Best Wishes

Once again I'm using up some of the papers I made using the shaving creme technique.  I just love the effect of the swirling colours and the unique finish to each and every piece.

I've teamed this paper up with basic gray.  The line images are stamped in basic gray and then in silver spritz which was sprayed onto a folded paper towel as a stamp pad.  you can see the silver stamped images in the above photo, they didn't show up too well in the next pic. I also spritzed some white taffeta ribbon and got this lovely shimmery gray and silver ribbon.

Diva Coffee Break Designs ~ Challenge #225 - Sketch

Stampin' Diva adding ink!

I hope you like my imaginative title for this post, it's all about the challenge blogs rather than me.

This card has one of those oops moments, smarty pants here had used the spritzer tool and spritzed the card base and flowers using the Stamp n Write markers Melon Mambo (lge flower), Tempting Turquoise (med flower) Rich Razzleberry (small flower), then I sat the flowers beside each other and spritzed them with shimmer paint and rubbing alcohol (you know that's one of my favourites) then I put the card together and it looked pretty good but I decided to spritz shimmer paint all over the finished card and well....colours bled.  *sigh* see we ALL make mistakes! 

Just Add Ink ~ Challenge # 65 Add Mateship/Friendship for ANZAC Day
(For those not familiar with ANZAC day the JAI site has an interesting story)

Diva Coffee Break ~ Challenge # 224  Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise

Stamping 411 ~ Sketch Challenge # 200 (WOW! Congratulations Stamping 411)

Too Hot

I got home from work this afternoon and it's so darn hot up here that I switched on the airconditioner and shut myself away in my craft room and created some cards. Apart from trying to escape the heat, I didn't start our with that burning desire to get the ideas out into reality, which I'm sure you would agree is mostly what happens, you have these little moments of inspiration taht just have to become a reality.

I'd printed out a couple of pages of pictures of sketches and colour combos from various challenge sites, this sits on my desk and vaguely refer to it while creating hopefully at the end of the session the cards actually match up with one or more challenges...LOL

Here is the first of three just created.. I'm going to head back in there as the humidity is astounding tonight and just being here long enough to type the entry I have worked up a sweat.....ewww I hate that! Give me cold weather any day!

Complaining about the weather aside.....this card is a sort of remake of one I did a while ago for a Stampin' 411 Challenge this time I've used Bashful Blue, Night of Navy and Sahara Sand.



Challenges this card is entered into are...

Hand Stamped Sentiments ~ 'Use Punches'
Diva Coffee Break ~ Colour Challenge # 210

On to the next post before I melt!