AWH HOC Week 10

Hi!

Welcome to another week of the Art With Heart's Heart Of Christmas Blog Share. We are up to Week 10 - double digits! I was a bit time poor this week, so I chose to CASE this card by Brian King. His card isn't a Christmas card, but it was super easy to change it to be suitable for Christmas.

I loved his card so much that I didn't actually make many changes. The sentiment, obviously, as his wasn't Christmassy. I also added some of the stars that are part of the swirly die to the front of the card. No point in wasting them!

It is *super* hard to see, as they are white on white, but I added the other three stars to the inside, around the sentiment from Merry Christmas To All.

I made this card to use as a class sample, as I thought my ladies would like it. A few of them prefer a more traditional colour scheme, so I also made a sample in red and green. On both cards, the DSP is from the See A Silhouette pack - the variation in colour is so pretty on the background, don't you think?

This card was essentially the same as the first card, just a few minor changes. The stars on the front are in slightly different positions, and the Merry sentiment was double punched to make the sentiment shorter.

Which do you prefer?

Once you've decided, pop on over to Claire's Blog where you can find the rest of this week's links.

Bye for now,

Tina

Blog Hopping With Kelly's Paper Adventures Team

Hi!

I'm very excited to join you tonight as a Guest Designer on the lovely Kelly Kent's team blog hop. Thanks so much to Kelly and the rest of the Paper Adventures team for the invitation, which I was thrilled to accept.

Kelly gave me a theme of 'S' for the hop. I love these types of challenges, as it's so wide open for interpretation. I always challenge myself to see how many S elements I can fit into my card. Let's see!

The most obvious is the stamp set, Seaside Notions. I'm not usually a fan of sea themed sets, but I really love this one! My background is a piece of See A Silhouette DSP, over which I've stamped the coral image with Silvery Shimmer Delicata ink. The oval cropped from Shimmery White cardstock and then sponged using several inks. I stared with Pool Party at my focal point, followed by Pacific Point a little around the point, then Blueberry Bushell further out, and finally Night Of Navy around the very edges. Hopefully it looks like looking up into the sun from underwater! I finished that panel by flicking some water over the top to give a bubbly effect.

The seahorse was coloured using my Bermuda Bay and Granny Apple Green Pigment Sprinkles. I then heat embossed with Silver embossing powder and used the Bleached Watercolour Technique to remove some of the colour. It gives that lovely translucent look that seahorses have. I then finished off with a sentiment and some sequins. Lots of 'S' elements there!

The DSP I used on the inside was my test piece for the front - I wanted to see how the Delicata ink would look on the DSP before I committed to stamping the big piece. I loved it, so I decided to use the test on the inside. I also had a scrap of the Pigment Sprinkles piece big enough for the shell, so that got used too.

So I will say thank you to Kelly and her team once again, and then direct you to Siobhan's blog so that you can continue the Hop.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC #245: Let It Snow

Hi!

Sunday afternoon, which means it's CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop time! I really enjoy these hops, full of inspiration on how to use your Stampin' Up! Catalogues as a source of creative inspiration. The blog before mine was Julia's, but we are all linked in a circle, so just keep on going until you get back to your starting point. 

This week we are CASEing cards from the Let It Snow suite of products. I have to say that I love the colours in the Let It Snow DSP as a Christmas combo. Coastal Cabana with Real Red and Whisper White is a combo I return to again and again. It's no surprise that the card on page 21 of the Holiday Catalogue caught my eye for this week's Challenge.

Isn't it pretty? A couple of weeks ago one of my nieces had a really rough time and spent over a week in hospital, so I wanted to make a card to let her know I was thinking of her, as I live too far away to give any practical support. I reached for the Birds Of A Feather Paper Pumpkin kit, which I received when I was in the USA nearly a year ago.

The feather laser cut panel is from the PP kit, and I backed it with a piece of See A Silhouette DSP. I ten layered it all on some Coastal Cabana and Whisper White card.

