Damask Card

I needed to come up with a DT card that had the theme Damask so I went through all my papers and then again but although I had quite a few it just wasn't happening for me, so I thought... have a play with misting sprays and make your own, most of this card developed from one experiment into another, the packing paper is vellum but the centre design and the strips are made from scratch. The centre circle is made from spritzing paper with gold and green and then I embossed the paper with the damask cuttlebug design and after that I embossed the raised part of the design in gold. The strips of background paper was made using the damask stamp from Papermania Chatsworth collection, stamped and embossed in Verdigris embossing powder which gives a lovely antique look. I then cut the piece of paper into 4 strips cut at different angles.

This card has been entered into the following challenges:                                                         

If the shoe fits......you have to use chipboard....the heart has been inked with Fired Brick and stamped with a music image and embossed in Black Soot The sketch that I have followed is from  Allsorts                                                                         

Cooking it up with Katie....the theme is not your usual Valentine image, try a technique not done before....this was embossing onto of the dry embossed centre paper and finally follow a colour theme from another challenge...Paper Cutz is red green black and white I'm hoping that the splash of gold will be forgiven.Creative Inspirations have the theme of Anniversary card and I think this card fits that criteria. This months theme at Lily Boo is to make a valentine card Over at Gingersnap Creations they have the challenge to use embossing powders and being as the papers are hand stamped and embossed this definately fits the criteria Love is the theme at Polka Doodle

Hugs Daniele x

Xmas Foliage

close up of candle painted with Sakura pens

Went with a traditional red/green/gold christmas card as there are quite a few challenges with that theme and The challenge at My Time To Craft this week is Xmas Foliage, this card has been entered into the following challenges;http://www.create4fun-challenge  followed the sketch, http://papercutzchallenge/ .have the theme of a christmas card over at http://stampinfortheweekend.they/ have a colour theme Red/Green/Gold. http://simonsaysstampschallenge/ this week is to add a charm as does http://quixoticpaperie/. I coloured the tree charm and then added red and gold stickles for added detail.The theme at Stampavie is also christmas. Other challenge sites running similar themes are Everybody Art, Creative Card Crew and Pile It On

Candy Cane

Thought I'd have a change from cards so when I saw the challenge at http://ropchallenge/. (roses on paper) I had to have a go, the challenge is to alter something, hoping that door hangers count as something altered.Other challenges that I have entered are: http://creativecardcrew/. the theme is Christmas and http://365cards/. have a colour theme of Red and Green as do http://cupcakecraftchallenges/. I've used sakura pens to colour , and it has been layered up but doesn't show very well in the photo, the flowers are spritzed with Lava red cosmic shimmer.....lovely sheen on them

Hugs Daniele x

Candy cane

Another Tilda crimbo card.... the theme at Colour Create is Green,Red and White and the image for inspiration is a candy cane so hence Tilda carrying a candy cane and the choice in papers, I also added gold holly leaves on the left border to add additional interest, the ribbon is a red one laid on the top of a holly ribbon. The flowers were spritzed with cosmic shimmer and glitter addded for a bit of bling.The sketch I followed was from Charisma and Roses on Paper have the theme romance or Sweet.....I'm going with the sweet thing.

Under my Umbrella

The theme this week at My Time To Craft is 'Under My Umbrella', the sketch I followed was from Stamp something Friday. Paper Cutz have the theme 'anything goes' and finally Daring Card Makers have the criteria of using left over scraps which this sketch is ideal for,I added glossy Accents to the umberella and boots and the  papers have been distressed with Aged Mahogany and shabby shutters.

Halloween

Have to admit I have never done a Halloween card before so had to adapt stamped Tilda To fit the theme but there are so many challenges out there that are Spooky themed thought I'd better have a go. I followed the sketch from Create for Fun and the following challenge sites have the theme of Spooky or Halloween One Stop Challenge,Rosie Dee, Cupcake,Roses on Paper and Stamp with Fun. Just to let you know that Stamp with fun also have a DT call. Over at Everybody Art they are also having a spooky day

Roses on Paper and Friday Sketchers Challenge

I love this little pony from Magnolia as its great for baby cards. I followed the sketch from Friday Sketchers and I love stitching on cards so I entered it into Roses on Paper as well, as this weeks challenge is to incorporate stiching either by machine or faux stitching.