Friday, 20 March 2020

Friday ... the weekend starts today!

Morning readers,

Day three of social distancing ..... find myself wondering whether or not to get dressed!!! If I'm not going to see anyone then will they care? Noooooooooooo, it's only been three days, so what's with the apathy!.

I've a make to share with you today ....
My card
 
The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:
  • White C6/A2, 250gsm, card and matching sized envelope
  • Two pieces of white card cut to fit
  • One piece of pearl grey card, cut to mat
  • One piece of scrap card with an aperture cut from it - to use as a mask
  • With my mask taped in place and using a makeup brush I applied Memento grey flannel ink to the card front panel
  • Leaving the mask in place I added the Dutchdoobadoo stencil (470.715.129) I applied more of the grey flannel ink through the stencil
  • With the mask removed I stamped the Inkadinkado sentiment (98693) and Close To My Heart (01523) musical notes using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
  • Paper Artsy splatter (from HTPX01) stamped using Memento ladybug ink


I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-
  1. Water Cooler Wednesday - challenge No. 263 - MASCULINE TWIST
  2. Freshly Made Sketches - challenge No. - SKETCH ... see below
  3. Shopping Our Stash - challenge No. 416 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY ... whilst it doesn't say it on the front of my card, it clearly says it inside .. so I'm hoping that will count
  4. Timeout Challenges - challenge No. 157 - BIRTHDAY .... see above
  5. Krafty Chicks - challenge No. 499 - CAS (Clean And Simple)
 


And, since I'm KIND OF social distancing by staying home when I don't HAVE to go out ... I've found myself spending more time at the ToC .... and yesterday I found myself catching up on my correspondence so, naturally, thought I'd practice my mail art. I used Memento inks (dandelion, Canteloupe, Tangelo and Rosebud. Stencils by Tim Holtz and TCW and images from StudioLight and Creative Expressions. I'll be entering the top one over at the Love To Craft Challenge Blog - challenge No. 44 - ANYTHING GOES





As a list manager over at the Challenges For Days blog (where we list challenges/themes/rules each day) we find ourselves in urgent need of a couple of volunteers. Do you have regular access to a computer (preferably on facebook too) and an hour or so to spare one day a week? We're a friendly bunch with a facebook page in the background too. If the answer is yes then do drop us an e-mail with your details, to: CFDinfo11@gmail.com as soon as possible, and thank you in advance

11 comments:

Sarn said...

Super looking mail art . . . I never think to do that around the address label, I just add stamps to the front of the envelope to match it's card. Great idea tho.

Your first card certainly ROCKS.

So do you. Now go and get dressed!!!!!

Xxx

Lillianb said...

Great card Kathy,

Lilian

sandie said...

Fab cards-adore the music card-so perfectly CAS and all the fun stamps arranged just right. Stay safe. Thanks for joining Time Out.

Pat said...

A great masculine make Kathy..a cool card! Also the mail art, I love the citrus colours. x

Joyce said...

Fantastic birthday card. Love the fun musical theme. Thanks so much for playing along at Time Out.

Tristan said...

Cool card Kathy. Love the colour scheme and the focus at the bottom of the card. Great texture with your stamping. Thanks for joining us at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week. Tristan DT.

Helen said...

A great CAS card, Kathy! I love all the wonderful detail you've added to your musical band! SO good to see a clever card for someone musical! Thanks so much for joining us at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week.

Chris Dring said...

Love the grungey rock theme to your card, and the mail art is pretty awesome too! Thanks for joining in at Shopping Our Stash!

Judy Rozema said...

Super fun mail art! As a former music educator, I love it! Thank you for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Gerrina said...

It is fun when your weekend starts at friday....In these strange times it isn't always clear to me what is a working day and what not...all is going the whole week trough now...
Love the card; super CAS and still super bold! Thank you for joining us at TIME OUT! Hugs, Gerrina

Nance said...

Great CAS card. Love inside and out and the envelope. I was on day 12 of social distancing and I didn't wake up until almost noon! At least we crafters have a way to pass the time. Thanks for playing with us this week at Krafty Chicks.