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Category: Techniques
Alisa has provided us with a Chalkboard theme for the Artful Stampers Team Challenge Blog Hop this week. I used Perfect Pennants and the Hearth & Home Framelits for my inspiration. Here it is .... How I created it: The base of Basic Black has a layer of Pink Pirouette DSP. I cut it and turned part of it over … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge Chalkboard Pirouette
Today, I have a 'mystery' card, not of my own design. I participated in a 'build a card' project by Alisa Tilsner. Each day for 5 days, we were given specific instructions, so that at the end we would have a complete card. It was interesting to see how everyone interpreted the instructions. These were … Continue reading Birthday Blooms Wild Rose Delight
We have a pretty colour combination for the Artful Stampers Team Challenge Blog Hop this week. Here is my take .... How I created it: I made a collage background using Gorgeous Grunge images and embossed the panel with the Stylish Stripes TIEF. The large flower and the butterfly from Garden in Bloom provided the images for the art … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge Perfect Mist
Alisa has given us a theme of 'In the Air' for the Artful Stampers Team Challenge Blog Hop this week. I really had to put my thinking cap on for this one. I finally decided on a hummingbird flying through the clouds. Here it is .... How I created it: Picture Perfect provided the hummingbird, which was stamped with … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge In The Air Party
We are back to colours for the Artful Stampers Team Challenge Blog Hop this week. Welcome if you have arrived via Leah's lovely project. Some dry embossing, sponging on the embossing, and collage stamping (with a little colouring using markers) are all you need to produce this beautiful card. Supplies used: Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Tip Top Taupe Ink: Calypso Coral, … Continue reading Artful Stampers Team Challenge Calypso Taupe
Here is a clean and simple, almost one layer card using In the Meadow stamp set from the Occasions Catalogue. It is my entry for this month's livelovecards.com challenge which is to create a masculine card. I added a 1 cm strip of Lost Lagoon cardstock down the left hand side of a Thick Whisper … Continue reading In the Meadow Lost Lagoon