The label and stamp are from the Paper Pumpkin kit, and they added a touch of Night Of Navy to the card, along with the leaves from the kit.

The large silver feather was also from the kit, but it was a colour I wasn't keen on. Instead I flipped it over and pushed it onto my Delicata Silvery Shimmer ink pad. I was so happy with how it turned out! A bit of twine, pulled apart into two strands, and a scattering of rhinestones finished off the front of the card.

The inside sentiment was from the retired stamp set, Ribbon of Courage, and I thought it was perfect from someone recovering from two surgeries.The feather stamp was from the PP kit.

That's it from me this week. You can join us in our Facebook group, where you can add our card for the week's challenge. We'd love to see you in the group!

Now you're off to see Monique's fabulous Let It Snow inspired Christmas card!

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC #240: Everyday Occasions

Hi!

Welcome to this week's CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. The blog before mine belongs to my lovely friend, Judy. She creates the most stunning cards every week! This week we are CASEing cards from the Everyday Occasions section of the catalogue. It's a ginormous section, so there is plenty of inspiration for everyone.

I didn't have to flick far through the section before I found the card I wanted to CASE. Actually, it was three cards, and you can see them on page 12, which just happens to be the first page of the section.

The cards I chose were the three at the top of this photo. I really loved how the Embossing Paste was applied to the card both on top of the DSP and the card base itself.

I started by adhering the See A Silhouette DSP to the front of my Seaside Spray card base. I then used my cloud mask and some Shimmery White Embossing Paste to add the moulds to the front. I love how it sort of , but not really, looks like a window, but the clouds are on the inside!

The sentiment is from a new to me stamp set, called Sweetly Swirled. The hand written font is pretty awesome, don't you think? It was a little tricky getting the Gold Thread to sit under the banner - I had to make sure that most of it hung over the top, not the bottom. A scattering of sequins finished off the front.

I was a bit stuck on how to finish off the inside for the longest time. As you can see, I ended up sponging a few clouds in Seaside Spray around the sentiment.

You have a huge 59 pages to scan this week for inspiration for our challenge. What fun! Which card will you choose to CASE? Don't forget to add your card to our Facebook group.

In the meantime though, don't forget to finish the hop! Next up is the lovely Monique's blog.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #468: Just Add C

Hi!

This week at Just Add Ink it's one of my Alphabet challenges. I really love seeing how creative you all are with these! I certainly try to think of something a little bit different to do each time. This week we have the letter C for you.

I have seen a few Changing Picture cards pop up around the internet lately, and I decided this was the perfect time to try one! I made this card for my husband's birthday. He's a big pop culture fan and so I used stamps that represent one of his favourite movie franchises. To make the Changing Picture card I searched using Google until I found a template that I could use - it wasn't hard, there are heaps online.

This franchise is set in space, and I thought this paper from the See A Silhouette pack looked quite space-ish. I coloured the woman with my Copic markers. I used the template to know exactly where to stamp her for maximum effect.

Here's a closer look so you can see the lines through the image. I change the picture, you simply pull on the tab at the top of the card. If you know the movie, and the classic line from it, you know there is only one thing it could possibly change to:

LOL! I think my husband will get a real kick out of this card! I've added a video below to show how it changes. It was playing up as I uploaded it, so hopefully it works! EDIT: I had to shrink the file to be able to upload it, and now it's tiny! Hopefully you still get the idea!

Here's the inside of the card, I used an iconic weapon from the franchise to underline the sentiment.

I think if I make this again, I would change a few things. I wouldn't be able to post this card in a regular envelope, as the tab protrudes over the top of the card. The template actually made a smaller front for the regular sized base, but I didn't realise the importance of this until it was too late. Oh well, luckily I'm handing this over in person!

So what will you make for our Just Add C challenge? It can be anything that starts with C - a theme, technique, stamp set, the limit is your imagination! Just make sure you let us know what the C is, because it can be hard to tell sometimes!

You can see what the Design Team have created over at the Just Add Ink blog. You can also link up your card there.

Bye for now,

Tina