Card Making Challenge #35

Most of the time it is hard for me to get stripes straight. With quite some effort I can say it was a great success. The designer papers are all from one designer paper pad. Love the combination of colours and simplicity of this card:)

inside of the card

back of the card

handmade envelope

based on this sketch.

Recipe:
card stock ~  white, light blue
designer papers
embossing folder
some odd girl clear stamp ~ sentiment
viva las vegas rubber stamp

Direct to paper technique

With this technique I took light coloured card stock and dragged or tapped my ink pads across the card stock. I started with a lighter colour and then added four more colours. The four colours I added are pink, yellow, green and purple. This will be used as a background for my ATC. Accidentally the corners of the ink pads added some circles on the card stock, which is COOL!

I have drawn flowers and a tree branch on the ATC background.

Recipe:
card stock ~ light yellow
card board
ctmh exclusive ink pads ~ blush, sunny yellow, topiary and petal, grey wool
faber-castell pitt artist pen ~  black fine
copic marker ~ black
glue gem ~ red

Mini pocket letter cats

Okay, this pocket letter came out so, so cute! Yes, I will send, because I don't want to start another one😯. It was a challenge and I am afraid I can't come up with another beautiful pocket letter. Enjoy with me:)

Recipe:
card board
card stock ~ pink
designer papers
tissue paper ~ cats
A child's year
Cindy loo
paper punch ~ flower
golden gel medium ~  regular gel matte
faber-castell artist pen ~ black fine
glue gems

Up-cycled card board postcard

It's all card board and some washi.

Mini pocket letter White

Yes, all pieces are in white:)

Gifts

Recipe:
card stock ~ white
cutting dies
su flower paper punch
embossing powder ~ white
copic markers
whiff of joy rubber stamp ~ flower girl
dovecraft clear stamp  ~ cupcake boutique
digital image
glue gems

Mini pocket letter Black

Recipe:
card stock ~ black
card board
paper ~  black
acrylic stamps
su flower punch
die cut ~ music note
embossing powder ~  black
copic marker ~  black
glue gems ~ chinese lamp

Mini pocket letter Butterflies

Recipe:
designer papers
wooden embellishment
handmade embellishment
handmade swap cards
cutting dies
su flower rubber stamp
su flower punch
butterfly paper punches
masking tapes
glue gems

Mini pocket letter Birds

A mini pocket letter has three pockets. So I cut the pocket sheet with nine (9) pockets on the two seams, which gives me three parts of pocket sheets with each three pockets. Theme: birds.

Recipe:
designer papers
ctmh acrylix stamps
ctmh exclusive inks ~  black, blush, sunkiss yellow
handmade embellishment
cutting dies
su flower rubber stamp
su flower punch
su label punch
butterfly paper punches
washi tapes
masking tapes
paperclip ~ music note
brad ~  silver
glue gems

Profile Postcard

What I choose from my partner's profile is her motto: "Wish it, dream it, do it!!".

I agree with her motto, but I know that in this system of living, which is created with a certain purpose, a lot of people can wish, dream, do what they want, but they will not succeed, just because of this system;)

Yes, we have to go on, so wish, dream and do! Wishing and dreaming is a world of freedom, so I expressed freedom on this postcard. I used mixed media, without a lot of thinking, without limitations and rules.

Now, here's my profile postcard for Dee (South Africa).

Material:

card board

card stock ~ beige

pieces of handmade papers

brother scan n cut

dark room door rubber stamps ~  mail art

crafter's companion rubber stamps ~ journal jottings
crafter's companion rubber stamps ~ walls and corners
ctmh exclusive inks ~ black

finecolour multiliner

unisigno ball white gelpen

embossing powder ~ black

Put a "heart" on it

Materials:
patterned papers
rubber stamp ~ winter bird, owl
cutting die
copic markers
memento ink ~  black
ctmh exclusive inks ~ blush

Bright and colorful hand drawn ATC

I have to create one hand drawn ATC. The only requirement is it must be bright and colourful. I used copic markers. I have to say that I love the finecolour markers more than the copic markers, because they are very juicy and have a wide range of nice colours:) I also used my finecolours pigment liners (0.2, 0.5 and brush). These finecolours pigment liners are awesome. I had no smearing at all! I finished the ATC with my uni-ball signo white gelpen. This ATC is drawn and coloured on Hema postcard card stock.

Well, I have made a terrible mistake yesterday and enclosed the small envelope in which I tucked this ATC in, in another package that I had to send. So a company will receive this ATC. They will wonder what the hack to do with this piece. Will they see it as art? I have no idea;)) But I don't think I will receive this ATC back:( I did sent them an email in which I ask them to send the envelope back. Will they do that? Another no idea, here:)) I created another ATC, just like this one, but as you know: no handmade piece is the same. I will add pictures of the ATC I had to remake to this blog post tomorrow.

The remake: