It's Wednesday and we've made it to the end of June too ...

Morning readers, 

How's your week coming along? We seem to be experiencing a fairly broad selection of weather from heat and sunshine to chills and rain! Never quite sure what to put on each morning! I shouldn't complain though, I really shouldn't!

I've a make to share with you today ....... I made this for a swap but can share it with you as I know the recipient has received it!

My Artist Trading Card - 2½" x 3½"

The background stencilling

Stencilled, stamped and inked image panel and the stamped base layer

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of leftover card in white and Paper Mill intense green
• Inks used: Adirondack citrus and bottle, Marvy blue, Versafine Clair nocturne
• Stencils used: Dutchdoobadoo 470.715.129, Creative Expressions CEMStiles, Aall & Create #111
• Stamped used: StudioLight SL340 and RubberNecker 497-11
• Tim Holtz "idea-ology" small talk sticker
• Faber Castell "S" Pitt pen to doodle border around the sentiment sticker

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

1. Gem of a challenge - challenge No. 13 - ANYTHING GOES
2. Daring Cardmakers - June 25th challenge - IN TO THE GARDEN
3. Polkadoodles - challenge No. 26 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - challenge No. 2126 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Lemon Shortbread - challenge No. 149 - ANYTHING GOES

And I'm plainly in my "green" phase this week as my second make appears to be distinctly greenish too .... albeit much subtler tones

My C6 card

The front/back/inside of my C6 card and the front/back of my envelope

My inked and stencilled layer

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, C6/A2 card and matching envelope
• Card in white and textured sage green, cut to fit and mat
• Using a makeup brush and Distress Ink in bundled sage, I applied colour to one corner of my card front
• Overlaying my Stamplorations "bubbles" stencil I applied further Distress Ink, this time in iced spruce
• Penny Black image (from "Allegro") stamped using Ranger Distress Archival black soot ink
• Clearly Besotted sentiment (from "brushed sentiments") stamped using the Ranger Distress Archival in hickory smoke
• A quick spritz of Crafters Companion "spray and shine", to seal the water based inks and I was done!

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

1. Corrosive Challenge - challenge No. 6 - ANYTHING GOES
2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - challenge No. 160 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Stamps & Fun - challenge No. 392 - CAS (Clean And Simple)
4. Everybody Art - challenge No. 494 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Through The Craft Room Door - June 29th challenge - ANYTHING GOES

More photos taken on a recent walk .. such lovely walks around here that it's difficult NOT to take pix sometimes!