Remember

The challenge at the Male Room this time is Remembrance or Sympathy.

For this card I used Clearly Besotted's beautiful poppy stamps. I love the way the colours can be built up with these stamps.

The sentiment is from a tiny set of Memory Box letters.

It's also for the challenge at Simon Says Stamp... Thinking of You!

A few cards

It seems a while since I had a session in my craft room and here are a few cards which emerged this morning!

This first one follows the sketch from CASe this sketch and is a fairly literal take. I used some background card made with the squished flower technique. It's amazing how a piece of random uninspiring colours can look when die cut to apply to a card. Here I spritzed with a little Cosmic Shimmer in Champagne over the top.

The next one is for the challenge at Addicted to CAS where the challenge is

I simply downloaded a colouring page of Spiderman and used Mirage pens to colour him, then cut him out and followed with a coat of Glossy Accents. The sentiment is computer generated.

 

This LOTV image is for the challenge at CASology where the theme is

 The sled may be pushing the connection a little but it is conveying the bear and his pal!

Colour challenge time!

At "Less is More" this week the colour challenge is Fire!

I've had some fun with Inka Gold Pastes and Distress Inks.

I seem to be on a bit of a die cutting trip this week. Here I used a Memory Box bauble with a Walter and Winnie Sentiment. This is also for the challenge at CASual Fridays... metallic and Merry Monday Red and gold Christmas card

This is my new Winnie and Walter 'Love' word with part of a Penny Black 'thank you' and a little rabbit from Impression Obsession.

I shall be linking this to the Addicted to Stamps  Clean and Simple challenge!

Here is another in similar vein with another Winnie and Walter word plus a pair of  All Occasions butterfly dies. The embossing folder is from Cuttlebug.

I had a few other rather abortive attempts at fiery coloured cards, but the photography of them is a little worse than the cards themselves!

More die cutting here this time with leaves from Impression Obsession and a Memory Box tree.

It's also for the Fall Challenge at Dies R Us

After being away last week, it's taking me some time to catch up on last week's commenting... but I'll get there.

HLS CAS November Challenge - Gilding

The challenge at Happy Little Stampers CAS this time is 

GILDING

For my example, I stamped the HLS butterfly (I love this one) in Versamark and added WOW Bonding powder. I melted this by heating from underneath and when tacky added Gilding Flakes, pressing them down firmly and then burnishing with a smoochy pad. I don't really know what the pad is called but it's a bit like a nylon pan scrub.

The sentiment is from a die from Penny Black.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CARDS ARE CAS.

THANK YOU!

DEFINITION:

gild·ing

ˈɡildiNG/

noun

1. the process of applying gold leaf or gold paint.

   • the material used in, or the surface produced by applying gold leaf or gold paint.

Suggestions:  use gold on all or part of a card base or embellishment (gold embossing powder, gold metallic pen, gold paint, gold mica powders, Inka gold wax paste, liquid gold pearls, gold shimmer mist, gilding flakes)

This card was made using the remainder of the gilded card, with the addition of the die-cut sentiment.

There are so many different ways of achieving a gilded effect so do check out the other DT members for lots of ideas and inspiration and join in the fun!