Greetings! So nice of all of you to drop by today. My post today is for the Word Wednesday Challenge over at 365 Cards. Our word this week is "Soft." I chose this beautifully soft NiceCrane Designs focal image. The die cut is by Alterations and was painted with Ranger Crackle Paint in Milled Lavender. The background and sentiment by Oxford Impressions were stamped with Regal Purple StazOn Ink. Distress Glitter in Rock Candy was added to the card for sparkle. I look forward to seeing what you create for the challenge. Hugs, Yvonne
Greetings dear followers and those just visiting. I truly appreciate every one of your visits. It is once again time for another challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenge. This time around, our challenge is to create a Christmas Card using a Shabby Chic Style. Now the term "Shabby Chic" probably means different things to different artists. For me, it meant roughing up the edges of matting which were inked with Pumice Stone Distress Ink and then spritzed and flicked, tearing parts of the matting and fraying the ribbon. A measure of music and sentiment, all by Red Lead were added next. For my focal point, I chose this beautiful trio of angels, also by Red Lead, which I stamped, trimmed and water colored with Distress Markers and mounted to a doily that was distressed with Distress Inks and added to the matting. The adorned matting was then layered onto a beautiful piece of handmade paper that was sent to me by a blogging friend, Darlene. A gold charm by Red Lead was repainted silver with Crackle Paint and added to the card front, along with a few pearl gems. I hope you will pop over to FSC and see what my Design Team Sisters have created to inspire you, and then create and submit a project of your own. Remember, one lucky participant will win a $20 gift voucher from our sponsor, FlonzCraft. Thanks for stopping by. Yvonne
Greetings! It's another challenge for Word Wednesday over at 365 Cards. Our Word this week is "Flag." I immediately thought of this plate of stamps from Artistic Outpost, which includes flags. The focal image was stamped twice, once with Red StazOn Ink and once with Black StazOn Ink. The cowgirl was trimmed, water colored with Distress Ink and added to the the other image. The edges were distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and then matted with black paper and assembled over another panel of white card that was stamped repeatedly with a cow print, distressed and matted and added to the card base. The word "Cowgirl" was created with chipboard letters by Alterations and were painted with Faded Jeans Crackle Paint. Embellishments by Alterations (tickets, paper string and a game piece) complete my card. I am also entering my card at the November Artistic Outpost Referral Program. Thanks for stopping by. Yvonne
