The four papers for this card come from Kirsty Wiseman's Colour Burst of Fanciful Things. There are some beautifully co-ordinated sets of papers on her CDs. Each layer is stitched to the one below with a brown co-ordinating thread using either running or zig zag stitch. My sewing machine thinks it's Christmas, it is so long since it saw the light of day. The tile sentiment in the centre is from my stash.
I found this tree motive in an embrodery designs book I bought recently and thought it was just right for this challenge. The book is Doodle Stitching by Aimee Ray. The image is coloured with promarkers. The snow stamp and background writing stamp are from Elusive images and the grasses from Stamp doodles. DI ink Stormy sky was used to shade the tag. The wooden leaf is from my stash.
I decided to combine the two challenges into one, so here is my Art Deco Happy New Year card.
Looking forward with this challenge. The backing papers are from MCS, the stamp origins unknown. I have had it for a long time and not used it before! I coloured the balloons with Promarkers and 2011 is a rub on. The sentiment is printed with the Xyron design runner.
I decided to make a start on some decorations for the Christmas table so made a napkin holder to fit with this challenge. The ring is made of red paper, edge punched, and white pearlised paper, also punched, both with Martha Stewart punches.
I bought some Debbie Moore CDs in her sale and they have some great backing papers. These two backing papers are from Vintage Heaven and the lady from 100 Vintage Images. The oval frame I cut from some Kanban card using Craft Robo and the flowers I made from one of the backing papers using the Sizzix die 3D Flowers, this gives you one of those cut to the centre in a spiral cut out which you roll and glue. The pearls and ribbon are from my stash
I love Christmas roses and have a mass of them growing in my garden, they look so fragile but withstand the snow and ice. A Christmas glory. So I used Elusive images Christmas Rose stamp plate to stamp using DI mustard seed, on watercolour card that was coloured with the same ink. I stamped again with wild honey but have not been able to get the contrast to show up in my photograph. I added a Christmas Angel, ribbon and a gem.
I was out for a walk on Sunday and of course thinking about crafting and this challenge when I saw a hot air balloon up ahead. Hence this card today. The backing paper is from JS Thomas Kinkade CD. The stamps are Clarity and the sentiment was cut with craftrobo.
I used stamps from different places for this tag including Elusive Images, Dee Gruenig and Sheena Douglas. I used DI Antique linen, Rusty hinge, Aged mahogany, Pine needles and Brushed corduroy. The press studs are Sir Tim's and obviously the bird, which is cut out of spotty Grunge paper.
My inspiration for this card came from the Cliff Richard song "Mistletoe and wine". I used a stencil to cut my bottle and glasses from white card. I used the mistletoe stamp from Elusive Images which I stamped and coloured in DI Pine Needles. I glazed and glittered the berries. The sentiment is also from Elusive Images but this time from the Mistletoe DL plate. The music background is from The Stamp Man and is stamped in Momento London Fog.
This is a photo from the trip John and I took to New Zealand last February. I scrapbooked it as my entry to the QVC competition in July.
Inspired by the Design team I have used Ooh La La Creations Quick Makes for Christmas for this card. I added textured snow and glitter to the topper and matted it onto some glitter card stock. This was added to the matching bp and the sentiment and snowman added.
I used the lovely coloured holly wreath that Ann sent as part of my prize for this challenge. I used MCS Pro to create the two backing papers from the holly wreath by cropping and tiling. I did not alter Ann's colours at all as they are so bright and vibrant. I cut out the holly wreath itself with Spellbinders scalloped circle and used Stickles Burgundy to highlight the berries. I also cut out two of the paper ribbons. All were mounted as the sketch and I added three little silver bells on a red ribbon in the centre. I also stamped small hearts to the right using DI Worn Lipstick. I do enjoy creating my own papers in this way, hope you like them.
I was looking for an image I thought I could use on JS Enchanted Christmas when I came across this wonderful stag. I matched him up with a piece of gloss card I did some time ago when playing with alcohol inks. Both were mounted on a piece of white card embossed with holly leaves. I highlighted the leaves with DI Peeled Paint and the berries with Tattered Rose. My poor photography skills do not do the colours justice but I hope you agree that he is a magnificant animal.
Used a few stamps that have not seen the light of day for a while for this tag. The heart stamp is Sarah Lugg, the santa Personal Impressions and the Sun, moon and stars a trio of stamps from Hero Arts. The pine trees are Clarity and the clocks Crafty Individuals. Stamped santa using London fog Memento and the rest is D inks of various colours. Enjoyed playing.
