Farewell card for Ellen

As my project at work draws to an end soon. We have a few farewells over the next month. This is a card I made with really large roses to fill up an A4 size space. I decided to make a frame and the name out of glitter cardstock. The flowers were all inked with Altenew inks.

I'm adding this to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes and Less is More's Stamp Layering challenge.

More Christmas Card

I'm back with another Christmas card to share for the A Blog Named Hero's Calling all Critters challenge. I finally added a couple more Distress Oxides to my collection and couldn't wait to try them out on a Kraft card. I masked a circle and sponged with Iced Spruce and Faded Jeans and the sentiment was stamped with Fired Brick. I love how the inks stand out on kraft, especially after I spritzed with some Perfect Pearls! I made three cards and selected the best one for the blog. Thanks for dropping by!

Materials
Card - Neenah Desert Storm
Stamps - Hero Arts July kit, sentiment from an old stampset
Inks - Distress Oxides, Versafine
Others - Perfect Pearls Spray

October inspiration

I have a card for the Altenew October Inspiration challenge. I received this gorgeous stampset in the mail last week (a birthday treat for myself) and couldn't wait to ink it up. I made this card for my sister's birthday which is the day after mine! Thanks for dropping by!

Materials:
Stamps - Altenew Label Love, Winter Rose and Framed Stampsets
Inks - Altenew
Others - PPP clear drops

WCMD2017 - Post 3

It's been a busy week and getting this card done for WCMD has taken me all week to finally squeeze in a bit of time to finish it!! I've done some background stamping and a fun technique with smoothing distress inks, a bit of fussy cutting and it's all done!! Thanks for dropping by!!

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp
- WCMD Challenge
Winnie And Walter WCMD
- Background Building with Mayuri
- Smooshing Challenge with Lydia

Materials:
Stamps - Winnie and Walter The big, the bold and Merry and In Bloom Elsa's Flora
Inks - Distress Inks

WCMD2017 - Post 2

I'm back with a couple of Christmas cards which were started on the World Card Making Day-Weekend and I finally found some time tonight to finish them. They are quite easy to mass produce. I combined a background stencil with some masked stamping. Thanks for dropping!

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp
- Wednesday Christmas challenge
- WCMD Challenge
Winnie And Walter WCMD
 - Variations challenge with Shay
- Stencilled challenge with Kate
CAS(E) this sketch #242

Materials:
Stamps - Winnie and Walter The big, the bold and Merry and In Bloom Elsa's Flora
Stencil - W&W Into the Woods Creative Screenings
Inks - Distress Inks

WCMD 2017 - Post 1

HAPPY WORLD CARDMAKING DAY!
I decided to make some Christmas cards for WCMD2017 with Kaisercraft Mint Wishes, no stamping required at all. Here are the 4 cards I made!

Challenges:
Kaisercraft Blog Challenge - October Mood Board (see below)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp World Card Making Day Challenge
CAS(E) This Sketch #242

Materials:
Card - Neenah Desert Storm
Paper - Kaisercraft Mint Wishes, pad, 12x12 paper, Stampset and Collectables
Others - Cork ribbon from Wheel and Barrow, Kaisercraft Rhinestones

Kaiser craft October Challenge - Mood Board

Musing Anita Bowden

When I saw Anita Bowden's card in the current Muse Challenge, it reminded me of a technique I had not used for quite a while. I inked up random spots on the card with distress inks Scattered Straw and Abandon Coral before embossing with some flowers. I then inked up the spaces between the flowers with Peeled paint and added more embossed flowers and leaves before revealing them with the last layer of Wilted Violet and Seedless Preserve. Here is my card and thank you for dropping by!

Materials
Card - Neenah Solar White
Inks - Distress Inks - Scattered Straw, Abandoned Coral, Peeled Paint, Wilted Violet and Seedless Preserve, Versamark
Stamps - Altenew Adore you and Label Love
Others - Hero Arts Clear and Gold EP, Nuovo glitter gel, gold glitter tape from Officeworks

Muse #236 - Anita Bowden

First Batch of Christmas Cards!

Before it starts to get too crazy this month, I thought I had better start on my Christmas cards. The challenge this month at A Blog Named Hero is to use critters! I don't have many critters stamps... surely butterflies count? I found this lovely Hero Arts deer stamp and decided to use it. I ended up making 6 cards at the same time using a simple masking technique to ink up the background with Distress inks. I added droplets of water (with my finger) to add a snowy effect. I got a variety of glitter tapes from Officeworks and they were just perfect for these cards! This was easy to make with a MISTI and can be done in batches at a time! Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:
A Blog Named Hero - Critters
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Christmas