Beauty is a nectar which intoxicates the soul

Sharing a CAS card featuring a beautiful stencil from Funky Fossil Designs called Elegant Lady and a sentiment from the Sprinkles and Smiles set by Penny Black.

I loved this stencil the first time I saw it on an entry to a challenge.  And that’s another reason I love challenges, they enable you with new crafty prettiness.  So not only do you get so much inspiration from the theme, from the DT and also from other crafters who enter you get to add to your stash!

My card follows the layout of the current sketch at Sketch Saturday.  I’ve used the stencilled face as the main circle element and added in the rectangle element with a swish of ink.  I embossed the sentiment before adding in my ink stripe and finished off with Kaisercraft Sparklets for the five smaller circles in the sketch.

I wanted to play along at The Paper Girls with their sparkle and shine theme so I went over the stencilled image with Wink of Stella.  I also added some mica to the ink for the pink stripe and the embossing powder I used has a lovely shine to it.  It’s also the reason I went with Sparklets rather than pearls for the smaller circles.

Over at Crazy4Challenges they are celebrating and my card is celebrating a friend’s birthday.  And the sparkle and shine are just perfect for a celebration for what’s a party without a bit of glitter?!

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Hero Arts Embossing Powder ~ White Satin Pearl

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Funky Fossil Designs Stencil ~ Elegant Lady

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Sparklets ~ Princess

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar & Wilted Violet

Wink of Stella Glitter Pen ~ Clear

Papers

Arches Aquarelle Watercolour Paper ~ 185gsm Cold Pressed

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Fourz Cardstock ~ Piglet

Stamps

Penny Black ~ 30-297 Sprinkles and Smiles

Challenges

Crazy4Challenges #468 ~ Celebrate

The Paper Girls #168 ~ Sparkle and Shine!

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Who cares? You’re flyin’!

Sharing a fun card I made with an image from Just Ink Lined called Cycling Star available from Splash Crafts.

This card was made for one of my staff who has recently got into cycling and rides into work every day.  So I’ve coloured up my cycling star in colours that match the recipient’s cycle gear and added in stubble like he sports.

I kept this card very CAS and kept everything down in the bottom of the card so I could play along at AAA Cards for their up to one third challenge.  I left the sky a simply blue cardstock (white space doesn’t always have to be white!) and fussy cut my rider.  As this is a top folded card, I trimmed the top layer to expose the bottom piece of cardstock and layered up some washi tape to give the impression of a road.  I finished off with a fun chippie from Make it Crafty that I coloured up in red for contrast and doused in clear embossing powder to give it a lovely shiny enamel shape finish.

Over at the Alphabet Challenge they are looking for projects with vehicles so I am entering my human powered vehicle over there.  At CAS on Friday their current theme is birthday so I’m also linking up there.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Clear

Embellishments

Make it Crafty Chipboard Cursive Sentiments ~ Happy Birthday Outline Sentiment

Inks & Paints etc

Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors ~ No 10 White, No 20 Black & No 95 Silver

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Blueprint Sketch, Candy Apple, Chipped Sapphire, Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone, Tea Dye, Tumbled Glass & Wilted Violet

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Prismatic Cardstock ~ Baby Blue Medium

Ribbons & Trims etc

Washi Tape from stash

Stamps

Just Ink Lined ~ Cycling Star

Challenges

Alphabet Challenge ~ V is for Vehicle

CAS on Friday #150 ~ Birthday

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…just a little bit of pixie dust

Sharing another little girl card, this time using one of the stamps that came in the December My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts.

Went for some lovely shades of pink on this card and the partial die cut technique Jennifer McGuire shared with this kit that caused me to need to buy it!  If you’ve never checked out Jennifer’s blog you really must, she does some beautiful things and is very generous in sharing her techniques via very informative videos.

I’ve followed the current sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch for my layout.  I used the partially cut fairy and dandelions for the vine element exposing the lovely sparkly pink cardstock that came in the My Monthly Hero Kit I layered under my water colour paper top layer.

Was going to be really good and play the twist at Seize the Birthday but couldn’t help myself and added the chippie for my sentiment.  Love Make it Crafty chippies and this one is a great example of why, the open spaces mean you can layer it over an image without obscuring too much of the image.  And they are cream so colour up beautifully, this one got a dose of glitter embossing powder over the top of some Distress Ink.  I should add I’m not on the Make it Crafty DT or an affiliate or anything, just really love the designs and supporting a fellow Aussie woman.

Over at A Blog Named Hero they’ve got an anything goes challenge on so, as my card features a Hero Arts stamp, matching dies, and cardstock, I’m also linking it up there.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

JudiOKins Embossing Powder ~ Iridescent Sparkle

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Hero Arts ~ 1218C My Monthly Hero Kit December

Embellishments

Make it Crafty Cursive Sentiments ~ Happy Birthday Outline Sentiment

Inks & Paints etc

Atyou Spica Pen ~ Blossom

Jane Davenport Mermaid Marker ~ Meteorite

Sakura Gelly Roll Glitter Pen ~ Stardust Clear

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Embossing, Spun Sugar, Tea Dye & Worn Lipstick

Twinkling H2Os ~ Oyster

Papers

7 Dots Studio The Queen’s Heart ~ I Wanna Be…

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow & Pale Rose

Hero Arts Shimmer Cardstock ~ Breeze

Stamps

Hero Arts ~ 1218C My Monthly Hero Kit December

Challenges

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