Sketched flowers

Hello friends, here is a card I have coloured with my prismacolour pencils using Simon Says Stamp Sketched flowers. I used Canson Mi Teintes paper in black where there is a bit of tooth to grip the pigment from the pencil. Here is my finished card.

First, I hear embossed the stamped image in hero arts silver. Then I layed out my dark colours first before the light ones to blend it out. I also used a blending pencil to blend well, then added my dark colour again to add vibrancy and depth.

Thanks to my friend, Chick, for lending me this stamp. I love colouring it. Hope you enjoy this card. 

I am entering this card for the following challeneges:

Timeout challenges

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge 

AAA Birthday Card Challenges - game 11 Flowers

Crafty Creations Challenge - March - Anything Goes #407

Kathy Racoosin's Day 6 #thedailymarker30day challenge

Thanks for stopping by. 

x Clarissa

A shaker card (Clarissa, DT)

Hello crafty friends. I was inspired by the various shaker cards on the blog and so I thought of making another one, this time with a masculine theme as my FIL will be celebrating his 90th birthday next month. As one of his grandsons is a chef, I pulled out this retired SU Viola stamp set. I coloured my images with copic markers, and used a spotted black and white patterned paper from my stash for the chef's trousers.

To make the shaker element, I stacked six diecut circle frames (cut from stitched nesting dies, using the biggest size, and the next one down) from white cardstock. I ink blended the top most one in peacock feathers and broken china distress oxides. I realised that I could have ink blended the sides as well once I've stacked the diecuts. I used sequins in shades of teal, green, light blue, and light brown. To finish off my sentiment, I used retired Basic Grey diecut stickers (as I didn't have a number and birthday die on hand) and adhered it to cardstock stacked together using the same colours as my sequins. For the black panel, I heat embossed ultra fine clear hero arts embossing powder over the hero arts sunburst bold prints background stamp. Hope you (and my FIL) will like my card. 

Colours used: chef's vest: C3, C1, C0

tie: B02, B41

Cake: B02, B41, B00, YR04, Y00

candle: B02, YR04, YR00, Y00

face and hands: E00, E000, E04

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Game #9 - a shaker card

The male room challenge #127 - anything masculine goes

Crafty Creations - January Challenge #405 (Anything Goes)

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

xo Clarissa

Christmas!

Hello crafty friends, I'm back with a new card I made for my family and friends, an altered shadow box card using Away in a manger Hello bluebird stamps. Images were coloured with copic markers and cut wth scan n cut.

To make the card, I started by scoring at 13m 15, and 28cm on a 1/2 A4 panel cut lengthwise.

On another panel 10.5 x 16.5 cm panel, I scored at 1.5 cm on one end and 2cm at the other end. Used the 2nd to the largest MFT Stitched dome die-namics.

For the front panel, I have diet a circle and used distress inks to create a night sky. Used uni-ball white gel pen to add stars. The image is taken off the internet that I printed into card stock as I didn't have wise men stamps.

For the inside, I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed it in fine white embossing powder. Added a few more images.

For the centre panel, I added a ground insert to add my nativity characters. At the outer panel, I adhered the star, angels and other images to create the scene.

For the background, I blended more night sky using distress inks.

I added an extra panel at the back to write a message.

Here is my finished card. Hope you like it. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

crafty creations #404

sisterhood of crafters - anything christmas

mod squad challenge - winter/christmas

Thanks for stopping by. Christmas blessings, 

Clarissa