A bit of Grey and Red

Over at Hero Arts Flickr group, Barb set a little challenge... to use Grey and one other colour and only Hero Arts stamp/s.

I chose to use Hero Arts Poppy ink with Wet Cement ink to make my card.  The Wet Cement is not quite as grey as I thought, but together they do look good.

I used stamps from My Favorites and Brush Strokes sets to make my splatters.  And the pen, ink splatter and ink pot were added.  I used the ink to water colour the pen and ink pot.  The circles are the top of stamp cleaner bottle stamped with the two inks.  

As I used some Stamp Your Story stamps I've added this to Hero Arts latest challenge as well. 

Today I was telling the girls at work about the Explosion Box I'm working on and next thing, I've got an order to make one for an Anniversary at the end of the month.   

Enjoy your week... the last week of August.  This year is simply flying by.  

"We Bought a Zoo" @ Red Carpet Studio

Today is my last challenge as a DT member for Red Carpet Studio... the past year has simply flown by... thank you Ashely for including me in this wonderful challenge blog....

This week's challenge is inspired by the film "We Bought a Zoo"

 

 

I went with the Zoo theme (well sort of) with my card

This card was also made for Die Cut Divas as well...It uses an image from QKR Stampede  and using Paula sketch (here)

I coloured the image with Copics using the colourless blender to make some texture on the mane. The edging is a Fiskars punch and the sentiment is one of my favourites from Montarga 

I've had a fun crafty weekend ~ got up at 7.00am this morning to scramble with the Hero Arts girls... and did some DT work for Die Cut Divas and Chalk'n'stock.  And even had time to cook a roast lamb for dinner last night for my son and his partner who came over to watch the rugby and take them out for breakfast this morning...

Pretty girl for Mo's challenge

Over at Mo's Digital challenge, there is a call for a Guest DT member.  The challenge is Happy Birthday.  I have a number of Mo's images as I just adore her delightful drawings.

 

This little one is "Bubble Girl"  I had her coloured up for quite a while, and finally got around to making her into a card.  I used a Spellbinders die to cut it out and layered onto some PP from a Docraft's pack.   The sentiment is from a Penny Black set. 

Not a lot of cards made this week as I've been working on an Explosion Box for a friend who is turning   next month.  This is the first time I've ever made one of these... time consuming to say the least.  Lots of cutting of card and papers.  And finding the right sentiment stamps and embellishments.  Hoping to get some cards done this weekend... and maybe even rising early Sunday to take part in Hero Arts Scramble.  

The Positive and the Negative

Did that catch your attention!  Today I am sharing two cards.... using die cuts... the positive and the negative.

First up using the positive. 

The words are Memory Box dies.  They are a bit bigger than I was really looking for, but by adding them to a long thin card, I made the most of them. I used some American Crafts Foil card.  The dies are extremely fine and as hard as hell to get onto the card.  I used my mini Xyron to adhere them.  It was hard to ensure you don't stretch the letters.  Still with the help of my T-ruler I manage to get them reasonably straight.  I added the candle which I had coloured with Pearlescent paints and fussy cut.  This candle is a Kaisercraft stamp. I added strips of the foil card top and bottom of my panel.  

Now onto the negative.

I had kept the negative from cutting out my words and put the little bitty bits back and added them to some white card.  I trimmed them up to be the same size and added them to a white card base.  The Holly was stamped and coloured with Copics and fussy cuts.  This is another Kaisercraft mini stamp. I added Glossy Accents to the berries.  The foil is awesome to work with.  The pack I got is 12x12 ~ 30 sheets of red, green, silver and gold.  

These made a good start to my Christmas cards.  

I'm entering this into the CAS challenge at Whimsy Stamps 
and Christmas cards at Moxie Fab World

One card ~ FOUR challenges.

I was tidying up the desk this morning and found some bits and pieces and thought I'd better use them up.... a bit of lace, some left over vellum and a piece of blue card I die cut but decided not to use.... so here's what came about

The vellum was the end of the piece I used the other day.  This adhesive vellum comes in 12" x 3" strips.  I embossed the little bit I had left to see what it would look like.  Worked well.  The blue card was cut for a card yesterday, but I decided to use some other PP instead.  Once I added the lace I found the flower which had been made quite a while ago using some hand coloured card and a Spellbinders die. The sentiment is a Simon Says Stamp one, the set still waiting to be put away. And the base card was the other half of a piece Neenah card I cut yesterday.

