Sunday Stampers week 207

Time for the Sunday Stampers challenge again - gosh the weeks do pass by quickly! This time the theme is WORDS and I've done a sort of double challenge because I actually managed to make this card without breaking into anything other than my scrap bits boxes.  Backing paper was a lucky find with illuminated type letters on it, the diamond border was a scrap left from a previous project - stamped with flitter glue using an Indigo Blu stamp and gilded with flakes.  The die cut shape was cut from a remnant of card printed with Love Letters (a brilliant download from Chocolate Baroque) using a Sizzix die; the sentiment is a stamp from Chocolate Baroque Artistic Affirmations cut with Nestabilities; grungeboard swirl and layered flower were also oddments from the boxes.  I always seem to have leftovers when I do any die-cutting in more than one colour so it was good to be able to use these up here.

Make My Monday week 46

The men/boys theme continues at  Make My Monday and this week they want to see animals or birds.  I've chosen to use a bird postcard stamp from Crafty Individuals.  Background paper has been overstamped with a harlequin stamp from Indigo Blu (not much actually shows now I realise) and the strip of paper down the side is a left over scrap of Papermania paper which happens to have part of a bird's wing on it. A Cuttlebug folder has been used on some matching kraft core card which was sanded and inked - bookplate is from a Sizzix die and this has been distressed and partially embossed to age it.

It has been raining steadily here since I got up this morning so what better than stay indoors and design a card. I've also just realised that this stamp has lain unused for many months so this will qualify the card for Judith's Forgotten Friday challenge as well where we are encouraged to use items from the stash which are forgotten or neglected. 

Make My Monday Challenge 38

It seems an absolute age since I actually made a card I've almost forgotten how and last week disappeared so quickly - I don't think I even managed any challenges - apologies are due I'm sure.  I can hardly believe it is Wednesday already this week but at least I've managed to make something for the Make My Monday ROMANCE challenge which this week is to use diamonds and flourishes. The background paper is Vintage Shabby by Tim Holtz and I chose a piece with swirls - the heart from Chocolate Baroque was stamped and embossed onto another piece of the same paper with diamonds. Gilding flakes were used with flitter glue onto some black card using a stamp from Indigo Blu and I added some die cut 'lace' (Tim Holtz die), A swirl (Sizzix die) cut from a piece of sprayed card from my 'bit box' and a computer sentiment cut out using Stampin Up punches.  All being well I'm aiming to spend some time in the craft room today because I'm not sure I will have much time tomorrow or Friday. Now it is almost March there will be a new challenge theme to look forward to next Monday so watch out for that.

Romance for Two Challenges

The team at Snazzy's have started a new challenge and their theme is Love/Romance and as it happens the Make My Monday challenge is also on the same theme this month so this card should cover both.  Make My Monday keep their theme going for the whole month but with a slight variation in the topic each week - this time they are asking for some  love letters, script or verse so I've used the large Stampin Up En Francais text stamp to overstamp my background paper.  The main image is a lovely stamp from Indigo Blu which has been gilded using some of their flitter glue and gilding flakes which gives a brilliant result showing the finely detailed stamp.  The word is a Chocolate Baroque stamp and I added a heart embellishment made from the free gift stamp on Craft Stamper Magazine last month.