A trio of colors and roses

I'd like to enter this card into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: a trio  of colors
and the AAA cards Challenge: spectacular embossing.

I've used a flower stencil and inked Distress inks Twister citron and picked raspberry through it. Just one shade for the flowers and the leafs, only more concentrated in parts to give it some shading. Tumbled glass for the sky.
After inking the flowers I mixed the Wendy Vecchi translucent embossing paste with an iridescent glitter and applied it, let it dry, then sponged the blue sky.

The diecut is also inked with picked raspberry in an ombre like effect then attached the the cardpanel with Elizabeth crafts double sided adhesive.

I hope you can see the wonderful glimmer in the flowers and leafs.I thought it was all the embellishment this card needed, was tempted with sequins but didn't want to detract from the beautiful roses.

You keep me anchored

I made this card for the blue challenge over at:
 Addicted to CAS
and
the Sprays/Mists challenge at the Less is more blog.

I've used the Distress Spray Stains in mermaid  lagoon and picket fence.
First I sprayed it in the corner and then used the same mermaid lagoon to splatter drops from the nozzle as with the white, mostly to break up all that solid blue in the bottom and make it look more like water and bubbles.

The anchor and sentiment are from Joy Crafts! seashore and vintage flourishes.

I simply die cut the anchor to make a window and then raised the panel with foamdots so the shadow in the window would define the anchore more, the card panel underneath gives it color, so I could stick to the blue challenge and keep it as CAS as possible. It's so me ;-)

Update September 20th:

yay I won! I'm so honoured to be chosen as the winner on this wonderful blog

CAS(E) this Sketch! Challenge #138

CAS(E) this Sketch! Challenge #138.

I've used a Tim Holtz Stencil (holiday knit) and Distress ink Fired Brick  and a mask I  made with a square die to ink the pattern on the card.
The stamped the sentiment from Hero Arts (get merry set) with Memento black and added a few sequins in matching colors to fill up some of the white.

Usually I don't  mind the white but somehow it wasn't very "merry" without it ;-)


For more information on the CAS(E) this Sketch! Challenge #138, see this

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #201

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #201.

I made a Christmas cards with the elements of the sketch, but in slightly different proportions to fit my snowflake diecut ( the white one is pretty big).

The big snowflake is from Joy Crafts!, the small one from Marianne design, the ticket and sentiment are from Joy Crafts! as well.
I inked up the ticket with Distress inks to match the patterned paper and the glitter snowflake.
The ticket is to represent the horizontal banner on the sketch

For more information on the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge, see this

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: anything goes with Hero Arts

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: anything goes with Hero Arts.

I made 3 cards and in the end I chose this one as my entry.
I had a hard time as I only have a few Hero arts products and at first the night sky would have been my entry, until I added the tree from Hero arts get merry stampset. I think I ruined it now.
I started the sky off by heat embossing the tiny stars backgrounds from Hero Arts on watercolor paper. I used  silver moon turqoise from Lindy's stamp gang.
Then used distress reinkers to paint the sky and snowbanks.
The deer are diecuts.
the sentiment is also from Get merry by Hero arts.

Then I made this one with the winter penguin from Lawnfawn in a snowflake shape diecut window.
I used the falling snow stencil and embossing paste to create 

falling snow. The penguin is stamped on watercolor paper, painted with Peerless watercolors and then fussy cut out.
the sentiment is from Hero Arts classic Christmas borders.

the second one with the penguin is very similar but a snowbank instead of a window and clear/iridescent sequins from Darice.

For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this

Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesdays August 2015

Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesdays August 2015.

I made a fall autumnal or thanks giving kind of card.
I die cut an oval and masked of the centre and used a Scrapberry stencil with Distress inks (fossilized amber, ripe persimmon, fired brick and aged mahogany)
Stamped a Ranger Dylusions stamp  called mushroom madness as I think of mushrooms when I think of autum.
I colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers and added Ranger enamel accents in white for the spots, Distress forest moss ink for the ground.
The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp's tilted banner sayings and coordinating die.
I used a bit of fossilized amber on the edges of the banner.
mounted the front panel on the cardbase with tape runner.

For more information on the Work it wednesday challenge, see this

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: ticket please

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: ticket please.

First:
Goodbye to May Flaum and goodluck to whatever is coming next for you, we will miss you on the SSS blog.

Now: 
To create my card I've used a Memory Box stencil (garden birch trees) and inked a night sky with Distress inks on watercolor paper (I've used Chipped sapphire, seedless preserves and mustard seeds).
I made snowbanks with the  My favorite things die set Snow drifts and inked those with Distress ink Tumbled glass to give them dimension.
The deer are diecuts from black cardstock and are from Yvonne creations (the Colourful Christmas series ycd10029)/
After sponging the trees I gave them dimension and moss with Distress inks Forest moss and Pumice stone.
Then cut the scene to neat up the edges and cut, quite a lot off the top to make it fit the card, if I hadn't the branches would start a lot lower and not look quite right with my deer prportions.
Added some tickets with seasonal sentiments from the Joy Crafts! stampset with die Movie tickets 6004/0001.
Inked the edges and the ticket with brushed curduroy. Then stapled them to the card.

For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, see this