Many Thanks Jar

I made this pretty card for a friend. It was my first attempt at coloring a jar of water. I wasn't thrilled with the results, but she said it was pretty good! So I was encouraged! I had to mask some of the flowers before coloring them with alcohol markers. For embellishments,I found some matching ribbon and adhered it to the left side of the card, stamped the dragonflies and used  corner punch on two corners. Going to enter this card in the My Favorite Things

 Sketch Challenge 248

Happy Thanksgiving in Gold

This is my third and final card for WORLD CARD MAKING DAY. I'm entering it in the Lawnscape Challenge 

All about the Sentiment

The top panel was made with a Hero Arts Stencil and Fossilized Amber Distress Ink (sponged on.) The leaves are a Lawn Fawn die onto which I applied Gold Modellier Creme. Sandy Allnock's Go For the Gold class demonstrated how to use this paste, and I also used it on the card base to add gold around the edge. For added sparkle the leaves were sprayed with Heidi Swapp Color Shine Gold spray. The branches are a Memory Box die cut from black card stock. The sentiment is "Vintage Happy Thanksgiving" die from Poppy Stamps.

Here's a close up of the leaves, which are a bit shiny. Hard to tell with my camera!

Gold Poinsettias

Another card to celebrate the week long free classes by Sandy Allnock. Sandy used the Modellier Creme and the Delicata the first day, Zig Clean Colors on day 4 and 5.

This one uses "Poinsettia and Pine" stamp set from Altenew, colored with  Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers on a water color panel after being stamped with Versa Mark and embossed with Super Fine Gold Embossing Powder from Ranger. I used the Modellier Creme around the edges of a second panel and adhered both to a red card base. The sentiment is from Hero Arts "Stamp and Cut Ornament" using Delicata Golden Glitz Ink Pad.

Best of Friends: Ellen Hutson & W-Plus 9!

This card combines elements of the Essentials by Ellen "Bohemian Garden" stamp set 

with some W-Plus 9 "Happy Mail" stamps and dies. The background was created using 

Brusho water color powders in Lemon and Sea Green. I used a Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker for the blades of grass/weeds, trying some easy free hand water coloring. I know the sky is not yellow in real life, but I'm still working on that part of my water coloring! LOL

I am entering this card in the Mix it Up Challenge with W Plus Nine

Here is a close up of the area surrounding the stump.

Bats & Spiders!

Entering this card in the SSS Wed Challenge Anything Goes

Used some patterned paper from last year for the back drop of this card. The rest of the elements are popped up with dimensionals except for the web which is adhered flat on the corner. The sentiment is heat embossed with orange embossing powder. It's from a Lawn Fawn set called "Booyah." OH geez, I forgot to draw a line from the spider to the web... let me go do that! LOL

Batty For You

Trying to create a look with dark images on light background, so I created this Halloween card with some stamps from Clearly Besotted after I used two Zig Clean Color Read Brush Markers in yellow and orange on white Neeneh Card Stock. Added gold stars by stamping with a small star image and using versa mark with some Metallic Gold Sparkle embossing powder from WOW. Hard to see the shine on here, but it looks good in person! For added interest I used an embossing folder for the card base from Design Objectives.

Entering this card in the SSS Wednesday Challenge 

highlighting Clearly Besotted!

Here's a close up of the stars...

Ghoul's Night Halloween Card

Ghoul's Night Out!

Entering it in Lawnscape Too Cute to Spook Challenge

Created this card last night with some left over ghosts from a previous card! Hard to see but the accents are gold! Stars are gold, witch and pirate have gold on hats. I used some new orange embossing powder for the sentiment and it turned out better than I thought it would! I love this set from Lawn Fawn where you create "dressed up" ghosts for Halloween.