Whoop de doo! It's Friday!

Morning readers, 

I've a make to share with you today ....... bit of a mod vibe going on, with the retro squares and the mini skirt!

My Artist Trading Card

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of leftover card in white and Paper Mill intense green
• On the white snippet, and using a makeup brush, I applied Memento rosebud ink over the entire panel
• Placing my TCW 154 retro squares stencil over the inked panel and using the same brush, I applied Ranger Archival vibrant fuchsia ink
• Craft Stamper free image (by Dina Wakely ... early 2019) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• StudioLight border image (from SL470 - yes, it's a Christmas set!) stamped using Versafine Clair charming pink ink
• Chapel Road sentiment (from Vertical Greetings A) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• White Tsukineko gelly roll gel pen used to doodle a border

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

1. Sweet Stampin' - October 10th challenge - USE YOUR OLD STASH ... that stencil had been in my collection so long I had totally forgotten I had it. The Chapel Road sentiments at least five years!
2. Creative Inspirations - October challenge - ANYTHING GOES
3. Crafty Creations - challenge No. 414 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Penny's Paper Crafty - challenge No. 482 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Love to Craft Challenge Blog - October challenge - ANYTHING GOES

And, recently, I was playing with a stencil I got for my birthday but hadn't yet used ....... it sat on my ToC for a couple of days until I decided to make the card below - thanks for the gift, Sue!

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 Paper Mill intense green card, cut to mat
• Snippets of leftover card in both the white and the green
• Craft Sensations floral stencil placed over my card front panel and then, using makeup brushes, the following inks applied: Adirondack brights in citrus, watermelon and purple twilight, Memento sweet plum
• A Muse sentiments (8-8308-B "under the weather" and 8-8312-B "better soon") stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Sentiment panel mounted on to a strip of the green card before mounting using Stix2 clear dimensional tape

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

1. NBUS - challenge No. 19 - USE NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) in this case, the stencil
2. Creatilicious - challenge No. 197 - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) HALLOWEEN
3. QKR Stampede - challenge No. 406 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Fab 'n Funky - challenge No. 498 - KEEP IT SIMPLE (not necessarily CAS but quick and easy)
5. Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday challenge - MAKE A CARD AND ENVELOPE TO MATCH