CAS-ual Fridays CHallenge #cfc146 For my first entry to the CAS-ual Frusays challenge blog I've used Lovely snowflake for the snowflake and sentiment. I've stamped them in Versafine black onyx and sprinkled them with WOW! clear holographic sparkle embossing powder and heat set it. I've diecut the 25 using Lawn Fawn's Finley's 123 and mounted this frontpanel with foamtape. On the cardbase I've sponged Distress ink (barn door) to accentuate the 25.
For more information on the CAS-ual Fridays CHallenge #cfc146, see this
For the Inkspirational challenge the code word is flakes, so I thought snowflakes, also gold flakes and flaking paint passed by in my head, but I dismissed those, because of supplies.
I've used re-inkers from Distress inks to colour my background (peacock feathers, seedless preserves and mowed lawn). But first I've heat embossed a bunch of snowflakes (CAS-ual Fridays must love snowflakes) with white embossing powder on some hot pressed smooth watercolouring paper from Schut (300grams) I've then wetted the surface and started dabbing on the reinkers and spritzing it with water to make them flow, were they colours met, they made new colours, so I hope that's ok for the colour challenge, bit out of my control lol. I chose reinkers for the intense colours, and it's really this dark..... I say moody ;-) I spritzed also some perfect pearls to give it shimmer. the watercolour paper is from a big sheet I cut up and they end up a little smaller, than a standard cardbase, which works out well for the sentiment, a little stuck out on the top, which I trimmed. I like non traditional colours, usually pastels, for Christmas and Christmas cards, so I hope the recipient does too!
AAA Cards Challenge #54: Silent night, holy night Christmas Cards For my card I inked up a strip in night sky ish colors with Distress inks (chipped sapphire, dusty concord, and fossilized amber) I used a white Sharpie marker for the stars. I made a mask with a Memorybox die and used the negative to make the night city (with black soot), tidied the edges with a black marker. I made a cityscape banner by tracing another portion of the die, colored it in with black and heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder, stuck in on with foamtape for dimension. Never seen a banner with a cityscape on it, I kind of like it a lot..:-) For more information on the AAA Cards Challenge #54: Silent night, holy night Christmas Cards, see this
I'd like to enter this card into the Less is More challenge #253 : blue and green and the Addicted to CAS challenge: joy I started my card out, not by stamping my sentiment and I got punished for it ;-). But I started with a circle die to make the bauble (ornament) by sponging in broken china, then overlaid a starry stencil (Heidi Swapp) and inked mermaid lagoon to give the bauble detail. I used a gold pen to finish the bauble and then sponged shabby shutters and bundled sage at the top to give the illusion of a tree, I don't have a branch stamp so I drew in a few , very sorry, twigs, cheap Christmas tree, lol I used my black Sharpie for that. Then proceeded to stamp my sentiment, messed it up, tried to overlay another layer of stamping, got worse, so I cut it off at an angle and stamped it on the card base. I made a really thin strip of mermaid lagoon and attached it to the back of the panel and then mounted the panel with foam tape. So it looks like it always should have been like this hahaha..ok I shouldn't have told you ;-) Waiting for the Distress ink to dry out I'm wondering if I shouldn't start again and make it like I intended and leave to sorry twigs...hmmm I think I might! I should..oh I must!..I'll be back! Ok so I've remade the card and I like it a whole lot better ;-) I always try to fix oopsies, but sometimes they ruin my vision hahaha. Anyway instead of the sorry twigs I shaded the Distress inks a bit more to give it more depth. I also changed the little hook the bauble is hanging on to black, otherwise it's pretty much the same, but better lol. I will enter this one into the challenges. The sentiment is from CAS-ual Fridays (lovely snowflake) and i used Versafine black to stamp it.
tinie, tiny, tiniest and cutest little box.
Made from a sheet op cardstock measuring
5 1/2"x 4 1/8"
and yes it's inches weirdly enough for an European ;-)
BUT
my WRMK (we R memory keepers) scorboard, although it has centimeters on it, works best in inches.
