Santa is coming!

Today's project is for three challenges.

The first is using the colours from the
ColourQ challenge #111

and the second is the sketch from the
CAS-ual Fridays challenge CFC #29

and third, I will also be sending it to the St Luke's Charity challenge where the theme is Christmas


This is my card

I started by stamping Santa's sleigh and filled it with the presents on some white card, masked it with a Post It note and stamped the fir tree behind it. The presents were coloured with write markers, and the edges of the card sponged before layering it onto the maroon card.

The sentiment and snowflakes were then carefully inked with a Versamark pen and stamped below it ( positioned with the Stamp-a-ma-jig ) and heat embossed with white powder. It all was then placed on a white card.

Recipe :  Card = Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, and white card stock from my stash

Stamps = Lovely as a Tree, Loads of Love Accessories, Jolly Jingles Roller, and Clarity

Inks = Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, Brown Pro marker ( I dont have Crumb Cake but this was the nearest I have ), and Versamark

Tools = Heat gun and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras = White embossing powder

I hope you're all having a good weekend, and thanks for dropping by.

Vintage Christmas

Yesterday I started another card for the Make My Monday challenge as I wasn't that happy with my first entry. This time I've tried the vintage style ( way out of my comfort zone, but the more you do I suppose the better you feel about it?)

I'll also be sending it to St Lukes charity where their theme this month is Christmas.

I've used 3 papers that I'd downloaded years ago from I cant remember where.......a holly print, Hark the Herald Angels music sheet, and vintage christmas angels ( I hope they forgive me for cutting their wings off?! ) .The holly was placed on a cream card base and the edges sponged. A square was torn from the music sheet and red sponged on the edges, and then some fluffy threads were wrapped around it before it was layered on the holly. The 2 children were cut out and stuck down and then the whole thing was sponged with a distress ink. The sentiment banner was added on 3D pads with a bow of the threads dangeling behind it with jingle bells on the ends.

Recipe: Card = from my stash

Inks =  Real Red, Certainly Celery, and Tim Holtz Tea Dye

Stamps = Dovecraft

Extras = Fluffy threads and jingle bells

It's a Grand Prix weekend so I hope I'll get some crafting done.

Thanks for dropping by, and I'd love it if you could call again if you have time.

One Layer card

Today I'm suffering with a terrible migraine so it's lucky that I drafted this post yesterday as my eyes cant stand the light of the screen.

I'd made a quick card for the OLW #68 challenge where they want "something triangular".

I also wanted to make another card for St Luke's Charity cards challenge where their theme is still "Something for the boys", so I thought of making a card with a Postage stamp as the image. 

Take a look

 

 

I have a stamp of a postage stamp, but it's an oblong shape, so I stamped one corner of it pointing upwards in the center of a square card, masked this off with Post its and added a line of the perforations to join it up across the bottom. The triangular frame that this made was then masked off and the aperture sponged with blue ink. I then added the 1st in the corner and stamped a dragonfly, and flower heads along the bottom. This simple card was finished with the sentiment underneath .

I don't know if stamp collecting is still popular, or whether computers have taken over?, but I hope that the masculine vibe of this card will mean something to someone.

Recipe : Card = white card from my stash

Stamps = SU Organic Grace, Clarity, and Verve sentiment

Inks = Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Green Galore, and Sahara Sand

Tools = Post Its

Thanks for your visit today, I hope you can come back soon to see what else I've been up to.



 

Resisting Autumn

This afternoon I have finally finished the card I started at my friends yesterday.

I am going to enter it in the Make My Monday challenge where the theme this month is Autumn, and this week it requires the use of a "resist technique". Also I will send it to the St Luke's Charity Cards Challenge where they want "something for the boys".

Here is the card

I started by randomly stamping Oak leaves and Acorns in Versamark on some silk card, and then brayered over it with a brown and green Big and Juicy ink pad. I did the same to the lone oak tree. The silk card was then cut into the large matt and small tag and layered onto some brown card. Some beige ribbon was wound around the large matt before it was stuck on the base card. To make the card more masculine two star shaped brads were added to opposite corners of the tree panel, and the bottom of the tag below the stamped sentiment. The tree, and tag were positioned on 3D pads to add dimension. I then stamped the oak leaf and 4 acorns onto brown card and heat embossed them with gold powder, cut out, and placed on the card on 3D pads. The finishing touch was a bow to attach the tag to the tree panel.

Here is a close up of the oak tree to show how the Versamark resists taking in the brayered ink to leave a ghostly image.

I'm quite pleased with the result and hope you like the card too.

Recipe : Card = Clarity silk card, SU Chocolate Chip, and cream card from my stash
Inks = Versamark, Big and Juicy Spice, and Chocolate Chip
Stamps = Lovely as a Tree, All Natural, and Verve
Tools = Speedball Brayer and heat gun
Extras = Gold embossing powder, 3D pads, beige ribbon, and gold star brads

It's a Grand Prix weekend but the TV coverage starts at silly o'clock in the morning so I dont think I will be crafting while watching it in bed!!

Hope you have a good weekend whatever you're doing, and I'll be back soon.