Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - Another Inspiration Post

Hello and happy Wednesday. When I recently placed and order for some Distress Oxides, a few other things  ended up in my cart, and I made some time yesterday to get them out :-)

My card today fits my theme for Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday challenge, so I am sharing it as another inspiration. Still plenty of time to join in for a chance to be entered into the prize drawing. If you are here to link up your creation, simply scroll down to the end of this post for the linky tool.

As a reminder, this month the theme is

Snowflakes, Snowmen or a Winter Wonderland.


Penny Black Holly Jolly Critters // Penny Black Neighbourhood Die // Penny Black Season's Gifts // Winsor & Newton Masking Fluid // Distress Markers // Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch //  Versafine Onyx Ink // Wink of Stella Clear Brush

I splattered some Masking Fluid onto Neenah linen textured card stock using an old paint brush and let it dry competely. During this time I stamped one of the critters from the Penny Black stamp Holly Jolly Critters onto Bristol vellum paper, heat embossed and colored with Distress markers. The image has been fussy cut with Cutterbee scissors. After I made sure the masking fluid was completely dry, I inked up the card stock using Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide (where has this shade of blue been my whole life!!!???)  Next I rubbed off the masking fluid to reveal the "snowy" background. The  Neighbourhood die cut was lightly colored with Distress markers and I used a Wink of Stella clear glitter brush to add a little sparkle. Sentiment from the Penny Black set Season's Gifts, heat embossed using  Versafine Onyx Ink and clear embossing powder. The card front was framed onto some retired blue SU card stock then mounted onto a Neenah white card base.

Also sharing my card here:

Daring Cardmakers -  Snowflakes Falling Christmas with the Cuties -Carols and Songs (Oh Christmas Tree)Colouring in Scrapland -  Christmas CuteNCrafty Challenge Blog - Christmas Cutie Pie Challenge - Add a little sparkle (the sparkle is really hard to see but Wink of Stella clear glitter was used on the trees, roofs and stars) Stamps & Fun = Creativity -  Christmas

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a Critter Creatalicious Challenges  - Christmas with Snowflakes Card Mania - Christmas Happy Little Stampers Dies - Anything Goes with Dies 

Crafty Calendar  -  It's Christmas Time Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Winter or Christmas Brown Sugar - Winter Scenes  Crafty Catz - Anything Goes 

As a reminder, this month the prize at Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday challenge is a gift certificate to Mo Manning's shop, sponsored by me. To play along simply link up your creation, following the this month's theme, below. Remember you may use any brand of stamps, combine with any other challenges, but please do leave a link back to my blog in your blog post.

Happy stamping :)

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Allsorts 419 - Two or More Dies

Saturday already again and we have a new challenge for you at Allsorts. It's Tracy Mouse' week to host and she'd like to see two or more dies used on our projects. This should be an easy challenge, hope you'll join us for a chance to win!

I started out by inking up the middle portion of the card front using Wild Honey distress ink. The dark brown scallop circle was done using a Penny Black die, the white die cut was done using a Whimsy Stamps die and the bird die is also by Penny Black. The bird was inked using Broken China, Tumbled Glass and Wild Honey distress inks. The sketch was inspired by a card from a recent Penny Black catalog which are all available to view on their website. If you haven't looked at their catalogs recently, I warn you, look at your own risk, you might want everything you see!!

A few dimensionals were used to pop up the scallop circle. Sentiment is from the clear Penny Black set Sprinkles and Smiles stamped in chocolate chip ink by stampin up. Before adhering the card front to the base I paper pierced the borders. Both the card base and front are Solar Crest Linen, which gives the card a nice texture.

This card has been added to my Etsy shop if you're interested. (US shipping only.)

I'd also like to enter my card here:
A Bit More Time to Craft - Always Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft  - Always Anything Goes
Animal Friends Challenge  - Animals with Wings
Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz -  Anything Goes with a twist: Dies & Punches

 

That's all for today. Wishing you all a happy and sunny weekend! We had some beautiful weather this past week, but I think we're heading into a heatwave starting today which I am sure will create a few strong storms too...Hello Summer!