Take five for Work of Art

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I truly do appreciate them and you! Today I've taken a deserved break from preparing for my upcoming event, and created a CAS card with just five ingredients (plus adhesive). If you missed my previous "Take five" card, you can see it HERE.

For today's creation I've used Whisper White and Baked Brown Sugar card, Blushing Bride and Rich Razzleberry inks and the Work of Art stamp set from Stampin' Up. I love how the combination of gorgeous colors work so well together and remind me of a home baked treat...

I started by stamping two of the brush stroke stamps in Blushing Bride onto a Whisper White panel, then stamped the sentiment and hearts over them in Rich Razzleberry, before layering the panel onto Baked Brown Sugar and attaching it to the Whisper White card base. I then stamped the inside of the card similarly...

Challenges...
#91 AG w/ optional use a heart at 613 Avenue Create
#113 AG at Brown Sugar
#76 AG at Sister Act
#28 at Scribble and Scrap
#111 AG and/or cooking and baking at Artistic Inspirations

I had a great time on Saturday at the coast. The sun came out just as I arrived at the nature reserve and although there were signs of fall around in the woodland, the day itself was more like mid summer and the sand was beautifully warm under my bare feet when I got to the beach.

I'll share some pix from the day tomorrow, so please do stop back then.

Hugs,
Em

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Take five for Endless Wishes

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I truly do appreciate all of you and them!

The card I'm sharing with you today is another Christmas card, this time created with the Endless Wishes photopolymer stamp set from the seasonal catalog from Stampin' Up! It's created using only another four ingredients, so that's where the "Take five" of the post title comes from, although it could also refer to the time taken to create the card, because it's so quick! I've not included the adhesive I've used in the five, because that's a staple item of our crafty stash.

The other four items used are Whisper White and Lost Lagoon cardstock, Lost Lagoon ink and last but not least Basic Rhinestones...

As the name of the stamp suggests, the possibilities with it are endless, here's a look if you've not seen it yet...

To create the card I cut a piece of Whisper White card in half and folded to create the base, then cut the Lost Lagoon and Whisper White for the layers, each a quarter inch smaller than the one below it. I then added the "merry" and "Christmas" to my clear block and inked it up. Luckily before I stamped it, I realized I'd put Christmas onto the block upside down. Oops! I turned it and reinked, then stamped into the center of the piece of card. I then took each of the snowflakes in turn, starting with the biggest and randomly stamped them, or as randomly as I could lol. I matted the layers and then added the rhinestones to the center of each snowflake and as the dot on the i of Christmas.

I love the simple yet elegant look of the card and I will definitely be creating more with this set, after all, the possibilities are endless!

Challenges...
NBUS #2 at djkardkreations - my first time using the stamp set and final entry
AG at Sisters of Craft
#26 AG at Scribble and Scrap
September Linky at DL.ART
#88 AG with a twist at 613 Avenue Create

Sorry I'm a day late showing you that I did, eventually, reach the shoreline on Saturday! The figure in the pic below is one of over 90 life size iron statues along the beach at Crosby. They are all part of the "Our Place" art installation by artist and sculptor Antony Gormley, and were cast from a mold of his body. In case you're wondering, they ARE anatomically correct lol! At high tide, all but those closest to the promenade are totally under water, but as you can see, at low tide they are all visible. I love the way that in this pic the gull is almost posing on the statue's head...

I loved creating today's "Take five" card and if anyone would like to join me in a future "Take five" blog hop, where we'll each create a card using 5 items, plus basics, let me know in the comments or email me.

Hugs,
Em