Marianne's cards 'n stuff

Sunday, 2 February 2025

CCC January 2025

I'm back with a card that I created for the January 2025 Card Chain Challenge, and it's time for the reveal today. I had to skip a few months but it feels good to join in again. This also goes to show that participating in the Card Chain Challenge is always optional. You don't have to commit to each and every month. You only sign up for the current month. So if you're still on the fence about joining, just give it a try and see how it works out. Just sayin'...

Anyway, this month my card went to Greta in the US.

I used the colour palette for my inspiration: walnut, lavender and jade.

To create my background, I first inked up the inside om my NBUS 3D embossing folder (SSS) with brown distress ink and coloured in the rest with Copic markers after the embossing. The gorgeous foiled greeting was a gift from one of the CCC participants last year.

Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Old and new

Hello and Happy New Year everyone.

I've been playing with my new Snowflake Stripe layering stencils that I snagged during the Black Friday sale at Simon Says Stamp. My order arrived just before Christmas, yay.

I did some simple ink blending with one colour of ink (It's a boy, Catherine Pooler), varying the intensity and paired the new stencils with a NBUS STAMPlorations/CUTplorations die that I bought over 2 years ago but never used before.

I'm linking up my card at:

Jingle Belles - Something old, something new

Allsorts - #814 Anything goes

ABC Christmas - A ... Anything Christmas goes

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Jack Frost nipping at your nose

Peace on Earth - #79 AG Christmas

NBUS - #70

So0SS - #258 NBUS

Stencil Fun - January AG with a stencil (optional: Winter/Hello)

Sunday, 24 November 2024

Polar Bear

This card came together quickly, using elements from my UFO box. I adhered the bottom of the bear directly onto my card base, but added thin foam tape behind the ears. I also added strips of thin foam tape behind the frame.