Noel - Muse: ChristmasVisions - 2 cards

This afternoon I realised that I had not yet blogged about my cards for the current Muse:ChristmasVisions challenge, even though I finished them last week.

When I saw the card that Chriss Blagrave had created to inspire us, I was instantly reminded of a relatively new Winnie & Walter stamp set (Frenchy's Festive Florals). This seemed like the perfect opportunity to ink up several of the small stamps in this set.

I stamped my pattern onto watercolour cardstock in gold Delicata ink, so that I could see where I was stamping, and then heat embossed the images using my new gold embossing powder (Papermania). I coloured my images using my Zig markers and a water brush. I used the same embossing powder to create a panel of gold cardstock from which I die cut my sentiment (Noel cutaway, Winnie & Walter). I stacked my gold sentiment with 2 extra die cuts for added dimension and adhered them to my stamped and die cut panel (Stitched rectangles, Simon Says Stamp). I mounted my panel onto my red card base (Schoolhouse red, SSS).

While I was having my stamps out (I had several images arranged on an acrylic block), I also decided to stamp a similar pattern onto some kraft cardstock, and then coloured my images using coloured pencils. To add a little more interest, I heat embossed the bottom of my die cut using my new red embossing powder and also swiped the edges of my panel over my Versamark pad and heat embossed them using the red ep.

So what do you think? I prefer the white version, although the kraft version is starting to grow on me.

Below is a picture of the MCV#77 card by Chriss that inspired mine:

I'm also linking up my first card at:

W&W 3rd birthday bash - Pattern making with Mayuri

SSS Wednesday - Fantastic Florals

I'm linking up my second card at

W&W 3rd birthday bash - Pattern making with Mayuri

Sparkle's Christmas challenge - #73 A krafty Christmas

Celebrating PTI

Hello there! I'm just popping in with a quick post with 2 cards for the cebrations that have been going on this past week at Papertrey Ink, who are celebrating their anniversary.

My first card was inspired by Emily's card in the year 2015 overview.

I used two of the few PTI sets that I own to case Emily's card. I 'inked' up the images with Zig markers and lightly spritzed with water before stamping. I used a tiny dot from another set to add a little more interest, since I felt that other tiny flowers would impact the design too much, and then added a sprinkling of even tinier dots using a stylus for stamping. I added a strip of gold glitter tape underneath my stamped panel and added a few Christmassy sequins (PPP) to finish off my design.

I'm also linking up this card at the following challenges:

AAA Cards - #84 Watercolour

SSS Wednesday - Fantastic Florals

Sweet Stampin' - Flowers

Seize the Birthday - Anything goes (no toppings for me)

The inspiration for my second card came from Ashley's card in the year 2014 overview.

I used my Zig markers again, this time inking up and spritzing the back of my butterfly before stamping. After drying my panel with a heat tool, I stamped the butterfly itself and the sentiment in black Archival ink.

I'm also entering my card in the following challenges:

Stamping Sensations - Animal magic

Allsorts - #403 Anything goes

CAS on Sunday - #102 Critters

Black and white

Just popping in quickly with my card for this week's LIM challenge.

I heat embossed my image (NBUS Wild Hibiscus, Altenew) and sentiment (golden oldie All Occasion, Impression Obsession) in white embossing powder (SSS) onto black cardstock (Crafter's Companion).

I'm also playing at:

ATSM - #229 Clean and Simple

SSS Wednesday - Fantastic florals

STAMPlorations - February CAS challenge