thankyou sunshine!

• Altenew- hello sunshine
• Avery Elle- tag for all die
• Lawn fawn- large dotted rectangle stackable 
• Neenah classic crest cardstock 
• Copics- R81, 83, 85. RV91. V01, 12, 15. Y08, 15, 17, 18, 38. YG03, 05, 23, 25. G02, 12. 0.
• Memento ‘tuxedo black’ ink pad
• Brilliance ‘star lite silver’ ink pad
• Silver Miri & black cardstock
• Metallic silver thread

I used the floral image stamps to create my background. I die cut this using a largest rectangle die. I coloured my images with copics. I also used a silver ink pad and the tiny image to fill in some of the spaces between the flowers. 

I looped the silver thread and placed it in the corner of my card panel. I die cut the ‘thankyou’ first from black cardstock and glued it in place, (this also holds the thread in place). I then die cut the words from silver Miri cardstock and glued this on top, slightly off set to create a shadow. 

Since I am posting this card I wanted to keep it quite flat,but felt it benefited from the slight dimension of the words and thread.

Mx

Challenge I would like to enter:

Simon ‘wednesday’ says ‘make your own background’

Floral shadow

• Altenew- floral shadow
• Avery elle- with sympathy
• Archival'jet black & sepia' ink pads
• Kraft & black card stock

I trimmed a piece of black card and folded it down the centre to create a card blank. I then cut matt of kraft cardstock for the front of the card. I stamped the floral images across the top of the card in the sepia ink, following the sketch. I then added the sentiment, stamped in black  beneath. I glued the kraft matt onto the card front to complete this simple card. I think the simplicity of the design works perfectly for a sympathy card, with the focus on the message created by the space in the sketch and stronger contrast of ink.

I would like to enter:

Case this sketch #238

Sevenhills crafts 'spotlight it!' challenge

Mx

Love & sympathy

• SU!- love & sympathy
• Altenew- floral shadow
• Tattered lace- circles dies
• Papermania- black/white baker's twine
• Archival 'jet black' ink pad
• Versamark 'frost' dazzle ink pad
• Black, white and teal cardstock

To create the watermark background, I stamped my floral images on to the teal card stock using versamark. I have the dazzle version of this ink pad so it gives a slight shimmer without being over powering. I trimmed this down to fit my card blank, leaving a slight border. I then wrapped twine around my panel and tied in a knot.

I stamped my sentiment on to white card and die cut into a circle. I die cut a slightly bigger black cardstock circle and layered with the sentiment matt. I attached the circle sentiment using foam, positioned off to one side of my card to follow the sketch. I added the completed panel on to a white card blank, again using foam for dimension. To finish, I added the coordinating sentiment inside the card.

 

Mx

Challenge I would like to enter: 

Freshly made sketches- #288

roses for a friend...

• altenew- build -a-rose stamp & dies
• paper smooches- friend word die
• lawn fawn- large stitched rectangles
• SU!- dots for days (background stamp)
• SU! ink pads- pink pirouette, blushing bride, pear pizzazz & soft sky
• kraft card blank

I stamped dots to create a decorative panel for my card and die cut this into shape. I then die cut the word friend from the panel and kept the inside pieces for later. I then glued the panel onto the card and carefully added the floating pieces back in place to complete the word.

I stamped the rose and 3 leaves from the stamp set and die cut the images. I had to use 2nd generation stamping to get the right shade of some of the colours. I attached the leaves flat and the rose using foam, according to the sketch.

Mx

 

challenges I would like to enter:

freshly made sketches: #243

simon (Wednesday) says:'anything goes'