Wednesday .... again?

Morning readers, 

I've a make to share with you today .......

My Artist Trading Card

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of card in textured caramel, chocolate brown and white
• Hero Arts "old French script" (H2365) stamped using Brilliance pearlescent chocolate ink
• Using a makeup brush I applied Memento rosebud ink to the white snippet before placing the Dylusions circle stencil (DYS52364) and applying more rosebud ink to the right hand side of the panel - fading the colour towards the centre. Changing the stencil to Carabelle MA60051 I repeated the exercise but to the left side, fading the impression toward the centre.
• PRS sentiment (from DIY set) stamped using Versafine onyx black ink
• Clearly Inspired bloom (from LCS100 "Brushed flowers") stamped using Versafine onyx black ink and, whilst wet, applied a liberal sprinkling of Judikins "sticky stuff" before heat embossing, pressing pink foil over the image whilst still sticky - burnishing with my fingers.

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

1. Dragonfly Dreams - July 5th challenge - NO PATTERNED PAPER
2. Allsorts - challenge No.'s 581/582 - FLOWERS ALL OVER
3. A Place to Start - July challenge - FLOWER/S
4. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - challenge No. 2030 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Always Fun - challenge No. 173 - USE STENCIL/S

And now for a Christmas card .. it seems to be a tradition to celebrate Christmas in July with craft-y makes and I'm no different to anyone else ........

My card

And a closer view of the image and stencilling

 

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 Paper Mill "Christmas red" card, cut to mat
• Make it Crafty ("Cheery Santa") image stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink, stamping on to a post it which I then fussy cut, to use as a mask
• With my mask in place and using a makeup brush I stencilled Memento Bahama blue ink through my Dutchdoobadoo (faded dots 4) stencil
• Copics, Pro Markers and Kaisercraft glitter gel pens used to colour the image
• Stardust stickles for the "fur" and snow
• PRS sentiment (from "Sketchy Christmas") stamped using Versafine tulip red ink

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

1. Cute Card Thursday - challenge No. 644 - CHRISTMAS IN JULY
2. Chrimbo Crackers - challenge No. 211 - ANYTHING (Christmas) GOES
3. ABC of Christmas - July challenge - "N" is for NO FUSS or "O" is for OVER THE TOP
4. Christmas Craft Creations - July challenge - CHRISTMAS CHARACTERS
5. Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - challenge No. 500 - ANYTHING (Christmas) GOES

Most of you regular readers will recall that I've spent the last ten months walking for health and been joined the last couple of months by a walking companion who's been walking instead of going to the gym. Well, the gyms have reopened so my pal doesn't come out with me any more but .... I owe her my thanks as she encouraged me to walk further than I had been doing solo. It's a testament to her efforts that, yesterday, I did a three miler ... SOLO! Thanks Debbie!

Off road!

Footpath

And back to tarmac!