Sunday, November 29, 2015

Muse #143 + Simon Says & Colour Me #99

I am having a great crafting weekend with a couple more cards to share this morning.




I've been wanting to use this big & bold Mama Elephant sentiment and when I saw the colors for Colour Me Creative Challenge #99 I decided to make a Christmas card in nontraditional colors. Zig Clean Color watercolor pens were used to color the panel after the image was heat embossed. A splatter of white Color Shine was added after the panel dried and then it was mounted behind an MFT Rectangle Frame.

This card is also being entered in the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge at the Wednesday Challenge Blog.


Simon Wednesday Challenge Blog



This next card was inspired by Tracey McNeely's Muse #143 inspiration card.




This is definitely one of those cards that started in one place and ended up somewhere completely different, but I am really happy with the final result.




As you can see, several elements are used from the inspiration card with a slight twist. I used the same white/gold/red dominate colors with the gold embossing became gold glitter paper and the stamped ornament a die cut shaker forming the "o" in the die cut sentiment.  ETA the ornament is made from the Memory Box Cabrini Ornament die cut three times. I just used scraps to cut the holly leaves & berries.




The shaker ornament is filled with microbeads and course glitter. It is amazing how photographs from different angles highlight different elements in the shaker.




The ornament string is wrapped over the top and adhered to the back of the card.




I hope to have some more crafting time today.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie




19 comments:

  1. Fab cards and can see why you are happy with that shaker card it just gleams !!!x

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  2. Fab cards and can see why you are happy with that shaker card it just gleams !!!x

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  3. LOVE these fuschias and purples, Jacquie! They really pop against the bright white! And your Joy shaker card is adorable as well! Thanks for playing along with us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

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  4. Beautiful card, Jacquie. Love the shaker feature.

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  5. Fantastic cards Jacquie. Love the pink hues with the white heat embossed words on the first one. The shaker ornament looks fantastic on the second card.

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  6. Wow two absolutely brilliant cards. So eye catching. Love that Joy with the christmas ornament for the 'O'.

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  7. Perfection, and an absolute perfect take on our color story! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at Colour Me...! And your gold, shaker ornament is ever so fun!

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  8. Love that you had a crafty weekend--must have been in the air here, because I had one too. Love both of your cards, and especially that first one--so very dramatic.

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  9. wow, these are both terrific. Love the frame around the large sentiment and the second card is just knock your socks off beautiful. Would love to know where you got that ornament and holly die.

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  10. Fantastic - love the blended colour and the fun shaker! Thanks so much for joining us at Muse this week!

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  11. Jacquie both of your cards are just fabulous. I love you Zig watercolouring. I assume you wet the panel after heat embossing? Your shaker is just so feat I e. Thank you for sharing at Muse this week!

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  12. I love your JOY shaker card inspired by Tracey's Muse card; so fun and creative!

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  13. Wow!! Such a beautiful shaker card!! Very pretty!!
    -Berina
    Moxie Craftie

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  14. This is just awesome! I love the shaker and all the shine. Great use of the Muse inspiration piece!

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  15. These are gorgeous, I love that ornament shaker as a part of the sentiment :)

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  16. Merry and Bright is a good sentiment for your first card, Jacquie, and that ornament is so fantasic. I love the gold outline and the holly on top.

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  18. Gorgeous cards! The shaker card is stunning!

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