I used the Sketch from Fusion card challenge #15

 

I'm also entering this into the following challenges

City Crafter Challenge ~ Count your Blessings

A Blog Named Hero ~ Victorious Vellum

Simon Says Stamp (Wednesday challenge) ~ Monochromatic

I like that this card came together so quickly and now there are less scraps on the desk.

It's been a good crafty weekend for me.  Always makes me feel happy when I get some cards made. And today's weather has been much better.  Look what's in my garden at the moment.

Fusion Card Challenge #15

Thought I'd try a Fusion card today... something a little different for Christmas

I started with a scrap of black card and embossed the sentiment from a new Kaisercraft set (full of Christmas quotes) and then over stamped with white ink which I then smudged over the card.  I trimmed it then added some sketchy lines and a doodle in the corner.  I mounted on some brown card that had been coloured to imitate wood with two distress inks. I cut my PP with one of the curved dies from Spellbinders and added to a Neenah Desert Storm cut to a base.  This is a big wider and shorter than I usually use as it's a US size pad.  Instead of a banner, I used some chiffon ribbon and tied a bow.  I finished with a resin rose that I had made.   As I've got a bow on this, I'm also entering this into the challenge over at Creative Craft Cottage (this is a New Zealand based challenge blog ~ got to support the local gals)
Also entered into Word Art Wednesday challenge and over at Moxie Fab World

It was a cold, wet and windy afternoon, so I made a visit to Scotties to pick up some American Crafts foil card stock that was on special for $10 for a 12x12 pack of 30 sheets.  Half price, so pleased to pick this up.  Also got the Kaisercraft set.   Back home, I settled into the craft room for the afternoon.  Got this card done, and another Christmas card that I'll share later in the week. 

Hope the weather is better at your place.  Have a super crafty weekend.

With Sympathy and a Vintage Christmas card.

Yes two cards to share tonight.  First up a sympathy card I made yesterday.   I got a new set of Spellbinders dies.... A2 curved borders and just had to try them out.

I put two of the dies together ~ one edge cuts and one cuts and embosses.  I cut some PP to go underneath.  I masked off the die cut piece and added some flowers from a Unity Itty Bitty stamp.  I did a 2nd generation stamping to give a bit of dimension.  The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp set.  

My second card, I made in the weekend.  I was tidying up my scrap pile and found the printed vintage Santa.

 I don't remember where I got the image...but had printed it out a few times onto some card.  I trimmed the image and added a little bit of embossed card (also from the scrap pile)  I then layered over red card.    The PP is from a  pack of vintage Christmas paper which has lost it's cover... it is so pretty though.  I made the little roses with some creamy yellow painted watercolour paper and a punch.  The leaves are a MFT die, that I added Vintage Photo ink around the edge.   The ribbon is pre-printed with the words and worked beautifully on the card.  I've adding this to the Holiday Card Challenge at Moxie Fab World.  

Thanks for stopping by today.  I really appreciated all of your visits.  

Friends Forever

The latest challenge is up at Little Blue Button Stamps... Add Bling to your card... 

I used LBBS's July freebie (here)  I printed it and coloured with Copics.  My Copics bled a little so I used a tip from my teamie, Amelia, by using Kindyglitz around the edge.  I fussy cut the friends and layered them on to an oval doily die by My Favorite Things.  My PP is from a My Minds Eye pack, edged at the top with a Fiskars punch and the bottom is a piece of die cut edging left over from another project that I distressed with Vintage photo ink.  The edge of the PP is also distressed with the ink.  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts sparkle clear set.  My bling is part of a $2shop bling flourish.  Plus I added some pearls to the girls ~ as a necklace and on the waist and head band.  The flowers are hand made by me with some Easycast resin.  Leaves are a die cut from a MFT die and edged with the distress ink.

We would love to have you join our challenge... there's a chance to win $10 worth of stamps from LBBS store.