Odd Dog...

Odd Dog is one of the newest Lili of the Valley characters.  He has just been released on 7 new rubber stamps. This one is aptly called Odd Dog Balloon. Now he may be odd but he is also super cute.

I have been playing around with masking so I decided that whilst Odd Dog is holding onto a single balloon on the stamp, why stop at one.  Hence my Odd Dog has six.  I inked subtle clouds into the background but kept the rest of the design pretty simple. The papers come from Sunny Side Up and Up, Up and Away (appropriately).

Purrfect

This is the card I have made for the Designer Drafts Challenge at Paper Smooches Sparks.  I didn't want to use just straight cuts of paper so I lay my very small collection of Paper Smooches dies out to see what would come to me. The bookmark die was the only one calling out possibilities.

So I used this die, well part of it,  to create my banner using several different papers.  The cute little kitty is from Chubby Chums Stamp set as is the sentiment.  

Paper Smooches Stamps

Lovely Lavender

Lovely Lavender is one of 17 new stamps being released at Lili Of The Valley this weekend.  The release is wonderful so be sure you check it out.  There are also 6 amazing new colouring books for us grown ups. Lovely Lavender is one of 7 new blooms stamps.  There's a new character called Odd Dog...super cute and two cool girly stamps.  Something for everyone.

Lovely Lavender rubber stamp coloured in watercolours with pencil accents.

Paper from Bonnets and Bowties and 

Promises Collections

Embellished with flowers, hemp cord, lace and rhinestones.

Skipping in the Flowers

I'm not sure how this is going to post as I am having to use my phone due to internet issues. This is my last card for this session of the My favorite things summer school and I really wanted to get it handed in.  

So I am back this morning with a good photo and some edits to this post.

This card was made following lesson #3 Composition - Movement/Flow of the My Favourite Things Summer School.  I have to say I enjoyed attending summer school and am pleased this was session one suggesting there is more to come.

This lesson is about creating a sense of motion.  I had the idea to use this sweet little stamp from Lili of the Valley, aptly called Skipping.   I wanted to create the effect of her skipping in the flowers and catching them with her skipping rope sending them flying through the air.  The papers are from the new LOTV collection Romance and Roses.

She is water coloured and I got a little adventurous creating a background scene for her.



Thanks for stopping by

Karen

New Challenge At Southern Girls

Its time for a new challenge at Southern Girls.  Lacy Sunshine and Oddball Art are our fantastic sponsors this round.   Its a classy colour combo.

White or Cream

mint green and/or Turquoise 

 coral and/or pink

Heres my little creation using a Lacy Sunshine image

 Now pop on over to the challenge blog (link above) snd check out all the other lovely inspiration and enter for a chance to win.

Rule of thirds

Okay so in the quest to increase my knowledge as previously mentioned I have been studying at the My Favourite Things Summer School.  I probably am not the best student as I am handing my homework in out of order, but I will add, on time.

This is lesson #1 Composition - The Rule of thirds.  Which is where you divide your card into 9 equal parts by using 2 equally spaced horizontal lines and 2 equally spaced vertical lines.  Thus creating a visually pleasing layout.

I made myself a handy dandy template out of left over laminate by drawing the lines in permanent marker.  I can place this on my card and see through it to see the placement of embellishments etc.

In this card I have used Paper Smooches Chubby Chums, Cow (and who says pigs always get to be pink).

I am also going to enter this into the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge  June Anything Goes (wk3)

paper smooches.com

Quiet Space

Following on from yesterdays post this card is another lesson from the My Favourite Things Summer School.  This is Lesson #5 Balance - Quiet Space/White Space.  Yeah sorry I am a bit out of order but some of my homework just went together better than others.

I used a couple of other techniques learnt from the Summer School.  The rule of thirds when placing my bubbles, which are inked in MFT Hybrid Ink using a stencil.  The same rule applies to  placing my little fish. I also believe I have created a focal point.   The little fish is coloured in Derwent Coloursoft pencils highlighted with a white gel pen, as are the bubbles.  I was going to add a sentiment but I was afraid it might wake up my quiet space.