Challenge 157

 Challenge 157

Inkspired Sketch

Hello everyone. I hope you are all well. My card is for Christmas and features a gift card holder on the front.

The products I have used are the lovely Lights Aglow Designer Series Paper, Gold Glimmer Specialty Paper and Gold Shimmer Ribbon. The snowflake is gold Brushed Metallic cardstock. My base is Very Vanilla.

The gift card holder was cut using the Celebrations Tag dies. Both the front banner (stylish Shapes die) and inside gold embossed sentiments are from the Sweet Candy Canes stamp set. The inside panel is on a gold foil mat.

I hope you are enjoying the hop. I look forward to gaining inspiration from you all. Next up is   

Se you next time.

Challenge 156 Colourful congratulations

Welcome to another Inkspired challenge. I hope you had fun creating your colourful congratulations card.

I have used some hexagons and diamonds from the Beautiful Shapes die set and the Tea Boutique Designer Series Paper for my little boxes. The solid cardstocks used we Parakeet Party, Sweet Sorbet, Petal Pink, Fresh Freesia, Orchid Oasis, Garden Green, Starry Sky, Tahitian Tide and Crushed Curry. 

each of these solids required two shades to give the look of dimension. One diamond in each colour was made darker by applying coordinating ink with a blending brush.

The Basic White mat was embossed with the Timber embossing folder and adhered to a Crushed Curry card base. "Congratulations" from the Hand Penned Petals stamp set  and " this calls for a celebration" from the Hell Beautiful" stamp set were stamped in Starry Sky ink.

The die cut scallop under the front sentiment is from the "Penned Flowers" dies and the sentiment flag from the "Give it a Whirl" die set.

For a bit of sparkle, I adhered some Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Next in line to provide inspiration is Teresa Irwin. Enjoy the rest of the hop.
Until next time, happy crafting.

Challenge No. 155

Hello everyone I hope you are all well. Well, the year is certainly racing by and though not traditional Christmas colours for this challenge, they are very pretty. The Christmas set I chose to use is the Leaves of Holly stamp set and coordinating Holly Berry dies.

  I chose not to include the Smoky Slate. On both the berry and leaf die cuts I only used the polished pink and mint macaron card stock and intensified the colour by applying the ink pad directly to the card stock for the top layer of the berries and applying colour to the Mint Macaron with a blending brush for the solid back layer of the holly leaves. I painted them with Wink of Stella and put pine sprigs in Pear Pizzazz behind.

Using the snow flurry from the Wintry embossing folder set, I embossed a piece of vellum and arranged it off set slightly on a piece of Fresh Freesia cardstock. Both of these layers were cut from one of the Stitched Rectangles dies. I added the sentiment strip and attached everything to a Basic White card base.

Using a blending brush, I applied Fresh Freesia ink to the back side of the vellum and added a slither of card stock. The mat is Fresh Freesia.

I hope you enjoy seeing all the inspiration in the Hop. Next is Katrina. 

Inkspired Sketch Challenge 154

 Inkspired Sketch Challenge 154

Hello everyone. The weather is warming up and spring will soon be here with flowers blooming everywhere. This gorgeous Wonderful World Designer Series Paper made me think of spring. It will be available during Sale a-bration until the end of August. This sketch was perfect to show it off.

I dry embossed a piece of vellum using the Timeworn Type embossing folder and cut three panels that I adhered to Starry Sky cardstock. Both sentiments used were from the Happiness Abounds stamp set and are stamped in Starry Sky ink.

The Starry Sky banner was a die from the Stylish Shapes set and the label from the Painted Labels set. I added some cute Brushed Brass Butterflies.

I can't wait to see more of everyone's interpretation of the sketch. Next is Teresa Irwin.           Until next time stay well

Challenge 153 Christmas in July.

Challenge 153 Christmas in July

Hello everyone, I hope you are all well and safe. Christmas in July, the year is going so fast.

Here is my offering. I haven't purchased any of the new Christmas sets as yet so these are returning sets.

The products I have used for the challenge are a basic white card base with a layer of Distressed Gold Specialty Paper. The feature is the Merriest Moments die cut and Hybrid Embossing folder and a piece of the returning Painted Christmas DSP which I have also used as a matt inside. I die cut one of the Layering Circles for the front sentiment. Both sentiments are from Christmas to Remember and were black heat embossed.

I love the poinsettia stamps from Merriest Moments but wanted to use the new incolor Glimmer Paper in Sweet Sorbet with some Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Enjoy the rest of the hop, let's see what Teresa Irwin has for us. Take care and see you next time.

Challenge 151

 Challenge 151

Hi all. Wow, less than four weeks till Christmas. I don't know if I am quite ready.

This Inkspired Sketch is our inspiration for this challenge.

I chose one of the gorgeous Designer Series papers from the Ever Eden range as my base layer. The tag, cut with one of the Tailor Made tag dies from a double layer of the Cotton specialty paper which has been embossed using the Tasteful Textile folder. The panel is matted on a piece of Soft Succulent card stock.

I stamped a spray of leaves with two of the Eden's Garden stamp in Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen inks and cut the circle using the Layered circles dies for the image and scalloped gold foil . This has been mounted on dimensionals.

The vellum ferns were cut using the Iconic Dies. 

The Eden dies were used for the Evening Evergreen backing for my two sentiment strips. Both sentiments are from the Eden's Garden stamp set. 

 This sentiment was cut using one of the Tasteful Labels dies. The decorative strip under the inside sentiment is also an Eden Die.

I hope you have enjoyed the hop. Next up is Katrina Healy. See you next time. Take care.

Let's Celebrate

 Let's Celebrate

Challenge 150

Hello everyone. This close to Christmas, we are all thinking Celebration and in November and December, there are also a number of Birthdays in our family.

I love die cuts so chose the All Squared Away stamp set and Floral Squares dies for my card.

The card stock and ink colours are Fresh Freesia, Polished Pink, Soft Succulent and Pale Papaya.

I used the Stitched Greenery die for the front panel and cut the sentiment strip from the Messages die.

For a little decoration inside I layered a vellum die cut using a Floral Gallery die on a Polished Pink banner and topped them with a sentiment on a die cut from an Ornate Frames label.

Enjoy the rest of the hop. Next up is Teresa Irwin. Hope you hop by next time.