Two colours

Just a quick post to show you the card I made with the current Colour challenge over at Gingersnap Creations in mind. GC 140 use Two Colours.
I used  Studio 490 stamps, with clear embossing for the script and flower.
 The Distress inks for my two colours  were Dried Marigold and Stormy skies.

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Man about Town.

This weeks challenge over at Try it on Tuesdays is 'Anything Goes with Acetate'.
so we would like you to show us some acetate in your project and tell us how you used it.
Please pop over and see what my fabulous team mates have been making.
We will also have some exciting news for you shortly,  welcoming our new DT members.

 This  part of my card, is an  image of a dapper gent stamped onto the acetate and fixed with brads.
All the stamps I used are by the Artistic Outpost.
The red shading is barn door and worn lipstick distress inks .
I added a small watch face on Big Ben and painted this part with watercolours.





Challenges - The Artistic Outpost -February referral program Shades of Red.
                     Simon Says Stamp and Show- London Paris New York, take your pick

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Her Heart Rules her Head

This weeks Challenge over at  Crafty Cardmakers is a Recipe 1,2,3. and
is hosted by Kim.
1 -image, preferably a stamp.
2 -background papers.
3 -embellishments which must include a heart.


Our sponser this week is Di's Digi Downloads
Please pop over to Crafty Cardmakers  to get all the information and see what we have all been making.

This is my version of the recipe.
1 - stamped main image by Paper Artsy, I used watercolours for highlighting.
2 -background papers, the patterned one is by Kanban, these I just tore diagonally.
3 -embellishments, ribbon, mesh behind the image with  a heart on her hat.

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Victorian Romance

My 3rd week  as a guest designer over at Make My Monday and the theme  for the challenge is
' Victorian Romance'.   Please pop over for all the details and see the fabulous examples.
I decided to make a wall hanging.
 My heart was hand cut on thick cardstock, coated with a watered down pale pink acrylic paint.
The other colouring I used was victorian velvet distress ink.
The stamp for the background is from Chocolate Baroque.
Memory box die cuts for the cage and the swirls.
Using some of my favourite store items of lace,  flowers etc  to trim and decorate.

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Mardi Gras

Well, for  this card, I did  not reach out for any stamps. Its good to try something different for a change.
When I read that the  Rainbow Ladys new challenge  No192 was Mardi Gras, I reached for my new Debbie Moore Stamping magazine and used some of the papers  etc that came with it.
The gold miri  was embossed then rubbed over with sandpaper to age it a little.
I used vintage photo distress inks to tone the colours down and added some pearls, gems, glitter and feathers.
Also used was some distress embossing power at the edges of the shaped layer.

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For my Valentine

At Try it on Tuesdays we are celebrating Valentines Day, by asking you to make a  TAG ,  our theme this week is , ' Hearts and Flowers'.  Please pop over here for all the details and see what my team mates have been making.
The background of my tag is  from one of my home made random stamped  papers.
The hearts are spellbinders die cuts coated with alcohol ink and the image is another one of June's images from Dezinaworld. The trimmings are from my stash.

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Hearts and Flowers

My second guest spot over at Make My Monday and the Romance continues this week with the new theme being ' Hearts and Flowers, Stamping and Die Cuts' and you must use both. As always  there are beautiful examples by the DT   here, so please pop over for all the details.

First of all I used a flower stamp to cover my card and layer, it was an old ink pad, but just the colour I needed. 

I then used the free heart stamp from the Craft Stamper magazine  over the top layer, using  another oldie in pink. 

The golden  heart is a Spellbinders die and the corners are made from a Memorybox die.

Other  Challenges 

Rainbow Ladies - challenge 191 Have a Heart

Our Craft Lounge -challenge 104 Vintage Love
Bloggers Challenge - In Bloom .  A new challenge for me, but I hope I shall be able to join more over the coming weeks. 

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