Christmas tree card

O Christmas Tree is the theme for Anything Crafty over at The Daring Cardmakers - and that just worked in wonderfully as I've been making folded cards for friends... and one just happened to be one of those triangle folded trees... easy as to make and this size fits in  the usual C6 envelope.  Cut, folded and covered the sides with pp and then included a mini flat magnet to hold the flap down... and finished off with a fussy cut sentiment label from the 12x12 paper set. I made five cards from the one pp sheet..    I am also playing along with Watercooler Wednesday  WWC251 - Dawns's All About Occasions challenge.
Thanks for visiting, I  really appreciate it,  ---- and HAPPY CHRISTMAS

 

Best Wishes

Yesterday afternoon I was able to finish off a few cards made with one of the panels of my recent colouring challenge.... these lillies were stamped in grey ink and coloured with pencils. I used a die cut frame raised with foam sheet on a lovely bright orange card.  To finish I stamped and silver embossed the sentiment on an orange strip.  I am playing along with Watercooler Wednesday WWC250  - Helen's Feminine "Anything Goes" challenge  ...  AND  ...  Yes Virginia's - Show and Share for December.     Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy card making

 

Happy Birthday

We have visitors this week but I have time to post a couple of cards this afternoon..... here a Birthday card using a stencil to create the lattice background..... I inked Versamark over the back of the stencil, brayered it in place on white card then heat embossed with white embossing powder... then sponged Distress Oxides in antique linen, iced spruce and victorian velvet and lightly polished the ink from the white embossing.  I used a matching dusty pink card and attached the panel  with a fine white edge and then die cut the sentiment twice and layered them to the front.  I  am playing along with Watercooler Wednesday WWC244 - Helen's "All About Occasions" challenge ...  AND ... Stamplorations The Stencil October challenge - Always Anything Goes.
Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy card making

  

Hello

Now I have a card made with a 'try-out' from last week... stamped the image in antique linen DI and watercoloured with Distress Oxides...looked awful, so it was put aside.... today I thought to rescue it and so doctored it with white gel pen and touched up the DO pinks again... happy with that - so cut the panel down with stitched rectangle, attached to a white card and then added a die cut 'hello' (cut it three times in white and gold card to give it dimension).  I am playing along with Watercolour Wednesday WWC241 - Dawn's Feminine "Anything Goes" challenge.... ALSO ... Pixies Snippets Playground #362.   Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy stamping.

 

Home Sweet Home

I sent my mum this card on her return home having been away for 9 weeks recovering from a broken leg.... and not living nearby to bring her a bunch of flowers I thought this card would brighten her days.
Stamped the image in grey ink and used pencils to watercolor it.   Then for something different die cut a stitched frame and positioned the stamped panel at an angle... to finish added a stamped sentiment.  I am playing along with Watercooler Wednesday WWC#240 - Kath's "All About Occasions" challenge.
Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy stamping

 

Two cards featuring "Critters"

Time for a couple of cards for
Darnell's Twofer Card Challenge - #20 ... Critters... and I've chosen FROGS,
you see the beautiful green tree frogs now and again in our garden

For my first froggy card I stamped the image in grey and watercoloured it with Distress Oxides and then fussy cut it out..... I also stamped, coloured and fussy cut three large leaves.  Miraculously I found this cool Designer Paper in my stash with water droplets on a leaf - perfect,  then cut myself a rock from brown card, sponged on some brown ink for the frog to sit on.  I stamped the sentiment in black and clear embossed and the used yellow card for the die cut 'hello'.... attached all the elements on a green card.

For the second card I stamped the frog in brown ink and watercoloured it with Distress Oxides...then only fussy cut the bottom around his legs..  Found some cool green leafy DP and die cut a round opening so I could slip the legs through.  I stamped the sentiment in black and clear embossed and then the same for the 'get well soon' on matching green card.  I painted on a few green leaves to the background and assembled the card.

I am also playing along with Watercooler Wednesday WWC239 - Helen's Masculine "Anything Goes" challenge... I think this little Get Well card would so suit a bloke feeling down in the dumps.

That was fun.... I had no idea to start what critters I could use, but I'm real happy I found this long unused stamp in my stash.  Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it.... happy card making

Merry Christmas

The second card I finished off today is for Power Poppy Creative Confetti - Out of the Ordinary - a Unique background....  Also for Addicted to Stamps and More #358 - Holiday, Anything Goes challenge ... and .... Watercooler Wednesday WWC238  Tristan's All About Occasions challenge.
I first made my background panel using Distress Oxides and cling wrap technique, then used the same colours to watercolour my image which I stamped in grey ink.  I fussy cut it out and used foam sheet to mount it to the trimmed panel on a square card.  To finish I die cut the sentiment in silver metallic card and added a second white layer to lift it from the background and then a few shiny silver gems.  Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy card making

   

Wishing you a Special Day

With some time up my sleeve now to finish and post a few card.... this pretty floral I stamped in grey ink and coloured with watercolur pencils.  I die cut a window in a card front and positioned the image in the top corner after I stamped a silver embossed my sentiment.  To finish the card I added a die cut acetate butterfly from a pack I won ...it's gorgeous and shiny and just the right matching colors.  I am playing along with Watercooler Wednesday WWC237 - Michelle's Feminine "Anything Goes" challenge  ....   and Addicted to Stamps and More #357 challenge - Make Your Mark.  Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy stamping

 

Twofer Christmas cards

On an off chance sometimes I buy those gorgeous 12 x 12  DP packs - and at the end of last season I picked up this lovely Christmas pack on sale... I can use lots of the paper as card backgrounds but there still remains a heap of sheets with lovely designs... so I decided I should CUT THEM UP!!!  If you look closely you'll see these two were a corner design.. I trimmed them to fit my  6 x 4 cards and added a die cut shiny gold sentiment to one and the strip on the other is part of the header strip on a page from the pack.  I just noticed that Heidi at Watercooler Wednesday WWC#236 - "All About Occasions" Anything Goes challenge made a gorgeous cardinal card with DP background... I do like to put stamping on my cards but I'm happy today to be using these lovely papers.  I am also playing along with Rudolph Days August challenge.   Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - happy to add to my Christmas stash.

August Rudolph Days Challenge

From far away, a friendly light

Fathers' Day this weekend, so a masculine card this afternoon.  I love this stamp - used grey ink to stamp the image and pencil to colour it, then trimmed down to fit a tall navy card and framed it in red.  I am playing along with Watercooler Wednesday WWC235 - Marsha's Masculine "Anything Goes" challenge.  Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it. -  happy stamping