Eclipse Card

A second post from me today, so please scroll down to see my earlier post.  I have continued to multitask, crafting and watching England play football.  Phew!.... what a tense game at the end.

I saw the Eclipse card that Val put on her blog today HERE and decided to have another go using this technique.  I've only made one Eclipse Card before and that was HERE in 2017, so it was about time I tried it again. Back in 2017 is was often called Hidden Word, Camouflaged Word or Steganography, but the same technique now seems to be called Eclipse.  A friend celebrates her birthday this week, so this will be for her.

 

The patterned paper was from The Range.  I used a preloved Happy Birthday die a bought a while ago.  There was no packaging, so I'm not sure of the brand.  I put tiny foam pads of the back of the die cut to raise it up.  I felt the card needs something extra, so I punched out a few flowers for the corners.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #722 ~ All Occasions

Poppies

I've been multitasking this weekend, with a small craft table set up in front of the television so I can craft and watch the football (soccer) at the same time.  I have a growing box of part finished projects, stamped images and die cuts which I decided I should start using up. This image was coloured up ages ago and I thought it was about time I used it on a card.  

The stamp is one of my favourite poppy stamps,  a stamp from the Hero Arts 'Delicate Blossoms' set. The image was coloured with red Promarkers and a sparkly green pen.  I layered the image and the panel of patterned paper on black mats.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up ' Best Year set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne'.  Three black flower gems finished off my card.

I am joining in the following challenges:

We Love Stamping June Challenge ~ Fabulous Florals

Stamping Sensations June Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge ~ Fabulous Flowers

My Time To Craft #537 ~ Summer Florals

I Spy With My Little Eye Challenge #16 ~ Something Blooming Lovely

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge ~ In the Garden

Allsorts Challenge ~ Way to Grow

A new Allsorts Challenge begins today and Gail has chosen the theme 'Way to Grow'.  How will you interpret this theme?  Gardens/plants/children..... or something else?  As always, there is also the 'Anything Goes' option.

The image and sentiment are Bugaboo digistamps, which are sadly discontinued.  I coloured the image with Promarkers and added a little colour to the sentiment panel.  The dotty background paper is from The Range.  I die cut a Memory Box 'Fairytale Flower Border' in white, snippeted in half to fit, and coloured it with Promarkers, using the colours I'd used on the image.

Prizes from Highlight Crafts,  AALL and Create and Stampendous

I am joining in the following challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge ~ In The Garden

Make My Monday Challenge #228 ~ Outdoor Summer Fun

Sweet Stampin' Challenge ~ Fabulous Flowers

My Time To Craft Challenge #537 ~ Summer Florals

Christmas Gingerbread Man

I had an exciting evening yesterday..... photos at the bottom of this post.

A Christmas card today to join in with a few challenges.  The Rudolph Days June Challenge begins today which means it's only six months until Christmas. 😲

 

The Crafter's Companion 'Jolly Gingerbread Man' is one I won in the Snippets Playground Challenge and I used it for the first time today.  I used brown textured card for the gingerman and attached it onto a Sizzix 'Stitched Oval' die cut  I used the die again in black, white and red card and inlaid and the little pieces.  I wasn't sure what to do about a sentiment, so I decided to emboss the cream background with an Apple Blossom 'Merry Christmas' embossing folder.

Everything apart from the card base was snippets, so I'll be sharing my card over in the Snippets Playground.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Rudolph Days June Challenge 

Snippets Playground Challenge #483 ~ Use Snippets

NBUS Challenge #63 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (Gingerbread Man die)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge # 165 ~ Anything Christmas Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #724 ~ Christmas / First Christmas

Moving Along with the Times Challenge 167 ~ Early Christmas

So, yesterday evening I was finally able to use my Balloon Flight voucher.  The last date was cancelled at the last minute as the winds suddenly got stronger.  Yesterday was a perfect evening with light winds.