Noël 2

He's my other card from my stamped patterned paper (see HERE).

I used half of one of the frames to create the idea of a wreath.

I added red foam to both pop it up and give that extra detail.

My entry for ...

... Altenew November Challenge

... Addicted to Stamps & More Challenge : Clean & Simple

... Papercraft Challenge : Lots of Dimension

Noël 1

It may be in Christmas colours but it's not done using Christmas stamps. These flowers made me thing of Christmas berries. I was going to stamp a small panel down one side of the card, but once I got inking I thought I might as well finish the whole card front. I inked up with Distress markers and spritzed.

I die cut white and black letters and offset them to create a shadow. Some dripping stickles give a frosty Christmas shimmer.

And of course I get a bonus card from the die cut ... come back tomorrow to see it.

My entry to ...

... Altenew November Challenge

... Flower Challenge : Special Occasion

... CAS Colours & Sketches

Mono printing with stencils

I wanted to try my hand at the mono printing with stencils. 

Here's my first try ...

Thought there was not enough ink, so made sure it was heavily inked for the second try ...

Still a bit blotchy, so I wondered how it would turn out if I inked with Versamark before inking with the distress inks. Third try ....

Well that was surprising. I had thought the ink would stick to the stencil more evenly, but it went to the edges. But I love the light feel of it.  There are still a lot of ink on the stencil so I got a fourth card ...

This last one is the one I used for my card.

My entries for ...

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Make your own background

... CAS Mix Up Card Challenge : Monoprinting + stamping