Welcome
Two posts in three days - quite astonishing at the moment. With needing to garden during the day (before it gets too hot) and then water said gardens in the evening I am constantly running out of time for indoorish things, apart from card making!
I would also like to welcome my newest follower, Shirley-Ann Barber, of Stamping For Joy She lives 'across the Ditch' from me in Australia - I hope you have not been affected by the fires Shirley-Ann.
This is my DT card for the Word Art Wednesday Challenge starting today, and our sponsor is the wonderful Seth Apter, who is giving two $25 vouchers to his store to two winners!!
I started this card with this wonderful coffee circle die. I understand it was a Seth Apter one, unfortunately now unavailable.
It was cut twice from Kraft card, and sponged with espresso ink.
I then created the background by sponging/brushing more espresso ink around the edges of the cream cardstock I had chosen to work with, and had distressed the edges of, to give a really grungy look. I layered the die cut(s) over a piece of old dictionary paper I had on my desk...
I then picked up a piece of corrugated card (also lingering on my desk) and stripped off one surface to give a textural background panel to the scripture (Available as a freebie at Word Art Wednesday)
The scripture panel was also sponged with the espresso ink, and distressed around the edges. I was liking the look, but there was something missing, and I spotted some stamps I bought from China about a year ages ago, so I inked one up, held it in my fingers, and did some selective stamping in the background, often using a second and third generation impressions to give some more variation
To finish the inside I distressed and sponged the edges of the panel, and stamped the gauze like stamp again, on a block this time, along one edge.
I loved how this turned out, as grungy is not my normal make!!
I am linking this to:
A Place to Start February Challenge - Make a Masculine card or project
Crafting Happiness Challenge #38 - Anything Goes (Option, Pink)
Double Trouble Challenge #49 - Again and Again
(I have repeat used the stamp, and the die was cut twice to get the length required)
Jan's Digi Challenge #7 - Anything Goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2006 - Anything Goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #125 - Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenge #2 - 2020 - Anything Goes
We Love 2 Create Challenge #2 - Anything Mixed Media Goes
Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #6 - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar February Challenge - Use Die Cuts and/or Punches
Great project Maxine, love that die and a pity it's unavailable looks fantastic. Take care.xx
ReplyDeleteGreat background, beautiful card, thanks for joining our challenge, greetings Petra DT digichoosday challenge
ReplyDeleteWhat creativity with the die cut here, Maxine. I have a similar die cut which Aleeza insisted looked better in the store but that convinced me to buy it. That was two years ago, and now your card has given me a brill idea. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI like all the coffee effect here and the verse is lovely as ever.
Love,
Monica
Hello Maxine,
ReplyDeleteHow are You doin just found out You are living in Australie I hope You haven`t had trouble during the Fires and You and Your family are safe.
Love Your work for your Dt at World at Wednesday challenge
Have a great Day here in the Netherlands it`s windy this week
Hugs and Creativity
Cinderella
Xx
Maxine, your card looks great, coffee stains and all!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, Maxine. Lovely distressed. Thank you for sharing the steps, my friend. Kisses.
ReplyDeleteLove all the texture on your card and the dictionary sheet you embellished and love that coffee stain die (too bad not available)...great card, and lovely sentiment. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble. Please come back and check out our future fun challenges with Thing 1,2 and 3.
ReplyDeleteGreat mixed media card, Maxine. Love the random burlap stamp and distressing on the edges!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful project and reminder from God's Word. Thanks for sharing your card at Crafting Happiness Challenges. I hope you'll link up again!
ReplyDeleteLooks great Maxine, I love the grungy look!
ReplyDeleteYou should try grungy more often Maxine as your card is fabulous. I am loving your attention to detail and your wonderful design x.
