Woo Hoo! It's the weekend!

Morning readers,

Here we are again, it's the weekend and I hope you all have something nice planned this holiday weekend???

Me? I've been making time at the ToC (Table of Craftiness) and have an ATC (Artist Trading Card) to share with you this morning .....

My ATC

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippet of double sided Costco paper (plain side up) cut to ATC size
• Snippet of white card cut to 5½cm x 8½cm
• Using the Sheena Douglass "Concrete Jungle" set I stamped both the zeppelin and building using Versafine onyx black ink
• Once dry I used stencil brushes to apply a light dusting of colour in approximately the right place, Memento Bahama blue for the sky and canteloupe for the brickword of the buildings
• Using Memory Box (grungey squares) stencil and a Dutchdoobadoo (random background marks) stencils I applied Memento London fog ink, to add texture and interest

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

1. Addicted To Stamps - challenge No. 306 - ANYTHING GOES
2. Tuesday Throwdown - challenge No. 406 - UP IN THE AIR
3. Try It On Tuesday - August 21st challenge - TAKE A RIDE
4. QKR Stampede - challenge No. 310 - ANYTHING GOES
5. CCEE Stampers - challenge No. 1834 - RIDE THE WIND

And on to a Christmas card, it being Rudolph Day and all ........

My card

  

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

Materials used:

• Cream A2/C6, 250gsm, card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of cream card (300gsm) cut to fit 
• One piece of red card (300gsm) cut to mat
• Snippets of the red card and white card for my image panel and matting
• MFT BB-49 "Bitty Bears" image and sentiment stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink
• PRS "Sketchy Christmas" scribble stamped using Versamark ink, sprinkled with Funstamps silver dazzle embossing powder (and the excess shaken back in to the pot) and heat set
• Faber Castell polychromos pencils used to colour bear image and background
• Unbranded faux stitched square dies used to die cut the small square using my image and a slightly larger square from red card - once the image panel was adhered to this red layer I added dimensional foam tape before adhering to my card front
• Stardust stickles

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

1. Scraps of Life - August Rudolph Day challenge - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
2. Happy Little Stampers - August Christmas challenge - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES + optional twist - see below
3. Chrimbo Crackers - challenge No. 165 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
4. Through The Purple Haze - challenge No. 147 - CAS (Clean And Simple)
5. Water Cooler Wednesday - challenge No. 184 - ALL ABOUT HOLIDAYS