A Framed Animal

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and thank you for visiting.

Another card for the wee swap group I am part of, and the challenge set was "animals, framed."

I knew immediately what I would do - but all did not go smoothly...

The stamps, a magazine freebie set, were trialed and then I stamped.  The giraffe was stamped in CP Over Coffee ink, on a scrap piece of card, and then fussy cut.  

The sentiment was stamped in Memento Peanut Brittle  - it felt very apt, as I was planning on a month overseas next month - a week visiting friends, and then a three week tour - but the fireworks in the Middle East put paid to that!!

That aside, I very carefully cut the aperture, positioned the sentiment below the aperture, and stamped - only to find the sentiment was upside down...oh dear.

I flipped the panel around, and it could work, so I carried on - I now think it looks better than originally planned!

The image was 'coloured' using the Peanut Brittle ink on a water brush, and mounted coming through the aperture - the head was raised slightly on foam tape.  Pale blue card was added behind the giraffe,

and the panel mounted using foam tape on a yellow card, then onto a kraft base.

A few amber rhinestones completed the front panel

The inside liner was edged with the same washi tap I used on the envelope.

I am linking this to:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2911 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #742 + 743 - Anything Goes

'Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #274 - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping March Challenge - Wildlife, or Anything Goes

AAA Challenge #310 - Anything CAS Goes

One Layer Grunge and Steampunk

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Oops, I did not realise I had done so little blogging until I came to upload this card... I have been busy, very busy in fact, making cards ahead as I had plans to travel for the month of April, but, those plans are looking very shaky now the Middle East has erupted. 😒

This card was started with a 'mop up' piece of card - I have no idea what the inks on it were, but I did add a spray of a copper mica colour

The first step was to add some stenciling - it was a circular stencil, which I used to my advantage to add interest.   I cannot recall which ink I used for that step.

The stamping of the images, all from an old Darkroom Door set, was done in C.P. Over Coffee ink

In this angled photo, some of the glimmer can be seen

The sentiment (from a Uniko set) was embossed with Rich Brown ep, (again on a piece of 'mop up' card) and the banner angle cut for interest

Washi tape finished both the inside of the card and the envelope.

                            I am linking this to:                                   

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2609 - Anything Goes

Cardz for Guys Challenge #383 - Monochrome Colour Palette

Crazy is Our name - Stencils are our Game March Challenge - Must use a Stencil (opt, Vines)

Make My Monday Challenge #272 - Card for a Male

Neglected Stuff March Challenge - Anything Goes - stamp set is years old

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Make Your Own Background

Thank you so very much for visiting, and for any comments left, they are appreciated

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This card was made for our local swap challenge - to make our own coloured paper background or focal point...

I embossed the background panel with a Memory Keepers geometric folder, then swiped  an inkpad over the 'high points', which made the design look more like flowers!!

The feature panel was a piece of 'mop up' card, and I have no idea of the medium I mopped up, apart from the fact it had some mica in it!

The sentiment I die cut and mounted over a layer of foam. 

The flower I diecut and painted with mica paints, then mounted over three layers of card.  It looked a bit lost on the background, so I used a marker to colour the edges a wee bit darker than the tops, and it worked beautifully

What I also did on the main panel was add three yellow enamel dots, but these are only shown in the main photo, as I added them after I had done most of the shots...

The inside was finished with trimmings from the feature panel, the envelope I used washi tape on.

I am linking this to;

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #738 +739 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2606 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge #843 - Embossing

Can You Handle The Pressure - Anything Goes - Twist of Die Cuts

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - No Designer Paper

The Alphabet Challenge - U is for Uplifting

The recipient said this card really cheered her up

Momigami - aka kneaded paper!

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Sorry I have not been around much, but I have discovered that the reason I have not been keen on blogging, or visiting blogs, is because my eyes have deteriorated and I need new prescriptions for my glasses - all three pairs.  My everyday, my reading and my dark/driving lenses all need to be adjusted, and to top it all off, cataracts are starting to affect my sight also. 

This was a card for the local swap group I am in, and the challenge was to use momigami, (this is a video link, and the technique starts at approx 8 minute mark) or paper kneading on the card.... 

I chose a handmade paper which had these gorgeous gold 'flowers' on it - and they survived the technique

As I wanted the paper to be the focal point, I simply stamped a gerbera (Uniko) in ladybug ink,  watercoloured it with the same ink, and diecut it before adding the micro beads in the centre.

The sentiment was die cut from a piece of card I had also painted with the ladybug ink, then it was adhered to a yellow panel

The panel and flower were adhered using my hot glue gun, as well as the paper to the base, as the result of the paper treatment left it somewhat glue resistant. 

All the edges were coloured using the red ink.. even the insert panel, which I decorated with washi tape.

As I don't often make square cards, I had to make an envelope for it - I used double sided paper, and used a white sticker for the address panel.

I am linking this to:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2604 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #736 +737 - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket Challenge #132 - Something New 

(the stamp  and die were NBUS, the technique new to me)

Elliebelle's Gard Party #11 - Anything from or in a garden goes