It's Monday

Therefore it has to be Smudgy Antics day. This week is an "Anything Goes" challenge. For my part I made a card. Using a slightly different from the norm way of with a rubber stamp. Terra, over at the Smeared and Smudged Forum has been showcasing a couple of different techniques using rubber stamps. This one was so super easy that I thought I'd use it for my DT piece this week. If you want to find out how to do this - you'll have to pay us a visit. The technique uses just water, a rubber stamp and toilet tissue. Oh, an d time.
I used the Earth Goddess from the elementals set.
The image went from
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with just a bit of water colour paint.
Is it me? - but like this the valleys look like the raised part!


I made a recess for the image as it is about 5mm deep and I wanted the edges to be protected.
The instuctions for this can be found here at Splitcoast Stampers.


I cut a frame from paper and using just an edge punch went round the edges. The offcut from doing the card were used down the sides. Some webby ribbon, die cut leaves and some dewdrops to finish. I followed the sketch from Midnight Madness for the layout.

Ok guys and gals - get your thinking caps on any come show us your crafty work.
The other DT members have got some awesome pieces to show as well so don't forget to go and see their work.

A couple of challenges I am entering into
Midnight Madness - Their Sketch # 136
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Crazy for Challenges - Fun Folds

Folded Pocket Card

My first official card for Stampin Dymonz Scrap Shack. The challenge is being hosted by Terry this week and the type of card to be made is this - A Diagonal Double Pocket card. They are really simple to make. Split Coast Stampers has a great tutorial.
This one was made with a BoBunny paper that has been in my pile for over a year. Some stick on lace and flowers and brads from stash



The tags made from core-dinations and DCVW citrus stack, embossed. The core-dinations was sanded to reveal the lighter red core.

The stamp is an old one from Daisy and Dandelion

Some matching twine through the copper eyelets.

This all folded in nice and neatly to post

Christmas in Black and Silver

What better way to spend those quiet times of Easter than making a few Christmas cards for the stockpile I will need. There're close to 100 that I will need to make between now and then so felt this would be a good use of my time.
The first two I have are simple in black and silver.
The secret slider was inspired by Tuesday Morning Sketches but I missed the closing for that. These things happen.

First up





















I stamped the tree images over at a friends house so am unsure of the origin. I think they were "stampin up" but forgive me if I'm wrong please.

The others, I picked up in our local knitting shop in the bargain bucket. They are not named.

The snowflakes were stamped and embossed in silver on black c.s. The backing is textured silver card.


Second card
Using the same tree stamp and following the sketch over at Christmas Card Challenges.
Using the off cuts of the card above with some silver ribbon for one layer. Some silver embossed vellum that was a charity shop find. Layered onto some silver flecked black paper, then onto a matt silver C.S. base.
The snowflake is an X-Cut cut and emboss punch. You can just make out the silver peeloff I used that says "Merry Christmas"



















There are a couple of challenges that these fit into
1st Card
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - Fancy Folds
Winter Wonderland Challenges - Silhouette
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Emboss It
Creative Craft Challenges - Embossing

2nd Card
Christmas Card Challenges - Their Sketch