Sending warm Wednesday fuzzies!

Morning all,

Hope your week is coming along well.

I've a couple of cards to share with you today, the first was made as a kind of get well card, I had intended to send it to a pal but .... one of my friends bought it first.

My card

And a closer view of the image

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White C6/A2, 250gsm, card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit and a scallop edged piece of kraft card, to mat
• House Mouse image (a recent bargain at around 1.75) stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink
• Derwent coloursoft pencils to colour
• Hero Arts sentiment stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink
• Quickie glue pen used on the "sand" and then gold glamour dust liberally sprinkled, allowed to dry and the excess shaken off and returned to the pot - for next time!

I'll be entering the above for the following challenges:-

1. Crafty Sentiments - November 7th challenge - ANYTHING GOES
2. Through The Craft Room Door - November 7th challenge - ANYTHING GOES
3. House Mouse - challenge No. 253 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Dream Valley - challenge No. 167 - ADD A SENTIMENT

And the polar opposite of warm fuzzies? A Christmas card!

My card

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of the envelope

Materials used:

• White C6/A2, 250gsm, card and  matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit and one piece of navy card to mat
• Snippets of card in white, navy and turquoise dotty DCWV card (from the rockstar stack)
• Art Impressions (SCO738, by Hampton Arts) image stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink
• Sentiment from the same set stamped using Versafine onyx black ink and the snowflake using Versafine majestic blue ink
• Derwent coloursoft pencils used to colour, blended using gamsol and a paper stump
• Stardust stickles to accentuate and a Tsukineko gelly roll white gel pen to highlight the dots on the DCWV card layer

I'll be entering the above for the following challenges:-

1. A Snowflakes Promise - challenge No. 45 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
2. The Holly and The Ivy - challenge No. 18 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
3. Ike's World - challenge No. 101 - ANYTHING GOES WITH TWIST "LET IT SNOW"
4. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - challenge No. 1745 - ANYTHING GOES

And now for an anniversary card, a friend has asked me to make a few anniversary cards for her, I like to give her choices so although she only asked for three I thought I would make more ..

My card

And a closer view of the sparkle

 

The front, back and inside of the card along with the front and back of the envelope

Materials used:

• White C6/A2, 250gsm, card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit and one piece of maroon (Recollections) card cut to mat
• Paper Artsy (ETS04) image stamped using Ranger Archival vermilion ink
• Stardust stickles to bling up the image ... Wink of Stella clear glitter brush pen used to bling up the image on the inside of the card
• Hero Arts sentiment stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Cards und More - challenge No.197 - ANYTHING GOES WITH RED
2. Unicorn Challenge - challenge No. 27 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Crafting From The Heart - challenge No. 182 - ANYTHING GOES