STAMPlorations ARTplorations Blog Hop - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the STAMPlorations ARTplorations blog hop!  I've got a couple of masculine cards for you today, using the same techniques as yesterday.  The stencil I've used is called Broken Glass.

This was the positive stencil, with a Happy die cut, and a 'birthday' from Sentiment Builders: Happy.

This negative print reminds me of one of those steel structured glass buildings - an atrium or glass dome or something.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for details on the hop and how to win.

Papertrey 8th Anniversary - Take Three

Third and final post for Papertrey 8th Anniversary. This next card is for Challenge 5 - Spring into action - use a stamp set that hasn't seen ink yet and Challenge 7 - Heavy Metal - use only metallics and neutrals.

I've had the robot set for ages and never had the excuse to use it.  I stamped the heart from Wet Paint in his belly and embossed it with silver, and added nailhead for eyes.

This next card is for Challenge 8 - blue ombré:

Washed a piece of mixed media paper with Distress Inks and spritzed, then stamped Larger Than Life wildflowers over it, and mounted it onto white card.

That's all folks (for today anyway!).

One Layer Jingle Bells

Another Christmas card from me.  At this rate, I'll have all my christmas cards done by November - what will I do in December instead of panicking?

I'm playing along with One Layer Simplicity Challenge, where it's Hip To Be Square.  I've used a square card and also drawn a wobbly square around the edges of the card with a Sharpie.  I stamped the bells image first, then the sentiment, then drew in the wobbly square.  I watercoloured the image with Distress Inks and added Wink of Stella to the middle nut/pinecone thingies.  You can just about make out the WOS in the close-up below.

I'm also playing at AAA Card Challenge, Watercolours

and Allsorts, Early Christmas Makes.

Stamps: STAMPlorations Holiday Sketches: Christmas Bells

Wraparound Village

Did you see this card by Michele of I Card Everyone?  I loved the quirky wraparound village and the hidden message dancing over the rooftops, and I had to CASE it.  I used my little houses stamp, masking and repeating across the front and back of the card and coloured them with Sharpies.  The sentiments are from STAMPlorations Sentiment Builders: Christmas and New Year.  I joined the words up with black pen dots.

I'm entering this into Simon Says Monday Challenge - Bold

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

and Allsorts - Early Christmas Makes

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I've got another Christmas card with a tutorial over at STAMPlorations if you fancy taking a look.  Here's a sneak peek.