Snowy Winter Scenes

 Both these cards have been made using 6x6 card blanks. For the card to my right, I have cut an aperture in the front using a Spellbinders Circle die. I have then used a snowflake frame die from Memory Box to create an intricate border to the edge (cut from mirror card). The inner circle panel has also been framed with a Spellbinders Scalloped Circle die (again in mirror card) to continue the theme. I have created the scene from a Hobby Art Scene-It collection called Country Scenes. I have coloured the edge and sky of the image with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to give a frosty feel, and then used a muted colour palette of Promarkers to shade the scene. Glitter has been added on the edges of rooftops. The sentiment is also from Hobby Art - part of the Penguins set.

This card is much the same, this time playing with my Sue Wilson dies from the Californian Collection. I have cut the aperture using a basic shape and then created a frame with one of the co-ordinating decorative frame dies. Again I have used the Scene-It set to create a similar picture, extending it slightly to fit the die shape. Both simple cards, but I quite like them.

Posted Penguins!

These two little chaps are from the Hobby Art Penguins Christmas stamp set. I was inspired by one of their gallery posts and decided to make my own take on it. The card to the right has been made using the penguin stamped on Neenah Card and coloured using Promarkers with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink in the background. The papers are from the Craftwork Cards Christmas Post collection along with the flower and sentiments used. To create the opening I have taken a circle die, placed it on my chosen section and cut from the middle to the outside several times. I then cut halfway down each of the torn segments and then folded them back. The coloured image was attached behind the created aperture. I have used Glossy Accents on the stamp and some ribbon from my stash.

This is a slightly simpler version, same stamp and papers, this time also using an embossed sentiment from the penguin set. I have also coloured the back of the torn section here, as it looks more like brown paper this way. I love the look in his eyes!

Crackle Background

Another one of Lisa Baker's class makes here, this time using a technique with Imagination Crafts Crackle Medium. We started with a piece of their panel card designs and covered this with a light layer of crackle medium. This was then dried and a layer of acrylic paint spread in even stokes over the top. Once this was dry it started to crack giving a peeled paint effect. The Indigoblu Poinsettias were stamped on another piece of panel card, embossed and cut out. They were all randomly attached on the page with a sentiment in the middle.

Sparkly Magical Fairies

Here is a card which came about after experimenting with some Imagination Crafts Sparkle Medium. The background card is one of the new Imagination card panels designed by Tracey Dutton (Lavinia Stamps).  You can't really see the outside edges from the photo here, but some gold Sparkle Medium has been used around the edges to add some background sparkle. The flowers have been added using a Creative Expression mask with Sparkle Medium directly on top. I decided to play with different colours so have used Champagne, Lavender and Turquoise, attempting to spread them in stripes. The sentiment is one I found recently and is from Quietfire Designs. The fairies are, of course, from Lavinia Stamps. I rather like the effect, although maybe I should calm down a little with the colour mixture! I am going to enter this into this month's Imagination Crafts Challenge is 'Anything Goes'.