Muse Challenge #44

I just managed to complete a card for this weeks Muse Card Challenge.  The muse is Marion Vagg and she has come up with a real stunner for us to case. I decided to keep going with the Christmas card production and my inspiration was obviously the chalkboard trend.

I used a die to make a stencil for the doves and then swiped ink over the stencil and white embossed. I got the mirror image by turning the paper over and die cutting the second bird in the reverse.
The sentiment is from Penny Black.

Case Study #167/Runway Inspired #48

Hi again - 2nd post for the day! I noticed that a few people have combined 2 of my favourite challenges, Case Study and Runway Inspired, so I decided to try that myself. Here is the result....

I used one of my favourite Hero Arts stamps and a mix of water colour pencils and gelatos and once it was dry, I swiped the image with versamark and clear embossed it.

Festive Friday Challenge - Final Challenge

Oh dear, I only recently found this fun challenge and now this is the last one for the year!
It certainly inspires me to make holiday cards! But the good news is Festive Friday will start again in the new year, so I can start extra early for Christmas 2014!

The challenge is to choose our favourite challenge inspiration and make a card based on that. So I went back through the old inspiration photos and found this one....

I've used 2 different Memory Box dies, lots of distress ink, perfect pearls and glitter. It makes me wish we were with my Husband's family in Scotland for a white christmas!

Festive Friday & Scrapbook Boutique take 2

Another quick post, because I'm trying to finish off lots of uncompleted projects.

This card is my second for both The Festive Friday challenge and the Scrapbook Boutique Challenge.

Scrapbook Boutique Challenge

Hi, just a quick post today. I made these tags for the latest challenge at Scrapbook Boutique.

The ornaments are made with the Spellbinders 2010 Heirloom Ornament die.

Less is More #146

Less is More have a challenge to Use Design Paper  in a CAS way. Well that sounds like an easy challenge for me! I have been challenging myself to use up my Christmas DP and NOT buy any more this year! So Here is another tag, which I have used on an embossed white card base. No stamping!!!

Bokeh Stamping

I saw this gorgeous card by Libbie Hickson on the Hero Arts blog and thought I would case her card.
I used the rubber tip of a pencil and an ink dauber and various inks, wink of stellar pen, stickles and recycled foil for the snowflakes. The sentiment is from Kaisercraft.

I like Libby's card much more than mine, but I guess it's not too bad for a 1st attempt at this technique.