A bit of sparkle and shine!

 I had fun making a couple of these very easy masculine cards with dies from Concord and 9th. I die cut the balloon die with various glitter card stock and then randomly mixed up the balloons. I was able to make two cards at the same time! Now, I need to do some in feminine colours!

Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Simon Says: Sparkle and Shine

Materials
Concord and 9th Birthday Perfect Pairings Dies
Kaisercraft Glitter cardstock

Winter Wishes

These are the last lot of Christmas cards I've made. I have used the background stamp from Hero Arts with wreath dies from Concord and 9th and MFT and the sentiment die from Simon Says Stamp to make two variations.  I'm adding this to the A Blog Named Hero's Winter Holiday challenge. Now that all the cards are done, I need to do tags next!!

Materials

Stamps - Hero Arts Picnic Blanket Bold Print

Dies - Concord and 9th, MFT, Simon Says Stamp

Inks - Hero Arts

Challenge me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton and Friends

I'm very excited to take part in Michelle Lupton's Christmas challenge this year! Michelle challenged me to make a 'Purple' Christmas card. Make sure you pop over to her blog to see what she made! Here is my interpretation of the challenge. I used the die from Concord and 9th to create a stencil and added some droplets of water and clear drops to decorate the tree. The sentiment was embossed with various embossing powders.

Thanks for dropping by!

Farewell card for Priti

I have a farewell card for a work colleague to share. The card is made to A4 size to allow plenty room for messages. When looking for a cardstock to use, I was going to use a watercolour card but decided against it when it looked too yellow next to the card base. So I decided to use the Tim Holtz Specialty Stamping Paper (this has been sitting there untouched for ages). I embossed the images and then proceeded to colour them in with distress inks. The last bit of touches were some gold paint splatters and some clear drops. I'm adding this to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.

Materials:
Card - Tim Holtz Specialty Stamping Paper, Neenah Solar White, Gold Card
Stamps - Altenew Beautiful Day, Hero Arts Alphabets, Concord and 9th Sophisticated Script
Inks - Distress Inks Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserve, Peeled Paint and Broken China, Kuretake Gansai Tambi gold paint
Others - Hero Arts Gold EP, Versamark, Versafine, Pretty Posh Pink Clear Drops

Fa La La La

I've had a lot of fun using these Concord and 9th dies for making Christmas cards. What I love is that the tree die is so big it fills up the whole card. I was most amused when I saw the current Muse challenge this week - perfect as I have the same dies! Here are my interpretations of Ardyth's card.

Materials
Card - Neenah Solar White and Desert Storm, Kaisercraft Glitter card
Stamps and Dies - Concord and 9th
Paper - Kaisercraft Mint Wishes

Ardyth's Muse Card

Snow White Bauble

Some more glorious Christmas Bauble cards using the wonderful die from Concord and 9th and mixing it up with some patterned paper from Kaisercraft Mint Wishes. I'm adding the first card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Snow White challenge. Thanks for dropping by!!

Christmas Bauble Gift Tags

I've been obsessed with my recent Concord and 9th order! I've made heaps of cards and some gift tags and I have some to share now. The bauble from the recent Christmas release is fantastic and it is so big that it fills up a card nicely. I decided to make tags for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Christmas Gift Tag Challenge.  Thanks for dropping by!

Birthday card for Lauren

I have a CAS card to share using embossing with distress inks. This one took three goes before I got it right!. I stuck the first card upside down and tore the card when I tried to remove it!!

Materials:

Card - Tim Holtz Specialty Stamping paper

Stamps - Altenew Adore You, Concord and 9th Sophisticated Script

Inks - Distress Ink Picked Raspberry and Peeled Paint

Others - Ranger Liquid Platinum EP, Glitter tape, Pretty Posh Pink Clear Drops

Challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge -  Clean and Simple

A wedding cake!

I have a card to share that I made with Concord and 9th's Happy Day Bundle. I thought it would be great to do this card with watercolour. Hope you like it! I'm adding this card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A bit of Sparkle! Thanks for dropping by!

Materials
Stamps - Concord &9th Happy Day Bundle
Dies - Hero Arts Infinity Dies
Card - Hero Arts and Watercolour
Inks - Zig Clean Colour 

Pink Flamingo for Marlo

I've got a card to share for my niece's birthday today! Happy Birthday Marlo!

I'm adding this to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A hint of pink

Materials
Stamps - Hero Arts Layering Flamingo, Concord and 9th Sophisticated Script
Die - Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle
Inks - Hero Arts Soft Blossom, Bubble Gum, Pale Tomato and Ombre green, Distress Inks Broken China and Mowed Lawn, Wink of Stella

Happy 50th Birthday

I'm back with another card I made at a recent Craft Retreat for a 50th birthday. I wanted to try the calligraphy stamps from Concord and 9th. It's so nice to personalise a card with a name, especially in calligraphy fonts! The 50 was cut with a Brother Scan n Cut. I'm not sure if I can justify buying one for personal use, but it was fun using it. The background was done with masked stamping using the Altenew Beautiful Day stamps. I'm adding this card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use more than one die.

Thanks for dropping by!

Materials:
Dies - MFT Stitched Rectangles STAX, Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles
Cardstock - Kaisercraft glitter card
Stamps -Altenew Persian Motifs and Beautiful Day, Concord and 9th Sophisticated Script
Inks - Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Ranger Pink Gumball