Hope and a Bookmark

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Firstly I would like to extend a warm welcome to Megan J  of  My Merry Card Corner, who has started following me - her work is gorgeous, please pop over and visit her!!

I wanted  to make a card for an older woman (no, not me... ), I had all afternoon, and I had hoped to make a couple of cards, this one did not co-operate, and it was all that I got done.

I had already decided to make a card with a bookmark attached, and I wanted to use these stamps from the ODBD Grace's Hope set.

I cut the bookmark to size, sprayed it with Magicals Spray, Blue Hawaian Blue, then stamped and embossed it with gold, and added the gold, die cut corners.

Here you can see the shimmer from the spray, and the gold splatters that I added later.

To finish the card I die cut and stenciled, then sprayed three s/b Bitty Blossoms, then wiped some gold paint over the petals to add some more shimmer.

To finish I added a blue and gold bow to the ribbon 'keeper' for the bookmark,

and a gold and blue tassel - I kept the tassel small so it would not mark the book pages, and where I attached it, I had already hidden a metal eyelet behind a small aperture in tip of the die cut.

The final detail was the gold embossed sentiment.

I am linking this to:

Creative Artiste Challenge #17 - Anything Goes Mixed Media

Creative Fingers Challenge #114 - Anything Goes

Jo's stamp Shack Fun Day Friday Challenge #152 - Anything Goes

PDE Linky Party Challenge #134 - Tags

(It turned into a bookmark)

Quick Quotes Challenge #66 - Create Flowers

Inkspirational Challenge #115 - Use patterned paper

My Time To Craft Challenge #327 - Embossing, wet or dry

Scrappers Delight Challenge #58 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #40 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #244-245 - Anything Goes

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Silver Butterflies

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I saw a tutorial online a week or so back on making a matching layer to go behind a featured layer, using the same embossing powder on both layers.  And now, don't you know it, I can't remember where, or who, it was to be able to acknowledge them - all I can recall is that it was made by a it was a man, and no, not the great Tim Holtz.

I started with the butterfly stamps, (now unavailable), randomly stamping them over the black panel with embossing ink, and then silver embossing them. 

The next layer then had embossing ink swiped around the edges, and again it was embossed with the same silver embossing powder.

The finishing details on both of these cards were the silver embossed sentiments, double layered on white cardstock and layered over a silver edged white ribbon.

and sequins, silver on the thanks card, coloured on the birthday card.

I am linking these to 

Crafting By Design August Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #100 - Anything Goes

Double D Challenge - Neutrals

Fan N Funky Challenge #316 - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge #99 - Anything Goes

Scrap land Challenge #38 - Use an Image

(Dies are Spellbinders oval and scalloped ovals)

The Sister Hood of Crafters August Challenge - Close To Nature

The Crafty Addicts Challenge #22 - Anything Goes - twist, Use Die Cuts

Kraftin' Kimmies Wonderful Wednesday Challenge #17 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #244 - 245 - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations August Challenge - Anything Goes

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Sparkly Flowers and Scripture

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I recently wanted to encourage a couple who had received some difficult news, and this is the result.

The colours, and papers with the garden theme, were very specifically chosen for this couple.

The scripture stamp is from Our Daily Bread Designs, Grace's Strength set, and was embossed in gold on white - I did try it on the green, but it did not stamp or emboss well as the card was lightly textured.

I then die cut the next two layers with dies from the ODBD Filigree Frames  Die Set, stippling Delcata Gold ink onto the dark green before removing the die. The lower layer is a soft gold paper, although it shows tan here.

 

I then cut some flowers from the S/B Floral Doily Accent set in the gold and the white card and layered them on to the base, adding a green rhinestone in the centre.

The final details were some rhinestones scattered on the Kaisercraft Botanica paper, and some WOS on the petals of the flowers.

I am linking this to:

Inspiration Destination Challenge #99 - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throw Down Challenge #307 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #22 - Anything Goes

DigibChooseDay Challenge #33 - Anything Goes

Sparkle 'n' Sprinkle August Challenge - Use Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or flock

Oh La La Challenge #211 - Three Embellishments

(rhinestones, die cuts and flowers)

Love To Scrap Challenge #84 - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge #325 - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart Challenge #123 - Anything Goes

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Something Fishy

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I had fun playing in the studio the other afternoon, and experimenting with my Magicals - both powders and sprays. Although the finish looks matt in this photograph, there is a lot of mica and shine on the background layer.

I started by sprinkling the powders onto the watercolour paper and spraying it, then sprinkling on more powder - it was fascinating watching all the colours 

emerge.

  

Then came a quick 'blat' with some coordinating colours of spray I purchased in July at the Stamp Expo.  

Next was a brand new MB Large Ringlets die cut, using white card, and then sprayed with silver shimmer spray. The fish was silver embossed and painted with iridescent blue Twinkling H2O's.

