Scripture, Sequins and Alcohol (ink)

Welcome

A warm welcome to my two newest followers -

Ellibelle of Ellibelle's Corner

and Kren  of A Fourth Life

Both these talented ladies create wonderful cards - do go and pay them a visit and say hello!

This week we have this wonderful verse from Ephesians Chpt 2:6 as the freebie over at 

this weeks Word Art Wednesday  Challenge

I was fossicking around in one of my "promise boxes" and found this piece of alcohol inked Yupo.  In addition to the violet, black and blue inks, there is some silver mixative, which adds a wonderful glimmer to the panel.  To add to the shimmer I flicked silver Inka Gold paint over the panel

I cut the printed verse out using a stitched rectangle by Memory Box, and sponged the edge with violet ink before mounting it just over the edge of the background panel

I also added some silver and purple sequins to the card after mounting it over a dark blue base

The inside was finished with some washi tape and some sparkle scotch tape.

I am linking this to:

The Corrosive Challenge #2 - Anything Goes

Lil' patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #100 - Anything goes

Dream Valley Challenge #196 - Sparkle and Shine

Crafting From The Heart Challenge #237 - Anything Goes

A Place To Start February Challenge - An Inspirational Stamp or die cut

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #88 - Anything Goes

Ike's World Challenge #117 - B is for Blue/Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge - Week 9 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Pencilled Poppies

Welcome

This card is a combination of two projects I made for the 30 Day Colouring Challenge 

run by Kathy Racoonson. 

The background was made with Brushos - I love this result!

The inlaid die cut is called Prim Poppies  - a Memory Box Die, - cut in white card and coloured with Prismacolor pencils

The greeting was stamped in orange ink and clear embossed, then die cut using a S/B Labels die.

 I ran one of the pencils  used to colour the poppy around the edge of the die cut, and also the edge of the white card base.

The ribbon is chiffon, and did not look very nice directly over the blue, so I adhered two layers of it over a strip of white card, to get the result I was wanting.  

I layered the blue panel over some lime green  before adhering it to the white base and adding some clear rhinestones.

I finished the inside with another layer of card, around which I had wrapped two layers of ribbon, then outlined it with pencil. 

On a personal note - I have come to the conclusion after nearly three years of high stress in my life that I am approaching burn out, so I am taking time out, and will not be blogging much over the next 4-6 weeks - just my DT cards - or visiting your blogs. 😢 

It has taken me a while to acknowledge this, and the need to lie low and care for myself  is real, so please bear with me, and I will be back in a month or so. 

I am linking this to: 

Crafty Friends Challenge #103 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #100 - Anything goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #& - Anything Goes

Jo's Stamp Shack Funday Friday Challenge #269 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #449 - ATG - Optional - Keep it Simple

Crafting With Friends Challenge 380 - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge Week Six - Anything Goes

The Alphabet Challenge - x is for xtra bling

The Daily Marker 30 day Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #374 - 375 - Anything Goes

Love-ly Tumbling Hearts

Welcome

Today my post is a combination of a Valentines Day card and my Word Art Wednesday DT post.

The new Word Art Wednesday challenge can be found here.

I say combination, as love originated in, with and through God.  Valentine's is an expression of love, but the most powerful expression of love was God, sending his only son Jesus to this sinful world to redeem us, and bring those who accept Jesus' forgiveness and Lordship in their lives into a relationship with the Living God - .something I am eternally grateful for. 

  

I die cut the printed scripture, available as a free download at WAW, using a Spellbinders 

Modern Stationery Die, and sponged around it before removing the die with Memento Ladybug Ink

This was mounted over some deep maroon corrugated card that I had splattered with Inka Gold gold paint.

I used the same paint to finger paint the hearts before removing them from the die - I cannot remember the brand of die, and I have removed the label...

I edged the top and bottom of the feature panel with some card I had sprayed with Perfect Red Perfect Pearls - one of my original sprays!  That was mounted over the gold/yellow card base, and some gold sequins added.

The inside was finished with some washi tape.

