A Place to Start - Leaves or trees

I used this piece of core'dinations paper that had a green base under the black wash. I embossed it with my Sizzix 3-D leaves embossing folder, and then sanded off the black. The green that appeared was not as bright as I would have wanted it, so I used mowed lawn distressed oxide ink, and rubbed the pad over the embossed paper. I added a simple green strip for the sentiment (from Stampendous).  I discovered this challenge over at the challenges for Days blog, and you can  find the details of the challenge here:

A Place to Start

 

52 Christmas Challenge - black and white

I love getting a few Christmas cards made during the year so I try to take part in at least one or two Christmas card challenges a month. This week I found this 52 Christmas challenge to be an interesting theme - to make a black and white card. So I found some black and white design papers that might go well with this stamp from Sweet and Sassy stamps. I used the gold chrome paper band just as little contrast on the card. I put dimensional strips behind the image panel. You can find the details of this challenge here:

https://52cct.blogspot.com/2023/08/august-colour-challenge.html

 

Crazy is our Fame, stenciling is our game

I have enjoyed collecting stencil over the last few years and have been doing a lot of combining them on backgrounds. I did this monochromatic card using a stencil from Impression Obsessions and some medallions that I am not sure who the source is. Not sure of the source of the butterfly either, and the sentiment is from Stampendous, I thought this would make a great card for the Crazy is our fame and stenciling is our game challenge this month using butterflies and stencils. I used various purple distressed oxide inks for my background, versafine clair black fforr my stamping and copic markers for the coloring, I added a few sequins for a little sparkle and also a little sparkle gel pen to the wings of the butterflies. 

You can find the details of the challenge here:

https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2023/08/august-stencil-fun.html

 

As You Like It Challenge - 2 favorite color combo

I made this card for the As You Like It Challenge. My favorite color is orange and my favorite color to combine with it is hot pink. This is a Power Poppy digital that I colored with Copic Alcohol markers. The sentiment is a die cut. The card base was stenciled using pink and orange distress oxide inks. 

The details of the challenge can be found here:

 

http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/08/favourite-2-colour-combo-and-why.html

Little Red Wagon Challenge 717

I love using kraft paper and when I saw that the Little Red Wagon Challenge this week was to use kraft paper, I jumped right to it. I  added these two design paper strips first then I stamped this Stampendous bird image onto the card with versamark ink. I sprinkled it with white embossing powder. I used colored pencils to color the image. The little butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch. 

You can find the details of the challenge here on the Little Red Wagon blog:

http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2023/08/challenge-717-craft-with-kraft.html

 

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge #45

I made this card for the Peace on Earth challenge this week. I cut and pieced two stamped image together to come up with this crab. The crab is a Tim Holtz image and the shell is from Stampin' Up. I stenciled this circle surrounded with dots from a negative side of a die from Impression Obsessions. I used blue distressed oxide ink to blend in the circles. I free-handed the Santa hat and the sentiment for this card. I thought this would add a little humor for the Christmas season. 

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/08/peace-on-earth-challenge-45.html

 

Color Throwdown Challenge #754

My card for the Color Throwdown challenge this week. I used green distressed oxide ink with a background stamp from Impression Obsessions. I used white cardstock for the embossed panel. My focal point was the die cut plant. A few little punched flowers (Martha Stewart punch)with small green rhinestones as centers added the other embellishments to the card. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz strip sentiment that says "Hello, Friend."

 

For further details and the linky for this challenge visit:

https://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2023/08/color-throwdown-challenge-754.html