Marianne's cards 'n stuff

Sunday, 30 June 2019

Peace on Earth

Hello and welcome to the blog today. I'm popping in with a Christmas card that I created using mostly items from my UFO box.

I combined my previously created galaxy panel, die cut snowflake (SSS) and strip of embossed vellum with a sentiment strip that I created by heat embossing one of the bold sentiments from the In a Word: Grand Merry stamp set by Winnie and Walter in Liquid Platinum embossing powder. I used white Stickles to add a bit more sparkle to the background panel and the snowflakes.

I'm playing at:

Jingle Belles - Snow

June Rudolph Days

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas goes

CHNC - #444 Anything Christmas goes (optional: snowflake(s))

Watercooler Wednesday - WWC227 All about occasions

SSS Wednesday - Anything goes

Tuesday, 25 June 2019

Fin-tastic birthday

I'm back with my last card for today. What can I say? I've had a crafty weekend. Yay!

When I was doing my smooshing for my previous card, I also did some smooshing onto a panel of Strathmore watercolour card. The result was not pretty, but I managed to salvage a nice part for this CAS card. I used snippets of blue Core'dinations card to die cut some waves using a SSS die and to create a mat and then layered everything onto my Soft stone (PTI) card base using thin foam tape behind the waves and the whale's tale, which was die cut from the same Centura pearl card as the dolphin on my previous card. The sentiment (HA) was stamped using Navy ink (HA).

I'm playing at:

CAS Mix Up - Ombre, stamping +

ink smooshing, die cutting

(Entry #3)

CAS Watercolour - Something blue (entry #2)

Watercooler Wednesday - WWC226 Masculine AG

AAA Birthday - #2 Use watercolours

Time Out - #138 Funny

I was so happy to have used some snippets, and then almost forgot

to go and have a well-deserved play at the Pixie's snippets Playground #355

Monday, 24 June 2019

Sending a wave on your birthday

I'm back with another card that I created for a couple of challenges.

I started with a panel of watercolour card and did some ink smooshing using CP inks and a piece of plastic packaging. The dolphin (outline) die and sentiment stamp are part of a set that came with a UK stamping magazine from Practical Publising. I die cut the dolphin from some Centura Pearl cardstock (Crafter's Companion) from a variety pack. I stamped the sentiment using Navy ink (HA). The panel was die cut using a stitched rectangle die (SSS) and matted onto dark blue card before adhering it to my white card base. I continued the sentiment on the inside of the card and added the birds.