I added the silver embossed sentiment onto a circle die cut, edged it with a white signo pen, and sponged all edges with dark blue ink.  The main panel was also embossed with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders die on the edges

I am linking this to:

Love To Create Challenge #17 - Anything Creative / Mixed Media

Mixed Media World Challenge #17 - Summer/Sea/Nautical

Pile It On Challenge #114 - Make Your Own Background

Left of Center Challenge #143 - Bubbles

Great Impressions August Challenge - Anything Goes

Penny Black and More August Challenge - Anything Goes

Come And Get It Challenge - Punches and Dies

Lacy Sunshine Challenge - Anything Goes

Amusing Challenge August Challenge - Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge #201 - Anything Goes

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Shattered Glass Hearts

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I used this card to teach the Shattered Glass technique in my class this month.

I started with two chipboard heart shaped die cuts. My original inspiration came from Karen Hasheck and her Tarnished Silver Look Embossing.  

I did not have any black embossing powder, so after doing a base coat of copper (rather than silver) embossing, I used clear embossing powder (several coats as I do not have any clear UTEE), and on one of the last coats I added just a sprinkle of blue to imitate verdigris on the copper.   

 

A tip that makes life easier - heat the layers of embossing powder from underneath, even when using versamark, it saves the powder blowing off when you have a thick layer !!

The 'shattered' look was achieved by simply bending the chipboard after it had cooled.

The feature panel was cut using a MB stitched rectangle, the edges sponged with espresso ink, the hearts from a Inspired Stamps set, and the sentiment by Montarga Stamps were embossed with Copper EP, before adding the larger heart.

The feature panel was then mounted over some wall paper, then onto the blue base.

On the second card that I made during the class I angled the panel and partially placed it over the ribbon for a more relaxed look.

I am linking this to:

Brown Sugar Challenge #211 - Anything Goes

Through The Purple Haze Challenge #106 - Anything Goes

Sasayki Glitter August Challenge - Use a Die Cut

Crafting With An Attitude Challenge #18 - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenge #24 - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.,T. Challenge # 376 - Anything goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #242 - 243 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #32 - Anything Goes

Penny Black August Challenge - Anything Goes with Stamping

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #39 - Anything Goes

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Natural Sympathy

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I know I have not been around a lot of late, I have missed blogging but there has been a lot going on IRL, as well as some computer issues, i.e. an external hard drive not co-operating.

This card was made using a gray card base, and a layer of a blue shiny card

(I'm not sure what happened here to give such a deep blue background...)

with a S/B die cut of Cat tails.  I took then as being wheat heads, and coloured them accordingly.

The sentiment was clear embossed over versamark ink.

The final detail was this beautiful sparkling ric rac over some washi tape.

I am linking this to:

Addicted To Stamps Challenge #206 - Anything Goes

Lil' Red Wagon Challenge #354 - In Sympathy

The Paper Shelter Challenge #259 - Use Dies or Punches

Scrapy Land Challenge #47 - Anything Goes using Dies

(Die used was S/B Cat tails)

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Close To Nature

Stampin Royalty Challenge #341 - Anything Goes

The Crafty Addicts Challenge #21 - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge #324 - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge #98 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #242 - 243 - Anything Goes

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Starry Baby Blue

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This is another card using the liquid pearls as a background on the feature panel

I started with a piece of (re-cycled) glossy card - I wanted a blue background, but have no blue liquid pearls, so rubbed some Faded Denim DI onto the panel before putting on the white liquid pearls.  Because the card was glossy, the ink did not dry and I have a fabulous blue background!  I later added dabs of light green and gold liquid pearls, but did not rub them into the background.

The main image was from a new set of stamps (bought at the big fair at the beginning of July) called Party Paws Baby Bamboo By Crafter's Companion. Unfortunately I cannot find a link for you. It was coloured with prismacolor pencils and fussy cut.  The edges that went off the base were held up with some foam tape.

Both sentiments were stamped with Versamark and Faded Denim inks and then clear embossed.  The word baby was four separate stamps, and took me a while to line up using my MISTI.  I filled the letters using a silver Signo pen.

The edge was die cut with an edgabilities die, sponged and then had the pearls adhered.

The final details were a few gold stars adhered, and a strip of the background paper added to the inside to help highlight the border.

I am linking this to:

Crafty Gals Challenge #83 - Birthdays or Celebration

Through The Purple Haze Challenge #105 - Monochrome

Star Stampz Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #143 - Anything Goes

Crafty Addicts Challenge #21 - Anything Goes

Double D Challenge - I Love Polka Dots

Southern Girls Challenge - Anything Goes With Team Lou

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #242 - 243 - Anything Goes

Digital Delights Monthly Challenge #12 - Anything Goes

 Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #28 - Monochrome

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