Thursday Trio - In The Moment scene...

Here are some more of my cards using the triple combination of the Grassy Grove die-cut, New Horizons papers and In The Moment stamps... 

This first one also combines Paper Piecing for the shirt... with Baby Wipe Swoosh (or Swipe) for the background

Whereas the other 2 have the images coloured using Stampin Blends alcohol markers... and have a sheet of the New Horizons as the background...

All on a Simple Diorama card that can be used for all occasions... Click HERE for the card tutorial...

All just so.... peaceful...

And do be sure to have a close look at the images... as my trusty Paper Snips scissors have been busy cutting away parts of the images I didn't want on these occasions...

Beautiful You & Mediterranean Moments

Another Watercolor Pencil masterpiece! Built up from the same Shimmer White sized stamping panel & mat  - and using the Paper Piecing technique for the girl... as explained yesterday...

This Beautiful You girl was stamped... then masked... and then the scene stamped over... all using black Staz On...

And then I had to laugh at myself... as my dislike/inability? of colouring quickly evaporated....

I started off with a wash of grey for the road and sepia for the rest (aka Basic Gray and Early Espresso pencil & water Aqua painted off a plastic sheet again as explained here) And I intended to stop there...

Then I just thought I would add the Old Olive greenery...

Then came the Real Red pencil dot geraniums...

And then I just carried on... bit of sky... pots & lamps... bridges & window frames... drainpipes and fascias... all became more & more defined as I lost myself in the scene... And the moment!!

And here are the two cards together...

Can't wait to show you my next Mediterranean Moment!!! Which I am in the middle of... And I really must finish my Lovely as a Tree series first!!!

Beautiful You - Dancer on Beach...

A card to celebrate mothers everywhere today.... as it is Mother's Day in the UK....

Simple card with a Shimmery White A7 panel (7.4 x 10.5cm)... so you get 8 from an A4 piece of card to maximise your card useage! Pool Party 7.9x11cm mat.

Beautiful You images & greeting stamped in black Staz On...

Skirt, top of hat and umbrella paper pieced using Pool Party papers in the Subtles paper stack ...

Watercolor pencil & Aqua Painter wash of the sea (in Bermuda Bay) and the sky (in Pacific Point). Click here for more explanation of how to do the wash...

Rest of colouring done with watercolor pencils - T-shirt coloured with Bermuda Bay and skin with a light touch of Calypso Coral

Can't believe this is my first use of Beautiful You!! Love it....

Another Great Year… Another Happy Birthday Card… Another WWWU Challenge

Another week… and another fab Team challenge set by Julie Wade … this time for gold & black… so I had a good play with the fabulous Another Great Year stamp set – along with Gold, Basic Black.. and Very Vanilla.  All simple centre step cards…still loving these!

Oh… and don’t miss this weeks’  Weekly Deals information posted earlier today…..

The first one is  stamped in black Staz On… first onto a Very Vanilla panel and then onto Gold Foil sheet. Gold foil one cut out, paper pieced and the words coloured in using a white Signo gel pen. Few sequins added from the Sequin trim… bit of matting… and there it is…

Second one is  gold embossed… first onto a Very Vanilla panel and then onto Basic Black. Black one cut out, paper pieced and the words coloured in using a white Signo gel pen. Few sequins added from the Sequin trim… a bit of panel embossing…a bit more matting… and there it is…

The third – and last one -  is  stamped in black Staz On… first onto a Gold Foil panel and then onto Very Vanilla. Very Vanilla one cut out, paper pieced and the words coloured in using a Basic Black marker pen. Lipstick & nail varnish created using the Making a Point stamp set images onto Gold Foil & Basic Black… bit of matting… and there it is…

And here are the three together…. Which one do you prefer??

And another version of this card tomorrow…. for a Teen Boy!! Guess who is 15 in this house tomorrow!!!? Can’t believe it is 15 years…. really can’t…

Stampin᾿ Up! Supplies

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Another Great Year	Making A Point - Wood-Mount Stamp	Gold Foil Sheets	Gold Sequin Trim
Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen	Jet Black Stazon Pad	Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker	Basic Black A4 Card Stock
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock	Versamark Pad	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder	Heat Tool - Uk Plug
Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder