Monday and the beginning of another week .. make it a good one!

Morning readers, 

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend, didn't we have some weird weather? First it was chucking it down, then sunshine, then windy and back to rain and .... repeat! Couldn't really keep up with it and just had to take waterproofs everywhere ... JUST in case!

I've a make to share with you today .......  a little ATC, to use up some of those pesky snippets of leftover card!

My Artist Trading Card

And a closer view of the border detail

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of leftover card in white and textured red
• With my Aall & Create stencil (#99 ... NBUS) laid over my white snippet I applied Memento rhubarb stalk ink using a makeup brush
• Having removed the stencil I then used the makeup brush to apply Memento sweet plum ink to the "white space" and Memento tuxedo black ink to the very outer edges, using a makeup brush
• I also used the same Aall & Create stencil and Memento tuxedo black ink to add detail to the textured red matting layer
• Aall & Create image (from set #371 .. NBUS) stamped using Versafine Clair morning mist ink and also the numbers image (from the same set) using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Ditzies Design partial sentiment stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. NBUS - challenge No. 17 - USE NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff)
2. Gem of a Challenge - challenge No. 17 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Crafters Castle - August challenge - ANYTHING GOES
4. Corrosive Challenge - challenge No. 8 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - challenge No. 140 - ANYTHING GOES

And now for a card ...... this is really for my neighbours that I've not been able to see since lockdown kicked in!

My card

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White C6/S2, 250gsm card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of black card, cut to mat
• Snippets of leftover card in white and black
• Stampers Anonymous border image (CMS224 "Cityscapes") stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Using a makeup brush I applied Memento Bahama blue and Paris dusk inks as "sky"  - leaving the effect fairly random since the sky kind of IS!
• TCP sentiment (from S.5845.CL) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. My Time To Craft - challenge No. 439 - CAS (Clean And Simple)
2. Crafty Calendar - August challenge - ANYTHING GOES
3. CardzTV - challenge No. 121 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Dragonfly Dreams - August challenge - ANYTHING GOES
5. Pixie's Crafty Workshop - challenge No. 385 - USE SNIPPETS