A sweet treat

One more, yes, you guessed it:-) Gingerbread men!!

I just could not resist making this square card with him.. I used a bit of patterned paper and a pink snowflake to change things up a bit:-) Again, using more My Minds Eye paper from last years 'I Believe' paper collection. I love the little Christmas tree and the red polka dot paper, I made a very simple grid background as a setting for my sweet little gingerbread cutie;-)

I'm keeping the post short so that I can go make more cards with my free time this weekend!

Hope you have a good weekend too!

Hugs:-)

Ginger treats and Candy canes

Hi there!

More Christmas cards are being made.. and I am also getting together my 'Journal your Christmas' project goodies ready. Last year I signed up, but never completed. So this year I am going to make an actual effort to get this done! You should do it too.. Hop over to Shimelle's blog to find out the details:-)

So now onto the card...

I love this My Minds Eye paper from last year (I believe) still got loads left over. I used my gingerbread men and this perfect Penny Black sentiment to create this. The stripy patterned paper is my candy cane element:-), kept the design real simple and also added a hand drawn garland to decorate it up.

I just cant seem to get enough of this gingerbread stamp by Hero Arts!

Thanks for looking:-)

Supplies-

Stamps- Hero arts and Penny Black

Ink- Ranger distress ink

Patterned paper- My Minds Eye

Sending sunshine and laughter (Hero Arts Submission for April)

Hello all! A happy wednesday to you:-) this months Hero arts challenge includes a sketch option, and boy do I love them, here is what I created.. And here is the link to see the challenge details, join in the fun! http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/april-2011-contest-details/

This was a delightfully simple but effective card, a bit of masking and playing with ink:-) apart from paper piecing, this would be my second favourite type of card to make... I dressed up the card with some glossy stamped hearts floating away from the Eiffel tower, and some red bakers twine! cute huh?

Hope you enjoyed todays card:-) And thank you for dropping by...

Hugs! Michelle.

Happy birthday Collage card

Hi there, finally back with another post:-)
Today I was testing out a new product! And boy was it fun! I have just discovered alcohol inks:-) I love them, so many different possibilities..

This is the first set I broke out.. It's the Cottage Path Alcohol ink set by Ranger. I used two colours and created this fab background! not my usual style but I think its rather pretty.

I decided to make a Birthday card, it's for my Aunt. She is the sweetest, and I thought this gorgeous hydrangea stamp would help make a fab card for her.. I also tested out my new Friend Definition stamp for this, totally love the dictionary print. I filled out the background with the ledger stamp so that the hydrangea had a nice backdrop.

Here's a close up, The pin is one of my new fun stamps! super cool touch huh? works great with the Hero Arts Ledger stamp. (Everything but the Engraved circle, lace stamp and the pin is by Hero arts)

I used distress ink Milled Lavender mixed with a bit of Antique Linen to finish the edges to look aged. love the muted tones:-)

Butterfly from the Antique Engravings set

Sentiment from the Birthday Massages set

Cling stamps: Friend definition and Ledger stamp

and the Hydrangea Wood block stamp

Hope you liked todays card! and would love to hear your comments on the Alcohol ink background, and if you use them I'd like to know what your favourite colour/set is:-)

Happy stamping girls!

Imagination

I love the new colour Chipped Sapphire, the rich tones were perfect for this card:-) I used a few Tim Holtz and Hero arts stamps to make this .. and a load of distressing and embossing.




First I used Broken China and applied lots of ink to the right side stretching down to the bottom, I used some Chipped Sapphire on the lower right corner and made it dark as possible. Used a bit of Black Soot on the lower left corner and covered the rest with Walnut Stain. I then used a mini mister and sprayed a load of water so that all colours combine and run in together:-)

I used my heat gun and dried it well. Used the Cling dots stamp and embossed in gold, then I used the Ledger stamp and stamped over top. I also used my Versamark pen and drew on some distressed lines on the lower right corner and embossed that with gold as well.

Finally I used a few Tim Holtz stamps and created a collage using the same Distress ink pads.

Here's a close-up,

Supplies used:

Distress inks- Chipped sapphire, Broken China, Walnut Stain, Black Soot

Hero Arts Stamps- Ledger and Cling Dots

Tim Holtz stamps- Flights of Fancy and French Market

Versamark ink pad and pen

Gold embossing powder from stash

Tombow glue

Kraft paper

Hope you liked my quick post:-)

Have a great Wednesday!

Play date cafe - take 2

Hey there!! Hope you are having a great Monday, I was busy experimenting with my flower cling stamp and I am super excited to share with you a really cool card! I think my mojo is finally back:-) yay!

This card fits perfectly with this weeks Play date cafe challenge, so I thought I should submit two entries this time:-) Don't you just love this colour mix?

There is still time if you want to play, this is the link:
http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.com/




I used Hero arts Large flower cling stamp and stamped it thrice onto white card stock in black ink. Used Tattered rose and Mustard Distress ink and coloured it in using my sponge.I cut apart the petals and fluffed it up a bit. Layered the flower and added Prima pearls to the center. Used a strip of My Mind Eye green Lush paper to break up the white on the card, and stamped my sentiment! Pretty straight forward:-)




All stamps used are by Hero arts.
Hope you liked this card, and try layering your flower stamps, it gives it a whole new look..
I love hearing your comments, so feel free to leave some:-)

Hugs,Michelle.