Birthday Candle Birdbrain

As promised, here's another card featuring an image by From the Heart Stamps, which is the stamp of the month February. The image was coloured with Promarkers. The sentiment is from a set by Paper Smooches (Birthday Sampler). I did some sponging (a skill I still haven't quite mastered yet) with Ranger's distress ink and added a few score lines using my Scor-Buddy.

I'm combining the following challenges with this card:

From the Heart Stamps - Stamp of the month February challenge 

(progressive challenge; if you play along, you get the netxt stamp of the month)

CAS(E) this Sketch #66

 

Just add ink #204 Colour challenge

The card also fits the LOVEFEST2014G 'Let's score' challenge 

over at Splitcoaststampers hosted by Scor-Pal

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