Willow Tea Rooms

This is a scrapbook page I made recently following a visit to the Willow Tea Rooms in Glasgow. Everything in this tearoom, from the furniture to the cutlery, was originally designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The tearoom has recently been refurbished and is now open again as a tearoom.

I love the Charles Rennie Mackintosh style and I wanted to capture this in my scrapbook page.  I stamped the image with archival ink and then watercoloured it with distress markers, finishing off the flower with some perfect pearls. I made 2 tags for some hidden journalling. The title was printed using a Mackintosh font.

Materials used:-
Stampin Up - background paper, vanilla card and tag punch
Border punch - EK Success
Stamps - Chocolate Baroque Mackintosh Windows set
Font - downloaded from charles-rennie-mackintosh-font.co.uk
Distress markers - various

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Square Christmas Card

I'm still busy making Christmas cards and keep finding more challenge blogs to enter! For this one layer card I made a mask from copy paper which I inked through using an ink duster brush to create a subtle effect. Then I spritzed some Perfect Pearls over the square before stamping the sentiment 3 times. I deliberated about adding any gems but I felt the card needed a little bling!

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges :-
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #124 gifts/presents
One Layer Simplicity Challenge #9 Hip to be Square

Materials used:-
Distress inks - tumbled glass and broken china
Inkylicious ink duster
Archival ink - aquamarine and cornflower blue
Stamp from Penny Black set "Giving and Receiving"

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By the Sea Watercolour

I was delighted by this week's challenge on Less is More which was to create a card inspired by the song "I do like to be beside the seaside!"  I have always lived beside the sea and certainly miss it when I'm away. This theme also gave me a chance to do some more water colouring which is Game 8 at AAA cards. I used Hobby Art stamps to create a scene which I then watercoloured with distress markers. The design is a CASE of a design I saw on the Jenny Mayes' blog. I used a Clarity Mask for the clouds, brushing the distress ink on with an Inkylicious ink duster which created a subtle effect.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:-
Less is More week 187 - theme "I do like to be beside the seaside!"
AAA cards - Game #8 Watercolours

Materials used:-
Hobby Art stamps - Coastal Wildlife set, Harbour set (seagulls) and By the Sea set (sentiment)
Distress markers and inks - various
Clarity clouds mask
Inkylicious ink duster
Watercolour card

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Just for you

I'm running late with the Less is More challenge this week which is a sketch. I stamped the flowers with black archival ink and then used distress inks as watercolours to create the background.

Materials used:-
Stamps - Inkylicious "daisy fields"
Sentiment - Stampin Up "Just believe" set
Distress inks - mustard seed, spiced marmalade and rusty hinge
Watercolour card

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Baby card

Uniko Studio have recently released some lovely baby stamps which I used in this card. The stamps are so versatile and great for clean and simple cards.

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:-
Uniko Studio Challenge no 13 - Special Occasions
CAS on Sunday - challenge #40 Rock a Bye Baby

Materials used:-
Uniko Studio "Sweet baby" stamps
"So cute" label - Lili of the Valley
Distress inks - broken china and tea dye
Lawn Fawn "stitched party banners" circle die

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Butterfly birthday wishes

I'm having fun playing with mask/stencils at the moment. In this card I tried to get an ombré effect by using various shades of distress inks. I then cut out the banner panel by hand and stitched around the edges to echo the circle die.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-
Keep it Simple - challenge #47 Ombré
AAA cards - challenge #17 CREATE stencil style
A Blog Named Hero - challenge #50 Ombré

Materials used:-
Lawn Fawn "stitched party banners" circle die
Butterfly - Sizzix framelits die
Stencil - Creative Expressions
Sentiment - Stampin Up "so happy for you" set
Distress inks - tumbled glass, broken china and peacock feathers
Coredinations card

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Geometric thanks

The code word for challenge #45 on Addicted to CAS is GEOMETRIC which provided the inspiration for this card. This is the first time I have used this mask making this an NBUS (never-before-used-schtuff)! Although I am not sure if this card qualifies as CAS, I am pleased with the end result.

Materials used:-
Mask - Creative Expressions
Ruler stamp - Kanban
Letters die - Memory Box Parker Upper Alphabet Set
Distress inks - broken china, spiced marmalade and evergreen bough
Coredinations card
Doodlebug sprinkles - swimming pool

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