Thank You...Altenew

I had so much fun creating today's card....

I was inspired by The Altenew August Challenge....

My inspiration......

• I was first drawn to the colours which look and feel grungy/retro to me
• The grouping of the elements on Erum's amazing card
• The splats and grungy background
• The stamping of the sentiment straight onto the card

I started with stamping the reverse of some of the Simple flowers heads 

in the stamp set and heat embossing in gold.

Splattering and using Bistre pigment powders against the resist of the embossing.

The leaves are from the Adore you stamp set as I wanted a more open leaf.

Some heat embossed in gold and some in brown archival ink.

I had so much fun using my oxides for the first time to replicate the colours,

then stamping and layering the Simple Flower heads.

I finished off with more splats and stamping the sentiment straight onto the card.

The Thank you sentiment is from The Oriental Orchid stamp set....

There is a Thank you sentiment in the Adore set too...

You can never have enough sentiment stamps!!

The strip of gold  washi tape is a nod to Erums new card for the challenge....

Grungy, Retro and a fun couple of days crafting.....

Thank you for the inspiration x

Crafty Hugs xx

Some very kind blog friends and followers have suggested to me 

that I add a 'follow me' by e mail button.

I have hopefully done that...I hadn't realised the significance of that button

Thank you so much x

Challenges I would like to enter.....

The Altenew August Challenge.... Inspiration Photo

You Rock

             Bister's and More.......

I have used Brusho's before but thought I'd give 

Bister's a try to see the difference.

Here is my card

I was inspired by four challenges

Cardz4guyz Challenge-You Rock
Thought I'd do a different angle of the Cue Word/Theme
Update..I am delighted to have been chosen as 
a Top Three for this card from Cardz4guyz-Thank you so much

CASology-You
Simply Less is More-Masculine
That's Crafty-Boys will be Boys

I was enjoying myself so much making this card 
that after I finished, I released it didn't comply 
with two out of the four challenges!
So I re-made it for the two CAS challenges, 
CASololgy and Simply Less is More,
as I still wanted to run with the theme of 
You and a Masculine card and incorporating the Rock

I stamped the main image and heat embossed with black EP.

I then used the Bister powders on top of water, on water colour card.

The sentiment is die cut and layered up over black or white.

I used my dipping pen and white calligraphy ink to hi-light.

The Bisters, in my opinion are pretty much the same 

as Brusho's but more earthy colours and I like them,
although you never get the same twice when you want to re-do your card!

Once I had the idea the card was simple to put together.

I loved how they came out...learning all the time.

Crafty Hugs x