Yellow and Grey, Grunge and Glitter

I am entering this in the following blog challenges:
Addicted to CAS - Grunge
Less is More - Yellow & Grey
CAS on Sunday - Glitter or sequins

What I used -
Mama Elephant Carnival Cupcakes stamp set
Die-Sire Contemporary Hearts dies
Viva Decor Grunge Background stamp set
Copics Ciao markers
Versa Magic Thatched Stra
Distress Ink Mustard Seed
Diamond Stickles glitter
Memento London Fog
Wink of Stella Clear

3 Christmas Trees

Another challenge inspired card, this time from Muse (Challenge 190).  

Muse Inspiration Card

I took inspiration from the colours and the three repeated images and created a Christmas Card.

My interpretation!

I used an Xcut Die for the trees and the colours were VersaMagic Chalk inks Niagara Mist and Mulled Mauve plus a copic pen (RV69 Peony) for the closest matches.  Matted and layered onto a 6" square card with coordinating and silver mats and a silver embossed greeting from a Hobby Art greeting set.

Also entering this to the following challenges:
Christmas Card Challenges No. 46

Challenges - Stencil and Fly

I love following Challenge Blogs and often make cards using their inspiration.  What I don't usually manage to do is upload my efforts in time to meet the blog deadlines!!  This card was made following an old challenge using Faux Bleaching but also fits 2 current challenges running on Less is More (Stencil) and Addicted to CAS (Fly).
 

I used Seedless Preserves and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks then lightly water misted through a mask from Imagination Crafts (Petal Crescent).  The butterfly is from Altenew's Painted Butterflies.  The sentiment is from Hobby Art Birthday Collection.

I am entering this in the following Challenges:

Less is More
Addicted to CAS

Some 2015 Christmas Cards

Since giving up work in November I thought I would have plenty of time to join in some card challenges and do some blogging - but it hasn't happened. I have been busy making cards tho - my ex colleagues were keen to know what I would be doing with my spare time and were very encouraging when I told them about my card making, so I have left a box cards in the staff room and have they have been steadily buying them - I will get round to putting more of them on the blog sometime ...

Now I know it's a bit late for christmas cards but I noticed this week that Simply Less is More want cards with silhouettes and as a lot of my christmas cards had these thought I would upload a couple and join in.

These were made using some freebie stamps from a craft magazine.
Details : 6"x6" cards, raised linen effect panel cut with stitched circle die.  Distress Inks (faded jeans) and Black Memento Ink pad.   Bit of stickles on the hills and trees.   Snowflakes I've had a long time (can't remember make).  Sentiments were computer generated as some of my christmas stamps have disintegrated!! :(   Snowflakes embellished with flatback gems.

I made a number of similar cards with slightly different compositions and sentiments.

sorry - poor photo quality on this!!

2nd post of the day!!

On a roll from this morning - I had another idea for the same challenge - Less is more sketch challenge 247.

This one uses:
Penny Black Carnival stamp
Sentiment is also from a Penny Black set
Versa Color - Boysenberry, Orchid and Canary
MyFavouriteThings Abstract Art set - for centre of flowers
Memory Box - Dancing Butterflies Die

CAS golfing card

October half term - having new windows fitted upstairs so shut in my craft room to keep warm.  Decided to take a break from the Christmas Cards which is my aim this week and to have a go at the Less is More current sketch challenge.

Using the Cuttlebug embossing folder "Charles" I embossing the top half of the card, then used my Martha Stewart score board to put 2 horizontal lines across.

Image and sentiment was from LaPashe Flippin' stamps golfer set.  Have had these for ages but rarely use them.  Image was highlighted and mounted on a piece of card coloured with Copics Lime Green and raised on sticky pads.

Experimenting with Christmas cards!

Heading towards the end of November and I was really starting to panic that I had very few Christmas cards done.  I had ort of decided on a design but was still not too sure when I spotted this week's sketch (#336) on Sketch Saturday which was quite similar and just needed a little tweeking of my original design to fit. 

My main christmas stamp this year is an Inkylicious Swirly Tree and I have been struggling with a design to fit it.  But with this sketch I am now much happier with the results and have managed to get a small pile done this week.

For this one I have stamped the image with a sticky glue pad and used different mica powders.  I have also used the stamp to create the side panel.

Using the same design I have just changed to silver glitter embossing powder and embellished with some silver candi.