Here comes another week, hope it's a good one

Morning all,

Here's hoping you had a good weekend, despite the weather (chucked it down Saturday morning here), YET another day to stay in and craft and Sunday wasn't a whole lot better! - want to see how I spent my time? .......

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 navy card, cut to mat
• Stamplorations sentiment stamped using Ranger Archival cobalt blue ink
• Inkadinkado numbers stamped using Versafine onyx black ink
• Imagination Crafts lines stamped using Memento London fog ink
• Elsewhere on the card CAS-ual Fridays lines and sentiment stamped using the cobalt and black inks
• Anita's dimensional gloss used to trace the HAPPY and to simulate the glass in the car windows

Inkadinkado 97715 "Artistic large numbers", CAS-ual Fridays "WTF", Imagination
Crafts "Distress Set #1", Stampers Anonymous Artistry and Stamplorations sentiment builders "Happy"

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

1. QKR Stampede - challenge No. 290 - ANYTHING GOES
2. Creative Fingers - challenge No. 144 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Mod Squad Challenge - April 4th challenge - SIMPLY CLEAN
4. Catch The Bug - April challenge - ANYTHING GOES

And then it was on to another masculine card ..... I received some new stash so - it was off to the ToC once more. Actually, I really like the way this turned out.

My card

The front and back of my card along with the back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White 12½cm square, 250gsm, card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of navy card cut to mat
• Using washi tape I attached the stencil to my white card panel and using my Aldo blending brush I applied the blue ink through the stencil. I then turned the stencil 90° and repeated the process, creating my gingham/plaid background
• Stampers Anonymous image and Woodware sentiment also stamped using the same ink making it a very tonal piece indeed ... if not quite my usual CAS!!!
• Anita's dimensional gloss used on the raindrops only

Stampers Anonymous CMS263 "Sideshow", Woodware sentiment JGCL560
Paper Artsy Stencil PS094 (new stash)
Memento inks London fog and Paris dusk

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

1. The Crafty Addicts - challenge No. 47 - ANYTHING GOES + OPTIONAL TWIST (used) OF RAIN
2. Inkspirational - challenge No. 158 - PHOTO INSPIRATION - see below
3. Addicted to CAS - challenge No. - RAIN
4. Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - challenge No. 107 - "U" IS FOR UMBRELLA

  

And now, since I can't STOP myself making Christmas cards - here comes another one!

My card

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White A2/C6, 250gsm, card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of navy card cut to  mat
• Snippets of card in both white and navy
• Wood mounted tree image stamped using black ink
• With the foreground masked off using  post its I applied the grey and blue inks for the sky
• Once done I used Faber Castell polychromos to add cream and grey accents to the foreground
• Signo uniball gel pen (white) used to trace over the tops of branches and the "windward" side of the tree trunk (for snow)
• Stardust stickles to bling up the snow

Stamps: Hero Arts CL343, Embossing Arts Co. wood mounted stamp 136J "Silhouette Grove"
Inks: Memento tuxedo black, Paris dusk, London fog

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

1. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - challenge No. 79 - ANYTHING GOES
2. Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - challenge No. 380 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
3. Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - March challenge - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
4. Happy Little Stampers - April challenge - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES + optional twist (not used) of JOLLY