Flourishes!

Here is my contribution for this week at Theme Thursday which is all about flourishes.

For my flourish I have used a cuttlebug die, German Scraps wings and border.  Image is a freebie from Shabby Chic Papirskatter.

Thanks for looking have a wonderful day.

Karen

Adding Dimension!

Over at Just Add Ink this week their challenge #5 is all about adding dimension.  I have been wanting to make the mini pizza box from Splitcoast Stampers for ages.  So I did.  I have used mainly Stampin up products.  The box is so versatile you can use it hold a  small gift or a set of cards.  I am going to be using it with chocolates as a special thankyou.  The hand rolled roses are from the Kaiser blog.

Stampin Up producs:

cs                Tempting Turquoise, Pink Passion, Green Galore

dsp              Raspberry Tart

ink               Purely Pomegranate

stamp          Short & Sweet

Prima:          Rose leaves, pearls & flourish

Ribbon

I had lots of fun playing along,thanks for looking.  Have a great day.

Karen

Gothic Girls!!

Here is my entry for Theme Thursdays challenge for this week girls.  I had lots of fun with this using bleach and twinkling h2O's again and two more recently acquired Stampotique girls: Girl with a heart purse and Gooseneck together with Moth Fab.

Thank you for dropping by and having a look.  Have a wonderful day.

Karen

Gothic Arches - challenge 1!

At Inkurable Stampers this year they are running a Gothic Arch challenge for 2010 and they are being displayed on Flickr The first challenge is butterflies and to use at least 1 stamp.  Here is my contribution:

Items used:

Stamps:    Fancy Pants Designs ~ From the Garden - Butterfly

                  Technique Tuesday ~ Parisian Market - (at top of arch embossed with gold )

Beeswax with Metallic Red Crayon, beads, Gold krylon leafing pen,  wording from Kelsey word sheet #8

butterfly wings ~ dover clipart freebie, image public domain vintage postcard

Thanks for looking

Karen 

Bloom!

Over at Theme Thursday this week their challenge is Flower/s.  Here is my contribution to this theme.

This week for our technique book 3 with Kelsey we worked with Bleach and Twinkling H2O's, so I have used this technique for this challenge.

Ingredients:

Red Bazzill C/S, Bleach, Twinkling H2O's, Cuttlebug die, Stamp It Antique Rose Rubber Stamp, Black Embossing Powder, Gold Krylon leafing pen, dictionary meaning, muslin, antique linen distress ink, gold eyelets.

These are the two ATC's I did in class using the bleach and H2O's:

Unfortunately they haven't photographed very well - will replace them later on.  I normally scan them but it is not working atm.

       

The Stamps used for these are GPP. Black Bazzill CS, Bleach, Twinkling H2O's, clear embossing powder, German Scraps, gold eyelets.

Thanks for looking, have a wonderful day.

Karen