More little gals

Having a bit of a creative urge at the moment so have made a few quirky cards. It's quite weird when I get in the "zone" the entire room goes quiet and I can't hear a thing. I think this is part of working on the right side of our brain. It is a great feeling, does anyone else ever zone out when they are creating?

The first little gal has hair made from the Heart to Heart punch. The next one I pleated her skirt with the Scoring board, Argggg very fiddly. The next one I made her overalls and then dropped ink on the waist so had to give her a skirt as well. I actually think she looks really trendy. A happy accident I say. The last one I was making a scallop waistband but it didn't look right so I ended up making it into hot pants. I love her boots.

Here they are completed.Sorry the images are a bit blurred as I had packaged them up before I took the photos.

Then I decided to change tack and make a little lady so here she is too. As you can see I was on a roll.  Not sure I am happy with her but one of the family will appreciate her.

Ideas a plenty...

I love being a Stampin Up demonstrator. We get so much support from other demonstrators and the ideas for projects is never ending. Each month all the Paper Angels get together and discuss new products, events and exchange card ideas. Two of the cards that I saw and loved have now been reproduced and added to my collection.

Notice how the bottom butterfly has been punched out of the Whisper White. Such a cute idea. The card base was made from the In colour, Summer Starfruit. I then added the layer of Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper. I punched out a Summer Starfruit Elegant Butterfly and a Rich Razzleberry Elegant Butterfly. I stamped the sentiment  from the Loving Thoughts  stamp set in Rich Razzleberry. The designer series paper was FREE from the Sale E Bration catalogue.

This one I just love. The dangly stars and hearts are just so cute, don't you think?

Surfie girl

My friend asked me to make a 21st birthday card for her daughter. She wanted something beachy as she is always at the beach surfing. This is what I came up with.

I sanded back some Early Expresso Coordinations to make it look very, very rough. Of course I had to try some more brayering. I made the sun by masking after I had brayered a layer of Daffodill Delight. I then covered the sun and brayered the sky. The water was created by wrapping cotton around the brayer and then loading up with Indigo Blue. I ran it over scrap paper a few times to weaken the strength.The sand was squiggled with the White gel pen along the water's edge.

Next came my little surfer girl. She was made with White gloss card and I brayered it with Pink Pirouette. The surf board was brayered by masking one side and then brayering with Summer Starfruit. I then masked that side and brayered the other side with Primrose Petals. Her hair was cut from sanded Early Expresso coordinations card.

This is what she finally looked like minus the 21 that I added and forgot to photograph. Do you recon she will like it?

More brayer techniques

Here we are with a few more cards using the brayer.

Gloss card brayered with Calypso Coral.
Then brayered from each corner with Old Olive.



Brayer was wrapped in cotton and then loaded with Midnight Muse.
Then brayered over Whisper White card.

Background brayered with Summer Starfruit.
Then masked with ripped post it notes.
Then brayerd with Cajun Craze.

Background brayered and masked.
The top was then bounced with the brayer.
 

What a great day

My day was so full today and now I am so exhausted I can't even drag myself off to bed. BUT what a great day. Started off with a ladies class this morning and made a couple of nice cards. Then a quick lunch and tidy up for the Children's class. Then worked on the Craft and Gift Fair we are  organising for October. Phew can someone carry me to bed.

These are a couple of the cards we made this morning. Really great what you can do with the leftover scraps of DSP. I think I will make a pack of these and use up all my offcuts. Just another reason why Stampin Up card is so good to use, it all coordinates!

The children's class was fun fun fun. We started out with this cute butterfly card and as there was a boy attending he used the dinosaur stamp set.

 

Then we moved on to another butterfly card and of course another dinosaur card.

I was holding back on the fun one for the last card and WOW were they thrilled with it. This little owl was created between peals of laughter as they added funny cross eyes and raised eyebrows. The children are so creative. I love how they put their own personality into the cards.

Here are two of the little munchkins proudly showing off their masterpieces, they sure look happy with them. Not sure what his mother will think of this photo, it's one of his favourite poses.

Oops I forgot to tell you what I used

Cardstock:  Pacific Point, Crumb Cake,Early Expresso, Whisper White, Certainly Celery, First Edition Specialty Paper, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Calypso Coral
Ink: Early Expresso, Marina Mist, Gumball Green, Perfect Plum, So Safron, Wild Wasabi, Pink Pirouette, Bashful Blue
Stamp sets: Dinoroar, Papillion Potpourri
Accessories: Fancy Fan embossing folder, Manhattan Flower embossing folder, organza ribbon
Punches: Postage Stamp, 1" Square punch, Butterfly, Heart to heart,  Small heart,   Build a bird, Curly label
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