So forgive me.
The box finished measures appr. 1 1/4" all around and fits three Christmas chocolate treats I found at Action today, but they might be available elsewhere.
they come in a net with about a dozen sweets in it from BeDo imex b.v.
The cardstock I used are European A5 size paperblocks and these are from Wibra, but they're also available everywhere, although sizes vary slightly.
You can also use scraps the right size.
These paper block from Wibra are very cheap and you can tell, there wasn't a square edge on any sheet, but for this box is really didn't matter as you cut off a lot of the (wonky) sides.
Using paper with an all round pattern and not a specific direction will make your life easier!
I make two versions in my video to show you the process.
See the pattern, to learn more about which bits to cut off, notch, glue etc.
Dreaming of a white Christmas I'd like to enter this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: let it snow with Art Impressessions and the Sparkle and Shine Challenge #19. For my card I used the Art Impressions stamp: zoocrew feline set for the cat, Cas-ual Fridays stampset must love snowflakes for the sentiment and snowflakes. I've used the dies from Craft emotions, snow crystal and (PPP) sequins in silver and purple. From the inspiration photo: Bed=sleeping=dreaming+snowflakes=dreaming of a white Christmas...(little insight into how my brain works ;-) )
the embossing powder is from Papermania superfine silver and the image is colored with my Spectrm Noir markers stamped on Neenah classic crest cardstock with Memento tuxedo black ink. I Started by stamping the sentiment, get that over with and have it safe, so it can't mess up my card afterwards ;-) Then I stamped the lazy cat, not really sleeping, but he could still be dreaming (of tuna). Then I used Versamark for some snowflakes and heat embossed them. In the inspiration photo I see a a lot of layered snowflakes, a bed (hence the dreaming) and purple bedding, so I figured my cat is sleeping on my purple bed. Mine like to sleep upside down like that btw, yours too?
Anyway the other snowflakes were diecut from lilac, purple and white glitter paper and stuck on as if it were snowing, which is weird if the cat is on the bed....ah well...the size of these snowflakes would also crush him.. they're the white snow he's dreaming of ;-)...yes that's my angle lol... I mounted the panel on a cardbase with taperunner.
Virginia's View Challenge #21: glitter! I love glitter! for breakfast, erhm I mean always. It might be time for glittery Christmas cards but I made a special thank you card for the wonderful Virginia. For running an amazing blog and hopefully she'll be back after an invigorating rest. I loved taking part in the challenges and I'm sad to see it come to an end. Although nothing is set in stone. I hope she'll find the energy and enthousiasm and time to continue, but for now a BIG kiss and a heartfelt thanks. Just pretend you got this card for real instead of a photo, and if you'd like to get it, send me your address...no really I will send it if you like! Ok so I made a stencil, for the stripes, I inked them up with Distress inks (squeezed lemonade, spiced marmalade and worn lipstick, because of the name lol) I then mixed Wendi Vecchi translucent embossing paste
with and iridescent fine glitter and applied it through the stencil. If you have that wonderful wide stripe stamp from Simon Says Stamp, please feel free to use that. I need to be creative in my solutions sometimes... Let it dry. In the meantime I stuck some Elizabeth Crafts double sided adhesive on black cardstock and die cut the thanks (Memory box, a little thanks) the kiss is a sticker I found today whilst out shopping for, dare I say it...real handkerchiefs for my glasses...I can't
remember how many times I pulled out my shirt today to dry them...oof... it's been a wet few days haha. So if you live close to a Wibra in the Netherlands or Belgium I urge you to have a look, they also have Christmassy glitter stickers..hint hint.. I stuck the panel down on a cardbase and adhered matching sequins, the pale yellow ones are from Neat and Tangled (buttercream satin) the rest probably also Wibra ;-) Dunno, don't label stuff....but i try to keep the original packaging. I also recorded the whole process in a nice video if you'd like to see, link below. Again a huge thank you to Virginia and her crew! we love you! xxx For more information on the Virginia's View Challenge #21: glitter!, see this
