Background Blues and Window, Wreath, Wood

The second card is for AAA Colourful which has a colour board of shades of blue.  We can use any of the shades we like - I went with the paler ones and tried to get a similar swirly blend of colours as on the colour board.

The background is a blend of blue acrylic paints on mixed media cs.  I used rustic white cs for the die cut panel and the card base, and stamped the sentiment in dark blue.

My other card is for Tic Tac Toe.  I picked the diagonal line that reads woodgrain, free, and die cut.

I made a small wreath with various green dps and the Martha Stewart pine branch punch. I put some pearl embellishments on it. Then layered it on a die cut window and a piece of wood grain cs. I used a square green card base and added a small vertical sentiment.

  

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Penny Black sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Twilight
Paper - mixed media cs, rustic white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - unknown die, blue acrylic paints 

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Rosie's Roadshow sentiment
Ink - Distress Frayed Burlap
Paper - wood grain cs, white cs, various green dps
Size - 5" square
Accessories - Martha Stewart pine branch punch, window die, pearl embellishments

Gold Angel

For the new Peace on Earth challenge, I was inspired by the top right image on our mood board to use an angel and keep the colour scheme gold and white.

I stamped and heat embossed the angel and sentiment in gold, trimmed it with a square die, layered it on some gold and white dp, and then added all that to a white card base.

Here's our mood board.  Check out how the rest of the Design Team was inspired by it over at Peace on Earth.

I'm also linking it up with Try It on Tuesday "Emboss It" challenge - the angel is heat embossed.

Supplies:
Stamps - Inkadinkado angel, Penny Black sentiment
Ink - ColorBox gold
Paper - white cs, gold and white dp
Size - 5.25" square
Accessories - gold embossing powder, Spellbinders square dies

Sentiment Sticker with Snowflakes and the Sport of Show Jumping

First up for Jingle Belles - use Christmas stickers, whether images or sentiments.  The challenge reminded me that I have a lot of stick-on sentiments that I never use so pulled them out of a dusty drawer and used one on this card.

I used a round gelli plate, various snowflake stamps, and various shades of blue ink for the background.The gold snowflakes were stamped and heat embossed once the gelli plate print was dry.  I used a gold sentiment sticker to tie in to the gold snowflakes.  I must remember to use those stickers more often!

And then a non-Christmas card for The Sisterhood of Crafters "Sports".   I went with the sport of show jumping!

 

 

The image is by a well known British cartoonist, Thelwell, who did wonderful cartoons of very naughty ponies and small children.  

 

It's stamped and coloured with coloured pencils, and then I added Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the water the pony is about to jump into (or the child is going to fall into!).  I've stamped Happy Birthday inside it and I'm giving it to a good friend who is an avid rider.

 

 

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - various snowflake stamps
Ink - gold and various blue inks
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - gelli plate, gold embossing powder, gold sentiment sticker

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Isobel Craft Collection Thelwell stamps
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - white and kraft cs
Size - 5.75x5"
Accessories - coloured pencils, Nuvo Crystal Glaze
 

Woodland Bunny

I've got a very CAS card for CAS Christmas "Woodland Critters".  I chose one of the adorable Anita Jeram images featuring a rabbit and his little bird friend.

Simply stamped and watercoloured.  Then trimmed with a rectangle die.  I took a smaller sized thin frame die and cut it to fit around the image but leaving a border of white.  Then I cut the same size thin frame out of green cs.  I put it back together with the green thin frame in place of the white one and tossed the white one.  I put the panel on fun foam to create a bit of dimension.

Check out the other Design Team members' cards over at CAS Christmas and then come and join us with some woodland critters.

I'm also adding it to Christmas Cards All Year Round "Something Starting with R or S" (I have R is for rabbit) and the NBUS Challenge (it's the first time I used the rabbit stamp).

  

Supplies:
Stamps - Colorado Craft Co. Anita Jeram image and sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - watercolour paper, off white and green cs
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, SSS thin frame die, Spellbinder rectangle die

Christmas Quilt

Christmas Cards All Year Round wants to see thing that start with P or Q.  It seemed a perfect opportunity to make some Christmas "quilt" cards - I not only have q for quilt, but also p for patterned paper.   It's also going to the Snippets Playground Challenge. 

 

I pulled out my quilt die and three different scraps of patterned paper that were at least 4" square and cut the quilt die from each. I cut a square from a sheet of double-sided sookwang tape and stuck it on a square of scrap cs, placed one of the outline border on it, and then inset the little patterned pieces. I did it with fine pointed tweezers - easier than using my fingers! Added the quilt to the card base, and then I created a tiny tag from an old tag punch for the sentiment stuck it on the centre of the quilt and embellished with a tiny adhesive gemstone. I have a bunch of pieces leftover so will put them together in different colour variations at some point.

Supplies:
Stamps - Wordsworth Wee Noel
Ink - Memento Rhubarb Stalk
Paper - white cs, various Christmas dp
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Gina Marie quilt die, McGill tag punch, red gemstone

A Butterfly and a Quartet of Ornaments

The Penny Black Saturday Challenge wants "Things with Wings" so I got out one of my favourite Penny Black butterfly stamps.  It's also going to the Triple B challenge - I chose butterflies out of birds, butterflies, and / or blooms.

I made a background by inking up a tiny squares stencil with various Distress inks, spritzing it with water, and pressing it onto mixed media cs. When dry, I stamped some bits of text and postmarks on it in grey ink. I stamped and heat embossed the butterfly. Then watercoloured it and fussy cut it. I glued its body to the background and popped its wings up with dimensionals. Then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment.

My second card is for the ABC Christmas Challenge "Q is for Quartet" (four of something).  I have four ornaments in my image.  Christmas Cards All Year Round wants anything starting with "Q" so my quartet of ornaments works for them as well.   I'm also adding it to the Rudolph Days Challenge.

The ornaments are stamped in black (though it came out kind of light as the ink pad is old) and then coloured with two green and one red Tombow markers. I coloured the tops of the ornaments with a silver gelli pen. A small vertical sentiment fit well in the space. I used a green/grey cs to border it as black looked too harsh with the pale stamping.

   

 

 

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Penny Black butterfly, unknown sentiment, various script and postmark stamps
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black and Morning Mist, various blue and mauve Distess inks
Paper - watercolour paper, mixed media cs, off white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - clear embossing powder, watercolour paints, stencil with little squares, dimensionals

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Great Impressions ornaments, Rosie's Roadshow sentiment
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - white and green/grey cs
Size - 6x3.25"
Accessories - Tombow markers, silver gelli pen