Ultra Thick Embossing

This is a techniqure I've not done for ages - so many techniques and so few hours in the day!!! The stamp is from Paper Artsy stamped with Distress ink and smaller embossed panel used UT clear embossing with a final layer of normal gold powder onto an offcut of mountboard using part of the same stamp while the top layer was still hot. Edges were sponged with Distress inks using cut and dry foam. I needed some more cards for men so thought this would fit the bill nicely.

Rose Card

A card using the Rose is a Rose stamp set from Stampin Up with a sentiment from a set which was part of the current Sale-a- bration offer. I just added a strip of contrasting card, some ribbon and matching pearls on the die cut photo corners

Bluebirds

These bluebirds were a free download from Pollycraft and I thought they would make a cheerful get well card. Image was coloured with Copics, faux stitching was done with a fine line pen, greeting produced on the computer and punched with a Stampin Up punch. Border strip used a Fiskars threading water punch and I added gingham ribbon and some card candy to match.

Follow your Heart

I recently purchased this stamp set from stampin Up and realised I'd not had a go with them yet - I'm sure there is lots of mileage in this set but here is my first try. The background stamping is the fern stamp from A Touch of Nature and the sentiment is from a set of free stamps from the Sale-a-bration leaflet.

Sketch Challenge

Polkadoodles challenge 3 this week gave us a sketch to follow and here is my take on it using various Polkadoodles papers and a few bits from my scrap box; the tiny buttons are from Papermania.

Acetate

The Craftwork Cards Challenge is up to the letter A for acetate and I've used a small piece stamped with one of their flower stamps. I then added some double sided adhesive and some gilding flakes and put the resulting square behind one of their embossed frames which has been highlighted by spongeing with ink. Background papers are by Craftwork cards as is the butterfly greeting. Some card from my stash has been cut using Fiskars border punch. Some ribbon and card candy completes this card.

Bah Humbug Week 3

The challenge for week 3 at Bah Humbug is glitter and my card has quite a bit on it although it doesn't show up too well on the scan because it is ultrafine glitter which I prefer. Background paper is Papermania from a couple of years ago, the snowman is a stamp from Funstamps and his hat and scarf are decoupaged. I stamped the snowman, cut him out and ran him through a Xyron machine and then put crystal ultrafine glitter onto the sticky surface. Some glitter paper snowflakes were added and a matching greeting which has been mounted onto a Nellie die cut - the centres of the tiny printed snowflakes on the background also had glitter added with a quickie glue pen dot.