Stencilled Poinsettias and Tower Bridge

Sneaking in under the wire for the Flower Challenge "Add a Stencil"!  I used a poinsettia stencil and let it be the focus of the card.

I used FineTec Pearlescent watercolour paints applied with small sponge daubers through the stencil.  Make sure the paint isn't too watery - you don't want it to seep out under the stencil.  You want more of a paste kind of texture than a really watery watercolour paint.  They give a wonderful shimmer - much better in real life.  I trimmed the panel, bordered it with red and green shimmery cs, wrapped cream coloured ribbon around it, added a sentiment to the top of the ribbon, and added the whole lot to a cream shimmer card base.

For a change of pace, I've made a card for a friend who loves travelling - he's heading off to England.  I'm entering it at Cardz 4 Guyz  "T is for ....".  I went with travel and Tower Bridge.

The focal panel was made by smooshing with blue Distress Oxide inks, then stamping the image of Tower Bridge and the London text stamp on it, bordering with black cs, and popping it up on fun foam on a background of blue speckled dp.

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - unknown sentiment
Ink - gold ink
Paper - cream cs, cream shimmer cs, light red and light green shimmer cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Tim Holtz poinsettia stencil, cream ribbon, sentiment banner die, FineTec pearlescent watercolours

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - unbranded stamps
Ink - various blue Distress Oxide inks, Archival Jet Black
Paper - white and black cs, blue dp
Size - A2
Accessories - fun foam

London, Knitting, and a Valentine

Having fun with challenges on a dreary winter day!  First up for the Inspired By.... challenge "Inspired by London".  I had to enter this one as I was born in London (we moved to Canada when I was 10).

I created a background by smooshing with blue Distress Oxide inks, stamped the image of Tower Bridge and the London text stamp on it, bordered with black cs, and popped it up on fun foam.

Next up for My Time to Craft's "Hobbies" challenge, I went with a great image of a raccoon knitting.  Knitting is one of my other main hobbies.

Stamped, watercoloured, and popped up on fun foam.

And last, for Color Hues "Red and Pink", a Valentine card:

I used dies only - square dies for the white and pink panels, a heart die, and a sentiment die. The heart and sentiment were each cut twice and glued together for more dimension. The pink square is popped up on fun foam. The white square has score lines for a bit more interest and tiny red heart gemstones are placed in each corner where the score lines intersect.

 

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - unknown
Ink - various blue Distress Oxide inks, Archival Jet Black
Paper - white and black cs
Size - A2
Accessories - fun foam

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Katzelkraft raccoon knitting, Rubber Soul sentiment
Ink - Archival Jet Black
Paper - watercolour paper, cream cs
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, fun foam

Supplies for card 3:
Paper - pink and white cs, red glitter cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - TH love die, heart die, Spellbinders square dies, ScorPal, red heart gemstones, fun foam