Mindful Doodle Card

 

Firstly apologies the clarity of the photo - couldn't quite get a good one.    The background paper and the abstract doodle image were from Lou Withers first "mindful moodling" collection.   (At last I plucked up courage to cut into it!)  I also used on of the stamps down the righthand edge and painted it with pearlised watercolour paint.   I then stamped the sentiment with white embossing powder.

You probably can't see it in the photo, but |I also edged the "doodle" image and the background paper with Mica Magic.

Dream

 

I used a background paper from my stash, and added the two die cuts (Sweet Dixie - I think the paper came with the dies too) that I coloured with Mica Magic  It is for the same person as the new home card, and I wanted to reflect that her birthday will be in her new forever home.

New Home Card

  This card was done in Craft Artist.   I chose the house I liked and then added various elements.

Something completely different!

 

I wanted to make a non gender specific card, and came up with this design.    I drew the triangular pattern myself - a feat in itself with my dodgy eyes, but for once they played nicely!  I then painted it with neon and pearly paints, and outlined the triangles with contour liner, and added a few dots.   The sentiment was created in Craft Artist and mounted on black card.

Here is the background, which I have actually now scanned as well, so that I can use it again if necessary (perhaps in different colours) in Craft Artist.

A pink variation

 

A variation on my last card,   Shades of pink with a blue background - all done with pigment inks, and then edged with mica magic.   Am loving these stencil and the water colour effect.   this stencil is my favourite.

Experimenting with masks

 

The photo doesn't really do this card justice.  It is a really pretty faded colour effect.    I used the Studio Light Essential Mask No 81..  This was the first time I used them masks,  and was pretty pleased with the result.    The flowers are achieve by layering different masks over the top of each other, and each layer is numbered to make life easy.

I used pigment inks in various shades of blue and purple for the flowers, and a couple of shades of green and little blue for the leaves, using either a finger dauber sponge or one of the little brush blenders.   The card was Academia Drawing and Watercolour card.   I finished off by edging the card with blue and purple Mica Magic with a dauber and blending it into the card.

I have since tried another one of the masks using watercolors, but wasn't happy with the effect - so shall revert to the pigment inks, as the layering effect is much easier to achieve with them.   (Well it was for me!)

Slightly out of my comfort zone

 

I am not normally a "yellow" person, and very rarely do a card with that as the primary colour, but for once I have.  I used this stamp from my stash - I am pretty sure it was from a set of stamps in an IndgoBlu magazine.  

I stamped it on Academia drawing and watercolour card, and painted it with water colors, finishing it off with a yellow background.  I also stamped the single flower from the same set of stamps, and water coloured that too, an stamped the sentiment.   I then used some  yellow Craft Artist Mica magic to edge the card, and added a smidgen of a blue with the same for the rose to give it a slight shadow.