Wednesday, 29 July 2015

'Dancing Dave' Birthday Card.





Hello! Hope everyone is OK. The weather outside the window for the past few days reminded me more of autumn season than summer with loads and loads of rain and wind! So been trying to snuggle at home with a warm cup of beverage and sitting cozy in the bed. Unfortunately my kitty cat has been poorly and for the past 3 days had been receiving an ongoing treatment from the Vet. 


Here at Oddball Stamps we are having a monthly challenge reminder for the 'Die Cuts' challenge. There is still time to take part as the challenge will not close until middle of August.  


I made this lovable and cute robot card for a family members Birthday and tried making it more masculine. Not sure I succeeded to full extend but I love it.  If you fancy having a go at creating similar project using this whimsical digital stamp from sweet Lizzy Love you can find him here. 


I used Mojo Mondays challenge for the layout of the card but had only trimmed the front page.  wanted the card to be quite simple so only used papers from one collection. Even the vines are die cutted from the same paper pack. At the end I just added a blue flower and finished off the card. 







I am entering my card into following challenges:


Mojo Monday - sketch challenge 408
The Craft Barn Weekly challenge - clean and simple.


Take care everyone and let's hope we will have a sunny day here in UK today !

Wednesday, 22 July 2015

Elsa the piggy card.



So I just looked at Oddball Art Stamps etsy store and had instantly fallen in love with this little piggy. I mean how can you not? If you are interested you can purchase her  here.


I used several techniques to finish this creation starting with embossing hearts background. Unfortunately the powder was quite old and with some remnants of other colours hence the lack of clear image. I coloured Elsa with my Promarkers using shades of pink:  Antique pink, Baby pink, Dusky pink and Pale blossom. For the hooves I used Tan and Sunkissed pink. For the bow I used Duck egg and Cadet Blue and the little heart with Poppy and Red. I used some white marker to highlight some areas and the whole image was treated with clear Wink of Stella. 




I used Ranger's Peeled Pain distress ink to colour the top part of the background as I based my layout on Mojo Monday's sketch challenge. With a little damp paper towel I wiped the excess of the embossed hearts. I cut the strip and the bottom of the background out of pattern paper and adhered to the card. I mounted the image on another dark cardstock attaching it to the rest of the card. The flowers were also coloured with Promarkers and the highlights and shimmer were added before glueing them into the card. The last step was to add the rhinestones to the flowers and the card was ready.  


Here are the challenges I am putting this card into: 







Hope you enjoy the card as much as I had fun making it!



Other links:



Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Starla Jones mixed media page.



Recently we received bad news concerning a passing of a close family member. I have been so upset I felt no joy in crafting. But now I decided there was a time to pick myself up and this sentiment made my smile. 

Jump to Oddball Stamps blog page and take a look at this months challenge: Die Cuts. 

I used Dylusion sprays for the background with ghost masking technique. Afterwards added gold stain paint by Ranger to create the the brick effect . Afterwards added the digi stamp ( I used my pro markers to colour the image) with the stars die cutting them and glueing into the paper. Unfortunately I had not planned my sentiment too well and had to squeeze the words for the quote. At the end I used wink of Stella to add a bit of shimmer to the page.







I used a digi stamp from the amazing Lizzy Love. You can find this stamp here.  Have a loot at her amazing Oddball Arts Stamp shop on Etsy. 

I am adding this page to the following challenges.

The Craft Barn - Words.

Monday, 1 June 2015

Ellie and Tippy!

Hi guys! I had been so not organized recently it's just so not me!!!! I even failed to do my DT work for the challenges this month and it had really made me sad and disappointed in myself! Will try to get out from that state but find it so hard to motivate myself at the moment.


Anyway here is my card for my nephews Birthday using Ellie and Tippy digital stamp from our challenge sponsor Beccy's Place. 






You can find the image here. The price is 3 digis or 1 digi set to one randomly picked winner! Pop in and take part!



Monday, 11 May 2015

Midori dashboards

Recently I have been obsessed with my Fauxdori and making dashboards and inserts for the notebook. I have been asked by several people to paint them some too. Here are few pics of how the images look like. Its quite whimsical but I just love this kawaii style.



Saturday, 9 May 2015

Oddball Art Stamps challenge reminder.

HI! I know this post is so so late and I just need to apologize for this.  Life has been hectic recently with job, course work and home things. But hopefully all is on the mend.  Oddball Art Stamp still has ongoing challenge on the blog so pop in and see whats happening there you can find the blog here.

For the reminder I did this card for my Mother for the Mother's Day. In Polish tradition it is always celebrated on the 26th of May so I will be posting her shortly. I had so much fun colouring and making this card. The sentiment can be loosely translated to : 'On Mother's day ... I wish you can just relax'.  I hope she will like it!





Friday, 1 May 2015

May's challenge at Crafts Galore Encore Challenges.

Hello! April is gone and May just turned up on our doorstep. Crafts Galore Encore have another fabulous challenge for you sponsored by amazing Oak Pond Creations. Here is the Etsy Store for great digital images.


My entry for the DT challenge is this fun card using the digi stamp from the store. Love the colours and the little big makes me smile!
Come over to Crafts Galore Encore blog and take part in this great 'Anything goes for May' challenge especially as the prize is.... 3 digi stamps of the winners choice. Good luck!