Happy Hollydays

I found a little time to craft today, so I created a fairly quick and simple card for a number of challenges, involving a sketch, Christmas (surprise!) and a holly die. I have also posted this card on Splitcoaststampers and linked it up for the Die Crazy challenge (hosted by Simon Says Stamp) of the LOVEFEST2014 event.

Here's the sketch I used:

Materials used:

Neenah solar white cardstock; red vellum (bought years ago at a Dutch craft fair); Sizzix embossing folder (Snow globe); holly die (Marianne Design), sponged with Ranger's distress ink; sentiment stamp from a fabulous set that came free with a magazine (bought during the after Christmas sale); Promarkers; Glossy accents; Wink of Stella glitter marker.

Hmm, now that I see the picture on my blog, the bright red appears more as orange, so I may try to take another picture that shows the true colours more closely.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Merry Monday - 96 Use holly on your card

Tuesday Morning Sketches - 237 Sketch

CHNC - 165 Use a sentiment

CHNC Extra - always Anything Christmas goes
Jingle Belles - RED
Winter Wonderland - The most wonderful time of the year (anything Christmas)

Happy birdday chick

Today, I finally found some time to play along with Tuesday Morning Sketches again, which was long overdue.

I used a digital image, Birdbath chick by From the Heart Stamps. They have such cute images, so be prepared to see a few more on my cards. I printed the image on Neenah Solar white cardstock and coloured it with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I could not resist using my Wink of Stella glitter brush to add some glamour to the bath bubbles and the bird's eyelids. I used a few Kaisercraft pearls (coloured with one of the Flexmarkers) on top of 3 of the bath bubbles. The sentiment is from the It's only words 1 set by Ladybug Crafts Ink, which I stamped in Memento Tuxedo black. The papers are from the Cubierta Miniatura paper pad by Cosmo Cricket. The lace is Marianne Design.

And here's the sketch I used:

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches - #236 Use sketch + pearls + lace
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything goes as long as the card is covered with PP
 Seize the Birthday - Anything birthday goes - optional: heart: (entry #2)
Passion for Promarkers - Have a heart
Craft Your Passion #200 - Pick an old challenge: 158 Adorable animals

Wplus9

Wplus9 is celebrating their 4th anniversary this month. High time I used the Quilt Cuts 2 die that I have been hoarding for quite some time now. I thought it would be fun to try out a technique that Jennifer McGuire was showing a few days ago.

In the picture below you can see the dimension I added by adhering 3 layers on top of each other. I stamped the sentiment (Fancy Basics by Hero Arts) once on the white cardstock panel (Neenah solar white) onto which I had splattered a mixture of reinker (Picked raspberry by Ranger) and Perfect Pearls (Ranger) and a second time on the die cut shape (before taking the individual pieces out of the die cut square). Of course, I could not resist adding a little glamour and sparkle using my Wink of Stella marker and a few sequins.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Wplus9 - Step it up (adding dimension)
CASology - 82 Bold
The Card Concept - 3 Use monochromatic pink
(entry #2 in the Clean & Simple category)
Sweet Stampin' - Sentiments only
Seize the Birthday - Anything birthday goes.
Shopping our Stash - 138 Oh, shiny! (entry #2)
Hero Arts - Happy Birthday (category: Anything goes)