Crafty Calendar May Challenge - Distress It with Peonies from SheepSki Designs

Good morning.  I hope you are having a good day.  I'm a little late posting as I've been busy ironing and packing ready for going on holiday.  I like going away but hate the preparation leading up to it.

We have a new monthly challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme is 

'DISTRESS IT'

 For my card I have used:

Peonies Image No.154 from SheepSki Designs coloured with Spectrum Sparkle Pens and then sprayed with water for the colour to bleed and spread,

I used Old Paper Distress ink to colour the edges of the paper and distressed the paper round the edges

I used Old Paper Distress Ink and a script stamp from the Hobby Art Becki's Background stamp set in a couple of  places and added a few splashes of watercolour paint.

Mounted onto black card and finished with a check ribbon, a few sequins and stamped sentiment.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

SheepSki Designs

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and share your projects is this months DISTRESS IT challenge and check out the gorgeous DT creations using other images from this months sponsor SheepSki Designs.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog and I'll see you when I'm back from my holibobs  x

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Butterfly Birthday Card

Good morning all.  Hope you are well today.

Just sharing a card that I made for my friends birthday this week.   I decided to have a bit of a play with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Pen Sets.

For the background I have used Emerald Green, Blue Topaz and Inspired Violet Spectrum Noir Sparkle glitter pens from the Spring Summer set.   I scribbled the colours onto my glass mat, spritzed with water and pressed the card into the ink mix to give a really soft pretty effect.

The butterfly stamp is a magazine freebie and this has been stamped with archival ink.

I have used the same three Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens to add a tiny bit of colour and have then blended this out using one of the crystal clear pens.  These have been cut out using the matching die.  The photos don't show how sparkly the butterflies actually are.

The greeting is from my stash stamped with versamark ink and heat embossed using white embossing power.   I've had the stamp for ages, it's unmounted rubber and I forgot to label it so not sure what the make is.

Just a few sequins added to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day and I'll see you soon.

Hugs x