Fancy a Challenge?

Since the demise of my Fab Friday Challenge, I've decided to change the title and just call it "Fancy a Challenge", this I will do when I have a chance (will be easier to squeeze in if I have a busy spell).

Now for this one I took an idea I saw on the Hero Arts blog. They used a card which someone else had made for inspiration, using the same layout but using different materials. The ATC I have used as my template was a trade I received from Maggie.

In Maggies card she used a simple printed background and added a stamped image, embellishment and a hinge.



For the challenge you need to take this layout and create your own ATC. These are my ATC's:



For this ATC I used a stamped image which I matted then attached to my card. I used paper to create my hinge and just one brad. I added a flower to the bottom right corner as my embellishment.



For this one I decided to make a Christmas ATC still using the monotone theme. I used a Christmas Tree sticker as my main focal image and an exclamation mark as my hinge. In the bottom corner is a snowflake sticker.

I'm looking forward to seeing your ATC's, alot of you send them via the ATC club - so I get to see them in the flesh!!

Update on my bird feeding obsession - the Great Spotted Woodpecker visited the garden again today. He's beautiful, with that fantastic red flash of colour. He scares off the Starlings, and they seem to fear nothing. I'm trying to wean myself off buying bird feeders now!
xxx
Leonie

Christmas Kits

Thought I would share you some of the cards I made for last weeks QVC shows. The first is a lovely stamp set by Design Objectives - really cute images and good to work with.



Simple inking of the different parts of the Christmas tree using cats eye Brilliance Ink pads allows for a pearlescent sheen to be achieved. I've used a gold glitter gel pen to add a little extra sparkle, and written around the edge of the stamped frame.





I've taken my inspiration for this card from Linsay Mason, who designs her own stamps and creates some brilliant pop-up cards. I've decorated the outside of the card using the candle stamps, then the inside using the cute little snowman. The images can be coloured in using Le Plumes or Whispers pens.





Really cute little penguin pulling his sleigh. I've used a pre-printed card by Crafty Bitz, to frame my stamped message, then stamped and coloured in my penguin. I cut out the image and attached the sleigh flat to the card using micro dots. I detached the penguin and attached him to the card using 3D foam. I finished the card with a little doodling around the blue frame using a silver gel pen.





Using an aperture card, I stamped, coloured in and cut out my robin and popped him so he is sitting in the aperture. As this card is already patterned I only needed to add a message to finish it off.