Morning readers,
Well, what a wild and woolly few days we've had, with storms Ellen and Francis battering our shores? It's felt like the roof has been about to come off the house a few times though, thankfully, it hasn't. My walk yesterday morning was twice round the block ... just a measly .88 mile but, we have a LOT of trees around here and I didn't think it was my best move to go walking (solo) past all those trees in 50mph gusts, just in case! When the wind dies down I shall have some catching up to do!
It did leave me with a lot of time to spend reading and crafting ... so, I've a make to share with you today ....... I know Rudolph Day was actually yesterday but I don't post on Tuesday so mine's appearing today.
It did leave me with a lot of time to spend reading and crafting ... so, I've a make to share with you today ....... I know Rudolph Day was actually yesterday but I don't post on Tuesday so mine's appearing today.
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| My card |
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| And a closer view of the stencilling, colouring and sparkle! |
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 Paper Mill Christmas red card, cut to mat
- Anita's "Santa paws" image stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink ... I stamped on to a post-it which I then cut out to use as a mask
- With my mask in place and using a makeup brush I applied Memento Paris Dusk ink around the image and then, placing my That's Crafty dinky stencil (TC001) I stencilled Versamagic gingerbread ink beneath my image
- After removing the mask I coloured the image using a mixture of Pro Markers
- For my sparkle I decided (for the first time in an absolute AGE) to use loose glitter!!! So, I applied a thin layer of Anita's dimensional gloss to the fur of the hat and then liberally sprinkled glamour dust, pressing in with my fingers before tapping off the excess and allowing to dry .... truly, nothing beats glamour dust for sparkle but I swear I'll be finding glitter for weeks!
I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-
- Scraps of Life - August Rudolph Day - ANYTHING (Christmas) GOES
- Christmas with the Cuties - challenge No. 41 - BRING ON THE BLING
- Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - challenge No. 504 - ANYTHING (Christmas) GOES + (optional) twist EMBOSSING
- Jingle Belles - August 14th challenge - CARDSTOCK CHRISTMAS (no designer papers)
- My Time To Craft - challenge No. 439 - CAS (Clean And Simple)
Got some new stash too, and I'm dying to crack the seal ..... I didn't go looking for new stash - HONEST!
9 comments:
Eminently sensible of you not to go for a long walk in those high winds mate.
Cute RD card.
LOVE the look of the new stash and can't wait to see what you made with it.
Happy midweek.
Hugs, Sarn xxx
A great make for Rudolph Days Challenge Kathy and love that cute dog, so adorable peering over the brick wall and with the besparkled fur and pom pom on his hat. It was so windy just as well you didn't do a longer walk around lots of trees, and don't beat yourself up, you can give it a bit of a miss occasionally without it ruining your healthy regime. I am intrigued that if you didn't go looking for those lovely new stamps, were they a gift or did you win them? Looking forward to see what you make with them. x
oooooh that is the sweetest doggie and of course your coloring takes it to the next level and beyond!! (the suggestion of brick is a particularly nice touch!) so pleased you could join our cardstock christmas fun once more at JINGLE BELLES!
what a Christmas Cutie ... so glad you joined our Cardstock Christmas at Jingle Belles.
Super gorgeous card Kathy, your little pup in Santa's hat is so cute and beautifully coloured and glittered... here in my city in Australia we are experiencing some really strong winds today not cold though so stay safe when you go out, Robyn
Your card is adorable. That puppy is so darn sweet!
Glamour dust is lovvelu but hard to clean up every last sparkle!
Thanks for taking part in the August Rudolph Days Challenge.
Oooo what a super dog card and I love how you have added the image to the envelope too, thanks for joining us at Augusts Rudolph Days Challenge, Luv Sam x
Great card, thanks for joining us @ CWTC.
Sue x
Too darn cute, how could you not smile at that face and love your addition of all that glitter! So glad you joined us for our Bling It On Challenge at Christmas with the Cuties!
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