CCT November Sketch Challenge

Hello! It's time for a sketch challenge over at Christmas Card Throwdown.

 

 You can flip the design as I have done or use a different shaped element, but we should be able to recognise the original sketch in your Christmas card.

 



I made the background using a mixture of Coastal Cabana and Dapper Denim inks mixed with shaving foam on an acrylic block. I then used a stamp from Gorgeous Grunge to create a white embossed snowfall, but it wasn't quite snowy enough so I used a brush to spray white gesso on top.

The trees were die-cut using SU's Sleigh Ride Edgelits and I also added some Glimmer Paper stars to enhance the sky. Lots of fun to make! We are looking forward to seeing your interpretations of Gill's great sketch. Happy crafting, April x

Dragonflies

Hello! This card is a kind of tribute to the really huge dragonfly that seems to have taken a liking to our drive at the moment. He follows you round like a small aircraft and it's slightly off-putting as he makes a bee-line for your head! I looked him up on a dragonfly identification website and he's a southern hawker apparently.

This card uses the lovely Wood Words stamp set for the background and sentiment. I really love this stamp set and have used it for all kind of cards recently. The colour scheme here was inspired by the challenge over at Sunday Stamps. Such a pretty combo of colours!

 

 

The design of my card was inspired by this week's Global Design Project where it's a 'Case the Designer' challenge.

 

 

I love this type of challenge because I tend to start off with one idea in my head and it often becomes something completely different as I go along!

 

I'm also sending my dragonfly along to see Di and Parsnip at Pixie's Snippets Playground because I've been AWOL lately. I know if there's anyone who would appreciate being dive-bombed by a large dragonfly, it's Parsnip!



Deep Blue Card Challenge

 

 

My goodness! Two blog posts in one day! Here is a rather masculine-looking card, made for Card in Envy's Deep Blue Card Challenge. The deep blue used here is Dapper Denim - one of the upcoming new In-Colours from Stampin' Up. I have combined it with the train image from Traveller, stamped in Sahara Sand. The sentiment is a Paula Paschual stamp. I hope you like it! April x