DT card - Sweet Stampin' Diamonds for Emma

Gosh!!  Saturday morning again - where has the time gone.  It is also Sweet Stampin' time, and the theme is Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend.  So come on everybody let's see your diamonds, and be in with a chance to win this scrummy prize.

 

This is  quite a simple card for me.  I stamped the Scroll  straight on to the card blank with Big n' Juicy Waterfall, and used the same ink to stamp the inage as well.  I have cut out with a nestie and the scalloped mount is Core-dinations cardstock, which looks almost black in the picture, but is in fact a darker bluey-green in the same tones as the ink.  The sentiment is Stampin' Up.  To finish off I have added gems to the  scroll and at the end of the sentiment.

Sadly, Emma has decided it is time to leave us. Emma started Sweet Stampin in October 2009 and has made it the success it is today. She is a complete diamond and we are going to miss her. A lot. So, to honour Emma, this weeks challenge is dedicated to her. Please stop by her personal Blog and give her some love, she soooo deserves it.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

• Freshly Brewed - Anything Girlie
• Penny's Challenge #39 - Circles
• A Spoonful of Sugar #124 - Sparkle and Shine - I hope my sparkle counts!
• Ooh La La Creations #64 - Nothing Floral
• Cowgirls Sunday Stampen Challenge - Anything Goes
• Gingerloft Challenge #3 - All That Glitters or Bling
• The Paper Players Challenge #18 - Monochromatic

 

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Circle the Globe ...

Is it winter - it feels like it - cold, wet, dull, and having to put loads of layers on!  Horrible.  That's my moan over about the weather.

Well bloggers, it is time for the Sweet Stampin Challenge again, and this time we are looking for Distressing on Birthday cards.  Me - I love this type of thing, but I know it is not everybody's cup of tea.  I think most people might think this is grungy rather than distressed!

My papers are 29th Market Street - I have used both sides,  and they have been liberally torn, nibbled, and inked with Distress Ink.  The main image is a B Line Designs Stamp, as is the tiny air balloon down the side.  The tickets are a Tim Holtz stamp.  The sentiment is computer generated.  I have used Distress Crackle Paint over it.  The ribbon has been coloured with distress ink and copics to give it a slightly grungy look.

This card is destined for a friend of mine who is off travelling for a while just after his big 60, hence the subject of the card.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

- CES Challenge - Anything goes
- Srampin' for the Weekend #45 - Anything goes

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Simon Says Challenge, Oriental

Two in one day - haven't managed this for a while.

Simon Says Challenge wants something oriental. I have gone for something very traditional, and wanted it to look much like an oriental silk painting does, with everything outlined in gold and then painted.

The image is an Oasis one which I have had forever, and it has been embossed with Rangers Queens Gold embossing powder, and then painted with H2O's in order to give it a shimmery finish. The text stamp is B Line. The black card has a brocade finish all over it, and I have finished the whole thing with tassels, a coin, and two tiny flower beads.

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A Spoon Full of Sugar - travel

The latest challenge on A Spoon Full of Sugar is Travel, and this is the card I have made to represent this.

It is mostly stamped with chalk inks and distress inks used on the background. The stamps are a mixture of Tim Holtz, and B Line - which rank among my favourites.

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