Happy Holidays Shaker

I have another card for the Ellen Hutson mix it up challenge, combining Essentials by Ellen with Savvy Stamps. As I mentioned in my previous post, I have only 2 die sets by Savvy Stamps and this sentiment die had never been used before, but I thought it would be fun to use it on a shaker card. Just perfect for this fortnight's Jingle Belles challenge, where the lovely Belles are inviting us to 'Shake, Rattle & Roll'.

My card also fits the the theme of the following challenges:
CAS Mix Up - Stamping, heat embossing + sponging, die cutting
ATCAS - 88 Midnight

Ingredients:
Distress inks: tumbled glass, broken china, stormy sky
Embossing: Versamark ink, SSS white embossing powder
Snow stamp: Merry & Bright, Essentials by Ellen
Dies: Savvy Stamps (sentiment), Home & Hearth, Essentials by Ellen, Stiched square by SSS
Snow paper by Marianne Design
Sequins: sparkling clear and winter snow mix (PPP), moonshine (SSS)

Edited to add a link to the Seasonal Scene building class by Nichol Magouirk for Altenew Academy. Even though I created my card before the start of Lesson 6 about shaker cards, it fits the theme of this lesson, so I'm hoping other students may find additional inspiration from my card.

Stamping with gelatos

When I saw this month's Mix it up challenge prompt (Essentials by Ellen Hutson + Savvy Stamps), I was determined to play along. Although I only own 2 die sets, containing a total of 3 dies by Savvy Stamps, I thought I could make it work...

For the background, I stamped the gorgeous Mondo Hydrangea stamp (which I selected after my name came up as a winner during the latest release blog hop) several times using gelatos to 'ink up' my stamp and then spritzing with water before stamping. This technique was inspired by these cards by Laurel Beard. I die cut my panel using two stitched rectangle dies (SSS) and mounted the outer frame to my purple card base using foam tape. I die cut the bicycle (Savvy Stamps) using a scrap of apple green cardstock and adhered it to my centre panel, snipping off the excess. After heat embossing my sentiment (Clearly Besotted) in gold, I adhered the panel into the opening in my frame. As a finishing touch I used a green Promarker to add a little green to the flower hearts, followed by a little Wink of Stella.

Challenges:

Essentials by Ellen MAY Mix It Up Challenge: Savvy Stamps

CAS Mix Up - Stamping, heat embossing + gelatos & die cutting

CAS-ual Fridays - CFC147 Birthday girl

Time out challenge - CAS with the optional twist of purple in honour of Sandie's birthday

SSS - Flowers

 

CAS ink blending

Today I'm sharing this fun blending card. This week's Make It Monday challenge was all about creating your own mask using dies and vellum to do some ink blending.

I masked off a window frame using post-it tape and washi tape and created a mask using three of the dies from the 80s set from one of PTI's Stampafaire kits. I blended the inks using various super 'healthy' inks: soft cantaloupe, orange soda, lime green, lemon yellow, pastel peach (all Hero Arts) and mango smoothie (Altenew). The sentiment (Friendly flowers, PTI) was stamped using Archival black ink.

Challenges:

PTI Make It Monday - 248 Ink blending through die cut masks

One Layer Simplicity - OLS27 Fruit smoothie

Tic-Tac-Toe - 9 middle row horizontal: birthday - sponging - white space

Seize the Birthday - Anything birthday goes (optional topping: colouring)
CAS-ual Fridays - CFC147 Birthday girl