PaperArtsy Topic 17: Pigment Powders

I made this card for the current PaperArtsy Challenge - to use pigment powders. I used some purple and blue Ken Oliver Colorburst Powders to create the background of my card. I kept the rest of the card fairly simple by just adding a JOFY flower and border colored with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. I stampe with Ranger Archival Ink and the black card base is from PTI. I love how much interest these powders add to the background with the random images they create.

Christmas Card Challenges #42

It's time for this week's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week our Challenge theme is a photo challenge.  Get a head start on your Christmas cards and come join us this week. Thanks for stopping by!

I was inspired by dark blues, purples and the shine in this photo. For my card I used papers and embellishments from the Altitude Collection by BoBunny. I made the tree with chipboard and added some pink pearls and a shiny gold star on the top. 

Christmas Card Challenges #41

It's time for this week's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week our Challenge theme is everybody's favorite again - "Anything Goes".  Get a head start on your Christmas cards and come join us this week. Thanks for stopping by!

I made a quick and easy card today. Perfect for making multiples. I stamped the tag with Archival Ink, cut it out and stamped the sentiment. I covered the card with Tim Holtz Seasonal paper. Then I cut a rectangle to be the "brown paper package" and added some "string." I love that part of the song and it's the reason I bought this stamp set from Stampers Anonymous. 

Ellen Hutson - Impression Obsession September 2015 Mix It Up Challenge

I'm finally participating in my first Ellen Hutson September 2015 Mix It Up Challenge. This month she is mixing it up with Impression Obsession, one of my favorite stamp companies. They have some beautiful stamps and a huge selection.

I used the Ellen Hutson Mondo Magnolia stamp for my background. I watercolored the flowers with my Zig Real Brush Clean Color markers. The sentiment is from Impression Obsession Vertical Sentiments Stamp Set. Sometimes it's handy to have a vertical sentiment!

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PaperArtsy Topic 16 - Circles

I barely made it, but I finally made a card for my first every PaperArtsy Challenge. I've been checking out all the fabulous circle inspiration posts they had on the PaperArtsy blog over the last couple of weeks and I was finally able to come up with this card.

I used my PaperArtsy Fresco Paints in Turquoise, Dolly Mix and Amethyst to create 2 card base backgrounds. I used the brayer background technique I saw Leandra do in a video a few month ago. One of my background was lighter than the other so I stamped my circle on that one and used the background with more colors for my card base.

I was inspired by Jo Firth Young's post to stamp circles on colors and cut them out and to place them randomly on the card. I used stamps from Lin Brown Eclectica ELB23 and ELB24. I stamped with black Ranger Archival Ink and lightly inked the edges with the black ink. This was a fun and challenging card to make. Thanks for helping me step outside my box.

Here's my final card.