A Card on a Card

Here is one I made today not only for my own challenge tomorrow but also for Wednesday Stamper 'Open' theme this week. I used some lovely panda Oriental paper for the background on the large green card with some edging ribbon down the side. I then took the Oriental screen card from Arts and Crafts Direct, and stamped with various English Stamp Company stamps,and coloured the backs with inks and added a couple of decoupage pictures and stickers. Then I tied the card together with orange velvet ribbon and decoupaged the front. I used some of the same panda paper to edge the inside of the main card and cut some fancy corners with scissors. The back of the main card was covered with Oriental green card but did not want to bore you with another picture lol.

Leaves ATC

Here is a little atc made for a recent swap that I thought I could enter for

Tanda Teaser 'Leaves' challenge this week. I stamped in black and green inks, various leaves onto pale green vellum and placed this over the top of the stamped atc card underneath. I stamped a large leaf onto gold foil and cut it out and embossed the back and attached to the card together with a small square of mountboard coloured and stamped then covered with glossy accents.

Cuttlebugged Metallic

The Cuttlebug challenge this week is to 'Emboss on Metal' so I have embossed a sheet of copper metal and used this as my background matted onto orange card and placed on a cream pearlized card. I created the yellow background using alcohol inks and overstamping with black Stazon. A few wooden embellishments and a peel off sentiment complete the card.

Cuttlebugged Christmas Village

I created this card using Glimmer Mists for the background, stamping with Black Stazon using Glenda's stamps (I love this stamp) then placing the whole card thru the Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder to give a nice raised effect. I added a little of Sue Smith's Plaid papers from her cd to the visible edge of the main dark blue card, and mounted the white card onto this. The glitter I added does not, of course, show up well on the scan but it is there I promise.

'White Christmas' cards

A trio of cards which were made using Robert Adam's White Christmas cd together with the Festive Plaid and Co cd by Sue Smith. I have, of course, added some Cuttlebug backgrounds too, which, mixed with the plaids, some matting and layering and a generous sprinkle of glitter complete the cards.

Celestial Swap

Here is another card made for a Celestial swap using Wendie's new templates.I stamped and coloured the wonderful celestial lady with watercolours and Cosmic shimmers then attached over some lovely background paper onto the card itself inside the envelope. I think I like these cards now although I did find them difficult at first.

Russian Doll

Here is another card made on my course last week which will be good for entry to Saturday Workout challenge this week. This is a from a new set of Russian Doll templates by the lovely Wendie Rhodes. There are lots of smaller baby dolls to go inside or to stack on the front. The card was cut from the template and the tummy stamped onto glossy card using the Bandana Technique and decoupaged. The head was cut out of cream card and painted with Lyra crayons and the red ribbon scarf added with glossy stick on gems for buttons. A very different type of card which is nice for a change.

Blooming Envelopments from Wendie's section of the course

This card and envelope was made from a new set of Wendie's templates that will she will reveal at the NEC. We were lucky enough to get a go with them before the public launch.
The template was used to cut, score and fold the envelope part and with patience I managed to get the folds to do what I wanted and close up into the flower like envelope. I added red spotted ribbon held together with a flower cut from the Cuttlebug, with a couple of eyelets to thread the ribbon through.

The card in the centre was edged with red ink. The red background created using the Cuttlebug snowflake folder and the various flowers also cut from dies and raised on foam pads. The centre brad was made using a button with the shank cut off, covered in material and sewed over the button with the brad legs added. An easy way to make your own brads if you can sew. I have to be honest and say Wendie's lovely Mum did mine for me - lol - as I don't sew well.

These new templates are superb and I bought a set, so expect more of this type of card and envelope later.

I have more cards yet to be finished off and posted but the course was well worth the trip and very enjoyable. Met some lovely people too - as always crafters are great fun to be with.

More from Audrey's course

This pink background was created using Starburst Stains overlayed with a layer of clingfilm to get the wrinkled effect and edged with a silver pen.
The snowman image was stamped with black Stazon onto Fancy Fibres and Film and ironed - yes ironed (I don't do ironing lol) - then glittered with Stickles of course.

The adorable penguins from a Wendie Rhodes set were stamped then glittered using clear Stickles and mounted onto a torn background of burgundy card sprayed with a couple of Starburst stains to get the mottled effect. This was then mounted onto a background created using a multi coloured ink pad and a brayer.

Cards from Audrey's course

Here are a couple of cards made whilst away on my course with Audrey and Wendie. For the first one I stamped the tree onto blue card then cut it out and added silver Stickles . The letters were cut using the Cuttlebug with a touch of Stickles. I matted and layered the images onto black card over silver foiled card to create a very simple card.

The wonderful snowman was stamped onto watercolour card using a Blue ink pad then the edges were smoothed out using a watercolour brush with a little added colour in places. I added some Stickles to the holly on his hat and for the holly berries and his nose. The background was created using Twinkling H2Os softly watercoloured, then a layer of coloured salt was added whilst still wet. When dry the salt was brushed off to leave the different coloured spots on the background. This gives a nice textured effect.

Don't worry, Bee Happy

Here is card full of little stamped ladybirds, butterflies, bees and a lovely orange wooden bee for Sunday Stampers challenge this week. Copper Cuttlebugged mirri card onto a cream pearlised card forms the background for the insect stamped and alochol inked main image. I added a wooden flower, a ladybird and a butterfly as well as the little wooden bee and attached the peeloff sentiment.

Another Winter Village

A new challenge site this week is Cuttlebug Challenges and here is my first entry. The aim was to use three different Cuttlebug embossing folders so I have used the Snowflakes, Swiss Dots and Divine Swirls here. I stamped the image using various Art Impressions and Stampscapes stamps then coloured using Watercolour pearlised paints. I attached the scene to a background of silver snowflakes and white dots then popped the acetate with the Divine Swirls over the top and attached with a gold brad.

Do you like my Red Nose???

This is another of the new large Christmas stamps from Hampton Art. Stamped in black Stazon, coloured with watercolour crayons then used thick clear embossing powder heated till bubbly to give the raised effect. On a background of printed vellum on a white card.

A Winter Village

A few Scene it and Stampscapes stamps together with a couple of Jayne Nesterenko Cute Companion stamps make up this little village scene. Simply coloured with Watercolour crayons and a little added sparkle on a different shaped white card.

From far away a friendly light

Seems like an age since I posted a card on here due to my being away for over a week. This is one I created tonight for our son John whose birthday is on the 3rd. As he lives in York I thought the sentiment on the stamp, from Stamps Happen, was appropriate. Simply stamped in Stazon on the white arch card I painted it using Lyra crayons and with some added Sakura touches to glitter sections slightly. I think I can also enter this for Gothic Arches turquoise challenge today as well as there is a lot of turqoise around.