Tuesday 7 September 2010

challenges

 The first card is for Playdate challenge 45 - the colours this week were more to my liking, but I found it hard to use the maroon and ended up using it as the base card, a bit of a cheat I know! The tag got the DI treatment, using old paper, marmalade, brushed corduroy and photo inks, overstamped with an Artemio script stamp in marmalade. The trees and words came from Elusive Images- I used small trees in the background, in marmalade - they aren't terrbibly obvious, but they are there! the taller trees were stamped in brushed corduroy, which has come out nicely fawny and the words in black memento. Backing paper from Essence of Nature cd by Artylicious, and I used a couple of punched swirls to 'hold' the tag in place
When bloghopping I found that the Stamp Man now have a challenge site as well, up to no 4 with a musical theme - very timely, as I found this stamp when having a bit of a clear-up, from the very first set of atamps I bought from the Stamp Man long ago. It was stamped on white card with vintage photo DI  and more DI was rubbed around the edges. I stamped again and embossed with copper EP, cutting the butterfly and dragonfly out and adding colour with marker pens before gluing them over the original. Backing bits were from stash, also unearthed from the depths - have no idea what I coloured the embossed bit with now, but DIs probably came into it! The flower is from a pack from Woodware

9 comments:

  1. The great thing about The Play Date Cafe Challenge is however you can work the colors will work...and you did! Great cards for both challenges.

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  2. Both pieces of work are lovely and very different. I love the colours of the first tag card but I love the subject and your stamping and colouring of the second. Well done!

    Janet xx

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  3. Wow Veronica love the SM card - that distressing is fabulous! Thanks for playing along with the stampman challenge hope you will be back again soon x Janet

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  4. what a joyful card-love the dragonfly and the way you coloured everything

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  5. Lovely cards, wonderful use of the Distress Inks. Thanks for playing at the PDCC.

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  6. Beautiful tag love the distressed effect. Thanks for playing along with the PDCC.

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  7. Gorgeous cards, love the vintage feel to them. Thanks for joining us at the Play Date Cafe!

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  8. Both projects are super fun! I LOVE that tag--love the script on top of the images! I really really really like that bottom card! SOOOOOOO FAB! I love that music with the dragonflies! BEAUTIFUL:) Thanks for playing along and joining us in the fun over at the PDCC:)

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  9. Hi Veronica. Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog.
    Love your E of N cards and green with envy card.
    Hugs
    Debbie

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