EMBOSSING

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts today and I have chosen the subject of Embossing (heat or dry) as the theme and there is always Anything Goes too.

When I was looking on Youtube a while ago a video came up about embossing on patterned paper so I thought I'd have a go.  I had a search through my papers and chose this piece.  I didn't want it too patterned as I didn't want it to overpower the embossing.  So I cut out the stitched rectangle first the then embossed it with Altenew's Decorative Florals folder.   Then I lightly inked the raised areas with Hero Arts White pigment ink.  I used a piece of the same paper for the heat embossed sentiment and added a few pearls and gems to finish it off.  

I am pleased with how it turned out especially with the white ink showing up against the darker background and will be trying more of this technique soon.

The prize for the winner is a die, embossing folder and layering stencil bundle from Lisa Horton Crafts

                                               

Have a good weekend.  I think it is going to be a bit cooler today, hopefully.

Lynne x

FAVOURITE COLOURING MEDIUM?

Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at As You Like It and we are asking you to share projects using your favourite colouring medium and to be a prize winner you must say why it's your favourite.

Mine is copic markers.  I have used them since I started making cards am more experienced with them and I love how they blend so well.  I do have a go with Zig markers now and then, but mainly for florals.

For my card I have used the Waffle Flower postage die and added my Mama Elephant Reindeer Games stamp set.  The deer, tree and presents have been coloured with copics, die cut and added onto the little squares which I've inked with blue ink.  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I hope you can join us and your can see the inspiration from the rest of the DT here.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.  It's going to be another scorcher today here in the UK so I hope you manage to keep cool whatever you are doing.

Lynne x

TREES

Hello Everyone,

I bought this Pretty Pink Posh tree cover plate die a while ago with the aim of using up snippets of paper.

This is my first play with it and I decided to go with red snippets. After cutting the plate out in white cardstock I taped the snippets to the back of the die and cut them out and then inlaid into the spaces.  This leaves all the white cut out trees so will have to have a play with them at a later date.  I've heat embossed the sentiment onto a piece of red card and added it to the middle.

I would like to enter:

Simon Says Weds - Monochrome

Classic Design - Any Holiday

Have a good rest of the day and I will be back soon.

Lynne x

SANTA'S SLEIGH

Hello All,

I hope you are well and enjoying the warm weather. 

I've made this Christmas card with some challenges in mind.

It consists of a Spellbinders die called "Delivering Joy Sleigh" which has been cut from snippets, added onto a stitched edge square of hammered cardstock.  The sentiment, which has the letters cut out instead of being stamped, is also from Spellbinders, but not part of the sleigh set.

I would like to enter:

ABC Christmas - No stamping

CAS Christmas challenge - Santa's Sleigh

Sparkles Christmas - Clean and Simple

Classic Design - Any Holiday

Snippets Playground - Sleigh, parcels and sentiment all snippets.

That's it for now.  Whatever you are doing I hope you have a good weekend and I will see you soon.

Lynne x

COLOURS OF SUMMER

 

Morning Everyone,

Today we start a new challenge over at Allsorts and Sarah  has chosen the subject "Colours of Summer" to run alongside Anything Goes.

For my card I have used a Simon Says Stamp called So Beautiful.  I stamped it in Versafine Onyx Black and then clear heat embossed.  I have coloured everything with my Zig markers and heat embossed the sentiment, which is an old one from LOTV, in gold.

The prize for the winner is a Butterfly stamp and stencil from Visible Image

   

I would like to enter:

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes

Simon Says Stamp Weds - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and have a lovely weekend.

Lynne x