CASEing Jennifer McGuire

It's nice not being at work! I'm able to get going with all my Christmas card making this week! Here is one that is inspired by a series of cards made by Jennifer McGuire using small stamps as a background. The stamps and sentiment are from Hero Arts and I've used Hero Arts mid-tone inks. I've added some sequins and stickles to the baubles. This is being added to the Hero Arts Holiday Cardmaking Challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Watercolour Christmas card

I'm churning out the Christmas cards this week! This is made with a Hero Arts background stamp, heat embossed with white on watercolour paper. The distress inks were added to the background and sprayed with Perfect Pearls. There's a nice shimmer on the cards. I made two while I was at it, the second one is lighter in colours as I just used up the left over inks. The sentiment stamp is also from Hero Arts and the snowflake dies are from several different companies. Thanks for dropping by!

I'm adding this to the following challenges:
Hero Arts - Holiday card making challenge
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - N for Noel
Merry Monday Challenge - Pink and Green and White

Krafty Christmas card

Hi, I'm back again. Trying to catch up with some Christmas card making this week. I've used Hero Arts Cup O'Joe ink and Unicorn white pigment ink on Kraft card stock to create a background of snowflakes. The sentiment was white embossed onto vellum and wrapped around the card. This card was fun and quick to make and I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire's Monochromatic Stamp Layering  cards.  The stamps and sentiment are from Hero Arts and this is going into the Hero Arts Holiday Cardmaking Challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Ribbon Christmas Tree

I was inspired by Melissa's fabric Christmas tree card on the current Papertrey Ink Make it Monday challenge. As I don't have a lot of fabric scraps, I decided to use my very much neglected ribbon stash. They certainly got a good workout in making this fun card. I couldn't find a star, but I'm sure I have one somewhere... so I used a gem instead. I'm also adding this to Virginia View's Challenge - All About Textures. Thanks for dropping by!

Purple and Poppies

This card is inspired by the photo of the current Fusion Challenge - Purple and Poppies and the current {CASE}ing Genius challenge with my friend Michelle Lupton.  I have no poppy stamp, I had to resort to just a generic flower stamp. The technique I used for the card is similar to Michelle's recent card. I stamped the flowers with Versamark on watercolour card and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The flowers and background were coloured with distress inks and water. When dried, Wink of Stella was used to highlight the flowers. I added a strip of purple glitter tape to the base before adhering the watercoloured card. I'm also adding this card to Virginia's View Challenge - All About Textures.
Just in case you follow me on Flickr, I've uploaded some photos that I took on my recent trip to Paris - the link is on the sidebar. It was my first European holiday and I had a great time. Thanks for dropping by!

Runway Inspired Card

I'm back with a card inspired by the photo on Runway Inspired Challenge - Marchesa Notte and the current Retro Sketch #188. For this card, I've only used Perfect Pearls powder - Blue Patina and Pewter after stamping with Versamark. It was very hard to photograph to capture the pearly effect of the Perfect Pearls. The stamps are from Hero Arts - oldies but still my favourites! Thanks for dropping by!

First Christmas card for 2015

Finally, I'm reminded that is nearly the end of October and Christmas is just around the corner! I thought I better get started on the Christmas cards. During this time of the year, I like to make as many cards and tags as possible and I usually go for an easy design so that I can mass produce them. That is why I bought a MISTI! The card I'm sharing can easily be mass produced using the MISTI and it is quite easy to assemble. Thanks for dropping by!
Challenges:
{CASE}ing Genius challenge with Lydia Evans
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes
Hero Arts - Holiday card making challenge