I've been lying low with a nasty cold but finally today I felt more energetic and got three cards made so that I can squeak in under the wire for a couple of challenges!
First up, Darnell's
Twofer Challenge - one that truly is a challenge for me!
I could only think of two stamps I have with a balloon and one of them only works for Christmas, so had to go with the other. Here's the Twofer:
The one on the left is the full stamp - the girl and the balloon are a famous Banksy image, and are one single stamp. I used a simple "love you" sentiment - it will be a Valentine card.
For the second card, I stamped the bear, then used just the balloon part of the Banksy image, stamping it multiple times in different colours, having all the strings converge at the bear's hand. I coloured the bear with coloured pencils and trimmed the image with a stitched circle and used a contrasting colour for the card base.
For both cards, I popped up the focal panels on fun foam and went over the balloons with Glossy Accents.
Next up is this card:
Right back to my comfort zone of blue and white, and Christmas cards!!
I smooshed a piece of mixed media cs with a couple of blue Distress inks, and then laid a snowflake stencil over it and removed some of the colour with a baby wipe - the "ghosting" technique. I added a reindeer die cut from white glitter cs and a sentiment using a Tim Holtz rub-on. I popped the panel up on fun foam and added a few small die cut white glitter snowflakes around the card base.
It's going over to the following challenges:
Thanks for hanging in for such a long post!!
Supplies for 1st card:
Stamps - Viva Las Vegas "Banksy Girl with a Balloon", PTI sentiment
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black and Rhubarb Stalk
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Lil Inker stitched rectangle die, Glossy Accents, fun foam
Supplies for 2nd card:
Stamps - Viva Las Vegas "Banksy Girl with a Balloon", AE bear, Lawn Fawn sentiment
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, and various colours for the balloons
Paper - white and mottled brown/beige cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - coloured pencils, Lil Inker stitched circle die, Glossy Accents, fun foam
Supplies for 3rd card:
Ink - blue Distress inks
Paper - mixed media and white cs, SU white glitter cs
Size - A2
Accessories - PaperArtsy snowflake stencil, Cheery Lynn snowflake dies, unknown reindeer die, fun foam