Silver Ginkgo

At Less is More the Challenge #384 theme is METALLICS.  I do love my IO Ginkgo die which I cut out of heavy card stock 3 times and glued together.  Gave it quite a few coats of silver embossing powder and, while hot, I pressed the die into the hot EP to get this impression.  Then all it took is two circle pieces of Origami and Japanese paper to highlight my metal piece.  Of course I added silver thread and silver beads for interest.

Thanks so much for stopping by HUGz, Joanna

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Color Throwdown #518

Using the Slate Blue, Orange, Brown and White colour palette at the #518 Color Throwdown Challenge, I stamped with some leaves I gathered from my morning walk.  Using brown and blue ink pads, I soaked up the back veins of each leaf, stamped on a separate piece of paper and then kept the ghost stamping.  Then I added brown and orange Brushos which I spritzed with water.  Lots of splatters were also added along with a little diluted Gesso.  I popped the white frame and stamped “smile” in sepia Versafine ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

CAS Santa

A Santa – Embossed card for both CAS Christmas Card & CAS Mix Up Challenges.  I embossed the card base with a Sizzix EF.  The gold foil square frames, the holiday hats and the holiday beards are all from Memory Box.  The beards are heat embossed with WOW white puff EP.  Plus, there is felt trimming on Santas’ gold foil hats.  “Ho Ho Ho !” was stamped and heat embossed with gold EP.

Happy Sunday, thanks so much for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

November CAS Mix Up

Welcome back CAS fans to another CAS Mix Up November Challenge, the theme is  “EMBOSSING FOLDER” hosted by our talented Bonnie.

Using the Penny Black’s Framed Fern, I cut out of an AI left-over scrap from this post.  I adhered the fern onto an embossed textured card stock with the Sizzix 3D cobblestone folder and fussy cut the contour.  The aperture was cut through the card base and textured card stock, using my paper cutter.  The vellum was stamped with the IO crackle stamp, white heat embossed and sandwiched between the 2 layers.  The MFT stitched rectangle frame, cut 3 times, was adhered together to give dimension.

We hope to see you play along with us this month!  Check out the details at the CAS Mix Up blog and visit with the designers to see their incredible creations.  Can’t wait to see what fun you’ll have once you post your savoury creations in our gallery.

This second bonus card is the negative of the first.  I die cut foliage branches in vellum, which I dry embossed with the Swiss Dots folder, and some of the left AI card stock.  Hello was stamped in black Versafine ink.

Thanks for stopping by, HUGz,

LIM #383

The Less is More Challenge #383 wants dimension.  So I die-cut and layered this lovely Alexandra Renke Magic Poppy, 4 times, in red card stock.  Then I filled the apertures with molding paste, added ruby red EP and heat embossed while still wet.  The final white die-cut was heat embossed with Glitz EP and pasted over top.  This is for a special friend who just retired so I added beads and flower sequins.  The sentiment “Une Pensée pour Toi” (A thought for you) was stamped in smokey grey Versafine.

Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

Deep Red Poinsettia

Another Christmas card 😛  to the CAS(E) this Sketch #295 Challenge.  I used cream coloured card stock to which I edged with a a Gummiapan stax square old paper die.  Yup “square“, so I cheated a little 😉 to keep the rectangle shape.  I took out my old paper crimpler, remember that thing?, to work the left upper corner after gold heat embossing with an IO script stamp.  The deep red poinsettia is a Tattered Lace die cut, the stamen was heat embossed in antique white …to match the paper.  A ruby coloured rhinestone along with gold thread were added to embellish.  This panel was matted to a deep red card stock.

Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna

 

Autumn Mushrooms

Playing with the Color Throwdown #516 palette of Dark Teal, Rust and and Cream along with Amy’s beautiful Sketch at the Freshly Made Sketches # 360 Challenge.  Some cream coloured card stock using a MFT scalloped frames for the interior rectangle.  The oval was torn from Japanese paper and stamped with rust coloured ink and a Stamplorations Mixed Media  Grunge stamp.   The Alexandra Renke mushrooms were die cut, heat embossed with a teal EP and the rust specs were added to finish.  An eyelet was painted in the rusty colour along with copper thread.  That’s my take on these two challenges.

Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna