Retro Christmas Scramble

I made a card for the Hero Arts Flickr Group 90 minute scramble this morning. The challenge was to make a card with non traditional colours. I based my card on the current Retro Sketch #35 and used Basic Grey's papers. I decided to use blues/greens and a slight hint of red. I used the MFT Dienamics Fishtail STAX die for the banner. This was won for submitting a card drive for Maddy by Jana Millen (I received the prizes two days ago). Thanks Jana! I made the card in under 60 minutes, a personal best! I'm also submitting this card to the Basic Grey - Anything Goes challenge and CAS-ual Fridays' Kraft On Challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Via Vellum Kraft, Neenah Solar White

Papers - Basic Grey Aspen Frost and pb&j

Stamps - Hero Arts CL558, 657780

Ink - Hero Arts midtone Pool and Stone Wash

Dies - HA 657780, MFT fishtail flag Stax

Others - Ranger stickles, Kaisercraft rhinestones, Twine from The Twinery

Thanks Shane

Another masculine card made with Studio Calico's October kit - Roller Rink. This card was made with alphabet stickers included in the kit, just perfect for Moxie Fab World's Alphabet Stickers Challenge! This card is an A5 sized card as it is made for a colleague at work. Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:
Cardstock - Neenah Classic Solar White
Paper and Stickers - Studio Calico November Kit Roller Rink

MT Washi Christmas

Back with a couple of really easy cards made with MT Washi tape. The first card was inspired by Kristina Werner's Holiday Card Series 2012 - Card 2. Details on how to make the card are on her website. I kept mine simple by just using a plain white card matted with a Green cardstock. The sentiment is from Darkroom Door. The second card was made by die cutting washi tape on cardboard. I made curved mountainsides with Basic Grey Aspen Frost. The first layer was directly adhered to the card, the second layer, along with trees were mounted on foam. No need to embellish this card as I wanted to leave it CAS. These cards were made for Paperpoint's (my favourite paper store) MT Washi Tape Contest contest on Facebook. The second card will be submitted to Hero Arts October Challenge Holiday Cards  and A Blog Named Hero's Clean Up Your Act. Thanks for dropping by!

Ingredients:

Card 1 

Cardstock  - Neenah Classic Solar White, Bazzill Green cardstock

Stamp - Darkroom Door DDRSO32 Yuletide Vol2

Ink - Hero Arts Red Royal

Others - MT Washi Tape, Twine from KikkiK, Kaisercraft Sparklets and Rhinestones

Card 2

Cardstock - Via Vellum Kraft

Paper - Basic Grey Aspen Frost

Stamp - Hero Arts 657780 and CL558

Ink - Hero Arts Red Royal

Others - MT Washi Tape, Ranger Stickles

October Sketch

The creative juices are overflowing this week. This card is based on the Hero Arts October sketch with colours from the Play Date Cafe challenge. I struggled with the colours for this card and finally decided to use the Distress Inks in an embossing folder to achieve the effect I wanted. After wet embossing, the card was sprayed with Perfect Pearls before being cut into even strips for the sketch. Thanks for dropping by!

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Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Classic Solar White

Stamps - Hero Arts CG119, 658284, CL530

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Ripe Persimmon, Chipped Sapphire and Seedless Preserve
Embossing folder - HA 658284
Others - Perfect Pearls

Aspen Christmas 2

I really love the new Aspen Frost collection from Basic Grey. Love the modern Christmas colours. I used the current Retro sketch for this card. The glittery strip was done with Versamark and glitter embossing powder. I'm also submitting this card into the Hero Arts October challenge, A Blog Named Hero's CAS challenge and CAS-Fridays' Over The Edge challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:

Hero Arts October Challenge - Holiday card

Retro Sketches - Sketch #34

CAS-Fridays - CFC75 Over the Edge

A Blog Named Hero - Clean up your act

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Classic Solar White

Paper - Basic Grey Aspen Frost 6x6

Stamp - Hero Arts CL634

Ink - Versamark, Ranger Archival Jet Black

Die - Memory Box Woven Circle,  MFT DieNamics Scallop Edge

Others - Kaisercraft rhinestones, Glitter embossing powder

Aspen Christmas 1

I was so excited to receive my order of Basic Grey's Aspen Frost paper and couldn't wait to start on my Christmas cards. The very first card I made was sent to Papercraft's World Card Making Day contest, so I cannot show it yet. The one I made is below, based on the BG sketch by Shari Carroll. I also used my new die from Memory Box  (this is going to be my new favourite die) and the die from the Hero Arts Holiday Cheer to cut the cute reindeer. I paper pieced a jumper for him! Check out the inside of the card! I've left the rest or the card plain so that I an submit this card into CAS-ual Fridays's Over the Edge challenge, A Blog named Hero's CAS challenge and Hero Arts October challenge.
Come back again tomorrow for another card I made on the weekend.Thanks for dropping by!

Challenge:
Basic Grey - Basic Card Sketch
CAS-ual Fridays - CFC75 Over the Edge
Hero Arts October Contest - Holiday Cards
A Blog Named Hero - Clean up your act
Ingredients:
Cardstock - Via Vellum Kraft
Paper - Basic Grey Aspen Frost 6x6 pad
Ink - Hero Arts Red Royal, Ranger Archival Jet Black
Stamps - Hero Arts 657780 Holiday Cheer, CL558, CL634
Dies - Memory Box Woven Circle, HA 657780, Spellbinders Nestabilities circles
Others - Kaisercraft rhinestones, White gel pen

More Chinese Weddings!

Back again with a couple of Chinese wedding cards I made using my favourite HA Chinese dolls. I decided to add a butterfly to the design using the BG Seredipity papers (these are just perfect for this card). I used the colours from the current CR84FN challenge - light pink, tan and cream for these cards. Thank you for dropping by!

Challenge:

CR84FN - Challenge 65 

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Natural White, Via Vellum Kraft

Paper - Basic Grey Serendipidy

Stamps - Hero Arts LP146, CL272, 657773

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black

Others - White gel pen, Kaisercraft pearls, Ranger Stickles