ReplyDeleteThis is an amazing "grunge" card Maxine! I love the coffee ring die cuts, they are so fun, the inking really makes the card and I love the "cheesecloth" look stamping. But the sentiment is what the focal is all about and I love how you placed it on the cardboard. Great job!! Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteWonderful creation and verse! Thanks for joining us and good luck with with your entry!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Joy
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Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, Owner/Coordinator
Maxine, this may not be your style but it's so pretty! Love all the distressed look and that scripture too.
ReplyDeleteLynn
Oh Maxine, be still my heart! Do I spy COFFEE! yes, I do! Love the fun theme and the coffee marks and the length of your card gives so much room to be FUN!
ReplyDeleteLove this so much! Hugs!
A delightful card Maxine. Great card.
ReplyDeleteDear Maxine,
ReplyDeleteA wonderful male card and agree re the die it’s a beauty, love the addition of the gauze stamp, I thought at first you’d stencilled through a piece of cotton gauze! I’m not buying anymore from China at first mostly were not replicas but find nearly all are, now, very disheartening, some are the craft mag freebies but been caught too many times now, and with virus etc Oz buys are good.
Love that verse too, don’t you? a treasure indeed. Will happily send rain, we’ve now had here in our spot 615mm or almost 25”! Yes that’s over half a metre.
Thanks for being a blessing, and may God bless you too.
Hugs, Shaz in Oz.x 😊
{Wonderful Words of Life - Shaz in Oz}
{Calligraphy Cards - Shaz in Oz}
Wow Maxine! This looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteYour project looks awesome! Thank you for playing along at A Place to Start Challenge Blog. We hope to see you again! Bye, Deezy (DT) xxx
ReplyDeleteFabulous inking and stampng, Maxine, and great design. You achieved the vintage look x
ReplyDeleteA super card Maxine, a fabulous die.
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Glad you liked your 'card' Maxine, you make me laugh so much re the florist so had to add something for you...enjoy your weekend.xx
ReplyDeleteHi, Maxine! It's me again - Janis from Crafting Happiness Challenges. I forgot to tell you... Don’t forget to click the LIKE under the entries for the projects you love that are submitted in our challenges each week after you link up. Yes, it's okay to like more than one AND to like your own. :) The project with the most likes will be highlighted in next week’s post!
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Oops....forgot to thank you for joining us at Pammie's Inky Pinkies Maxine!!!
ReplyDeleteLynn
Love all the different techniques used. I can visualize sipping coffee and reading scripture. Nicely done. Thank you for sharing with Double Trouble challenge #49.
ReplyDeleteGreat card! I love the vintage feel, thank you for joining us at LPOCF good luck x
ReplyDeleteVery nicely crafted! Thanks so much for sharing with us at A Place To Start! Your card is perfect for our masculine card challenge!
ReplyDeleteHiugz,
Chana Malkah, Owner
Thank you so much for helping promote SETH APTER Designs, and for making a mixed media project for the challenge. I wish there was a way to let more of the mixed media crafting community know about our challenges and this amazing prize. Anyway, thanks so much for sharing your talents. We are so blessed to have you on the team, and for me to call you friend.
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Beautiful card - great design, Maxine. Thank you for joining in the Crafty Calendar Challenge this month. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteLiz - DT xx
This is fabulous Maxine. I love the corragated cardboard. So cool. I left you a message on my blog, and I will leave it here as well, you were a winner in the Turner Syndrome Awareness Blog Hop. You need to message Lori.
ReplyDeleteGreat project. Thanks you for joining with us at https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/2020/02/wk-6-anything-goes-card-making-crafting.html. Good luck with your entry
ReplyDeleteMaritza DT
Hi Maxine - it has taken me forever to get here, but it is well worth the trip. I love this card - and you know I just love Seth Apters die and stamps - you have used them so perfectly - love everything about it!! XO
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely take on masculine theme! Thank you for sharing your work at A Place to Start challenge. All the best :)
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Glad you found some time; this looks so good! Hugs, Gerrina
ReplyDeleteBrilliant project, great textures!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us this month at We Love 2 Create With Polkadoodles! Jane (DT) Paper, Pencils & Pretty Things xxx