HCW 2013 ~ Day 2

I'm really enjoying the class.  Day 2 had more amazing inspiring videos and tutorials.  I was able to find some time to play on Friday evening.   My card did take some time to do....

My ornaments were die cut from a Poppy Stamps Die and some American Crafts silver foil.  One one way and one the other so I could back them together.  I cut the opening in my card and layer the ornaments between two layers of acetate.  

The PP behind the window is from American Crafts as well and is made like a card so you can lift it and write your greeting.  The front of the card is stamped with an older Hero Arts snowflake flourish in Grey Flannel Memento Ink.

Here's another photo showing the floating ornaments

I also finished off a card from Day 1.  Inspired by Joy Taylor's video using both the positive and negative pieces of a die.   

I used two different red card stocks and cut out my die... but didn't get it straight  :-(  still decided to continue.  I added the piece to my card and then decided it looked way too plain.  I added some white embossed dots from an older Hero Arts stamp called Raindrop Background.  I inked it up with Versamark and then write a bit off.  Gives a very subtle background and then as it was still a bit stark, added a die cut Poinsettia (Spellbinders die) with some twine and a few punched leaves.

And here is the inside

I used a Kaisercraft sentiment and stamped just parts of it to stamp the words.

Yesterday I spent 7 HOURS... yes 7 hours tidying up my craft space... It was LONG overdue, I can tell you... but it's so much better now.  So more creative underway.

Thanks for visiting today... off to try out some more of the techniques from Day 2 and Day 3

Play Date Cafe Challenge #40

As soon as I saw the Play Date Cafe colour challenge and the wonderful DT examples my mind went into overtime.....

The challenge is Black, White and a touch of colour = GREEN.
This afternoon - prior to seeing the challenge- I had picked up some lovely green ribbon from the $2 shop, simply because the colour was great.
So this is what I was inspired to do -

I started by stamping the lace stamp from Kaisercraft in rows on the white card stock. I matted it onto the black with the ribbon across it.  Next I stamped and embossed the lace  in white and cut it into a circle and matted onto the white scallop.  Notice I altered the direction of the lace - for a bit of focal difference  ( not really, just didn't take much notice of what way I cut the circle!!!)   For my butterfly I stamped one of the butterflies from the Hero Arts Antique Engravings set onto lime green Bazzil and cut out.  Next I stamped it again on Acetate and cut out.  Layered the two together and added some gems.

This is what it looks like close up... really pleased how it turned out.  Have also entered this into Moxie Fab World - Classy and Elegant and Paperplay's - anything goes challenge

Off to do some more in this colour scheme- have drawn myself a couple of sketches - something I have just started doing.

Health wise - my cold is finally getting better and I've had two days back at work.  Only one more then the weekend again - yeah!!!

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