Waltzing Simon Says Christmas Without Red or Green

The shiny nature of the silver cardstock (including the Mirri) plus the silver pearlescence of the navy made this very difficult to photograph.

front of card

close-up showing scalloped circle split between 

Mirri & textured silver cardstocks

close-up showing heat embossing of star & 

sentiment panel

angled photo to show sparkle of

 Winter Wonderland heat embossing on star 

inside of card

I have rotated the sketch almost 90 degrees clockwise.

Recipe 

Stamps WS Designs Stars – Christmas, Hobby Art (Love, Joy, Peace).

Inks etc... VersaMark watermark stamp pad with Stampendous Winter Wonderland & Cobalt Blue Embossing Powders, Brilliance Mediterranean Blue for inking some cardstock edges.

Cardstock An assortment of white, navy & silver in various textures & finishes from “stash”.

Punches Woodware (Circle & Scalloped Circles, Scalloped Rectangle), Xcut (ornate corner).

Challenges Entered

Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge - WMSC26 (see above)

Simon Says ......... Christmas! BUT..... NO red or green!!!

My Creative Classroom - Terriffic Techniques Wk 4

Week 4 was all about alchemy & using household items e.g. bleach, lemon juice, cling film etc... I did get very messy with the shaving foam, I even turned the bath water an aqua colour (!), so it was just as well I had had that before skinning my husband's smoked mackerel for dinner. There are, however, some suspiciously green stains on the tea towels after the evening's drying up.

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Bleach & Colour

Stamp: Elusive Images

Image heat embossed in gold, selected areas bleached & some coloured 

using  Daler-Rowney Artists’ Watercolour Pencils

Stamp: Elusive Images

Inks: Distress Inks (Dried Marigold, Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint)

Image heat embossed in silver, selected areas bleached & coloured using Distress Inks

Colour then Bleach 

Stamp: Elusive Images

Inks: Distress Inks (Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Weathered Wood), VersaFine (Onyx Black)

Background inked, image stamped & selected areas bleached 

Stamp: Elusive Images

Inks: Distress Inks (Dried Marigold,  Mustard Seed, Wild Honey), VersaFine (Onyx Black)

Background inked, image stamped & selected areas bleached with some coloured using Distress Inks

Lemon Juice Project

see HERE for details

Shaving Foam Background

Stamp: Elusive Images

Inks: Assorted Fountain Pen Inks

Text heat embossed using PearLustre Alexandrite Embossing Powder

Cling Film Background

Stamp: Hobby Art

Inks etc... Distress Inks (Aged Mahogany, Barn Door, Fired Brick), Perfect Pearls (Interference Red)

Image heat embossed in silver & coloured with Sakura Stardust Pens & Stickles Glitter Glue 

Monochromatic Cock-a-doodle-doo

easel card standing

card open to show message panel

close-up of focal image

close-up of background panel

close-up of propping panel

I actually set out to practice inking techniques when the Doodle Something challenge reminded me of a set of stamps I'd not used. The doodles made me think of a cockerel's tail feathers (I'd been looking at the cockerel stamp with Easter in mind). I have tweaked this Creative Inspirations sketch a little by replacing the sentiment with a gem.

Recipe

Focal Image Stamped (Elusive Images Easter Greetings), heat embossed (Stampendous Detail Copper & watercoloured (Twinkling H20s). Oval (cut using Xcut Shape Cutter) edged with Stickles Glitter Glue.

Background Panels Using Distress Ink cardstock was inked, dampened with moist paper towel & stamped (Elusive Images Funky Doodles).

Propping Panel Image stamped (Hobby Art Easter Eggs), heat embossed (Stampendous Detail Copper), coloured (combination of Twinkling H20s & Stickles), cut out & mounted onto punched (Woodware) scalloped oval.

Message Panel Punched (Woodware) & scallops inked (Encore Copper).

Cardstock, metallic twine & gems from "stash".

Challenges Entered
Charizma Cards #12 - Spring Has Sprung (Easter images)
Crafty Cardmakers #17 - Spring into Spring (Easter images)
Creative Card Crew #47 - Vintage/Aged (aged look of background panels, traditional Easter images, brown colour scheme, the gems remind me of amber)
Creative Inspirations #53 - Sketch
Cupcake Craft # 84 - Spring or Easter & lots of chocolate (Easter images, chocolate colours)
Cute Card Thursday #105 - Dimensions (easel card format, background/image panels mounted on foam pads, 5mm high gems)
Fussy & Fancy #7 - Easter
Pile It On #12 - Animal-Riffic
Quixotic Challenges #18 - Monochromatic
Saturday Spotlight SSHP24 - Inspirational Coffee (coffee colours)
Simon Says Stamp - Easter/Spring & some glimmer (Twinkling H20s, Stickles)
Stampin' for the Weekend #35 - Easter
Stamp Something - Doodle Something (stamped doodle background panels)