Golden Thanks!

I've had this idea in my head ever since Cath set us the challenge to use gold. I wanted to use gold foil on a card. I bought some foil the other day, but it turned out to be more plastic than foil! So then I remembered I had some gold leaf, which is really multi coloured - in fact perfect Fall colours. So this is the result...

I die-cut the leaf from gold paper, swiped it with versa mark ink, sprinkled Stuck on You bonding powder on the leaf, heat set and then rubbed the gold leaf over the the die-cut. I decided to run it through the Cuttlebug again to get the definition of the leaf.
It would have been quicker to leave the die-cutting till last, but I didn't want to waste the gold leaf.

I wonder if this is my last card for the MFW All that Glitters is Gold - I am definitely addicted!

Another Gold card!!!

I made this card when I was doing the collabo with Jill Foster, but didn't post it that week. I decided I should enter it in the MFW All that Glitters is Gold challenge, well, because there's a bit of gold in this card!!!

The lace stamp and the Iris die are from Penny Black. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions.

MFW Colour Media Challenge and All that Glitters is Gold

Here is a quick card for the Moxie Fab World All that Glitters is Gold challenge, which finishes today.
This painting was my inspiration

And here is my card...

I coloured a piece of white card stock with gelatos, then when it was completely dry, I used a stencil and a gold ink pad to add the dots. The final touch was to brush perfect pearls over the dots and spritz with water.
The dragonflies were made with a Penny Black die.
I'm also entering this in the MFW Colour Media Challenge.

Belated WCMD

I went away for a couple of days and took limited supplies, just some cards, ink pad, a few stamps, twinkling H2Os and distress markers. Lucky I didn't take much, because my mojo went away too!
This is the only card I made...

The stamps are from Kaisercraft. I do love just stamping and colouring with distress markers and an aqua brush - so relaxing! I wish I was able to sketch my own images, but not I'm not brave enough.
I stamped the music script over the image to add some interest.
I'm entering this in the MFW Colour Media Challenge.

Tuesday Trigger - Take 2/ Muse Card Challenge -

I had a sudden urge to make another card for the Moxie Fab World TT - A Fine -Toothed Comb!
This card also fits the criteria for 2 other MFW challenges - All that Glitters is Gold and the Metal, Wood and Cork challenge.

The background image is from Kaisercraft and is stamped with metallic gold.
The pink/gold embellishments that look like buttons are made from paper clay, using cake decoration moulds and then coloured with versamark and perfect pearls. The leaves are die-cuts from Memory Box and Impression Obsession. The flowers are made with Memory Box shabby rolled rose die and the metal flower and pearls are from my stash. Whenever I can't decide what colour card to use for the base card, I find that kraft comes to the rescue - gotta love that!!! This is only the second time I've used staples, but it was an epiphany and I hope it works!

My 2nd card is for the latest Muse Card challenge #37 based on a card by Cindy Brumbaugh...

I was quite pleased to use some pieces from my 'unused stash' for this card - the Hero Arts dogwood image  and the embossed card. I got quite a lot of stamped bits and pieces I really must turn it to completed cards!

I hope you like my take - with any luck I might have another go, but we're going to our neglected beach house for a night or 2, which will be a nice break from Nursing Home visits.

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger - A Fine Toothed Comb

Did you see the gorgeous inspiration trigger at Moxie Fab World this week - so gorgeous. It has inspired some amazing entries - yo should check them out here.

The birdcage die  is Tim Holtz and the rose is from Memory Box. Iused the die as a stencil to colour it in.
The butterfly die is from Penny Black (my new favourite). The sentiment is from WPlus9.
The heart border is wash tape.
I had fun putting this together, but I think I should have got help from my hubby as he is much better at flower arranging than me!

Gold Fever!

Here's another card for the Moxie Fab World - All that glitters is Gold challenge.

It is very gold and very glittery!

Firstly, I coloured a piece of white card stock with Dusty Concord distress ink.

Then I stamped over the purple card with Penny Black's Flower Flourish  and embossed with gold sparkle embossing powder. The sentiment image and die cuts are from Papertrey Ink.

This was a very difficult card to photograph, because it's been blowing a gail outside and I really needed natural light to get the gold to look right. This was the best I could do, with a bit of light coming through the window.