Allsorts Challenge #651

Good morning … It’s Saturday so it's time for another weekly Allsorts Challenge - hope you can find time to join us. This week Brenda has chosen the theme and it is

One for the Girls

We have 2 fab prizes on offer- they are:

A gorgeous Tattered Lace die

... and a Woodware stamp set.

Here's my card for this week.

This card is again something of a showcase for my recent winnings .. I won the beautiful digi image and also the gorgeous Uniko sentiment set in recent blog challenges. 

I made a simple background by randomly sponging two colours of distress oxide ink through a stencil and then spattering with silver acrylic paint. I printed off my digi image, coloured with Promarkers and then fussy cut and adhered to the background, I then stamped and heat embossed my sentiment, and attached die cut and punched butterflies and gems before matting the whole panel onto co-ordinating glitter card and attaching to my card base.

Stamps: Rachel Vass Designs “Awesome Anemone” (digi); Uniko “Birthday Sentiments”;

Media: flower - Promarkers; background - Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Kitsch Flamingo, Cracked Pistachio);silver acrylic paint;

Tools: stencil - Craft Sensations at The Range; Joy! Crafts butterfly die; small butterfly craft punch (unknown);

Gems from my stash.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps and More #418 - Birthdays

As You Like It - Favourite: Dies or Stencils, and why

(This is almost impossible to answer: I have dozens (hundreds?) of dies collected over 15 years and used to use them all the time, but since coming back to crafting this summer I have started using stencils for the first time and they are my new obsession. So it is finely balanced, but at the end of the day I love the intricacy of dies so I think they will always be my favourite).

Classic Design Challenge (November) - Anything Goes (7th entry)

Colour Crazy #46 - Anything Goes with Colouring

Crafter’s Castle #47 - Anything Goes

Creations In Pink #39 - Anything Goes In Mainly Pink

Creative Craft Cottage #146 - Add Some Sparkle

I ♥ Promarkers #448 - Anything Goes with option of No Patterned Paper

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies #2146 - Anything Goes (3rd entry)

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Make Your Own Background (2nd entry)

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. 

Have a great weekend, take care and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,

Thinking of You

Today I would like to share a simple card I made to showcase one of the beautiful Rachel Vass Designs digital images I won last week - I don't use digital images very much, but I just couldn't wait to print off this one and colour it.

 I coloured the image with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers, and created a co-ordinating smoosh background with my DO and DI inks. I also spattered the background lightly with silver acrylic paint, though that didn’t show up too well. I kept the mounting simple as I really wanted the image to be the focal point of the card, though I found a bit of two-tone ribbon in my stash that was such a perfect match I just had to use it! 

Stamp: Rachel Vass Designs "Happiness Blooms" (digi); sentiment - "Meadow Flowers" free with cardmaking magazine;

Media: flower - Promarkers and Flexmarkers; background - Tim Holtz DO and DI inks, silver acrylic paint;

Ribbons and gems from my stash.

Challenges I would like to enter:

A Gem of A Challenge #23 - Anything Goes

Classic Design Challenge (November) - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Colour Crazy Challenge #44 - Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe #277 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Crafty Calendar (November) - Anything Goes

Creative Moments #226 - Anything Goes

I ♥ Promarkers #447 - Anything Goes - TOP 3

Passion For Markers #617 - Three of a Kind

(I have used 3 sparkly gems)

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Thinking of You

Weather is looking grim so I may well stay in and have another crafting session this afternoon. Thanks for visiting.

Hugs,