On your Christening

Good morning again. Please scroll down for my Cards und More post.

It's a double post Tuesday which means there's another challenge over at Cardz4Guyz.

This week we want to see projects that focus on -

EMBOSSING 

Heat or dry or both if you want!

Here's my card using embossing folders.

My Son in Law's friend's son is being christened shortly so they asked me to make a card for the occasion.

I used a stamp by LOTV for the image which I coloured with Copics and cut out using a MFT pierced rectangle die. Although its for a christening, it is for a boy so I kept the embellishments to an organza ribbon and bow but used some of my Inka Gold wax in platinum and steel blue to give the card a special feel. The background panel was embossed using an old folder of unknown make and then rubbed over with a little of the platinum wax to bring up the texture. The blue panels were embossed with a Cuttlebug Swiss dot folder before being covered in a mix of steel blue and platinum.

The sentiment and name were computer generated.

That's about it, now it's your turn. Check out the rest of the DT's for more inspiration.

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For the boys

ABC Challenge - R is for recipe  (Ribbon/ Die/Blue)

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Ben's hectic social life!

Good morning everyone. 

Just popping by to share a card I made for the latest challenge at Cards und More.

This time around we would like to see your projects that have -

NO PATTERNED PAPER

As my Grandson has just gone back to school, so his hectic social life has started again. This time he was invited to a doubled up party for a couple of lovely girls in his class. They are not girly girls as their party was a sport skills one so Nich asked for the cards not to be too girly. So here is the card I made for one of them using an image from our challenge sponsor, Little Miss Muffet Stamps.

I used a new set of stamps to make the pattern behind the aperture, they are from Inky Doodles - Print Backgrounds 2. They allow you to make your own backgrounds and I finally indulged after class on Wednesday last week. I used Copics to colour the digi image to match the pattern then fussy cut her out. I edged the base card with a mix of DI in Cracked Pistachio and Mermaid Lagoon, these are new colours which I bought the other day in a set of mini pads. The top panel was embossed using a v old Cuttlebug embossing folder after the aperture was cut using  one of my favourite dies, MFT stitched circles stax, it's my go to for cutting apertures in this style of card as it's just the right size.

OK, that's me done. Pop over to the main CuM blog and check out the rest of the DT's fab inspiration and check out the prize offered by our sponsor-

of a 12$ voucher for their store.

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favourite die

Stamp and inks!

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Moonshadow

Good morning all.

The sun is out, Al has gone tree cutting and the dog has been walked and feed. so all is quiet!

Yesterday evening, after my daughter and family went home, I spent a few minutes in my craft room playing. It was all very quiet, Al out, Max asleep shattered after disappearing while out with us for a walk yesterday afternoon and not coming back until much later, looking very contrite! Obviously found something very interesting in a pile of logs.

Anyway I thought I would make a quick card for a couple of challenges that caught my eye.

I masked off a square using Post Its, cut a curve into another and added a large circle as well. I inked the top of the square with Faded Jeans DI then removed the circle die and stamped part of a Heartfelt Creations -'Magnificent Spruce Trees' above the mask. I cut another curve in a Post It, then stamped a larger section of the same stamp over the mask. The moon was given a little more definition with a little Weathered Wood and a few moon shadows were brushed on, stars were added with a white gel pen.

Have you ever walked by moonlight and seen your moon shadow? It's something quite magical, which I've only experienced since we moved to the country where the night sky is not polluted with street lights. It's even more magical when the fields are covered in crisp white snow and the shadows are dark.

After removing the masks I stamped the Christmas Wishes using a LOTV stamp.

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OLC - Wishing!                                                 

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Birthday Wishes

Good morning peeps and welcome to the weekend!

This week at Fantasy Stampers we are starting a new challenge. We would like to see your stamped projects on the theme of -

AUTUMN LEAVES

A little early I thought for this subject but as I walked the dog yesterday there were quite a few leaves turning in the hedgerow.

Here is my card for your inspiration.

The background is the stamped element here. I took an oak leaf stamp from the Creative Expressions Autumn Foliage set and used Dried Marigold to stamp all over a piece of orange card. I then cut out some leaf shapes using my NEBUS set of  dies by MFT I bought ages ago, from a piece of black card. This top panel was then popped up on pads over the stamped base and the bottom 1/3 was wrapped with twine with a couple of die cut leaves from the stamped scrap and a white embossed LOTV greeting tag added.

OK, now it's your turn. Just remember any style is fine but you must use a traditional stamp in your project.  Pop over to the Fantasy Stampers page for more inspiration from the rest of the team.

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Holly, no ivy

Hi, welcome to the latest challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More.

This week we are in our free for all challenge -

ANYTHING GOES

For my inspiration I used a few of the challenges out there, I always need some spark for this type of challenge, so much easier when you want to enter!

Here is my DT card for your inspiration.

For my card I mainly used the colour theme at Less is More but it also had a nod to HLS Christmas and MM's Holly and AAA spectacular embossing. My lovely friend Loll at HLS got me interested in Inka Gold so it was the perfect opportunity to use it on this background, made by mixing emerald green with a little dk brown Brusho, just to take the brightness down a notch. I then embossed the panel with an old Cuttlebug script folder and dragged some Inka Gold -gold over it with a bit of cut n dry foam (top tip Loll!).
I cut the MB candle die from white, dark green and gold and layered them up to get the effect I wanted before attaching it to the embossed panel. The greeting, a freebie from a mag last year, was stamped and heat embossed in gold detail.

This week we are sponsored by

who are offering the winner a $15 coupon to the store 

and

who are giving a prize of 5 digis from the store.

So now it's over to you, check out the rest of the DT, if you haven't already and then join in!

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Merry Monday - Holly                                                                 

               

Colour Challenge - Green and Gold



Spectacular Embossing

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