Serenity

I made a card for this week's Color Throwdown challenge of kraft, cream and green.

I find this combo to be very peaceful, almost serene, and that's what I've tried to convey with my card.

Well, this is definitely my first Christmas card for the year, lol! Never too early to start on those, am I right? 

Materials used:

• stamps - Treeline, Christmastime 2 (Tim Holtz)
• card - very vanilla, crumb cake (SU)
• distress oxide inks - mowed lawn, rustic wilderness
• other - bundled sage distress ink, crumb cake ink, craft foam, blending brush, MISTI, sponge dauber, Sahara sand marker, Darling Deer dies (TH), Sidekick

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry

The Card Concept Challenge - Fresh New Year

Hello and welcome! I hope you enjoyed a happy festive season. Are you psyched for a whole new year? While it did have its occasional good points, I, for one, am very glad to see the back of 2021. Two stars out of ten, do not recommend. But at least finally, after months of planning and preparation, I am now happily ensconced in my new abode and thoroughly enjoying being back crafting, so let's get right to it!  

For challenge #166, our theme is Fresh New Year and hopefully you'll find something here to inspire you to create.

Pink champagne anyone? I just love the beautiful colours of black, white, pink and gold so used those on my simple layered card and was also inspired by the striped table covering to use clean bold lines and text. 

Of course I added some sparkle to the bubbly but it's too overcast today for it to show in the photos. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Celebration (Darkroom Door), Christmastime 2 (Tim Holtz)
• card - basic white, basic black, brushed gold
• distress oxide inks - black soot, kitsch flamingo
• other - blending brush, clear Wink of Stella, tiny rhinestones, MISTI, craft foam, Dimensionals, clear embossing powder, heat tool

My fellow team mates have plenty of new year goodness to share, so do pop over to the Card Concept blog and have a look at their creations. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry

Peace and Joy - CAS on Friday Challenge #220

Time once again for a clean and simple challenge with CAS on Friday. For challenge #220 our theme is CHRISTMAS.

Once again I've been watercolouring with metallic inks on black; just love the gorgeous pop of colour.  

Here's a close up of the gold embossing beneath the green metallic paint. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Christmastime 2, Forest Floor (Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous)
• card - black watercolour 300 gsm (Stonehenge)
• other - gold embossing powder, white embossing powder, heat tool, craft foam, paintbrush, Prima metallic semi-watercolour paints, MISTI, Delicata golden glitz ink, white gesso, water spritzer

We would love you to create your own CAS Christmas card and join our challenge. My fellow team mates have more creations to inspire you, just click on this link to go to the CASOF blog.

Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers

Kerry

Neutral Palette

The colours for this week's Color Throwdown challenge intrigued me and once an idea came to mind, of course I couldn't rest until I sat at my craft table to see if it would work. 

They described these as black, grey, cream and kraft. Here's my card:

Materials used:

• stamps - Christmastime 2, Treeline (Tim Holtz)
• card - watercolour, very vanilla, crumb cake
• distress inks - hickory smoke, black soot, tea dye
• SU ink - smoky slate
• other - Versamark ink, vintage pearl embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, moon mask (Tim Holtz), blending brush, foam sponging tool, Stamparatus, slimline nesting rectangle die, Big Shot

I began with masking the moon while I sponged the sky with two shades of grey then added the moon detail with beige/kraft ink and a touch of grey. Stamping the trees came next, then more sponging around the edges with black and the final detail was stamping and embossing the sentiment. 

Colour challenges are always fun, especially when they push you to try combinations you wouldn't usually use.

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kerry