Clematis Flourish

I made this card following the sketch for Indigo Blu's challenge blog.  This was the sketch:

And my card:

I used Worn Lipstick Distress Ink for the background, with a bit of Vintage Photo and Evergreen Bough on the corners to give it a bit more of a 'distressed' look.  I stamped with a bit of bubble wrap in Evergreen Bough on the background for the same effect.

The green piece of card is made using Evergreen Bough Distress Ink with Indigo Blu's 'Floral Swirl' stamp done in gold embossing powder over the top.  The made image is stamped using Indigo Blu's 'Clematis Flourish' stamp which I coloured in using my new favourite craft item, Spectrum Noir blending pencils.  The background of my main image was created on my Gelli plate, it doesn't show up well in the photos but I used Worn Lipstick distress ink with Old Paper over the top, I scrunched up a piece of paper and pressed it into the Gelli plate before taking the Old Paper ink off so it left a bit of a pattern on the card.

I used some Creative Expressions bakers twine tied into a bow at the corner with a flower made from Tonic Petal Pairs punches in the center.  Finally I finished the card with a few pearl gems in the top corner. 

I am entering this card into Indigo Blu's Challenge 20 : A Sketch

Wedding Card

I've missed blogging since I stopped earlier this year so have decided to restart my blog.  I'll start with some of the cards I made over summer, I didn't end up taking pictures of many but I'll share the ones I took photos of.

My sister got married at the end of August, this is the card I made for her:

I used Sheena Douglass' church stamp from her 'A Little Bit Sketchy - Believe' set.  I embossed the church using silver embossing powder.  I used Spellbinders 'Majestic Labels 25' to create a frame to go around the church.  I backed the frame onto some silver Mirri card and cut out the middle so the corners had silver behind.  The swirls are from a Memory Box die.  Finished off with a sentiment from Lili of the Valley.