Today's card is for the Less is More - One Layer Card 'New Beginnings' Challenge I chose the stamp set, because they reminded me of spring and the beginning of all the pretty flowers coming up and showing their pretty little heads.
First I embossed the stitched panel into the card front with MFT 'Stitched Panels' die set to give the flowers a bit of a frame. Next I stamped the flowers, Stampin' Up 'Painted Petals' and the greeting in the embossed panel. The greeting was a darker colour green to make it stand out more, but I think it looks more like black in the picture!
It looked a little bit plain, even for CAS, so I added a few little pearls and sequins in order to give it a little 'lift' . . . what do you all think, with or without?
As always, I appreciate you stopping by and for any comments you leave, I love reading them and do reciprocate, where possible. Have a great day. Hazel x
For my challenge today, I chose to do the, Freshly made Sketches Challenge #168 using this sketch by Amy.
I already had some new supplies out on my desk, that I was filing, so I decided that it was an ideal opportunity to actually use them before filing them away and then forgetting I have them! Yes, it happens to me so often that I now have a special box, with all my duplicate supplies in!
All supplies that I used are listed below the pics. This is my card.
Supplies used:
Stamps - Altenew, 'Painted Flowers' and 'Many Thanks'
Inks - Memento, 'Angel Pink', 'Rose Bud', 'Pear Tart' & 'Bamboo Leaves' . . . Versafine, 'Onyx Black'
Thanks for taking the time to stop by and for any comments that are really appreciated and I do reciprocate, where possible.
Have a great day/evening whatever you are doing. Hazel x
Today, I had to go for a root canal, I'd had it done once, but it didn't work, so I had to have it redone. I will be glad when it's all over and done with, it started two years ago . . . yes, that's right . . . two loooong years!
Anyway, that is not what todays post is all about.
As I knew that I would be at the hospital for quite some time, I decided to make a couple of quick, one layer cards.
One of them, I think, qualifies for the Happy Little Stampers CAS #1 Challenge
First I did a watercolour acylic block stamping technique as a background piece and let that dry, then I stamped my image and greeting in Versafine Black Onyx and ran it through the Cuttlebug, with my trusty Papertrey Ink EP. I finished it off with a couple of black dots. I hope that this still qualifies as CAS.
The second card was just a quick stamping, I had just opened a brand new (to me) Altenew stamp set, and I loved the look of it, so I just had to use it to try it out.
First, I stamped the outline image, this is a two-step stamp set, and at first, I didn't even try to line up the solid images with the outlines, going for a more 'loose look' to it, but then thought it just looked a bit 'naff', so lined the other solid images up properly.
It looked a bit 'naked' so I added some ink splashes and a couple of red gems, to give it a more 'finished' look. I'm not entering this one in the above challenge as I didn't do any watercolouring.
And here they are together
As always, thanks for stopping by and I appreciate all comments, and reciprocate, where possible.
Have a lovely day/evening. Hazel x
