Wrapped up for Christmas.

 Another card for Christmas Kickstart Challenge.  This month's challenge is "Wrapped up for Christmas"- use a scarf or scarves on your card. 

This one uses a pre-coloured Lily of the Valley digital image.  I've added texture by using colouring pencils before die cutting with a Spellbinder circle die.  My background was made by smooshing some Distress Oxide on to a gel plate and spritzing with water.  I then dipped my card onto the card.  I used some Nuvo Glimmer paste and a Montarga snow flake stencil.  Hard to photograph but looks stunning in real life.   Used a foiled sentiment from Spellbinders to finish. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

More Floral cards

 Hi all... I've got a couple of floral cards to share today.  I made these with new stamps from Senz... - just haven't had time to post yet.  

First one 

This card uses the embossing folder from Altenew Silk Art Craft Your Life Project Kit as well as the matching stencils.  I embossed and lightly inked around the background before using blue and green inks to colour up the embossing.  I added some Nuvo glimmer past over the darker layers of the blues.  The sentiment is from the stamps that are part of the kit.    Added some white gauche paint splatters and matted onto a pale blue metallic card base. 

I'm entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Emboss it 

and my second one used Fairy Tale Florals from Altenew

  I stamped the image onto some mixed media paper and then used my New Nuvo Shimmer powders as watercolours to colour the image.  Once it was dry I used the matching dies to cut it out.  I used Altenew Organic Linen folder to embossed a background.  Added a die cut sentiment and a little white embossed sub sentiment.  Added some black sequins to finish.

Today was a stunner here in Auckland.... full of sunshine - a lovely late winter day. 

I took my lunch time cup of soup out and sat on the part of the new deck that hubby has laid and looked out over the back yard.   It was delightful and a nice way to spend my break.  It's awesome that my team lead has allowed me to work from home this week while I'm still not 100%