I am linking this to:

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #87 - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - Love is in the Air

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge # 425 - Falling Hearts

A Place To Start February Challenge - Use an inspirational die or stamp

Artistic Inspirations Challenge #212 - Anything Goes, Opt, Love it Up

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #227 - Love, love, love

Creativ Fusion Arts and Crafts Challenge #9 - Love

Get Creative Challenge #77 - Anything Goes, twist, Use Lots of Red

Die-Cuttin' Divas Challenge #407 - Love

Not Just Cards February Challenge - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge, Week #7 - Anything Goes

Mindful Stacked Roses

Welcome

I was going to publish this last night, but then the computer decided to have a hissy fit... 

If you think this may look familiar you are right - I have done one with yellow roses masked and stacked, and this time I coloured the roses with water colour pencils, and blended them.

The stamp set is the Stamp Simply, Thinking of You, Clear Rose set

This time I 'winked' the roses

And used a different sentiment from the same stamp set and put it on a banner

All the edges were run along a Memento orange ink pad, and I used off-set orange strips layered behind the white panel, before mounting it onto a yellow card base, and adding gold sequins

The inside was finished with some washi tape.

I am linking this to:

Stamping Sensations February Challenge - All Things Bright and Beautiful

Lil' Patch Of Crafty Friends Challenge #99 - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge February #2 - Anything Goes

A Bit More Time To Crafty Challenge #85 - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #6, February - Anything Goes 

Happy Little Stampers February CAS Challenge - Friends

PolkaDoodles Challenge Week 6 - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge, week 6 - Anything Goes

Jo's Stamp Shack Funday Friday Challenge #268 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge weeks #372-373 - Anything Goes

A 21st, but not mine!!

 Welcome 

I think there would be a few raised eyebrows if I tried to claim this milestone, 

as this card was made for a grandson!

I started with the piece of  red splattered card (made by banging Barn Door Distress Stain onto the card several times, then I added some Perfect Red Perfect Pearl spray over it) which I cut to size by 'stretching' a M/B stitched rectangle die. 

I then die cut the (Couture Creations)  key in Champagne sparkle card, altering it freehand as there were hearts in the tumbler and head of the key.  The two small charm keys were held together on a couple of twists of copper wire, and adhered with a glue dot. 

The Happy Birthday was gold embossed, using a stamp from a magazine freebie

The 21 was another die cut from the sparkle card.  This top layer was mounted on a layer of gold sparkle card, and then a red base.

The negative of the number die cut I used as an embellishment on the inside of the card along with some washi tape.

I am linking this to:

Crafting From The Heart Challenge #236 - Anything Goes

Always Fun Challenges #96 - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #424 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #86 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Week 6 - Anything Goes

Cute'n'Crafty Challenge #19 - Red

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Add Some Red

Crafty sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #372 + 373 - Anything Goes

Tagged and Layered

Welcome

This is the second card I made for Word Art Wednesday this week, using the free scripture word art available on their site.

I was inspired by some paper I recently purchased - a 6x6 pack called Oceania by Craft Wise.  

It has some purple tints in it, as well as the silver lines.

I decided to trim the printed scripture into a tag, and layered it over aqua and purple tags as well, after sponging the edges with purple on the white,  Broken China DI on the aqua layer, and silver on the purple tag.

The tags were layered and adhered together, then layered onto the base with some muslin underneath them, being carefully placed to look as though they were held by the  silver and white bakers twine.  The twine had been wrapped around the base, and layered over a snippet of TH tissue paper.  A wee bow finished the tags.

The inside of the card was (again) finished with some purple patterned washi tape. 

I am linking this to:

Crafting With Friends Challenge #79 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #447 - Anything Goes with Twist, Lots of Layers

Creative Fingers Challenge #156 - Anything Goes

Jo's Stamp Shack Fun-day Friday Challenge #267 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #5 - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too Challenge #146 - Anything Goes (did not use twist)

Aud Sentiments Challenge #219 - Anything Goes plus a Sentiment

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #499 - Anything Goes

(I did not see any illustration of colours?)

Krafty Chicks Challenge #440 - Crazy Egg/Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes