An 'Oops" Rescued

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I am running a day late with this post.  I did get it part done yesterday, and then life happened! 

As it has a habit of doing.  

This card is for the new challenge at Word Art Wednesday , where our sponsor is the very generous company, Clearly Besotted Stamps, who will supply a 15 Pound gift voucher to the winner.

My card started as an oops, the embossing was not 100% for the technique I was trying, so it got put into my 'promise box'  after I had sponged the ink over it. 

Somehow I just don't seem to be able to successfully emboss on watercolour paper!

The verse was cut with a stitched circle die and sponged with yellow ink on the edges.

As the panel was too large for the card front, I trimmed one edge off  and mounted it to the side, layering it over a piece of gingham ribbon, then added vertical a bow to the right

A few blue sequins and the front was finished

The inside was finished with a trimming from the feature panel. 

When I was writing this post, it occurred to me that what I did with making the unsatisfactory panel into something attractive and useful, God does to us when we mess up (sin).  

When we admit/confess our sin, he will forgive and redeem us, and remake us into something beautiful, as we are all precious to Him. 

I am linking this to:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2038 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge Week #38 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #129 - Anything Goes

Cuttlebug Mania Challenge - Anything Goes

Funky Junkie Challenge - Staying In The Background

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Arty Diva's Challenge #29 - Anything Goes

The House That Stamps Built Challenge S2320 - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations September Challenge #413 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog, any comments you may leave are appreciated.

A Chalked Sunflower

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It's a slow process this purging and packing - but I did get this card done!

I have had this Magnificent Sunflower 3-D embossing folder  for a while now, and decided that I needed to use it.  So I embossed a long, narrow snippet of white card that was on my desk.

I decided to colour it with chalks, using a cotton bud (Q - Tip) .  As can be seen in this and the following photo, I built up the colours and shading using repeated layers

Once I was happy with the colours I sprayed it with a sealant to secure the colour on the card.

The sentiment was clear embossed over Memento Dandelion Ink, on white card, and then double mounted over another snippet of yellow card.  

Some sequins and bakers twine finished the outside of the card.

The inside was finished with washi tape

I am linking this to:

Paper Fundays September Challenge #21 - Anything Goes, Opt Fall Colours

Crafty Creations Challenge September #413 - Anything Goes

Through The Purple Haze Challenge #171 - Anything Goes (opt Stitching)

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #211 - Fall Colours

Little Red Wagon Challenge #567 - Nature - Flora or Fauna

Krafty Chicks Challenge #525 - CAS

NBUS Challenge #18 - Anything Goes using a NBUS item

Pixie's Snippets playground Challenge #386 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday  Challenge Weeks #456 + #457 - Anything Goes

                                 The House That Stamps Built Challenge - Inspiration Palette

A Swinked Scripture

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I recently discovered the technique of Swinking, as named by Laurel and Ardyth!

Their video  tutorials are here and here  and I had great fun making up some backgrounds, one of which I used for this weeks Word Art Wednesday's DT card.

Our Sponsor this week is  Stamp Simply  

who always supplies a generous prize of a voucher to be spent on their wonderful products.

My apologies, I made this card without checking who our sponsor was, and did not use any of the product supplied. 

This weeks scripture, which is available free on the blog, was designed by Karen Murray.  I die cut it with a M.B. Stitched Rectangle, and mounted it onto the background with a pair of tiny banners, cut from the same red card as the base.

The background was made by swiping three Catherine Pooler inks, Lemoncello, Aquatini and Blue Suede Shoes down a piece of lightly dampened watercolour paper, lifting the pad before I reached the bottom of the panel. 

I also sprayed it with some lemon mica spray, which gave an almost splashed effect where it reacted with the inks, giving a subtle touch of texture

The inside of the card was finished with some washi tape

I am linking this to:

Digi Choosday Challenge Week #36 - Anything Goes

Arty Divas Challenge #29 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

lemon Shortbread Challenge #128 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown challenge #465 - Anything Goes

The Artsy Stamper Challenge #23 - Anything Goes

Crafting Happines Challenge #65 - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps September Challenge - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2036 - Anything Goes

An Ironed Swap

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I quick post today - I have surfaced from the craziness of cleaning and packing to share this card.

The challenge in our swap group last month was to use the iron-off resist technique,  as demonstrated by Jennifer McGuire.

I used a Stampendous stamp called Bandanna Background, which is slightly too small for our card, so I split the stamped panel and put the sentiment in the centre, directly onto the base card.

