Day 18 - Vintage romance

Hello Everyone,

I hope that this finds you all well today and have enjoyed a lovely weekend.  It looks as if we escaped the snow, for now, thank goodness! 

I have a little romance and vintage on the cards for this project.

The main focal image is a stamp from Joy crafts and I love it. I stamped it onto background paper so that always gives a headstart with your colouring. The ink that I used was momento cocoa as I decided to use pro-markers to colour the rose.  I also stamped the rose several times so that I cut decoupage it with an extra 3 layers. I also distressed the edges of the paper.  The scroll at the back is just some more background paper from the same pad as the stamped image - they are from Paper Artsy. The background embossing is from a Crafters companion folder and the die cut is a marianne.  Grosgrain ribbon and pearls and a little guilding wax here and there finishes this off. I really enjoyed making this and hope that you like it too.

Thankyou so much for popping in and hope to see you again tomorrow.

Bye for now

Jo xx

Week 282 - Cold and Frosty Colours

Hello my Crafty Friends,

Good morning on this chilly Saturday and today we are back with our Allsorts Challenge project and this week our lovely Team member Brenda has chosen ~

Cold and Frosty Colours
and this is what I have come up with ~

It certainly fits the bill with the colour scheme and is suits the weather today also.
The image is a topper from Marianne designs and comes on an A4 sheet with a choice of different images that were all perfect for this project. I covered the image with double sided adhesive and covered it in micro beads (this is difficult to get a good picture of these)
I used Tattered Lace Essential Circles to make the frame around the image.  I cut the Cherry Tree die, again from Tattered Lace, and then sprinkled Stampendous embossing glitter in patches onto the branches and heated it to set.  I also used the glitter on the frame to make this frosty too.
the cardstock was from my ever increasing stash and the woolly hat is a cute felt embellishment that we sell in the shop.  I thought it went well with the theme.
As always the Allsorts Challenge Design Team have come up with some fabulous ideas so take a peek at this at the Allsorts Challenge Blog.
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I hope that you enjoy a lovely weekend and hope to see you again tomorrow.
Bye for now
Jo xx