Two cards in one day? Pass me a cold flannel!

Ok, so I'm having that last-minute panic before going on holiday.  You know, that moment when you realise that there's only 5 days to go and you still have to: get your hair cut; then dye it; go for a sunbed or two; give yourself a shellac pedicure; go and buy all your holiday essentials - not least of which is some clothes that actually fit; pack the suitcase; print out the tickets; check in online; oh.... and lose 3 stones. 

Ok, so I'm probably not going to manage that last one.  So instead I made another card to cheer myself up.  Here it is:

I used some gorgeous Lavinia stamps; Distress Inks; glittery Wow! embossing powders; and some glitter card, glitter and sparkly gems.  The bright yellow, orange and red Distress Inks were totally out of my normal comfort zone (I'm usually a pinks, purples and blues kinda crafter).  But I actually quite like the effect when using the black silhouette stamp.  So perhaps I'll start to get a bit more experimental with colours.

This card is my entry for the following challenges:

Lavinia - Add Some Glitter Challenge

Pan Pastels - Bold and Bright Challenge

Polkadoodles - Fun in the Sun Challenge

Thanks for looking!

Lori
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The non-Christmas-stamped Christmas card

When faced with a challenge to make a Christmas card using only Indigo Blu stamps, my first thought was "Yippee!  An excuse to buy some new stamps!"  (As if I needed any encouragement!  LOL!).  But then I reminded myself that I'm going on holiday shortly, so giving in to my stamp-buying urges was not something I should be doing.

So I got a bit creative and came up with this:

I first stamped onto Indigo Blu's gorgeous white card in Versamark, using the beautiful swirly ends of Indigo Blu's "Juliet" stamp, and embossed in clear WOW! powder.  I then ran the card through the Grand Calibur using a snowflake embossing folder.  I then blended Distress Ink around the edges of the card to help bring out the snowflake embossing.  A quick wipe with a piece of kitchen roll removed the blue ink from the clear embossing to make the swirls really stand out.

I used the same effect on the tree shape (which was just drawn onto white card and cut out by hand).  Add a bit of glitter card and sparkly gems - and voila!  It feels very weird making Christmas cards when I've still not had my summer holiday.  But I guess it's good to get started early and avoid the last-minute panic (which is what happened last year, and I ended up giving some people *shop bought cards*.  Oh, the shame!).

So, this card is my submission for the following blog challenges:

Indigo Blu - Christmas in July

Craft Stamper Magazine - Take It, Make It Challenge

WOW! Embossing Powder - Monochrome Challenge

Thanks for looking!

Lori
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