Could not resist using JS Thomas Kinkade CD for this challenge. This is one of my favourite Christmas images from the CD. The image is matted onto a sliver of silver and then again on white star glitter card. The backing paper is from Winter Wonderland by The English Paper Company and it is also matted onto the glitter star card. It is finished off with tinsel ribbon and a sentiment and snowflake. I really enjoyed making this card.
The base card of this tag is silk card which has been through the Docraft Baubles embossing folder. I inked it with DIs Crushed Olive, a colour I have used on lots of Christmas cards this year, and worn lipstick. The raised baubles are La Blanche stamps which I stamped onto white card, distressed in the same colours, cut out and added to the tag. The tinsell like ribbon was a freebie from craft Obsessions, thank you.
I used two scrapbooking papers from Karen Foster for this card. John's sister is married to an American so this card is for them. One paper is torn and distressed with Walnut stain. Another piece of the same paper was matted onto brown paper edged with a Martha Stewart punch. The three pieces were layered as shown and a trim of orange braid was added and three button leaves.
This is an Inkadinkado stamp I have been going to buy for ages and just bought in my local craft shop sale. I thought it fitted well with the theme of this challenge. It is stamped and masked and re stamped using Versafine black and the scene, which is a stamp from A Stamp in the Hand, is stamped using DI Faded Jeans. This was also used to colour the surround.
I always think of lace when I think of shabby chic so that is my theme. The lacey look paper is from MCS Tattered Lace. I used it to cover a card balnk and pleated it to form a band round the middle. As I am into my Martha Stewart punches at the minute I added two bands using the shells/fan punch. I added a ribbon from Anna Griffin and some pearlescent gems and flower.
My stamp is "Willow with Lantern" from Whiff of Joy and is stamped with Memento ink and coloured with Promarkers. All the edges are with a Martha Stewart punch. I love it but it is the most difficult of all the ones I have to line up correctly, perhaps because the pattern is small. The backing papers are from K&Co and the holly ribbon from my local craft shop. The Joy sentiment is one of Sheena's stamps.
Bought the lace kit off QVC from Art Quest last week so just had to try it out for this challenge. Unfortunately I have not been able to photograph it very well as I kept catching the reflection off the silver leaf.
I have not done any decoupage for ages and as I had this lovely lady from way back I thought I would use her. The background is stamped using Dee Gruenigs floral motive and latterns, using Versamark, and embossed with Wow embossing powder super white. I used DI Dusty Concorde, Antique Linen and Dried Marigold to colour the tag and then stamped the floral motive again using DI Crushed Olive.
It seemed appropriate to make this today so I set to after the minutes silence at 11. The background stamp is from Clarity -Wild Poppies stamped with a red inkpad of unknown origin (lost label) and it is matted onto red mirri. The main image is from La Blanche and is stamped with memento London Fog. One poppy is coloured with Promarkers poppy and black. This is also matted onto red mirri. the sentiment was added using the Xyron design runner. Hope it is a fitting act of Remembrance.
So many lovely images on the Jayne Netley Mayhew Cds from Joanna. Decided to go with the elephant family from CD 1. The background is the elephant hide paper that goes with the image mounted onto silver card and repeated as a mount for the topper. The sentiment was printed with the Design runner.
I used two Anna Griffin papers for this 8 by 8 card. A pleated ribbon made from both papers covers the join. The upper half of the card has a snow flake and a sentiment cut from Craft Robo. The lower half has two baubles from Crafty Ann's digis printed on a spare piece of the top paper, cut out and partially covered with gilding flakes. A ribbon tops them off. Half way through I thought this is looking quite golden and that is a traditional colour oops! The papers are more yellow orchre in real life, honest.
Just had to have a play with my new train stamp and ink dusters. The train stamp is from Habico, the trees and fence are Elusive images, the clouds A Stamp in the Hand and the birds Clarity. I used Big and Juicy Waterfall and the touch of heather! is DI Dusty Concord. Need some practise with the ink dusters as I had to use a sponge too but I quite like the stipple effect.
Fun Halloween is my choice for this challenge. The topper and cat frame are from Silhouette Sensations CD from Gwyneth Windsor. The lettering and bat are cut with Craft robo and the backing paper and pumpkins are from that Canada stash again. I printed on white and coloured with DI Risty Hinge. I was going to make it a scrapbook page as I was known as "that witch" to some of my naughtier students but it is an 8 by 8 card!
