The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn

Challenge 23 at The Library is Anthology - 'pick a previous book challenge' to be inspired by.... so I chose one from September - Challenge 17.
I have this large stamp... the woman looks like she's contemplating something as she sits gazing from her window - she certainly looks like she's had a few, so sad, but what might she have seen as she spies on her new neighbours.... I think I'd better borrow this book from the library, it sounds interesting.
Anyway I stamped the lady and framed her up with a die cut to look like a window and printed off my wording on the computer.

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The most Wonderful time of the year

Some oh so sparkly snowflakes on my very CAS card today.. the lovely EF set the background to add more snowflakes which I adorned with dusty blue pearls and simply finished off with a stamped and silver embossed sentiment... how easy is that and the Christmas stash has started....for me its certainly a great idea to make cards all through the year and thanks to the CAS Christmas January challenge and their Blue and Silver theme I'm underway.
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Happy Birthday

Well I've recently started playing with stencils and have used some sponging over a stencil for the background on this card...I lay my stencil on white card and used a circle cutout shape over the top before sponging with two shades of aqua Distress Oxides, darker on the outer and lighter for the center. I had first checked that my circle shape would fit with this die cut circular frame I had cut, and proceeded to colour this with the darker shade of DO.  I chose to die cut my sentiment in sparkly raspberry glitter card and also a few punched flowers.  Cut down my panel to a square and framed it with matching cardstock onto a white card... I assembled the elements and added a few white pearls as highlights.  I am playing along with Watercooler Wednesday WWC202  Dawns Feminine "Anything Goes" challenge.

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CAS Stencil January challenge

Welcome to the ❉✳NEW✳❉ CAS Stencil challenge,

hope you've had an enjoyable time over the Christmas/New Year 

and are set now for a year of creative card making.

The first CAS Stencil challenge is to showcase 'Sponging' with stencils,

check out the blog and the wonderful inspiration from the new team.

I used Distress Inks to sponge over my floral stencil - using three shades of purple, I used a cotton bud to add depth to the petals, yellow for the centers, and green stems.  I sponged an extra flower that I fussy cut, to attach to the forefront with foam tape with my stamped sentiment.  I added a die cut frame from white card also mounted with foam tape to a white card.

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Also adding to Stamplorations Never Ending Anything Goes challenge  - Flowers 1 stencil

A stroll in the rain

It doesn't snow where I live, so I've chosen to make a rainy day card for the CAS Watercolour January challenge - Winter.
It helped that I had this panel of leftover Bokeh from the CAS Mix Up challenge and it looks cold and grey so I thought to turn it into a rainy scene.  I puddled some Weathered Wood DI on my sheet and lightly sprayed it with water and with a scrunched up piece of bubble wrap I swiped down from the top corner to make the rain. I stamped my lady with umbrella, coloured with markers and fussy cut it out. To give her a winter feel I added a scarf, boots and lengthened her dress.  Then to add a bit more interest I mixed silvery colour mist with water and using a fine paint brush added some streaks of rain and a puddle.  To finish I added a die cut black frame, stamped my sentiment and added some orange card to lift it, fix this in place with foam tape, also my lady.

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Celebrate the Season

Ok today I've a card for the CAS Mix Up January challenge - Bokeh technique ... this is a fun and effect sponging technique for a cool background.  To achieve this I sponged Distress Ink in Weathered Wood and Hickory Smoke over card stock, and then using different size die cut circles sponged white pigment ink randomly over this, varying the intensity.  Then stamped my pine branch a couple of times in the corner with dark green ink and added some white gel pen 'snow'.  I sponged two shades of red DI onto my die cut cardinal and masking areas to give dimension.  I stamped his face in black and fussy cut it, coloured the beak. Next I used a stitched die cut window to frame the background, attached my cardinal with foam tape and also my stamped sentiment.

Techniques used - Bokeh, stamping, die cuts, fussy cut. sponging
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Gift Box

A small gift box from my desk today - I love making these, great help with the Scor-pal.  Using double sided designer card means you get pretty insides too.

I cut and folded the base and used a contrast colour card for the lid, then decorated that with some paper flowers and die cut leaves and a small die cut tag.  I am playing along with Just Add Ink challenge #439.  I appreciate your visit and happy crafting.

Best Wishes for a Great Birthday

Hi and Happy New Year - hope there are many happy hours of card making for you over 2019.
Living in Australia and with the time delay I found this afternoon I still had a couple of hours to put together a quick card for the December Stamplorations Theme and Sketch challenge - stamping and using Big Words.  I found this 'experiment' in my stash - a blue paint brushed wash background with a stamped and white embossed flower in one corner... then watercoloured with Distress Inks.  I stamped my large sentiment in black and drew a black frame around the panel to help center on the sentiment.  I appreciate you visit and happy stamping.