Christmas Tree Wishes

 Beautiful Christmas tree of words from Papertrey Ink!

This is the final card ... after trying 9 different backgrounds! Just love this embossing folder ... All Star Burst from Simon Says Stamp.

Here are the 9 different backgrounds I was trying ... started with vellum - but thought it got a bit lost on it, the red die cut stars - too dark!, gold die cut stars - too similar to the tree ... and on it went.

I added Nuvo Glitter Gloss to the stars on the embossing folder, and glossy accents to the star at the top of the tree.

Merry Christmas wishes to you ...

    A silent night,

        a start above,

            a blessed gift of hope and love.

A blessed Christmas to you.

My entry to ...

... Can you Handle the Pressure : Anything Goes with a Twist of Christmas

... The Card Concept : Christmas Greetings

... Let's Squash It : Snowflakes and Stars

... Divas That Die Cut : Anything Winter or Christmas Themed

... Christmas Kickstart Challenge : If it's Christmas, link it up.

... NBUS #45

Happy Birthday - More Doodle Flowers

I had some doodle flowers left over from this card, and thought I'd better use them up and not let them gather in the ever increasing left-overs pile!

I added a light touch of shading on the inner side of the doodle lines to give a little depth.

Then I topped the centres with Nuvo Glitter gloss, and covered with a layer of Gloss Accents. 

My entry to ...

... CAS Colours & Sketches #421

.. AAA Birthday Challenge #25 

... AAA Cards Challenge #190

 

Hello Beautiful

The creative process sometimes takes you in a different direction to what you had planned. The Altenew May inspiration had me thinking of having rows of colourful flowers along black lines ... but then the flowers I had stamped were too large to have more than 2 rows. Then the slimline sketch came to mind, so I went with that.

I added some Tonic Nuvo Glitter Gloss to the centres.

My entry to ...

... Altenew May Inspiration

... Freshly Made Sketch #487

... Just Add Ink #556 : Slimline

... Addicted to Stamps & More #406 : Make your Mark

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Anything Goes

Rainbow Birthday Wishes

I was rifling through some of the inked card pieces and found this watercolour one where I had used cling film to create some texture.

The perfect piece for the Seize the Birthday Challenge. I was inspired by:

• the rainbow colours
• watercolour look
• balloons
• black sentiment

I die cut the balloons and some in matching foam colours so that I could pop them up.

I added Tonic Nuvo Gloss to the balloons to add sparkle and help differentiate from the background.

My entry to ...

... Seize the Birthday 200th Challenge

... Simon Says Stamp : Anything Goes

Coloured Birthday Windows

Following on from my ombre Birthday Windows card, I thought it would be fun to colour with Copics.

Great idea for kids!

It has the bonus of not just opening a card - but opening 25 mini cards or windows! I matched the messages to the same colour scheme as the front.

And added some Tonic Nuvo shimmer .

My entry to ...

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Anything Goes

... Addicted to Stamps & More : Make your Mark

... Seize the Birthday : Kids

... Die Cut Divas : Anything Goes

... The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge

Celebrate - Brights and Pastels

I started making a card, and I got a bonus one on the way.

Added some Nuvo glitter gloss to the wings. Hard to capture on camera.

When I had stamped my first card with the solid leaves, there was still lots of ink on the stamp. So I gave it another little spritz and stamped on a new card.  So much softer.

Are you a BRIGHTS person or a PASTELS person?

My entry to ...

... Color Throwdown #547

Framed Bouquet

Another card for the Altenew April Inspiration Challenge.  I took inspiration from the frame and the colours. This time I used Copics for colouring.

I added some Nuvo Glitter Gloss to add some shimmer.

I will also enter this to ...

... AAA Cards : Sketch

 

Cloudy Days

It's Tuesday and time for a new CASology Challenge! This week's cue word is CLOUDY.

As I was browsing through my stamp sets, I came across this wonderful sentiment by Altenew. Such a lovely sentiment to support someone going through cloudy days.

Added some Nuvo Glitter Gloss and Glossy Accents for highlights.

It would be a wonderful if you popped along to visit the rest of the Design Team.

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet (you are here)

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Marci Sharp

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Sue Symens

Guest Designer : Christine A.

Sponsor : Stamplorations

I will also enter this to ...

... The Paper Players Challenge : Color