Allsorts Challenge # 812/3

 I was invited recently to be part of the Design Team for the Allsorts Challenge and this is my first 'designer'  post. The challenge will run for two weeks with prizes from Oakwood  and full details can be seen on the Allsorts blog.  

The theme, chosen by Sarah, is **Use Dies** or of course, as always, there is the option of *Anything Goes*.  For my card I cut a panel slightly smaller than the card blank and lightly stencilled an area using Distress Oxide ink.  The white die was used twice and naturally I saved all of the little 'fall-out' circles.  The flower was also cut using white card and then gold embossed.  The sentiment was stamped and die cut, with a larger die being used as a backing layer.  Finally a few of the little dots were coloured with a gold pen and added for extra interest.

Stencil - from Lavinia
White circles die - from Tattered Lace (several years old)
Flower - from Tim Holtz Wildflowers #2
Sentiment Panel - from a retired Snowflake Stampin' Up set

Winter Themed Challenges

 There are two stamping challenges both with a Winter Theme so I'm popping along to We Love Stamping and Stamping Sensations with this card.  There great prizes from Aall & Create for both of these.

My card is loosely based on a tutorial which I saw on YouTube from, I think, one of the Lavinia designers but I'm afraid I can't find it again to give proper credit.  I really should make a note of things which I use as inspiration.  I clearly need more practice with the water colouring of the background and I also 'borrowed' an idea from Jo Rice to stamp and fussy cut the two robins as they didn't really stand out sufficiently from the background in my original attempt.  The important thing is that I really enjoyed making this card and will try harder another time.  Practice makes perfect as they say 😉

Stamps - Lavinia designs
Christmas Word - from a set of magazine gift stamps
Inks - Versafine Claire and Distress Oxides
Colouring - watercolour pencils

Allsorts Challenge for This Week

 The All sorts challenge this week is to **Use Lots of White* or of course there's always the *Anything goes* option.  I'm a fan of white on white cards although the one I've made here also has touches of silver. There are three prizes of great stamps from Aall & Create and don't forget to make a note of the changes coming to this challenge.   Read all about it by following the link.

This is yet another Christmas card but I think now I've made all that I need in that area and quite possibly have a goodly number to put by for next year - can't stop making once I get started 😉 but must put the seasonal things away for a while.  The main part of this card is white on white with some sparkly silver used as a background and a backing for the sentiment.  The white layer has been die cut which left a curvy piece of 'ground' which I then decided to emboss with a snowy effect.  Sentiment was stamped and layered onto silver and that was job done - quite quick and easy really and certainly lots of white.

Die - unbranded
Embossing Folder - a discontinued one from Sheena Douglass (had it for years)
Sentiment - from a set of Seasonal stamps which were a magazine gift (also an oldie)