Freestyling with Florals

Well my new Mama Elephant goodies arrived last week... just in the middle of the half-term hols!!!  Luckily I had a chance to play with the Freestyle Florals set yesterday afternoon whilst hubby was out getting soaked with the mutt and the boy was happily watching his fave TV programme ;)

I'm sharing both these cards on my DT blog post today over at Make the Day Special Stamp Store and they were inspired by a few challenges out there in blogland at the moment so I best get them entered.

My first card is for Colour Me, which has a gorgeous pallette this week and just look at the graphic to go with it...Yum!!! It also follows the sketch at Retro Sketches this week too...
                                      

I used distress inks to colour these... they are fast becoming my favourite way of watercolouring because they are so forgiving :)


My next project is for the Monochrome challenge at CASology....apologies if you don't like the colour green!!...Lol

Not as happy with this but it's okay... tried using proper watercolours and there's definitely a difference in the way you use them!! Love the vellum sentiment strip though, it softens the edge between the florals and the block of colour :)
                                                           

Well that's all from me... need to get the washing out whilst the sun is shining and before the showers arrive later!!
Jenny x

Missing your Mug!!!

Good Morning :0)

I'm playing along with a couple of challenges today, it's one layer week

at Less is More and the theme is BEVERAGES and the lovely 

pastel colours are this weeks palette at Colour Me......

 pastels aren't my usual but they seemed to suit mugs!!!

I'm trying to use stamps that have been filed away in my 

stash and never used, this set is from 

There She Goes which sadly, no longer 

exists *sad face*.... and I just love that sentiment :)

The solid mug was stamped first using masks to stack and stagger the images and then I used a stamp-a-majig to add the outline image. I added extra ink using

 a slightly damp paintbrush to add some shading

and a white prisma pencil for highlights. 

  

Thanks for Stopping By :0)

Jenny x

Presents and Balloons

Phew... I'm quite glad for a Monday without too much heat because it's been a hectic weekend!! The house is quiet and empty and I'm nursing a bit of a headache which makes a change from hayfever at the moment!!

I have a two cards for a couple of colour challenges out there in Blogland as well as CASology's 100th challenge... well done ladies on the centenary :0)

I've used a 'new to me' set by Neat & Tangled... I love the 'hand-drawn' images and sentiments which remind me of illustrations in old childrens books so I tried to capture that style with the colours at Colour Me... this week. The cream paper is actually a blank page from an old paperback to give it more authenticity!!
                                                      

This card uses the balloons from the same stamp set and some masking... love the colours at ColourQ this week and they worked well for balloons so I thought I'd make it a celebration card for CASology too :0)

                                       

Right I'm off to chase this headache away before it takes hold for the day.... thanks for stopping by :0)

Jenny x
Stamps used : Neat & Tangled - Just for Fun (available here in the UK at Make the Day Special stamp store)