Life, Family, Home

Hello! Well, it is Wednesday, and that means there is a new challenge over at Inkspirational! This week, we are working from the sketch below.

For my own card, I chose to start with a white card base.  I stenciled a Finnabair doily with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Inks.   The beautiful tags, a freebie from our sponsor "Eclectic Anthology" were printed, trimmed, distressed with Vintage Photo DI, tied with ivory burlap string and adhered to the card front. Some grunge ribbon and ChitChat Stickers complete my card.  

I hope you will check out the rest of the Design Team's inkspiration pieces and then join in the fun.  Thanks for stopping by.  Yvonne

Fly Away Nightengale

Greetings, and thank you for stopping by my blog today!  This card is for the latest challenge over at Inkspirational.  This week, we have a CASE challenge and are working from the beautiful sample below.  

For my own card, I began by stenciling Vintage Photo Distress Ink using one of Tim Holtz's new stencils onto a Kraft card base.  The focal image is by Red Lead and was water colored with Distress Markers.  The image was matted and layered onto a paper doily over the card base.  ChitChat stickers, cheese cloth and a complimentary metal corner piece from Linda Coughlin at Funkie Junkie completes my card.  

I hope you will take a moment to stop over to Inkspirational to see what the rest of the Design Team has dreamed up to inspire you and then create a project of your own.  For one lucky participant who submits for the entire month of challenges, there will be a gift card for $30 from our sponsor Eclectic Anthology.  

Best wishes to you, Yvonne

Paris Fashion

Greetings! It is time for Challenge #32 over at Inkspirational where this week we have a Color Challenge.  

I must confess, that working from my iPad, I carefully tried to match up the perfect shade of green and pink to create my card only to realize when posting it on my pc that my colors were a bit off.  The rest of the design team did a much better job than I did and I hope you will stop over to see their projects, which took my breath away!  For my own project, I worked with a beautiful mannequin image from KaiserCraft, which I inked with a Forest Moss Distress Marker.  The border punch called "In Stiches" is by Fiskers, the hangers are by Idea-ology and the sentiment is by Oxford Impressions.

Our sponsor for the month of August is Eclectic Anthology and one lucky winner will win a Gift Card valued at $30!  I hope you will join us for our August Challenges!  Thanks for stopping by.  Yvonne

Once Upon A Time

Greetings!  Challenge #7 at Inkspirational is upon us and this time, we are working on a Photo Inkspiration.  Our sponsor this month is  Eclectic Anthology and I chose several of their free images for my project above.  The February monthly winner will earn at $30 Gift Card at Eclectic Anthology!

The sentiment is from Stampington and Company.  I finished my card with some cheese cloth, lace, seam binding, liquid pearls and a beautiful bird charm from Tim Holtz.  I hope you will check out the rest of the Design Team's Inkspiration pieces and then join in.  Best wishes, Yvonne