencils, and popped them on the tag with dimensional foam, add some seashells and ribbon and we're done.

Debi x