How long have you got. I've got a wish list that's way longer than the traditional three - starting with more time. Today's Alphabet Challenge allows you to make 'whatever you wish'. It's probably a good job as February is heavy for birthdays and I am working such long hours at the moment that I could combine this challenge with a card I really needed to make. I think I've mentioned before that Will's step mum volunteers for Cat's Protection and loves her moggy's to bits. When I saw the Laurel Burch cat stamps I had Viv in mind as I bought them. I adored colouring him and making the messy, throw everything at it background. It's so not my style but I had such fun. I've only just managed to get the ink off my fingers.
I used distress inks of various shades on the background and sprayed it with water. I then flicked some sparkle from a spectrum noir sparkle pen before adding my stencilled texture paste. I added embossing powder to the texture paste and heated it to give a sort of bubbled texture (it's not really clear in the picture). I then added my cat - isn't he handsome - and a bit of bling. I then ran out to the car to meet her at the pub for a birthday lunch. Did I mention I was short of time at the moment.
Anyway, I'm sure you have lots of wishes to fulfil our criteria. I'd love to see what you create.
Thanks for reading.
Love Dawn x
Morning all. Are you ready for a new Make My Monday Challenge. This time we want anything but a square card. This makes it a real change for me as square is my go to shape (with the occasional rectangle for variation). I wanted to move away from normal shapes altogether and go with something totally different. To make my card base I chose my largest sort of semi-circle die and stuck it to a card base before cutting around to get the card blank. I inked it up with worn lipstick and spun sugar distress inks and splattered it a bit with water. The cat stamp is a new one that I had to have when I saw it. It's a Laurel Burch design from Stampendous. I loved the images but I'm a bit intimidated by the bold colours she uses. The stamps came with a stencil so I added texture paste to my blank and used enchanted gold embossing powder over it. When you do it with texture paste it bubbles when you heat set it and I love the effect.
I have a crazy cat lady best friend and this will be going to her for her birthday. She loves red so that was my main colour choice.
It's not my usual style but I love how it turned out and I will be using the stamp set much more now I've coloured it once. Besides, I have a crazy cat lady mother in law with a birthday in February. She's gonna love this stamp set.
Please pop over and have a look at the DT Inspiration. There are some beautiful projects to inspire you.
Thanks for reading.
Love Dawn x
