Spotlighting a Mother's Day Card

Remember my post about Mother's Day cards for the Troops (pop over here if you missed it) ... well I've been busy making a few.  Here is one that I have made that I combined with another challenge ... the centrepiece is an Artist Trading Card I have entered into a swap with the Art With Heart Team.

 And here are the Trading Cards ready to be posted to the organiser Gayatri ...

The technique used is Spotlighting ... such a simple and effective technique ... instructions can be found here if you'd like to give it a go.  I've used Pixie Pink with Basic Black and Whisper White - great colours together don't you think?

The stamp is from Echoes of Kindness (free hostess benefit set) and the sentiment is from the Saleabration set Whimsical Words .... there's only a couple of weeks left to place a qualifying order to get this FREE set ... check out the brochure here and call me if you want to place an order.

Back in a couple of days with more creations ... and don't forget if you can make a card or two - someone somewhere serving the country would really appreciate it :o)

 

 

Echoes of Kindness and Candle Stamping

Another candle and another technique I had never tried before.  This stamp set is a level II hostess set and it is beautiful.  It isn't something that I would initially pick out of the catalogue but now that I have used it I love it. 

I've stamped the image in black onto watercolour paper and then I've used the marker pens and watercolour brush to fill in the details.  Using a Brocade Blue marker, I have scribbled onto a piece of plastic (the top of the clamshell box that holds the stamps to be precise) and then I've picked up the ink with the watercolouring brush and coloured in the image.  I then got a bit carried away and decided to colour in some white tafetta ribbon with the same Brocade Blue marker to make a matching piece of ribbon - how cool is that!  The Oval All sentiment and scallop punch finished off the card. 

I've then stamped the image onto the candle using the marker pen directly to the tissue paper and finished the candle off with some So Saffron ribbon, some more of that 'homemade' Brocade Blue ribbon and a little sparkle.

Such a beautiful set ... hope the recipient likes them :o)

This set reminds me that the Spring Mini is finishing very soon so if you've been thinking of buying the Oval All or Scallop Oval now is the time ... before it is too late!