Back to Black

'Back to Black' is this week's challenge set by Hels at 'Ink on my Fingers'.....in tribute to Amy Winehouse who sadly died on Saturday.
I have not done Hels challenge for a while but this one inspired me after the tragic  events this weekend.
I started with a black Coredinations card run through the Cuttlebug and sanded down to show the orange lining.  I embossed a piece of brown shiny card.... yes really - me who never uses brown, and cut the corners with my chomper.  The card split slightly in the bug but I rather liked the effect it gave me. I stamped the guitar and punched out the scalloped oval and overstamped with text and distressed using Vintage Photo and Pumice Stone distress inks. I mounted this on the base card and added the brown card on top.  I added a little music notes sticker next to the guitar.  I stamped the message 'Love Endures All things' from Docrafts, in black and used the same distress inks to add some swirls and distressing.  The clock face I found in my stash again distressed.  The lady in the frame, from Stamp Addicts, was stamped onto Mica Tiles with some added silver flakes under her face... she is looking down from above with the wings and clock face sticker.  My umbrella man from Tim Holtz, Cuttlebugged with the Time folder, is holding his umbrella to catch the tears.... little expoxy bubbles.  I added a couple of chipboard glitter flowers and swirl then the butterfly.  This signifies floating up to heaven to me where I hope Amy will be at peace at last.  An extra love sticker completes what I hope you will think is a fitting tribute to the very talented Amy. So very sad.

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.

Catch a Falling Star

This is a card made for a Celestial card swap. The image and starry background are from My Craft Studio on white glossy card. I ran this through the new jigsaw Cuttlebug cutting die, using my new Cuttlebug machine I should add, then matted onto lilac card on lilac glittered paper. I highlighted the moon and stars with Stickles glitter glue and glitter and added the eyelet and falling star on purple thread. I hope my partner likes it.