Chalk Background challenge

Our stamp group challenge this week was to do a background using two background stamps. The first background you stamp using an embossing ink, let it dry. Then using chalks and a cotton ball you add chalk over the background. Then take a second background stamp and stamp over that using a darker ink.

I am going to share the second card I made first because I love how the background turned out on it.

I layered two wreaths on top of one another, the bottom wreath from black and the top from brown card stocks.  The bird is a layered stamp. Added some leaves and flowers.

RubberStampede - Geometric swirl background stamp, Stamped with Versamark then chalked with brown and tan chalks
2nd stamp - Fun Stampers Journey - Canvas prints background stamp, using Memento Rich Cocoa
Memory Box - Grapevine wreath die, cut from Black and Brown card stock
The Greetery - Robin and Wren stamp set
Martha Stewart - Flowers, Leaves and tag punches
Our Daily Bread designs - Mini tag sentiment stamp

My second card I was going for a Christmas theme, and hoping the background would look like a quilt since "Q" is our letter of the month to use.

I used the same swirl background but added a plaid on top.

Rubber Stampede - Geometric Swirl Background stamp, with versafine and then using red and green chalks over it
Stampin up - Stippled Plaid background stamp, with Fired Brick Distress ink
Diamond Press - Christmas stamp, using red berry sparkle pen

I don't have a lot of background stamps but like how these turned out.

I will be linking these with the
Simon Says background challenge

Hope you have fun creating this weekend!

Connie

Country wreath

I am sharing more goodie that came from the thank you calendar of goodies from Crafter's Companion I bought off of HSN on their craft day.  This wreath is so cute and I decided to add along a thank you die cut also that came with the Christmas advent calendar from them too.

This went out to a couple in our church, the husband does a lot of work around our church, right now he is heading up the remodeling of our bathrooms so I used wood for the background. The wreath and the flowers for the wife :)

I thought it still looked to bare so I added the nuvo drops in gold and then decided to add a couple border stickers to give something to the bottom.

Crafters companion - Wreath and thank you die
Punched flowers
Homespun - signature collection paper
Hot off the press - 62 thin line border stickers
Nuvo - Pale gold drops

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Thank you

One of the girls in my card making group sent me a package of goodies and she mentioned she really is curious how I was going to use them.  There were card bases in pinks and purples with matching envelopes, papers, vellum and all kinds of flowers, buttons and other embellishments. I decided to make her a thank you card and show her how I used some of them.

Paper, flowers, vellum from fellow card maker
PPD - Mini Scalloped borders die
My sentiments exactly - Little birdies sentiment stamp
Stickles - Stormy night (flower centers)

The next day I went to clean up my desk to make my next card and I needed a birthday card for one of the ladies in the same group so I decided to use the same papers and goodies to go with a stamp I had.

I used MFT sketch #70. I thought this stamp went well with the tea cup vellum she sent.  That bird gave me some hassles, I wanted to do purples with a yellow belly.  I wasn't happy with my first attempt, I waited until the next day, sometimes things look better the next day, nope not in this case it was still awful, so I tried stamping just the bird portion again and giving it another try, believe me this one was better, but still not happy with it, the inks in my spectrum markers just didn't want to blend or something but it had to go out in the mail so I fussy cut out this bird and glued it on top of the other bird.

I wanted to thank Nette for her comment on my last post, I wasn't able to see a blog to go to.

Mid week already, hope you are all enjoying your week, it is already 81 this morning so it is going to be a hot one today, inside work today it is :)

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Mum Stem

Hero Arts blog is having a sketch challenge right now, I took a look through my stamps and this one was the only one of their's that I have that would fit in this area.  I decided to try my hand at no line pencil coloring. I used Antique linen distress ink for the stamping.

You can find more about the challenge HERE on their blog .

Hero Arts - Florals Mum Stem stamp, colored with pencils
Teresa collins - he said she said paper
Spellbinders - A2 matting basics A and Noble Rectangle dies
Crafters companion - sentiment die
Kaisercraft - pearls

I lost the little dot for the eye so I filled that in with my white pen.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
Praying for our country to heal in every way!

Connie

Celebrate

When going through papers trying to figure out what I wanted to use on another card I came across this paper pack that has great tags and card art included in the pack and I left it out so that the next time I wanted to do a really feminine card I would use it.

I had some background paper that I thought went well with the flowers already on this tag, so I started punching out these flowers.  I added a few stickles (glitter glue) to the center of the flowers. The sentiment sticker was silver so I colored it with a gold pen. Finished it off by adding sequins.

DCWV - The Primrose paper pack
EK Success - Flower punches
Hot off the press - 130 tiny words and phrases stickers, colored w/gold pen
Stickles - Champagne
Sequins

Hope your week is off to a good start, we have been enjoying a wonderful few days with sunshine, just loving it!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie