Wednesday and the weekend isn't far away!

Morning readers,

Alright, hands up .... who was surprised to wake up yesterday morning ... to FROST!?!?!? I WAS!

I've a make to share with you today .... it's an Artist Trading Card,made for a swap with a pal

My Artist Trading Card

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of card in white and navy
• Using an Aldi stencil brush I lightly applied Memento Bahama blue over the white snippet
• Placing my Dutchdoobadoo stencil (470.715.105) over the snippet I applied Bahama blue again
• Replacing grid stencil with a That's Crafty dinky (bricks) to the edge I applied the Bahama blue ink again
• With both stencils removed I stamped a border using a Crafters Companion image (from splatters and stains) and Memento Paris dusk ink
• Using the ink blot from the same Crafters Companion set I stamped multiple times using the Bahama blue ink
• Finally, I stamped my chosen sentiment (from PRS "Positive Thoughts") using Versafine Clair nocturne ink

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:- 

1. Happy Little Stampers - April ATC challenge - MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND
2. Try It On Tuesday - April 14th challenge - HAVE FUN WITH STENCILS
3. Lemon Shortbread - challenge No. 117 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Crafty Sentiments - April 14th challenge - ANYTHING GOES

And a commission make ... a 90th birthday card for a lady who became friends with the commissionee when they worked together at the telephone exchange - hence the choice of design. I had, originally, co-ordinated the envelope (as is my habit) but my pal preferred a blank which is why I'm not sharing the envelope - you've all seen those!.

My card

 

The front, back and inside of my card

Materials used:

• White 5" x 7", 300gsm card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of pearlised gold card, cut to mat
• Snippets of card in white and pearlised gold - die cut in to nesting rectangles, using WRMK dies
• Gold glittered washi tape
• Stamps used: Stampers Anonymous telephone (from CMS154 - mini blueprints 4), Picture This sentiment (from Worms "Happy Days"), TCP "9" and "0" (from N7544) and small telephone image (from Stamp of Excellence)
• Ink used - Versafine Clair morning mist
• Colouring Medium: Faber Castell polychromos pencils, Kaisercraft glitter gel pen in gold

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Seize The Birthday - challenge No. 187 - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) SPRING FLING
2. CASonFriday - challenge No. 177 - BLACK, WHITE + ONE OTHER COLOUR (in my case - GOLD)
3. Daring Cardmakers - April 10th challenge - CAS (Clean And Simple) + A DASH OF SPARKLE (in my case the gold glitter tape)
4. PaperBabe - challenge No. 116 - BIRTHDAYS

 

With the recent lovely weather I was enjoying my walks more and more, imagine my surprise on Easter Monday - dull, grey, windy as heck and spotting with rain! Still, I'm no quitter and went anyway

I took a panoramic shot but you may not really be able to see detail - it's pretty though!