Challenge me a Christmas Card with Jenny Colacicco

Welcome to "Challenge me a Christmas Card" for 2018!

My guest today is Jenny Colacicco, and she has challenged me to make a card using powder watercolours - I'm using Color Burst powders. You can check out her take on this challenge HERE.

Here's what I came up with:

I cut some squares of watercolour cardstock with a stitched square die from Lil' Inkers Designs, and stamped and white embossed the snowflakes from Simon Says Stamp. I then sprayed them with water before adding Color Burst powders in Indigo and Turquoise and spraying some more. I dried them with my heat tool before deciding to spray them again with Perfect Pearls in water. I then adhered them to a white card front, stamped a sentiment from Clearly Besotted, and added some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. 

 I had a few squares left over, so I made another card - this time with a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.

 I was on a roll, and had three squares left, so guess what I did?

I will be sharing this card at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, where the theme is "Anything Goes".

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More leftovers

I wonder if every 2nd card of mine this year will be using up leftovers?

The background stamp is from Simon Says Stamp, white embossed and then coloured with Color Burst powders.

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Wavy birthday card

I have a masculine birthday card to share with you today:

I stared by white embossing the Simon Says Stamp Stepping Stones background stamp onto some watercolour paper. I then sprayed with water and added some blue and green Color Burst powers, dried it and then added a few sprays of Perfect Pearls in water.
I finished the card with a happy birthday sentiment on a white panel cut with the Stitched Hillside border dies from Lawn Fawn.

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Challenge me a Christmas Card with Cecilia Hsieh

Welcome! Last year, I did a series on my blog where I asked people to set me a Christmas card challenge. This year, I'm stepping it up a notch, by asking crafty friends to join me!

How cool is this graphic!! My crafty friend, Kylie Purtell, made it especially for me! YAY!  You can check out her blog HERE.

Today, the challenge theme is "Purple". 

My special guest today is Cecilia Hsieh - you can check out her take on this challenge HERE.

Here's my take:

 I used Simon Says Stamp winter flowers to stamp the poinsettia in Versamark and gold emboss onto watercolour cardstock. I then coloured it with Colour burst powders, and sprayed with Perfect Pearls mixed with water. I fussy cut around the flowers to create a panel (I kept a slice of the panel on the left to layer the panel onto, so that the flower would go off the edge of the card). I stamped "Joy to the World from Annabelle Stamps (sadly no longer available) and gold embossed to match the poinsettias.

This next photo was very difficult to take - so much shine did weird things to the colours!

This is the last post for my Challenge me a Christmas Card series for 2017 - thanks for all your kind comments, and I look forward to more challenges in 2018!

Thanks for visiting :) 

Challenge me a Christmas Card 21

Hi, all!  I have a new card for my Challenge me a Christmas card series - for this one, I was challenged to use blues and purples by my friend, Heidi. 

I made the watercolour panel using Color Burst powders in Violet and Indigo and lots of water, then lots of Perfect Pearls mist.  I'd stamped a bunch of snowflakes from Simon Says Stamp "Lots of Snowflakes" set in Versamark, and heat embossed in silver.  The sentiment is from an older Hero Arts set, "Holiday Sayings". 

I'll also be sharing this card over at the CAS watercolour card challenge for their watercolour resist challenge.

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Color Burst panel

Hello!  I have a card today that is NOT one of my Challenge me a Christmas Card cards! I just needed more Christmas cards, and decided to make some.

I think this combination of gold and purple/pink looks quite regal - what do you think?

I'll be sharing this card at Time Out challenge, where the theme is Christmas with an optional twist of glitter or shimmer.
Thanks for visiting :)

Challenge me a Christmas Card 13

Welcome back to another challenge - today, I have a card using the colours in peacock feathers (as requested by my friend, Tamara), but unlike me, I didn't use the namesake Distress Ink!

I started with some watercolour cardstock, and I coloured it with Color Burst powders in Indigo and Turquoise. I used mainly water to mix the colours, but then some Perfect Pearls mixed with water to finish. When it was completely dry, I die-cut the "Kate" snowflake from Simon Says Stamp multiple times, being careful to keep every last little piece. I also cut three snowflakes from silver glitter paper.  Then the fun began (not) - trying to fit all those little pieces back in was tricky, to say the least!
I finished with a sentiment from Hero Arts stamped in Intense Black ink.

I will be sharing this project at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - the theme is Christmas to die for (ie use die cuts)

I'll also be sharing this card at Time Out challenge, where the theme is Christmas with an optional
twist of glitter or shimmer.

Thanks for visiting - come back soon!