Distress Oxide Flutters

Just a quick post as Sunday has once again run away with me. How is it possible for the weekend to always just disappear? No, I refuse to believe it's just because I spent two three four hours doing a bit of light lettering practice... Yes, I was going to clean the house. Lettering? Cleaning? Don't look me in the eye and tell me you would have picked cleaning! Please, don't tell me if you would...

Hope you had a productive weekend, however you decide to define productive! I created this card which is inspired by the sketch over at CAS(E) This Sketch - I really liked this week's sketch as this is my second go at it. I was also inspired by the Butterfly theme over at CASology. 

Card: 200 gsm white shimmer card, scrap of black card

Stamps: STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2

Stencil: ARTplorations Ethnic Flutter 1

Ink: Distress Oxides, Tsukineko Versafine

Other: Papermania Seafoam White embossing powder, sequins from my stash

STAMPlorations discount code: If you want to save 20% when shopping at the STAMPlorations store you can use the code STAMPGIRLKAROLA at checkout. The discount applies to all normal priced and discounted stamps, stencils and dies. The code cannot be combined with other discount codes.

Things With Wings Blog Hop Reminder 2

It's been a full week since I've shown you some wings - so here we go! This is your second reminder that the STAMPlorations Things With Wings blog hop is still in full swing. I hope you have been enjoying the inspiration so far, we certainly have loved the gorgeous creations in the link-up.

For my third card, I decided to do a whole lot of stamping, masking and fun colouring. The awesome Trendy Butterflies 2 are perfect for colouring with all their beautiful, intricate patterns. I used pretty much all the colours of my Tim Holtz Distress markers when creating this card! Then I simply stamped one of the sentiments from the same stamp set in Versamark on black card and heat embossed in white for a high contrast sentiment. Sometimes it's nice to create something with nothing but one stamp set and some markers, no fancy techniques or tons of equipment. Just you and your markers. So even if you are just getting into crafting and haven't bought very much stuff yet, there are so many options out there. And of course, if you want to do some shopping you can use the discount code STAMPGIRLKAROLA at checkout in the STAMPlorations store for 20% off your purchase!

I'm linking up with the following challenges:

Make My Monday - Embossing Heat or Dry 

The Card Concept - Fresh Flutters (style: clean and simple)

Time Out - Inspiration image

Card: 250 gsm white smooth card, scrap of black card

Stamps: STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2

Ink and colouring: Tsukineko Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Markers

Other: Papermania Seafoam White Embossing Powder

STAMPlorations discount code: If you want to save 20% when shopping at the STAMPlorations store you can use the code STAMPGIRLKAROLA at checkout. The discount applies to all normal priced and discounted stamps, stencils and dies. The code cannot be combined with other discount codes. If you have any questions or problems, just let me know!

April STAMPlorations CAS Challenge - Anything Goes With Pastel

New month - new CAS challenge! Welcome to April and to our "Any Pastel Colour" STAMPlorations CAS challenge. As usual the colour twist is an option, if you don't want to go with the colour twist you can still link up as long as your card is CAS. 

For my card this time, I started by creating a subtle background by sponging pastel Distress Inks through the ARTplorations Dots All Over stencil. I die cut the butterfly using CUTplorations Flutter Zen 2 Layering Dies from a piece of watercolour card that I created by watercolouring pastel Distress Inks. Then I die cut the intricate top for the butterfly from white card. After adding the butterfly to the card I stamped the sentiment from STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2. Sometimes all you need are a few dots and a really intricate butterfly!

I'm linking up with the following challenges:

Curtain Call - Speckled

Happy Little Stampers CAS - Blend

Card: 250 gsm white card, 300 gsm watercolour paper

Ink and colouring: Tim Holtz Distress inks, Tsukineko Versafine Tuxedo Black

Stamps: STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2

Stencils: ARTplorations Dots All Over

Dies: CUTplorations Flutter Zen 2 Layering Dies