Mini Car

Welcome to my new follower, Andrea of KandA Creative Moments.

The Male Room challenge is a Theme challenge, 'School Colours'.   I decided to use my university colours of red, black and white to make a masculine card.  At the age of 37 I decided to have a career change and went to university to follow my dream of becoming a teacher.  Four years later, after juggling studying with raising a family, I was qualified and worked in a local Infant school until I retired.  

The Mini is a Tattered Lace die cut.  I used a MB 'Stitched Country Border' die for the red background.  Sizzix 'Stitched Oval' and 'Stitched Rectangle' dies were used for matting and layering.  Three black Card Candi finished off my card.

I am joining in the following challenge.

The Male Room Challenge #68 ~ Theme - School Colours 

HLS August Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

A Black Cat for Good Luck!

Edited: 
After reading Carol's comment, I found this on Google: 
Superstitions centering around the black cat are some of the most well-known and popular superstitions today. It is interesting, though, because the good or bad luck they possess is dependent on where you live in the world. In Britain and Japan, having a black cat cross your path, is considered good luck, whereas if you live in the USA or several European countries, it is bad luck to have a black cat walk by.  

I’ve learnt something new today!

The Poppystamps challenge this month is 'Beyond Borders', to include a die cut, stamped or punched border, as well as using a Poppystamp image.  I decided to use one of my border punches and incorporate it into a little scene for a Good Luck card.

The border punch is by "Make Me!".  I bought it years ago and have never seen it anywhere since then, so it may have been discontinued long ago. I used the punch with brown card, backing the paw prints with black paper before attaching to a rectangle of mottled blue and white card.  The dies I used are Poppystamps 'Picket Fence', 'Antique Lamp Post' and 'Large Walking Cat', Memory Box 'Puffy clouds' and Die-namics 'Fresh Cut Grass'.  I wanted to add a little extra colour, so I added three little pink punched flowers with tiny pearls for the centres.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Poppystamps Challenge #35 ~ Beyond Borders
HLS August Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #332 ~ Sequins, Gems, or Pearls

Gentle Swan

My DH is happily resting this afternoon after completing the Severn Bridge half marathon this morning, so I've crept up to my craft room to play with my new Distress Oxide inks. (Yes....they DO close the bridge to traffic while the runners are running across!)

I made a frame from white linen card using MB 'Stitched Rectangle' dies.  The swan is a MB die, 'Gentle Swan' and I used black and orange ultra fine Sharpie pens to add some detail.   I used three colours of  DO inks, Salty Ocean, Lucky Clover and Faded Jeans for the inked panels.  On the piece inside the frame, I spritzed a Creative Expressions mask, 'Droplets' with water, before laying over the inked card.  For the inked panel at the bottom, I lightly spritzed water directly onto the inked card before die cutting a scalloped edge with one of the MB 'Stitched Country Border' dies. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Memory Box Challenge #27 ~ Go with the Flow - Water Theme 

Country View August Challenge ~ Blues and Greens

HLS August Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
The Crazy Challenge # 255 ~ Inking is fun
Bizzy Becs August Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Christmas in August

The Rudolph Days Challenge is here again, a challenge which runs between the 25th and the end of each month.  This was an easy design for batch making and I made 36 in total, so I'm back on track with my Christmas cards for 2017.

The matt silver frame was die cut with a die from eBay using freebie silver card, layered on a blue rectangle and attached to a card blank. I used one of MB 'Twilight Snowflakes' dies with lots of white snippets to die cut three snowflakes for each card.  The sentiment is computer generated, die cut using the large rectangle part of the frame die and inlaid into the silver frame. 

Half of my cards were same design, but using a pale blue card.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Rudolph Days August Challenge

HLS August Christmas Challenge ~ Anything Goes (Without the Optional Twist)

HLS August Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

CHNC challenge 347 (Without the Option Twist)

CHNC challenge extra for August 2017