After stamping and clear embossing the design, I then randomly sponged over it with Catherine Pooler inks - I was happy with the result, so ironed off the embossing,,, but forgot to wipe the ink off the embossing first, so the result below means I have to really think as to how I am going to use it!!

When I went to mount the coloured panel, I had difficulty finding a card to really complement the panels, and ended up layering it on red, then onto the rich cream base.  I then used the same Rouge Red ink from the sponged panel to stamp the sentiment.

The inside of the card was finished simply with the edge of the white panel run over the red ink pad, and then some washi tape added.

I am linking this to:

Polka Doodles Craft Challenge Week #35 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #191 - Anything Goes

Pink Gem Challenge Week #18 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #140 - Anything Goes

Dare 2B Artsy August Challenge - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #127 - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps August Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness Challenge #64 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #454 +455 - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge Week #35 - Anything Goes

Doily Ombre Resist

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I am afraid I have not been around much as I am having a series of major changes in my life - I am packing up my house to move, and as I am down sizing, I am also purging... all I can say is that it is quite a slow process as I work through what to keep and what to 'purge'. 

This week at Word Art Wednesday we are sponsored by Stix2 Anything and are supplying a wonderful package of top quantity product as the prize this fortnight.

My card started as a piece of card that I had coloured in an ombre sequence with water colour crayons.

I then took a foam stamp that I had made using a doily die cut, and stamped and clear embossed it over the background. 

Next came a generous layer of Chipped Sapphire DI, the embossed image was wiped off, and voila, a fabulous sunrise or sunset impression! 

The colours in the image were echoed in the ribbon and ric rac when I assembled the card

The wonderful scripture was die cut using a MB stitched rectangle die - it is available as a freebie over on the word Art Wednesday site

I finished the inside with the narrow stripe of the inked background 

I am linking this to:

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge Week #35 - Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge #473 - Anything Goes

lemon Shortbread Challenge #127 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Colouring in Scrapland July/August Challenge - Summer Time or Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness Challenge #63 - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps August Challenge - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2034 - Anything Goes

The Paper Girls Challenge #206 Emboss Like a Boss

Reverse Stenciled leaves

Welcome

I prevented blogger from swallowing my signature this time, but it was another learning curve. 

I guess there are many of us in blog-land on the same trajectory!

At Word Art Wednesday ,  Hello Bluebird, are sponsoring the prize for this new challenge 

My card this week features the wonderful scripture that is available as a freebie on the Word Art Wednesday website, from Psalm 77.

I started with a background of sponged DIs - Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold and Peeled Paint, which turned a blue shade over the Dried Marigold... 

The verse was die cut with a Spellbinders oval die, layered over the matching scalloped die, and liberally sponged with Spiced Marmalade

That panel was then stenciled with black ink - an inspiration from Gina K. - using a STAMPlorations stencil. The edges on this panel, and the card base were all run over the Spiced Marmalade ink pad.

The wee flowers are from Rosie's Crafts, and I swiped them with the brush I used in the Spiced Marmalade ink, just to add a touch of colour to the edges of the petals.

I used a trimming from the stenciled panel for the inside

I am linking this to:

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #463 - Use a Stencil

Arty Diva's Challenge #28 - Anything Goes

Ally's Angels Challenge #36 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2032 - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge Week #32 - Anything Goes

Ike's World Challenge - T is for Three of a Kind (Or AG) 

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #126 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps August Challenge Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #32 - Anything Goes

 

Masculine Make with A Homemade Stamp

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I needed a masculine card, and this is the result!

I was inspired by this technique video by Natasha Foote. 

I started by making my stamp, using a very old Cuttlebug die and foam, as per the instructions

I then stamped it over a panel that I had blended DOX inks over, and clear heat embossed.  I then took Chipped Sapphire DI and sponged it over the whole panel until I had a good coverage.

That's when the magic happens, especially once you wipe the excess ink off the embossed area!

After mounting the panel over a light blue base, I added some black pearls and the stamped greeting from a Dark Room Door set.

The final detail was the bakers twine across the top

I did not add anything inside to this card

I am linking this to:

The Crafter's Cafe August Challenge - Anything Goes

Arty Diva's Challenge #27 - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon Challenge #561 - Happy Days

The House That Stamps Built Challenge #520 - In The Dark

Crafty Chicks Challenge #519 - Stamp Act

Craft Rocket Challenge #73 - Birthday

Aud Sentiments Challenge #257 - Anything Goes with a Sentiment

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #32 - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge Week #31 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #450-451 - Anything Goes

Blessings

Maxine

(The new Blogger gobbled my signature panel on this post!)