Handmade by Michelle

I have a post up on the Picket Fence Studios blog today - here's a sneak peek:


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Welcome to "Challenge me a Christmas Card" for 2019! I have asked cardmaking friends to join me in the lead up to Christmas by challenging me to make a card using a specific style, theme, technique or product.



My guest for today is Betty Keefe of "Created by BJK". Betty has challenged me to make a card with metallic gold.

You can check out her take on the challenge HERE. 

Here's what I came up with:


I used gold embossing with a background stamp from Catherine Pooler Designs on some dark red cardstock. I added some shading with Black Distress Ink around the edges, and then added some Wink of Stella over the leaves and flowers in the image. The sentiment from Clearly Besotted is also gold embossed onto black cardstock.


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Welcome to "Challenge me a Christmas Card" for 2019! I have asked cardmaking friends to join me in the lead up to Christmas by challenging me to make a card using a specific style, theme, technique or product.



My guest for today is Jenny Dix. Jenny has challenged me to make a card with the theme "Tropical".

You can check out her take on the challenge HERE. 

Here's what I came up with:


I used the trees from a Lawn Fawn set, "Critters from the past", but I bent the stamps to make the trees curve away from each other. The baubles are from Winnie and Walter. I hand-drew the string holding the baubles, and coloured them and the trees with Copic markers. I used masking paper and blended Distress Inks to create the edge of the sand and sky, and added some dots of copic markers on the sand. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.


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Welcome to "Challenge me a Christmas Card" for 2019! I have asked cardmaking friends to join me in the lead up to Christmas by challenging me to make a card using a specific style, theme, technique or product.



My guest for today is Jenny Colacicco of JC Cards. Jenny has challenged me to make a card with the theme "geometric".

You can check out her take on the challenge HERE. 

Here's what I came up with:


Usually, when I think geometric, I think triangles and squares, but today, I decided to make a wreath using only circles. I used three holly berries from an old Hero Arts set, along with a circular bauble from a Lawn Fawn set to stamp all of the circles, then coloured them with copic markers, and added some Wink of Stella and some Stickles. I then stamped the sentiment, also from Hero Arts, and added some red gems and some pearls. 


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I think muted tones on cards work particularly well for more sombre occasions, so I decided to make a sympathy card for today.


I used the "Jungle Bold Prints" stamp, embossed onto watercolour cardstock. I coloured it with Zig markers and water, then added heaps of Perfect Pearls in water. I added a panel of this card to a notecard made from Simon Says Stamp Fog cardstock, and added a sentiment from "Color Layering Dragonfly". I added some faux stitching with a white gel pen as a finishing touch. 


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Happy Diecember! I was lucky enough to be sent this "blessings" die from Simon Says Stamp for their Diecember release. I used both the positive and the negative to create two cards


I added the word die to a piece of vellum and popped it up on dimensional adhesive over a panel of Yupo with alcohol inks. I also added some flowers, also from Simon Says Stamp, which I white embossed onto vellum and fussy cut.



 For my 2nd card , I kept it more simple. I still started with a panel of Yupo with alcoho inks, but this time, used the positive from the word die, and added a white embossed sentiment on a scrap of teal cardstock.



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Hello - I have a simple card using emboss resist with Zig marker watercolouring to share today.


I used the "Botan Peony" stamp from Picket Fence Studios along with a sentiment from "Let's shake our tail feathers".

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Welcome to a new challenge at Fusion!


I used a stamp from Lawn Fawn coloured with Copic markers. I cut around the white panel, leaving the tree hanging off the bottom right edge to match the sketch. I added white gel pen to the tree to look like snow.  I then added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped and clear embossed a background stamp from Catherine Pooler onto a pale green notecard from Hero Arts, and added some Wink of Stella for shine. I added some faux stitching around the edge of the panel, and pooped it up on foam adhesive.



 Make sure you check out all the rest of the inspiration at the Fusion challenge blog, and play along with your own creation!
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Hello again! I'm here as a guest designer for Color Throwdown for November - here's this week's colour scheme:















Here's what I came up with:


I used the ornament dies from Memory Box, cut from glitter cardstock and silver mirror cardstock. I coloured the background die with Distress Oxide inks, and added a string using a silver gel pen. The sentiment is from Mama Elephant.


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Welcome to "Challenge me a Christmas Card" for 2019! I have asked cardmaking friends to join me in the lead up to Christmas by challenging me to make a card using a specific style, theme, technique or product.



My guest for today is Jessica Frost Ballas of All the Sparkle. Jessica has challenged me to make a card with this colour scheme:


You can check out her take on the challenge HERE. 

Here's what I came up with:


I used the Winter Floral Mix background stamp from Simon Says Stamp, white embossed onto Neenah Solar WHite cardstock. I coloured the image with Copic markers, and then sprayed the panel with Frost White Fantastix ink mixed with rubbing alcohol to try to mimic the frost on the colour scheme image. I stamped and white embossed the sentiment onto a burgundy card base, and I then cut the stamped and coloured panel on an angle and adhered it to the card base.


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