ABC challenge

ABC challenge this week is "M for Masking" so one I just had to join in with as it gives me the perfect opportunity to do some brayering and masking with my fairies.

All stamps used are from Lavinia. I started by placing a circle mask onto a piece of gloss cardstock to create a moon, then brayering over with a Big and Juicy Hydrangea inkpad, then more brayering over a mask of torn paper to create mountains (I promise I will shortly be doing a 'moon and sun' tutorial as requested). All stamping was done with versfaine black and embossed with detail clear. A piece of ribbon is tied round the card to finish and I added Inkssential white here and there to add some dimension.

Tuesday Taggers

A really quick post with my entry for this weeks Tuesday Taggers who's theme this week is 'Tag it with Birds', do go check out their blog as there are some fabulous DT samples for inspiration, plus my blog buddy Sally is a GDT.

I cut my tag from Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, used a circle mask to create a moon and coloured with Tim Holz distress inks dusky concord and spiced marmalade. I inked and embossed the edged with detail gold and stamped Penny Black 3937H Birds on a Wire across the moon using versafine black and detail clear embossing powder. Using the same ink and embossing powder I stamped the trees which are a Lavinia stamp as is the, fairy and toadstools which I embossed with clear and gold embossing powders. The leaves are Art Impressions and I highlighted here and there with an Inkssentials white pen.

A couple more JudiKins cards

A very quick post......6.30am Monday morning and all that and probably the normal Monday morning mayhem at work when I hit the office.......to share a couple more of my cards for the new Stamp Addicts show that will be be going out live at 10am this Wednesday 18th November, with repeats to follow.

The first card uses JudiKins Pressed Leaves cube, stamped with versafine black and embossed with detail clear onto a masked Glimmer Mist background. The leaves have been highlighted with Inkssentals opaque white and all matted on to Daisy Bucket DP with borders punched with Martha Stewart Arched Lattice.

My second card used the Damask Cube which I have repeat stamped round the edges of my main piece using versamark and detail clear embossing powder, then distressing with Tim Holtz Peeled Paint. I then overstamped with Hero Arts H2365 using the same TH ink, followed by JudiKins swirl 3347F which I stamped once, reversed the stamp and stamped a second time to create the impression of a vine, using versafine majestic blue and embossing with detail clear. The flowers were all created with punches as was the butterfly. The DP and brads are all from my stash.