Saturday, 2 May 2020

Saturday - and it's May already

Morning readers

I've a make to share with you today .... a nice bright and summery card using trendy and mod circle stamps.
My card
 
The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope
Materials used:
  • White C6/A2, 250gsm card and matching sized envelope
  • Two pieces of white card cut to fit
  • One piece of DCWV textured hot pink card, cut to mat
  • Altenew sentiment (from "Trendy Circles" ALT3031) stamped using Versafine Clair morning mist ink
  • Various circles from the Woodware set FRS369 "Mod Circles" stamped using Memento tangelo, rosebud, dandelion and Bahama blue inks

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-
  1. Love To Craft Challenge Blog - May challenge - ANYTHING GOES
  2. The Crafters Cafe - challenge No. 241 - ANYTHING GOES
  3. QKR Stampede - challenge No. 396 - ANYTHING GOES
  4. Creative Fingers - challenge No. 185 - ANYTHING GOES
  5. CardzTV - challenge No. 113 - ANYTHING GOES

And now for an ATC ...
My Artist Trading Card
Materials used:
  • ATC blank
  • Snippets of leftover card in white and Paper Mill plain Christmas red card
  • Dina Wakley image (a magazine freebie in Jan 2019) stamped using Versafine Clair morning mist ink - stamped a second time on to a full coverage post it which I then cut out to use as a mask.
  • With my Memory Box stencil in place (over the mask) I applied Memento dandelion ink using an Aldi stencil brush
  • With my Carabelle heart stencil (MA60051) in place I applied Memento rosebud ink randomly
  • Using the small circles from the stencil that came with the stamp set in the magazine I added a few stencilled circles with Memento tangelo inks and the rectangles from the same stencil to "ground" my image
  • Using the sentiments from the same set, stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink


I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-
  1. Crafty Sentiments - April 28th challenge - FOR GIRLS
  2. Crafty Cardmakers - challenge No. 255 - ANYTHING BUT A CARD
  3. The Paper Girls - challenge No. 198 - GIRL TIME
  4. Mix It Up - challenge No. 37 - ANYTHING GOES + USE MASKING
  5. A Perfect Time To Craft - challenge No. 5 - ANYTHING GOES

11 comments:

Linda Simpson said...

These are brilliant Kathy, I love them.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Sarn said...

Both the card and the ATC are super trendy and cool.

Happy Saturday,

Sarn xxx

Lillianb said...

tow great makes Kathy and love the colours on the card, and the sentiment on the ATC

Stay well and safe,

Lilian

Pat said...

Two fantastic makes Kathy and love all the different circles on the first, and then a pretty silhouette with a great mix of stencils in the background of your ATC. Wonderful colours too. x

cass said...

Both great projects, thanks for entering your wonderful creations at The Crafter's Cafe this fortnight.

Gerrina said...

I'm a bit addicted to circles...so this card intriged me :) I love all the bright colours! And the way you placed them makes it such a fine card to look at!
Your ATC has a different feel', but I like that one too!
Hope you have a good weekend! Stay save and hugs, Gerrina

Lin said...


Thank you for sharing your funky ATC in our Anything but a Card challenge.

Stay safe and well.

Lin
Crafty Cardmakers

Ina G said...

Fabulous masking Kathy and super creation. Thanks for sharing at Mix It Up this month.

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

What an unusual card with all those fabulous circles, love the way you have placed them. Great colour choices and great sentiment stamp[ too. Always love the matching set Kathy. Thank you so much for joining us in our challenge at QKR Stampede this week. Good Luck and looking forward to see you again in our next challenge.

Faith QKR Stampede DT

Aimeslee Winans said...

Hi Kathy. What a great all-around card for anyone's birthday, and the decorated envie too. Thanks so much for playing with us at Love to Craft Challenge Blog!  XXO, Aimeslee DT

HandmadeCardsByGeorgia said...

Thanks for sharing with us over at "A Perfect Time To Craft". Great cards! Good Luck.
Georgia DT for https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com.au