This is the Color Challenge this week at Splitcoaststampers. Colours to be used are Elegant Eggplant, Concord Crush, Melon Mambo with an optional extra in the challenge to use stripes. As these colours are all strong, I chose to go with a Confetti White background. I took another piece of Confetti White and embossed it … Continue reading Diet Eggplant Grape Melons
Category: Embossing Folders
Sketch Challenge
I am a bit late with last week's SCS Sketch Challenge [377]. Here is the sketch. I am still trying to do more masculine cards, so I turned this sketch to fit the schooner image from The Open Sea. My card base is Confetti Cream, followed by a polka dot DSP layer from the Neutrals … Continue reading Sketch Challenge
Faux Patina
Patina - you know that greenish or bluish look that old metal and timber gets. This is the technique challenge on Splitcoaststampers today. I am trying to achieve that bluish green gray look that timber gets when left outdoors for a long time. I started by inking the Stripes EF with Sahara Sand and then … Continue reading Faux Patina
Just Believe CAS
Splitcoaststampers has a sketch for their CAS challenge this week. I can see I will be getting a lot of use from this simple sketch. I used Sahara Sand for the base and Whisper White for the panels. The upper layer of the white is raised with dimensionals. The vase is in Not Quite Navy, … Continue reading Just Believe CAS
How cute is this?
Tonight's Crafter's Anonymous online class produced this fun little card. I have used Bashful Blue as my base card stock, with Cheerful Treat DSP for the contrast. The back of the card has been dry embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper EF. The rolled roses were made with 3" circles of Whisper White and topped with … Continue reading How cute is this?
Fresh Vintage Birthday
Happy birthday Janene. I made this card for my friend Janene's birthday last week, but couldn't show it here until she received it. Snail mail has now delivered the real thing, so here it is. I CASED the idea from Cindy. Thanks for a great idea Cindy. I have used some more of the new … Continue reading Fresh Vintage Birthday
Lavender Thoughts 