MICA POWDERS

Here is my card for my challenge this week - to use MICA POWDERS on your card. The cards used are from a DCWV stack. I overstamped trees and leaves with Perfect Medium then swirled with various shades of Mica powders. I stamped the Clarity deer stamp onto stampboard again with perfect medium and covered with Micas - I added a little shading to the large deer's back (which actually looks good in life but not so good on the scan sorry). The cards were cut with corner edger scissors and mounted onto a green card. I added the sticker from a kit, again on mica-ed card with a couple of gold photo corners.

A Colourful Mardi Gras Postcard

OOh I love this 'Mardi Gras' theme from Sunday Postcard Art, the 'Bright Colour' theme from Crazy Amigo and the 'Shiny' theme from Wednesday Stamper. First I stamped onto glossy card using Teal Stazon with another mask stamp, this time from Dimension Fourth. I cut out the eyes and added two gold shiny cuttlebugged eyes for the top mask and straight gold shiny eyes for the bottom mask. Then the fun started. I dabbed pink and blue inks all over the card with a sponge, not cut and dry as this would have made it too smooth, then I sprayed with Delphinium and Fireburst Blue from Crafty Notions Colour Sprays. I left it overnight to dry not really knowing what colours it would end up but I love it now. I dabbed the same blue inks onto the stampboard, edged with gold pentouch and overstamped with a small mask stamp from Stamp Addicts. This was then covered with Crackle Glaze and again left and here is the final result.

Thank You Card

This card was made to say thanks for a lovely pre-birthday gift from my lovely friend Frankie. The white background card was brayered using a rainbow ink pad then put through the Cuttlebug embossing folder and covered with distress inks. I did the same with the vellum and attached it with a dragonfly brad. The stampboard was swiped with the same inks then overstamped and covered with lots of Glossy Accents to make it look cloudy not clear. The small card was brayered on glossy card then overstamped. I embossed the Glimmer Misted green card with another folder then oversprayed again with the Mists. Edge trimming done using my Purple Cows cutter.

Rainbow Friends Swap

Here is the card made as a swap for Rita my Rainbow Friend. Lots of techniques here. The background for the stamped image was made using a brayer and rainbow ink pad on glossy card with overstamping of the image. The large swirly card was run through the Cuttlebug Divine Swirls folder then swiped with pink inks and sanded slightly. The background white card was sprayed with Glimmer mists first. The vellum was also run through the same folder and attached with a jewelled brad. The stampboard was inked with the same colour inks, overstamped with the Ginko then covered in Glossy Accents and edged with Pentouch. The main pink pearl card was overstamped with swirls from Dimension Fourth and the magazine freebie. Guess what the topic was? - yes Swirls and Flourishes.

Stampboard and Acrylic Snowmen

The lovely Glenda is running a competition to win some of her new stamps with the topic being to use Stampboard with Elusive Images stamps. I, like Glenda, love using stampboard. I coloured first using inks sponged and blended together, then stamped the lovely snowman from Glenda's new Christmas collection in Midnight Blue Stazon, and coloured him slightly using Sakura pens. I edged the board with silver Pentouch then clear embossed the whole piece making the embossing go all bubbly to indicate the snow. The main card was printed using Artylicious Seasons Greetings cd, starry night paper and the sentiment also from the cd and covered with a snowflake acetate wrap from Michele Marsden. Then I stamped onto an acrylic piece from Joanna Sheen, using the same stamps and some little Glenda swirly stamps too. Coloured in the same way and colours I then clear and white embossed on the back of the acrylic. I attached with a snowflake eyelet the acetate to the card front then fastened blue ribbon fibre to dangle the acrylic piece. I finally attached the stampboard, a coordinating insert and even a snowman 'handmade by me' name tag on the back. Sorry about the light reflecting on the acetate caused by the scan.

Whew finished now!

Winter Village Scene

Here is my entry for Glenda's Christmas card competition, you can find the details on her website. Using various shades of blue I created the background with Glimmer mists spritzed and sprayed onto white card. I then overstamped the village image from Glenda's new Christmas stamps in midnight blue Stazon. I matted this onto silver mirri card and rounded the corners. I stamped the lovely swirl stamp and embossed with Cosmic shimmer silver embossing powder onto the pale blue card. I covered a piece of stampboard with silver embossing powder then overstamped the stars and edged with silver pentouch pen. I added an eyelet and silver cord and raised the stampboard on foam tape to give dimension for the embellishment. As always the Glimmer mists do not show up too well on the scan sorry, but they do glimmer in real life.

Blue Green Stampboard Butterfly

Another Stampboard creation for TGIF 'Blue and Green' and DCM 'Butterfly' challenges. The background was created using alcohol inks applied with the applicator then overstamped in blue with butterflies and sentiments. Silver peeloffs and edged in green inks to embellish. The main image was stamped on alcohol inked, in the same colours, stampboard and triple embossed leaving the bubbles to show rather than being smooth.

Watching the Birds

Here is a new stampboard creation made for Crazy Amigo 'Newest Additions' challenge, which was to make something with your latest acquisition. I received these stamps this morning in the mail and could not wait to have a go with them. They are from Caroline's Rubber Stamps die sheets - there are at least 20 stamps on one sheet and I love them as they will mix and match with Stampscapes and Art Impressions stamps. I stamped the wall and flower edges onto my new oval stampboard in black Stazon then added the cat and bird. I also scratched a little off the edges and coloured them with gold pen. Coloured with various inks using sponges I then triple embossed with clear sparkle powder, leaving them slightly bubbly to give the mottled effect. (Not very clear on the scan I am afraid). Finally mounted with purple ribbon onto purple card then onto a pale blue pearlized card.