OSAAT #85 Embossing

There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time and it we want you to do some

Embossing, wet or dry

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For my card this week I have used Santa’s Clothes from Gingerloft and had so much fun with this fab image. I coloured it with Promarkers sticking to just black white and red throughout. I created a second layer and mounted the elements onto 3d foam. Using some puffy paint from Woodware I added this to where the snow and fur would be and heated it up with my heat gun. It never ceases to amaze me how this stuff puffs up and transforms your project J

The paper and sentiment are from a Debbi Moore magazine freebie and I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the snowflake background. The red and black card used for the mats is all from my scrapbox, yay!!

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Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT. I look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – Santa’s Clothes by Gingerloft

Paper and Sentiment – Debbi Moore

Embellishments – Woodware puff paint

Tools – scissors, 3d foam, heat gun, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Techniques – Decoupage, Dry embossing,

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• 4 Crafty Chicks – Use Markers
• ABC Christmas Challenge ‘U’ – Unused stash is black paper & sentiment and Woodware puffy snow
• Alota Rubber Stamps #69 – Christmas
• Aud’s Sentiments #39 – Winter
• Bah Humbug #42 – Christmas Card for a man
• Christmas Card Challenge #47 –Any Christmas Card
• Crafting When We Can - Christmas
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge #43 – Create a Scene
• Floweret Stamplar #7 – Christmas Card
• Jingle Bells – Use something soft (embossed puff snow)
• Little Claire Designs #14 – Christmas
• Make It Monday #59 – Link Up Party
• Ooh La La Creations #91 – Let It Snow
• Paperplay #42 – Use Some Black
• Paper Pretties Wednesday #176 – Black & White plus one colour
• Secret Crafter #157 – Include a Winter Woolie
• Shelly’s Images TTT – Show us What You’ve Got
• Simon Says Stamp & Show – Some Stripes (on poles)
• Top Tip Tuesday #56 – Layers
• Totally Papercrafts #89 – Layers

OSAAT #82 Use a Digi

There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At A Time and it is to

Use A Digi

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For my card this week I have used a gorgeous image from Barbara Jensen called Cranberry. This is the first of the pin up style images of Barbara’s that I have coloured in and I am really pleased with this saucy little minx. I coloured the image with Promarkers in shades of red and black which I consider to be THE sexiest colour combination ever! I coloured the hair in tones of brown and when I had coloured the flesh I drew some fish net stockings on with the fine tip of the Promarker. I added Stickles glue to the fur on the hat.

The papers are from an issue of Creative Cardmaking magazine and are by Debbi Moore. I covered the card with the red snowflake paper and used a Martha Stewart punch on the edges of the black and white swirly paper.

The snowflakes are fabric with an iridescent shimmer. I added some Paperchase clear gems to the centre. The sentiment is a great freebie from Pink Cat Studio and seemed a perfect combination with such a provocative image, maybe hinting at a bit of Christmas Night naughtiness J

Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT and I’m sure we will see lots of entries for this challenge.

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – Cranberry  by Barbara Jensen

Paper – Debbi Moore

Sentiment – Freebie from Pink Cat Studio

Embellishments – fabric snowflakes, Paperchase gems

Tools – scissors, 3d foam, Promarkers, Martha Stewart Punch, Craft Tonic punch

Techniques – die cutting

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• ABC Challenge – Anything Goes
• Bee Crafty #55 - Bling
• Bows and Berries #10 – Glitter
• Catch the Bug – Anything Goes
• Crafts 4 Eternity R#39 – Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge #40 – For a Male
• Crafty Purple Frog – Lots of Layers
• Crazy Challenge #86 – 3 Colours of your choice
• Critter Sketch Challenge #84 – Anything Goes
• Do You Stack Up #39 – Swirls
• Going Grey With Scrap Creations – It’s a Girl Thing
• Heartsong Inspirations #18 – Anything Goes
• Inky Impressions IIC #26 – Punches or Dies
• Jen’s Digistamps – Lets Hear it for the Girls
• Lily Pad Cards - Bling
• My Mum's Craft Shop #25 - Dress Up
• One Stop Craft #151 - Just for Men
• Ooh La La Creations #89 – Punches or Dies
• Paper Crafting Journey #20 – Die cuts and/or punches
• Penny’s Paper Crafty #63 – Anything Goes
• Pixie Cottage #89 – Pop it Up
• Scrapalicious USA #28 – Anything Goes
• Sew Many Challenges – Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes
• Simply Create #53 – Older than 6 months
• There’s Magic in The Air – Punches or Dies
• Whimsical Wednesday – Anything Goes

Di Hickman April #5 Guest Designer Card

This is the card I have made for my final Guest Designer slot on Di Hickman's blog.

I have really enjoyed doing these as it has made me try new techniques and push myself a bit.

I made this card to give to my hubby as he started a 3 day computer course today and is stopping over at a friends for the duration. I wanted to give him something that he could take with him to tell him how proud I am of him and how much I love him and miss him.

The base card was a lighter brown than I wanted so I darkened the edges using my trusty walnut Tim Holtz pad. I ran DCWV cardstock through the Heart Blocks Cuttlebug folder, sanded it back to the white core using a cheap emery board and used the distressing pad all over the embossing.

The square panels are from a vintage Papermania shapes caddy. The hearts are cut from the DCWV cardstock and the rub on letters are from my stash. The ribbon is a chocolate velvet from Paperchase and feels lovely :) The sentiment panel was made using Debbi Moore Metal Magic embossing powder. This is the firts time I have used it and I'm not completely happy with it. One layer was perfectly smooth but I did this with 2 layers and it didn't seem to melt as well. I will have to do a bit more practising with it I think. The stamp used is from Docrafts.

Paul loved my card and has took it away with him. He will be back on Friday night, we will have the Bank Holiday weekend together and he has got a couple of days off work next week.