Bah! Humbug! Challenge - Shades of Pink

Boy you guys know how to set a difficult challenge! This is my fourth attempt - the others landed in the waste bin!

For the main image I used an Elusive Images tree from the Snowy Trees plate and stamped it twice and embossed it in shades of pink embossing powders. I then stamped and embossed the tree again in black to give the image some depth and sponged the background.

I matted this onto the next size nestie die after having stamped the pink card with the tree again in black and embossing the edges with sparkly embossing powder.

Silver fabric snowflakes and pink foliage and flower finish the card.

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Dragonsdream TIO Challenge #35 - Embossing

I had a French theme in mind for this week's challenge and decided on Marie Antoinette.

That immediately suggested pearls and opulence and the colour scheme of light and dark blue. The crown and fleur-de-lis go without saying.

I cuttlebugged the tag with the fleur-de-lis embossing folder and then sanded it and coloured with blue, navy and black inks.

The main image was stamped with black archival ink and edged with gold. The crown was stamped and embossed onto acetate.

The flourish and fleur-de-lis were cut out with the help of the Cricut and friend Wanda who showed me how to use it. Pearls were added to the swirls as they were Marie Antoinette's favourite jewels.

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Rainbow Lady's Challenge 100 - April Showers

I fancied making a man's card for this challenge using this lovely image from Elusive Images Edwardian plate. The stamp is embossed onto a piece of mountboard which has been painted with acrylics then mounted onto a piece of dp using a distress spot stamp (also EI).

I tried several background techniques which were not what I wanted and finally decided to type some of the words to Judy Garland's April showers song and sponge Mustard Seed at Walnut Stain over.

I have been lucky this week as my friend Wanda (Sunshine Crafter) is visiting and we are having alot of fun playing with inks and getting all very messed up!

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CD Sunday Challenge - Wings and Things

This is the first challenge for the CD Sunday Challenge and it is Wings and Things - or in my case Things with Wings! I think I have been highly influenced by the volcano in Iceland and all the dust that has been blowing in the air and covering my car this weekend.

The CD I have used for the backing paper is Joanna Sheen's Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady and the dragon stamps are by Elusive Images.

I made a mask and sponged the volcano background with Stained Walnut Distress Ink and Memento Desert Sand.

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Bah! Humbug! Challenge 14 - Santa Paws ....

Well, I thought last week's tag challenge was hard enough, this takes the cake! Take note you Bah Humbug folk - you have exhausted my stash of 'cute furry animals'! I had to resort to resizing a few digi images and then colouring them with pencils and OMS and cutting them out.

I jazzed the backing paper up with Stardust embossing powder and stamped the stylised Christmas tree from Elusive Images in green and clear embossed. The baubles are decorated with various colours of pearlidoodles and some stardust stickles to finish.

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Rainbow Lady's Challenge 99 - Trees

Trees are a real favourite of mine and I do enjoy making pictures!

This tranquil scene is made from one Oyster stamp oak tree and a Hobby Art sheep stamp. I first completed the background, direct to paper method and then thumped the tree stamp with various greens and browns and stamped it twice. I linked up the wooden fence with a brown marker and then added the sheep and coloured them white with a Sakura Souffle pen.

The base card was stamped with a small tree trio by Elusive Images and then sponged with Memento New Sprout green.

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Dragonsdream Tag It On - Under the Moon's Shadow and Bah Humbug Tags and Labels

Making tags is quite a new concept for me and is taking a bit of getting used to.

My friends suggest this may also be suitable for Bah! Humbug - Tags and Labels challenge.

Background is brayered in London Fog for sky and Bordering Blue for landscape. Church stamp is from Stampendous and the trees from a variety of sources, the moon from Clarity. I sponged over the brayering to create hills and give depth to the landscape.

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