The Craft Barn Fortnightly Challenge - Circles

The task set by Jane for the Craft Barn Fortnightly Challenge is to use circles on the background of a project.

As I need a birthday card for a man in the next week or two I used this prompt to get down and make it now rather than the day before it's needed.

I chose three bright Distress Inks to give my card a happy, sunny feel. I stamped the four circle images randomly on a square of card. I die cut a tag, brushed it with ink and stamped the sentiment. The tag was attached to the card with a brad and the square of card then matted onto black card before attaching to the base card.

Card Recipe 
Card
Base card and stamped square - Craftwork Cards
Black card
Inks
Distress Inks - Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron, Ripe Persimmon
Stamps
Circles -Stamp Addicts Grunge 1  SA-6062
Sentiment - Stamp Addicts Dot Happy Birthday SA-7110
Other
Brad

The Craft Barn Alpha/Dictionary Challenge - Letter R

Details of the Craft Barn Alpha/Dictionary Challenge can be found here. 

The letter we have been given to play with this fortnight is R and I have chosen the word railing. I did rather regret the choice when I tried for the fourth time to get the railing stamp lined with the previous stamping! I've never mastered the art of using a stamp positioner so it was a case of drawing some guide lines on my acrylic block and squinting! I think the result is more or less straight. I then stamped the flowers, masked them and repeated the process across the postcard. The flowers were coloured with Spectrum Noir pencils and the sky created by brushing over Distress Ink. I printed the dictionary definition onto card and glued it onto the postcard.

Postcard Recipe
Card
Anna Marie Designs Super Smooth Printer Card 250gsm & 200gsm
Inks
Memento Tuxedo Black
Versafine Onyx Black
Broken China Distress Ink
Spectrum Noir pencils
Stamps
Flowers - Crafty Individuals CI-411
Railing - PaperArtsy Urban Snapshots Wrought Iron 3 - USWI3
Other
Computer generated words - Typewriter font

The Craft Barn Fortnightly Challenge - Clean & Simple

Clean and simple is the Craft Barn Challenge but the project must include a flower and a sentiment.

I took a deep breath and stamped directly onto my card base and for once the images were perfect. The flowers were coloured with Spectrum Noir pencils and flat back pearls added. Job done!

Card
Base card – Craftwork Cards
Inks
Memento Tuxedo Black
Ranger Archival Jet Black
Spectrum Noir pencils
Stamp
PaperArtsy JOFY32
Sentiment – Craft Stamper freebie
Other
Flat back pearls

The Craft Barn Alpha/Dictionary Challenge 2016 - Letter L

This fortnight the spotlight falls on the letter L in the Craft Barn Alpha/Dictioary Challenge and I have chosen the word lace.

I started by punching the holes to lace the ribbon through. They had to be positioned  to one side as that's as far as my hole punch would reach. Although my lace background stamp is quite large I had to stamp the image twice and I then embossed with clear powder. I was left with a join line between the images not helped by the fact that I had managed to turn the stamp around before the second stamping. In order to cover the line I stamped the corset image three times onto card that had been sprayed with Dylusions and then black embossed the image. They covered the flaw perfectly. The eyelets were put in place and the ribbon threaded. My dictionary definition was computer generated and as my chosen word can be a noun or a verb  I have gone with the noun definition otherwise there wouldn't have been any room on my postcard for anything else! I finished the postcard by running a gold pen around the edge.

I have broken one of my own challenge rules with this make - that the postcard could be sent as it is. However, the ribbon may cause havoc in the Royal Mail machinery, so if I did feel the need to post it, it will have to go in an envelope.

Postcard Recipe
Card 
Anna Marie Designs Super Smooth Printer Card 250gsm & 200gsm
Inks/Embossing Powder
Versafine - Satin Red, Onyx Black
Dylusions Ink Spray - Postbox Red
WOW Embossing Powder - Clear Gloss Super Fine WA01SF
Black detail embossing powder
Pen-touch Calligrapher gold pen
Stamps 
Lace - Inkadinkado 603 90355.Y
Corset - maker unknown
Other
Eyelets
Black Ribbon
Computer generated words - Typewriter font