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Kitten’s First Christmas

Hello again. This card was inspired by my three new kittens, and the current challenge at 52CCT – for a Christmas mini scene with shaped dies:

For the scene itself, I used a Hero Arts Looking Glass die set ‘Holiday Kitten’. I did have to watch a video or two to remind me how to use and align these to create the scene.

I die cut the three layers from white card stock, into A2 panels, using the Hero Arts ‘alignment tool’ stencil. I also used this stencil to ink blend the dark blue at the back of the scene.

These layers were then coloured with my Zigs, and gold paint applied to the top of the baubles. The cat was ink blended in a light brown. All the layers were glued directly down.

The baubles and greenery were swiped over with a gold glitter pen. The top panel was die cut with the window, then run through with a Spellbinders embossing folder.

The next step was to create the gold frame, and for this I used another Hero Arts die set ‘Wood Frame Infinity’ but I had to use some partial die cutting to make it square, as the frames in this set are rectangular. It turned out to be quite effective.

The sentiment is from Spellbinders, the shadow layer die cut out of vellum, and the words out of the gold card stock to match the frame.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

52CCT – Christmas and mini scene with shaped dies

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Dinosaur Birthday

Hello there. I have a birthday card to share as Surprise Party Guest at the new challenge at Seize The Birthday. The new theme is:

Birthday and funny/punny

Here is my card:

For this card I used the new dinosaur dies from Gummiapan. These little cuties come as one set, so I die cut them out of water-colour card and used my Zigs to colour them in – very haphazardly, very roughly, and just let the colours do their thing.

I decided to go more mixed media for a change with the background, and started by die cutting another label/tag die from the same company out of an ink smooshed and splattered panel I had.

The background panel was created by using a piece of Distress Heavy white card stock, a little ink blending, running it through with a Spellbinders embossing folder, then brushing a brown ink pad over the top to catch the higher parts of the design.

All the elements were attached, then the sentiment stamped and added as you see.

I hope you can come and join us with your birthday projects following the theme. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Mix It Up – anything goes – option of shaped card not taken

Addicted to Stamps & More – birthday

CYHTP – embossing folder – option of tie it up not taken

Critter Crazy – anything goes with a critter

Daisy Chain Challenge – birthday

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – funny/punny

I’m A Lucky Duck

Hello and welcome. Cardz 4 Galz has started anew challenge, this time the host is Helen, and she has chosen the theme of:

Wings – butterflies, fairies, dragons etc

Here is my card:

For this card, I created my own background panel using techniques learnt from a Jenn Shurkus virtual event and Distress water-colour pencils. I loved this particular technique, and made several panels with different colours.

The technique consists of using a wet small brush, taking colour from the Distress pencil, then just scribbling a patchwork of colour down onto a panel….that’s it……

After the panel was dry, I spritzed with the dirty water from my little water pot thingy (I know – but as per Jenn Shurkus – it works well!!), then added a stamp of musical notes to the top – no idea why I chose that stamp – and you also use a wet distress pencil to colour the stamp – then stamp it. It gives a faint and blurry image.

This was drying to one side, and I die cut the ducks from a Simon says Stamp set, layering them together and adding small black gems for their eyes.

The sentiment was stamped and die cut using s trip die – I think it is two sentiments I stamped to make one – but I can’t find the second half of the sentiment now – this first half is definitely Lawn Fawn.

The panel was adhered to a white card base, th3e sentiment and ducks arranged as you see.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our ‘wings’ theme. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Critter Crazy Challenge – anything goes with a critter

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Addicted To Stamps & More – make your mark

How’s It Going, Friend?

Hello there. I am hosting the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz, and I chose the theme of ‘Things With Wings’. I chose a very broad subject matter, leaving the choice of what things with wings you wanted to use – as long as it’s towards the girlie genre – you’re good. Here is my card:

The blue background is a water-colour smooshing technique using Distress Inks. It seems to have got a little contaminated with yellow on the edge – but I think it adds a certain interest – and I liked the over-all colour so much I used it anyway.

The square blue butterfly is a die from Simon says stamp, which was cut out of the main panel – I gutted the base blue card, as they say, and the same goes for the blue under the sentiment.

The white card base is one from a previous virtual class, using a Simon Says Stamp red rubber background stamp, where we were heat embossing and then ink smooshing – but this panel was left without anything doing to it, so I used it here as the flowery base for the butterfly.

So – ink smooshed base layer, white heat embossed flower layer, and then the sentiment and butterfly for another layer – and yet it seems so CAS still to me.

I hope you can come and join us with our ‘Things With Wings’ challenge – I look forward to seeing where your creativity takes you. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Pearly Sparkles Challenge – CAS

Mix It Up Challenge – mixed media with 3 or more layers

Die Cut Divas – Tic Tac Toe – middle vertical line – emboss it, friendship, blue

Stamplorations May CAS Challenge – CAS atg – option copper and yellow not taken