Craftlandia Challenge 21

It is the 22nd December so time for another challenge over at Craftlandia on Mia's blog Craftartista.

The theme for Craftlandia 21 is

 cold or anything goes

These cards started with a piece of yupo paper that I covered with alcohol ink and a little bit of silver foil. I think it worked really well as a sky backdrop for my wintry scene. The die is called cottage snow globe scene by Creative Expressions, the sentiment stamp and the insert stamp are by Uniko.

As you can see, I made two.

My second wintry card is made with a Hero Arts letterpress and foil plate called snowy night. I do love the effect of this one. I have used Momento London fog dye ink. It has such a dramatic look and feels really wintry. The sentiment is a Spellbinders press plate that I have foiled.

I hope you like my wintry cards and get a chance to join us at Craftlandia 21 over on Mia's blog. Don't forget that there are prizes to be won, so make you you check it out.

I don't suppose I shall be posting again before Christmas so I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you so much for all your support and inspiration over the last 12 months.

I shall definitely be back on 2nd Jan for the December card chain challenge reveal, but I may pop in before that, you never know.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it. 

We Love Stamping December Reminder

Today is the 18th so time for a reminder for the current challenge over at We Love Stamping. The challenge where we love to see you using your stamps. 

**Winter**

OR

**Anything Goes**

As the theme this month was winter, I wanted to use these little wintry house stamps by Woodware from a set by Jane Gill called Big Bubble Large Tops, but as they are quite small images I wasn't sure how to use them. Then I realised I have this die set by Heffy Doodle that I bought in their closing down sale. The images fitted perfectly.

I started by masking the edges of the little scalloped shapes and lightly inked the background with some cool Catherine Pooler ink colours. See the photo for the colours used. I then stamped the little house stamps in the same colour. I did think at the time that they would look good clear heat embossing, but I was short of time and feeling lazy, so I didn't do it. Of course, I regret that know, as the embossing would have helped the image stand out more. I then went hunting for some images that would fit the rectangular shapes and came across and old freebie stamp set from Simply Cards and Papercraft issue 196. I did the same thing but used slightly warmer colours.

The red frame was inked with polished CP ink, which I then backed with a panel inked with skylight CP ink. I think it helps the white borders pop. The sentiment is from a set by Uniko. I did briefly think about making it again with the heat embossing, but decided that life is too short to worry about such things. It is what it is!

Don't forget there is always a prize to be won and this month there are 3 prizes of stamp sets from AALL and Create. Why don't you head over to the challenge blog to check it out? The prize winner is selected randomly and in addition the DT will choose a top three for special mention.

I hope I have inspired you to join us this month, all you have to do is ensure that stamping (including digi) is featured somewhere your card. It would be great if you could join in with our theme, but anythings goes is always an option if you are out of ideas. The challenge will close at noon (UK time) on Wednesday 31st December.

I am looking forward to seeing you in the gallery.

I am also sharing this at:

Christmas Kickstart #93 - Anything Christmassy Goes

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it. 

November Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Today is 2nd of the month so time for the Card Chain Challenge big reveal. This month 32 card makers took part and I sent my card to Brenda in UK.

This month I just used the white on white on white option along with the friendship theme.

Here is my card:

The background die and the rose are by Creative Expressions, the frames are Tattered Lace and the sentiment is Concord & 9th.

I have been struggling to get decent photos recently and the day I took these was very grey, so my apologies. The paper really is a bright white in real life.

I was very lucky to receive this gorgeous card from Julia in MA. She made a tunnel card. Isn't it great?

If you would like to take part in the next card chain challenge, you have until 6th to sign up here

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it. 

December We Love Stamping Challenge

Today is the first Sunday of the month so time for a new challenge over at We Love Stamping. Where we love to see you showcase your stamping.

Our theme this month is:

**Winter**

OR

**Anything Goes**

I would like to welcome our guest designer Denise. I hope you get a chance to visit her.

I decided to use this stamp by Uniko to create my wintry scene. I started by stamping it in Catherine Pooler deck the halls ink onto hot pressed watercolour paper, which I then clear heat embossed.

My sky is made with Brusho paints, it is such a long time since I have had them out. Once the paint was dry, I splattered the sky with a white paint pen and once that was dry, I sprayed it with some silvery cosmic shimmer. Sorry the photos don't show the shine. I carefully whipped off the splatter and shimmer from the heat embossing and then cut my panel along the wavy line and mounted it onto a white diecut panel that I had stamped and heat embossed with the let it snow repeating sentiment. I had to make this panel twice as I completely messed up the heat embossing first time. You can see the card I made with the messed up panel on the post below this one.

This panel was then matted onto a white panel that I had inked the edges of, and then mounted onto a white cardbase. I was quite pleased with my sky. I hope you like it too.

Don't forget there is always a prize to be won and this month there are 3 prizes of stamp sets from AALL and Create. Why don't you head over to the challenge blog to check it out? The prize winner is selected randomly and in addition the DT will choose a top three for special mention.

I hope I have inspired you to join us this month, all you have to do is ensure stamping (including digi) is seen somewhere on your card front, it no longer needs to be the main focus. Please also mention the products used. It would be great if you could join in with our theme, but anythings goes is always an option if you are out of ideas. The challenge will close at noon (UK time) on Wednesday 31st December.

I am looking forward to seeing you in the gallery.

I am also sharing this at:

The Dream Factory #134 - It's Christmas Again

Allsorts week 809 - Winter Flora and Fauna

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it. 

CAS Christmas

Just a quickie today. This card came about because I messed up the heat embossing on a sentiment that is hidden by the ribbon. You will see what it was meant to look like next week as it is one of my we love stamping DT cards. Anyway, I decided I could rescue this panel with a piece of ribbon from my stash. I was very pleased with the colour match. It is a dark green, not black.

The stamp is by Clarity Stamp, the set includes 20 of these little lino cut images.

I stamped this one onto a piece of green card and clear heat embossed it, before diecutting it and matting it onto a silver square. The sentiment was stamped under the ribbon and the panel attached to a white card. Simple. You can see another of the images on the insert.

It feels good to make a truly CAS card, as recently I feel like I have moved away from my CAS roots.

I am sharing this at:

AAA Cards - #279 anything CAS goes (Christmas - Winter)

Allsorts Week 808 - Ribbon or Twine

Supplies:

Cardstock: Mondi colour copy 350, 250 and 160gsm

Ink: Catherine Pooler deck the halls

Stamps: Clarity Stamp; Uniko

Dies: Stitched rectangle, Create a Smile; Squares, Waffle Flower

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.