Giggle Greetings & A Wiper card

Stamp sets: Giggle Greetings, Balloon Celebration, Life in the Forrest & Back to Basics Alphabet 

Cardstock: Lost Lagoon, Crushed Curry, So Saffron & Very Vanilla

Ink: Lost Lagoon, Crushed Curry, So Saffron, Basic Black Pumpkin Pie, Sahara Sand & Blushing Bride

Extras: Balloon Bouquet Punch, Circle Framelites & Linen Thread

Techniques: Watercolouring & Sponging

This is a Wiper Card, so when both side are pulled out ward the little wiper piece in the middle (the mouse & balloons) pops up.

This next card was to go with a Picture my daughter Jayda had painted for a family member.

Stamp sets: Giggle Greetings, Gorgeous Grunge, Bohemian Borders, Balloon Celebration & Back to Basics Alphabet 

Cardstock: Delightful Dijon, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Marina Mist & Crumb Cake

Ink:  Delightful Dijon, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Marina Mist, Blushing Bride & Whisper White

Extras: Balloon Bouquet Punch & Linen Thread

Techniques: Watercolouring, Piercing & Distressing  

Here's the painting by Jayda.

From left: Archie the groodle, Ebony the Lab x Border Collie & Peanut the kelpie.

I think Jayda has done a great job of this painting. It's her third acrylic painting on canvas.

Envelope Fold Card

I saw these cards on splitcoast a little while ago and made one for my friends daughter Paige. I copied the Alice in wonderland theme that Melissa Banbury had done for the tutorial on splitcoast, but forgot to take a photo of that card : / I was really happy with it too.

This card was for my cousin, so I thought bright colours on black & white would work for that job. 

Stamp sets: Balloon Celebration, Balloon Builders & Endless Birthday Wishes

Card stock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Melon Mambo & Go Wild dsp

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Watermelon Wonder, Strawberry Slush, Melon Mambo, White Craft & Black Memento

Punches: Balloon Bouquet, Circle & Scallop Circle

Extras: Silver Metallic Thread

Front panel tucks into the scallop circle that is attached with dimensionals on one side only.

Whole card opened.

All stamping on the white panel has been stamped off to soften/lighten.

I've attached the silver thread to the back of the balloons (after wrapping around the little triangle bit), then pulled all the threads together, tied a bow around it and used sticky tape to secure the ends on the other side of the card.

Stamp set: Balloon Celebration

Card stock: Whisper White, Marina Mist, Pool Party & Subtles dsp

Ink: So Saffron, Wisteria Wonder, Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist & Craft White

Punches: Balloon Bouquet, Circle & Scallop Circle

Extras: Silver Metallic Thread

Not sure if you can see from the photo, but I've stamped white clouds on the background dsp and dandelions on the Pool Party frame.

                                   

This next card for another friends daughter Melinda, who happened to be performing in the local show of "The Little Mermaid". Melinda's character was Alana, one of the sisters (in purple). So...I asked my daughter Jayda to draw the characters for the card. She has drawn them with a black fine liner (after a grey lead sketch) then coloured them in with pencils.

The Little Mermaid themed card

Stamp sets: Fishy Friends & Endless birthday Wishes

Card stock: Island Indigo, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight? Blushing Bride & Bohemian dsp

Ink: Island Indigo, Bermuda Bay, Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry,  Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Watermelon Wonder, Tangerine Tango, Tangelo Twist, Daffodil Delight Crushed Curry, Pacific Point & Tempting Turquoise 

Punches: Circles, Scallop Circle, Bird Builder & Tree Builder

Techniques: Watercolouring

This was a modified experiment, to try and fit the card around the Home and Hearth Thinlit (window frame), to create the scene outside as view from the window... but it wasn't easy and it didn't turn out as I planned... so this is the only picture I took of this card.

Up date; I found the photos I had taken of the Alice in Wonderland themed card,- silly me...I had them in a different folder on my phone (don't you hate when your memory fills up, then it switches to SD card and forget where the photos are : )

Stamp sets: Life in the Forrest, Morning Cup, Clockworks, Endless birthday Wishes, Floral Wings, Back to Basics Alphabet & Happy Homes

Card stock: Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black, Whisper White, Crumb Cake & Go Wild dsp

Ink: Black, Tempting Turquoise, Crumb Cake, Real Red, Cucumber Crush, Melon Mambo. Perfect Plum, Rich Razzleberry & Daffodil Delight

Extras: Arrow Punch & Sliver Thread

Techniques: Watercolouring & Lots of fussy cutting!

I've slightly changed the measurements in this template to suit me, but they are pretty much the same as the ones Melissa uses on splitcoast.