Monday again - have a good week

Morning readers, 

Hope you all had a good weekend and that none of your plans were ruined by any "weather" issues, so many places seem to have had snow though, thankfully, my own particular corner of the World has escaped that ... so far! In fact, yesterday was remarkably sunny ... rather chilly, but sunny so I'm seeing that as a bonus!

I've a make to share with you today ....... using a couple of fave techniques, those of layering images and also the "tone on tone" stamping - I'm REALLY pleased with the way it turned out and might well use this again ....

My C6 card

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, C6/A2 card and matching envelope
• Card in white and deep purple
• Using an Aldi stencil brush and Ranger Archival majestic violet I applied a light layer of colour
• Using the "stamped off" method I stamped my background sentiment, stars and numbers (all from Paper artsy ELB30) using the same Majestic violet ink
• Clearly Besotted sentiment (from "mini calligraphy") stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Paper Artsy foliage (from ELB30) stamped using Versafine Clair morning mist ink

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

1. Crafting Happiness - challenge No. 119 - ANYTHING GOES
2. 613 Avenue Create - challenge No. 1 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Water Cooler Wednesday - challenge No. 332 - ALL THINGS FEMININE
4. Krafty Chicks - challenge No. 593 - STAMP ACT
5. Just Us Girls - challenge No. 614 - INKED or SPRAYED BACKGROUND

And now, I've an Artist Trading Card to share with you .... I do a themed swap with a buddy on the Isle of Skye and the theme behind this ATC? It was "Easter Bunny" .. so nice to be able to deploy some VERY elderly wood mounted stash - reckon this "Byte sized bunny" stamp has to be over 20 years old!

My themed Artist Trading Card

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of card in yellow and white
• All Night Media "Byte sized bunny" image (356D) stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink
• Using an Aldi stencil brush I applied Memento dandelion ink to the remaining area of the white snippet, trying to avoid the stamped image
• Overlaying my Tim Holtz stencil (THMS106) I applied Memento tangelo ink using another Aldi stencil brush
• I edged both my white and yellow panels using a red sharpie and used Pro Markers to colour my image
• Clearly Besotted sentiment (from "mini calligraphy") stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink

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

1. Love To Craft - challenge No. 66 - ANYTHING GOES
2. HLS - Jan STENCIL challenge - ANYTHING GOES
3. Through The Purple Haze - challenge No. 188 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - challenge No. 173 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Leanne's World - challenge No. 46 - ANYTHING GOES

Just as an aside, we crafters use a lot of cardstock and we also hate waste ..... I think it's safe to say that most of us have a collection of leftover snippets which we can't bear to throw away ... in case they come in handy! Am I right? Well, until recently, Di has been sharing her personal blog with an "anything goes" challenge that specifies the use of these pesky snippets! However, as of Sunday January 9th there is now a dedicated challenge blog for the deployment of these snippets and it's called ... the Snippets Playground. If this is resonating with you then pop over to her new blog and become a follower or, better yet, submit an entry AND become a follower!