New Cards

Some cards I made recently with some new rubber stamps and some of the lovely Tim Holtz Distressed Ink Pads - why didn't I buy these sooner, they are so wonderful to use and give fantastic effects.
























Cute and fun *fat cat* card!





















"New Baby" card, image from one of Joanna Sheen's cd's, stamped monogram using some lovely new stamps I recently bought which are completely interchangeable and great for these little monograms. I used a scallop edged die in my cuttlebug to cut a silver background to mount it on and I am really pleased with the effect - apologies for the flash flare!

Gothic Arch Challenge

This weeks challenge was 'Grunge'. Not something I'm used to doing so this made it a real challenge for me. I used some fine, corrugated card from the inside of a cracker packet for the background which I dabbed over with some Adirondak Paint Dabbers. It was too dark for my plan so I 'lightened' it up by covering it with a layer of tissue paper which did the trick! Next I used some of Tim Holtz' grungeboard shapes for the door hinges and the skull image which I painted with the dabbers again, highlighting them with some gold also. The wording was inspired by one of my son's books on Pirates which I thought went well with the image I chose, lol. All in all, I am quite pleased with my arch, the first I've done in a while now and can't wait for next Sunday for the next challenge now!