Christmas Greetings

Hello everyone...hope you are having a wonderful Sunday!!!

I made a card for the Featured Stamper Challenge today on Splitcoast. The featured stamper is none other than Riley (DancerRiley) and oh my, what a fabulous gallery!!!! After cruzing Riley's gallery for quite a while, I went back to page one and her beautiful Holiday Greetings card. I kept the same Christmas theme, the three ornaments, and the same colors. I changed the stamps, layout, and instead of bows, I added snowflakes.

This is also for the Basic Grey Challenge to use red, blue, and green on a card. The sketch I used is from the Sweet Stop Sketch #26 challenge blog. The twist for this challenge is to use something recycled. I pulled the snowflakes off another card so they are used and slightly abused!!!

Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts
Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Old Olive, Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses dp
Ink: Bravo Burgundy
Accessories: Felt Snowflakes, Candy Dots, Ribbon, Nestabilities, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for visiting today...now I'm off to make a few more cards before DH gets home!!!

Featured Stamper #90

Today's Featured Stamper on Splitcoast is Kay (Speedystamper). She has a fabulous gallery with hundreds of gorgeous cards to choose from. After spending hours looking at her designs, this is the one I decided to case.
I stamped this adorable Penny Black stamp with Memento Black and colored with copics. The sentiment is from a Sparkle Clear Hero Arts set called Merry Always. The set came with red and green rhinestones...such a deal!!!
I kept the same basic layout and the red and white color combo. I added the blue, changed the theme, and added the ribbon.
I better go get ready for church...thanks for stopping by! Later today I will upload the project I made at my DD Holly's yesterday.

Oriental Silhouette

The Ways To Use It challenge on Splitcoast today is to use silhouettes. I am soo excited because silhouettes are one of my favorite techniques!! You can use almost any solid stamp and several different techniques to achieve the silhouette look. Some of my favorite techniques include:

1. Stamp inage with black craft and emboss with clear ep

2. Stamp off the image a couple of times to create a shadow effect

3. Stamp and emboss on glossy paper and then use the brayer to add color over the image

4. Use crayon resist technique to color images and then add color over the top

5. Emboss image with white ep on dark cardstock

6. Stamp image directly on designer paper

I hope I have given you a few ideas to stir your interest!!

I did a quick card for this challenge..the Hero Arts image was stamped with Memento Black ink onto Whisper White cardstock and layered with Prism Papers and black cs. The flowers on the Oriental background paper match the flowers in the stamped image almost perfectly. After I uploaded this card to Splitcoast, I trimmed the ribbon tails back a little and took the picture again. I'm much happier with how it looks now. Thanks for coming to visit!! Stay tuned for another Halloween card!!