Timeless Heart

I have a friend who always orders a few Valentine cards from me.  This is one of the ones I made for her.

I sprinkled red and pink Brushos on watercolour paper and spritzed with water.  When dry, I die cut the heart, and used Distress Black Soot to stencil over it.

Initially I was just going to pop it up with fun foam on the wonky stitched background rectangle but it looked too plain - just needed a little more so I stamped Timeless Texture stamps behind it in very pale grey (by stamping off before adding to my background).

A simple die cut sentiment finished it off.

It's going to be linked up with:

The Paper Players Color Challenge - Red, Pink, Black, and White

Supplies:
Stamps - SU Timeless Textures
Ink - Distress Black Soot, Memento London Fog
Paper - watercolour paper, white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - heart die cut, MFT wonky stitched rectangle die, TCW Confetti stencil, fun foam,

An Elephant Never Forgets

Seize the Birthday's challenge is "Creatures Great and Small".

 

I did this card with an elephant:

I stamped the elephant and sentiment, then coloured with coloured pencils and Gamsol. Trimmed the panel with a wonky stitched rectangle and popped it up on fun foam.

Given my aging memory, it's always good to have a few belated birthday cards on hand!

 

Supplies:
Stamps - Rubber Dance African Animals
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - coloured pencils, Gamsol, MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangle die, fun foam

Love in a Shaker

A card for the Paper Players challenge "Love is in the Air".

I decided to make a shaker card as I haven't done one for ages.

I die cut the heart shape from white shimmer cs and using acetate, fun foam, and double sided tape, created a shaker with it. I filled it with red, silver, and white sequins and some tiny red cs hearts that came out of a die cut I'll be using on another project.

The sentiment is die cut from red cs.

Here's a close-up of the shaker part to show all the lovely things inside it:

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope to be back with at least one or two other Valentines soon as a friend asked me to make 4 or 5 Valentine cards for her.

Supplies:
Paper - white shimmer cs, red cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Love word die, heart die, acetate, fun foam, tiny red cs hearts from a previous die cut, red, silver, and white sequins

Joy

February's CAS Christmas Challenge is "Joy".

I pulled out my Memory Box Winter Joy die.  This is the die:

I haven't used it for ages.  In the past I've just die cut it and added it to a background.  This time I wanted to try and use it in a different way.

 

I die cut it out of masking paper and added the mask to a piece of white shimmer cs.  I then sponged and brushed a couple of shades of blue Distress ink over it.

I removed the mask.  I die cut the three letters of "joy" out of a scrap of aqua/turquoise shimmer cs and glued it over the letters on the card.

I mounted it on fun foam on a matching white shimmer cs card base.  And embellished it with blue and white sequins.

Head on over to CAS Christmas to see what the rest of the Design Team and our wonderful Guest Designer, Claire (String Bows Blog).  You have until February 24th to link up your card.  Please be sure it is clean and simple, and includes the theme of "joy" in some way.

I'm also linking it up to our sister challenge, CAS Mix-Up as the challenge there is "Stencil from Die-Cuts".

 


Supplies:
Ink - Distress Oxide Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass
Paper - white shimmer and aqua/turquoise glitter cs
Size - 5.75x4.5"
Accessories - Memory Box Winter Joy die, masking paper, blue and white sequins, fun foam

Red and Black

CAS Watercolour has a perfect challenge for February - "Red and Black".

A great opportunity to get a Valentine or two made (though your card does not have to be a Valentine)!  Here's mine:

I inked up the stamp with mini Distress red and black inks and then spritzed the stamp before stamping it onto watercolour paper.  I tapped the black ink on a palette and mixed it with some water and then did some subtle splattering.  I like the sentiment "cherish" for a Valentine card - a bit different to the usual "love" or "happy Valentine's day".

There's some beautiful inspiration for you over at CAS Watercolour from the rest of the Design Team and February's Guest Designer, Michele (I Card Everyone).  You have until February 24th to link up your card.  Looking forward to see what you make!

Supplies:
Stamps - Penny Black "Pash", SU sentiment
Ink - Distress Black Soot and Candied Apple
Paper - watercolour paper, black and red cs
Size - A2
Accessories - water spritzer, Spellbinders layering rectangle dies, fun foam

Snowy Snippets

Vancouver is forecasting more snow for tomorrow and Tuesday.  Here's a card in readiness:

I've been trying to clean up my craft desk after all the frenzy of Christmas card making in November and December - I meant to do it in early January but I just couldn't summon the inclination to do it!

For this card, I used nothing but bits from my desk - a leftover die cut line of snowy trees, leftover die cut snowflakes, the remains of a piece of faux mother-of-pearl background.

I assembled all those, trimmed the panel, mounted on fun foam, and added a peel off sentiment.

I'm linking it up at:

The Male Room "It's Snowing"
 
 
Snippets Pixie Playground Challenge #370 
 

I might have to see what else I can make from the clutter on my desk!

Supplies:
Paper - scrap of faux mother of pearl background, white glitter cs, white cs
Size - 6x4.5"
Accessories - peel off sentiment, snowflake and tree dies, fun foam