The first card is a Thanksgiving card for the challenge over at my ol' alma mater - Words 2 Craft By - where they're looking for Autumn cards inspired by the following quote:
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
I used Ranger Texture Paste and a great leaf motif stencil from Catherine Pooler for the background. I wanted to add some random color to the leaves, so after it dried I dabbed on some different Memento ink colors. The sentiment is from The Stamps of Life layered on a vellum shadow. I have to say this was really fun and really messy at the same time!
My second card is Christmas-themed for the current challenge over at Shopping Our Stash where the theme is "That's Sketchy." You can use any sketch you'd like so I based my project on The Paper Players sketch challenge from last week:
On a Gina K. Ivory card base, I layered a scrap of woodgrain DSP from Authentique's "Smitten" paper pack. The die cut banner (MFT) was also a scrap from that same pad (which is for Valentines Day...shhhh). The Tim Holtz reindeer was layered over the Gina K. sentiment. A little snippet of red/black ribbon tied with May Arts black twine and some MME black enamel stars finished it off. I really liked Claire's sketch and know I will use it over and over!
Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a terrific week ahead!
