Allsorts Challenge #658

Good morning everyone,

It's Saturday so it's time for another weekly Allsorts Challenge. This week I’m feeling really excited as having joined the DT last October, today is my first turn to host and choose the theme for the challenge - woo hoo!!😀

So .. the theme I have chosen is 

Anything Goes with option of Use Something New

So if Santa has been kind (or even if you have been kind to yourself!) now’s your chance to play with your new stuff!! Otherwise we would love to see anything you make with your existing stash so long as you follow the guidelines at the top of the challenge blog.

This week we have another fabulous prize - Helping Hands has kindly donated a £15 store voucher.

Here's my card for this week.

As luck would have it, Santa (a.k.a. my husband) was very kind this Christmas, so I didn’t quite know which way to turn first for this theme! However I soon decided to ink up some of my new Lavinia stamps, and to make a card based around the fabulous Luna Tree Goddess stamp .. I was really surprised by how big this stamp is and couldn’t wait to get started as it is my first ever Lavinia fairy card!! 😍

First I inked my background sky using Distress Oxide inks and my largest Lavinia moon mask, then spattered the sky with water droplets before using more DO’s to create the landscape using one of the acetate hill masks. I stamped my background wording, fairy, trees and foliage, then highlighted the moon and Luna’s wings with Sakura sparkle pens. Finally I matted the piece onto black linen card and adhered to my card base, and adhered my sentiment popped up on foam tape.

Stamps: Lavinia - Luna Tree Goddess, Celestial Tree, Silhouette Foliage Set, Mini Branch, Mini Leaf 1, Faerie Spells; sentiment - unknown;

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint Sketch, Seedless Preserves, Black Soot); Versafine (Onyx); Versafine Clair (Twilight, Morning Mist); Sakura sparkle pens (Stardust and Pink).

Challenges I would like to enter:

Classic Design Challenge (January) - Anything Goes

Country View Challenges (January) - Your Year to Sparkle and Shine

Creatalicious #226 - Anything Goes with option Something New - TOP 3

(all the stamps on this card are new apart from the sentiment, and one of the DO's is also new)

Creative Inspirations (January) - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2201 - Anything Goes

River of Creativity #9 - Anything Goes

Simon Says (Monday) - Something New (see above for new items used)

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Something New (see above for new items used)

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping (January) - Anything Stamped with option of Wings

Hope you can join us this week, and I look forward to seeing your entries.

Don't forget to visit the challenge blog to see more fab inspiration from the rest of the team. Thanks for visiting.

Hugs,