Wonderful Wednesday ....... fingers crossed!

Morning readers, 

I hope your week is coming along nicely. I got to meet a new friend for coffee yesterday which was nice, hope we can do it again sometime too

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 black card, cut to mat
• Snippets of leftover card for the sentiment panel
• Using a mini blender I applied Distress Oxide antique linen to my card base before adding my Tim Holtz stencil (THS002 "bubbles") and adding more antique linen ink
• Woodware image (from JGS559) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• HLS sentiment (from "doodled flowers") stamped on to a white snippet using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Gansai Tambi pearl (from "starry colours") and Twinkling H2O (scarab beetle) used to water colour my image - to give just a subtle hint of colour

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

1. Crafty Sentiments - September 8th challenge - ANYTHING GOES
2. Lemon Shortbread - challenge No. 128 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Through The Craft Room Door - September 8th challenge - ANYTHING GOES
4. Artsy Stamper - challenge No. 23 - ANYTHING GOES

And now for an Artist Trading Card

My ATC

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of leftover card in pearlised blue and white
• Fiskars reindeer (from 105940-1001), Stamplorations sentiment (from "Noteworthy"), MFT stars (from CS-83) and HLS skyline (from "Wish you were here") all stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Using a makeup brush I applied Memento inks (Bahama blue and Paris dusk) to the white card snippet
• Once my image panel was adhered to the pearlised blue matting layer I used my Bortoletti glass dip pen and Daler Rowney pearl acrylic ink to doodle a border
• Unicorn stickles to bling up those stars!

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

1. Take a Word - September 6th challenge - NIGHT TIME
2. Creative Craft Cottage - challenge No. 133 - USE AN ANIMAL
3. Tuesday Throwdown - challenge No. 465 - ANYTHING GOES
4. The Cats Pyjamas - challenge No. 372 - ANIMALS