kwikie kard

ABC Christmas challenge for the letter V is very quick.  I set my timer when i walked into my craft room and from thought to finish this card took 22 minutes.  I don’t know if I could make one faster than that.  I love how the gold splatters brought life to this card.  it tied in the gold ornaments, I think.

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Starry Night

Trying my hand with some oxide inks with brushes.  I used Faded jeans and wilted violet to get a night time effect.  My star is from Prickley Pear and cut out of foil with adhesive on the back.  The sentiment is perfect for this.  Reminds me of the hymn It came upon a midnight clear.  I looked through everything I had for a stamp like that.  I don’t have one. 

This pretty card is being entered into Simon’s Monday Challenge and ABC Christmas Challenge U for Upon.   I should have photgraphed this on a white background but I didn’t realize i had the black there until i loaded it to my computer.  The shimmery layer sits atop a navy blue base.

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cute little critters

Time to blog a bit.  Simon is having Animal Antics
for Wednesday challenge.  I thought it was time to work some more with this Gina K Designs kit Simple Things.  I can hardly take in that this kit was released four years ago.  I would have guessed two years.  Time flies when you’re stamping.
The MISTI makes a wonderful tool for making reverse images one of the coolest features i think, even though it’s not something i do very often.  I also love the big ricrac die from My Favorite Things.  it’s long retired but i love it when i need it.    The background is embossed with clear ink over white pigment.  oops, i grabbed the wrong jar.   
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