Ready Steady Stamp 11

Hi everyone, hope you’re all well and not too cold if you’re in the UK!! I just missed the last challenge for Ready Steady Stamp by a few minutes and I see that the next one is up now but Mr. Linky was still open so I've entered as I wanted to show my next banners. I now have five so I’m pleased that I got two done for this week. This was the recipe for the last challenge.

I’ve done the banner on the right with CB ornaments embossing folder swiped with gold ink and the snowflakes folder on the bottom layer for the banner on the left, this one has also been stamped with snowflakes in green ink, sprayed with cosmic shimmer rich gold mist and then I’ve cut out some circles with nestabilities for the baubles. I didn’t have much in the way of cord so I’ve used some gold raffia and embroidery thread in place of that. I thought I was using copper stickles but this morning it seems to have turned into dark pink :D! Wrap up warm and TFL.

BasicGrey Challenge 27 Add Texture

Morning everyone and I hope you're ready for another BasicGrey Challenge? This week week it's all about adding texture to your project so there are many possibilities. My lovely DT friends have come up with some great ideas for doing this and have created stunning cards for inspiration so I hope you'll be able to go and have a look and join in with the challenge.

I've embossed one of the layers of patterned paper with a cuttlebug embossing folder, added flowers and pearls, distressed the edges of the paper and used pretty ribbon for my textures. The image is marker coloured, cut out with nestabilities then sponged with dried marigold distress ink and attached with dimension tape. I've used BG Ambrosia paper for the background layer, sponged with vintage photo and I did a lot of distressing on the edges so that it's quite raised up. TFL and enjoy your Saturday. Chris

Daisy Border

Hi everyone, a card today using my 'daisy border' image available here which is marker coloured and a card blank made from a pre-cut Bazzil scalloped circle in pale pink. The scalloped circle was cut in half and folded and the I used the other half cut again and layered over the first folded card to create the shape and a pocket on the front. The tags are cut then embossed with cuttlebug folders and I used the die cut letters for the greeting. The tags and card blank are glimmer misted and the image panel is matted with the three colours of card and purple glitter paper mounted on dimension tape. There's also a pocket on the inside which is just a simple oblong of card and this is where the longest tag goes and also a gift card but I forgot to photograph the inside! All the scalloped edges have been coated with Cosmic shimmer glitter jewels and I added the pearls, ribbons, cotton candy stickles and some clear sparkle gel pen to the flowers in the image to finish. TFL.

Back soon,
Chris