Cosie's Creative Corner

You're Stuck With Me Love the colours for this challenge but wasn't to sure about the twist till I remembered a set from Darkroom Door called Cacti . Decided to use my Distress oxides for the background and the tall cactus in the background. For the foreground plants I used two green shades of versafine  and stamped of before I did the ones that I wanted in the background. I used some black distress to make the plants stand out as they were fading into the background. Stamped the sentiment from the same set and adhered it to a grey card base. Also added some white gel pen to the images. Inks Used: Distress Oxides : Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage,Forest Moss, Iced Spruce and Stormy Sky. Versafine : Onyx Black, Spanish Moss and Olympia Green.

 For Your Special Day This adorable image is from Sheepski Designs  and is the freebie for the Outlawz Monthly Progressive Challenge. It did start out as a valentines day card but ended up as a birthday card for a dear friend. Kept it fairly simple with copic colouring, then cut it out with a heart die. Decided to draw a large heart then hand cut it out for the card base. Added some stitching, a few sequins and a sentiment from the Just Because stamp set from Create a Smile.  Copics: Bear: YR21,24,30,E23,29. Love: RV99,R08,59. Hearts: R27,46,Black0.1 Copic Multi liner. Shadow: BG0000,000. Ground: W00,1,3. I am entering this in the  Outlawz Monthly Progressive Challenge Crazy4Challenges_C4C468 Sheepski Designs Monthly Challenge

Motor Bike Adventure It has been so hot this Summer that we haven't done as much riding as we normally do. When the temp has been in the 40 degree Celsius range for days it is just too uncomfortable and I don't like the heat at all. Give me the cold weather any time. This was an easy card to make as there is no colouring, just layers. Lots of fussy cutting and I love that came together so well. The sentiments are from Dark Room Door word strips but are no longer available and the bike was cut from an old piece of wrapping paper that I couldn't throw out. Have a few bikes left and they make great male cards. The rest of the layers were all fussy cut from bits and pieces left from a kit I picked up a few years ago at a craft fair.   I find it hard to throw anything away and usually find a way to use them eventually. Entering this in the Outlawz twisted Thursday Challenge

Reflection at Sunset. This is one of my all time favourite stamps from Impression Obsession called Trees and Lake and it is just great for ink blending, especially with distress oxides. I stamp the image in my Misti and leave it there so I can re-stamp it when I have done the colour blending. This way I can see where I want to put the colour and stamping the image later makes sure you have a sharp image. Used 5 colours of ink, black soot, ground espresso, vintage photo, spiced marmalade and fossilized amber and the  image was stamped with versafine onyx black. Used my heat gun to dry the ink after blending, re-stamped the image and adhered it to a black card base. I am entering this card in the Outlawz Tuesday colour challenge.

Happy New Year. Nearly forgot to add my card for the challenge. Did this card a few days ago and it was the perfect for the colours this week. The stamps used Sydney Vol 2 , Alphabet Medle y and Celebration are from Darkroom Door and love that I didn't have to spent lots of time colouring the images in as I just used stamp pads for the colours. Nice and quick card that will go in the box for next New Years Eve.  

Live in the Sunshine, Swim in the Sea Gina K Designs has a new website and it's lovely. While checking it out came across the monthly challenge and here is my take on it. Kept it simple with the background done in distress oxides and used a baby wipe over a wave stencil to give it some dimension. The sentiments, from By the Sea set was heat embossed with white embossing powder, added some twine, an anchor, bow and some clear dots. Adhered it to some card mats then onto a white card base and all done.

Happy New Year I love that I made a card I like and did not colour any piece of it. The stamps are from Darkroom Door sets Sydney Vol 2 , Alphabet Medley and Celebration . Used up old patterned papers and gave them a grunge look. One to put away for next year.  

Congratulations This New Year was the 63rd Wedding Anniversary for a dear friend and old workmate of my Hubby's. His gorgeous wife has dementia and he is her full time carer and I take my hat of to him as they are both in their late eighties.. Made this card and hope he knows how much we admire and respect him for the loving husband he is. Coloured the Darkroom Door set  with copics, added some glossy accents to the glasses and some sequins. The sentiment is from the same set. Copics:  Glasses: YR000,E0000. Bottle: E0000,C00,YR000,00. Ground: C00,1.

Christmas Wishes I think I must have a thing for cats lately. Cleaning up after finishing a card yesterday and found this image from a digi freebie I had printed off for a Christmas card I had not got around to colouring. Well thought it would be great for the Outlawz Friday challenge and the start of next years Christmas  cards. Kept it really simple with some copic colouring, a sentiment from a new Darkroom Door set  ( love the large greetings) then adhered it to a ready made card base.  Copics:  Cat: N1,3,5,7,G21. Box: R24,29,89. Holly YG63,67. Bow R19,38,YR15,16,98. Shadow: G0000. Ground: W000.1.3. 

Shame it's too Big I thought I would try this year to do more challenges and get them done early as I am always running  late. This is such a cute image and the sentiment popped into my head before I even thought about the card. I printed the image three times, one on some pattered paper to do some paper piecing, one to colour and the last for a mask. Once I had the mask in place used distress oxides for the background and spritzed with water. Removed the mask and coloured the cat with alcohol markers then added the fussy cut pattered paper image and adhered it in place. Printed the sentiment and stamped happy birthday as I know my cat lover friend with appreciate it. Usually I use my copics but I seem to be collecting odd markers so I used them and will list them here. Stamping up: Light pumpkin pie, dark pumpkin pie & dark pink pirouette. Kaszazz: Chocolate and one Copic: R24.  Don't know if this would work all the time but I'm happy with the result...

Happy Birthday Found this challenge (Color Throwdown Challenge) when browsing and for this week the colours are as per the picture below and decided to give it a try.  I received this cute free small stamp set from Altenew with my last order called blooming blossoms but not sure if it's for sale as I couldn't find it on their site. Thought it would make a cute card and stamped the flowers in different shades of yellow. As they are solid stamps I give them some dimension with my prisma colour pencils. I did the same for the leaves. Heat embossed the sentiment from a Simon says Stamp set called It's Your Birthday in white, added a piece if ribbon, and adhered the image to some coloured card mats and onto a white card base. Nice and quick card for me as I managed to finish in a couple of hours.