Paper Panache

just because

13 June 2016

Hello Friends!

I have a CAS card to share with you all today featuring a couple of images from the set Birthday Blessings and a sentiment from Tiny Textures by Gina K. Designs. I added a splatter image from Distress Patterns by MFT Stamps. I also did a bit of water coloring with my Zig Real Color Brush Markers .

I had the pleasure of meeting Gina and her husband Tom at their new store Village Paper and Ink located in Greendale Wi., just on the outskirts of Milwaukee this past weekend. It's only a 40 minute drive from my home. She will be setting up card classes in the next few weeks and I plan on signing up for a few. Hey, what could be more fun than hanging out with Gina, right? She also films her Stamp TV at the same location. Looking forward to it!

You can find a pic of Gina and myself below. Her husband was kind enough to snap one of us.

Take care!

Hugs ~ Rema

-CHALLENGES-

Game #66 - Watercolours

CFC149 -- Florals

House Of Cards - End of Term Blog Hop + Prizes!

Creative Friday - Challenge # 155 Flowers

12 June 2016

Good morning and a happy Sunday to you all!

This week at Christmas Card Challenges we would like to see your interpretation of our word prompt religious.

Here is my take featuring the set Stained Glass by Papertey Ink.

I heat embossed the image and sentiment with gold embossing powder and colored it with my Zig Real Clean Brush Markers.

We hope to see you in our gallery. Stop by and see what the DT has created!

Hugs ~ Rema

11 June 2016

Good morning all!

I recently purchased the Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 color set of water colors and I am very pleased with them. I own many water color sets including pencils, markers, gelatos, crayons and distress but I have to say thus far these are my favorite at the moment. They are so creamy and they make the most awesome backgrounds.

I created this card for the current CAS(E) this Sketch challenge featuring Sweet Succulents by MFT Stamps. I added a splatter image from their set Distress Patterns and finished it off with a couple of enamel dots.

Have a super weekend!

Rema

Seize the Birthday

10 June 2016

Good morning all!

I created a card today that has been entered into several current challenges. I did a little masking ,sponging, paint splattering and die cutting to achieve my background.

Here are the supplies I used besides white card stock:

Forest Friends stamp set and coordinating dies by MFT

Di-namics Stitched Strip by MFT

Tree branch image by Altenew

Die cut flowers from What the Doodle Butterfly by Papertrey Ink

Various distress inks

-CHALLENGES-

House of Cards - End of Term Blog Hop

MFT Sketch Challenge #284

CAS Mix Up June Challenge

Seize the Birthday

07 June 2016

Hello to all my blogging friends!

It's a cool day here in my part of the world. The temps dipped down to the low 40's earlier this morning with only a high of 60 forecasted for later today. The high on Saturday will be 95! The older I get the more I prefer the cooler days. Better stamping weather.

Here is my take for this week's Papertrey MIM Challenge hosted by the very talented and sweet Danielle Flanders. She shows us how to shadow our die-cuts with Copic markers.

For my card today I chose the Framed Love die. The border was stamped randomly with Confetti Toss. Sentiment is from Sending My Love. I threw in several sequins for a bit of sparkle.

Have a fabulous day!

Rema

-CHALLENGES-

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

05 June 2016

Hello and welcome to Christmas Card Challenges. Below you will find this week's inspiration photo.

If you choose not to use it, that's OK just remember to create a Christmas or holiday card and just have fun.

For my card today I chose a rubber image that I bought five or six years ago from the Northwoods Rubber Stamp Company. The printing on the block its mounted on has worn away from use and I can't read the name of it. The sentiment is from Peaceful Pinecones by Papertrey Ink.

Image was heat embossed with extra fine gold embossing powder and colored in with Lionet Gold and Lipstick Red Copic markers. I applied Wink of Stella to the entire image for sparkle.

We hope you'll join us and play along. We can't wait to see what you create!

Have a great day!
Rema