Your Challenge Cards

Good Morning Ladies,

I want to wish you all a Happy Easter, none of us will be spending it as we would choose but we have to make the best of the situation and be thankful for any reason to be celebrating. I hope you all have the best day possible.

You have all created some absolutely amazing Monochrome cards for this weeks Challenge, just look how incredibly talented you are.....

Brenda

Brenda has designed an amazing Monochrome Challenge card for us this week, using the HoneyDoo Paint Splat stamp and that fantastic Stampin Up 'Happy Birthday' Die. 

Brenda's Description:

'' I used the Splat stamps and oxide Wilted Violet ink pad for colour even inking the edge of the Matt. The sentiment is my favourite StampinUp. Easy and simple once I had decided on the design."

Thank you so much Brenda for taking part this week xxx

Sonia

Sonia had designed two stunning cards, I just love the effect you have achieved on your first card, what a stunning colour combination!  Your second card is also amazing, you can't beat the traditional Monochrome!

Sonia's Description:

''For the first card I stamped the ‘Brocade’ background stamp onto Kraft card in brown ink. I die cut the Memory Box swirly flower, Tim Holtz butterfly and  Sue Wilson’s pierced flag in Kraft card. The base of the butterfly and circle it sits on were inked in the same brown ink. Sentiment from LOTV.

For my second card I stamped the ‘Swirl’ background onto white card. I die cut the centre part of the ‘Cannetille Rectangle’ from Amazing Paper Grace in black card, and stamped the LOTV sentiment onto the inner shape of the ‘Brillante Rondelle’ also from APG. I finished it off with two small punched flowers.''

Thank you so much for taking part in this weeks challenge XXX

Janet 

Janet has designed 3 marvellous monochrome cards for this weeks Challenge, the first two using Phil Martin's latest stamps, I have stay Janet that I wasn't really interested in his stamps until you started using them.

Janet's Description:

"My first two are made using the latest Phill Martin stamps. I just couldn't resist these when I saw them demonstrated. The flowers are LaBlanche.

My third offering is made using Tonic dies and Phil Martin backing papers which were launched with his latest stamps"

Thank you so much Janet for taking part in this week's Challenge. XXX 

Karen

Karen has designed an adorable New Baby card to welcome her newest Grandson to the family, I love your design, those Animals are so cute, adding them to the apertures highlights them brilliantly.

Karen's Description:

"I wanted to do something new as Charlotte has seen the other styles I do and I think I used SW Shadow box for Oscar’s This one is using SW New Arrivals and was inspired by a card John Lockwood made".

Thank you so much Karen for taking part in this week's Challenge. XXX

Michele 

Two fantastic cards from Michele this week for the 'Monochrome' Challenge. That die you have usef on your first card is beautiful, so delicately intricate.

Michele's Description:

First card is using Creative Expressions Swirly vine die & the second is using the Happy Birthday edger Die.

Thanks so much my lovely for two fantastic cards XXX

Lilian

Lilian has designed a stunning card for this weeks 'Monochrome' Challenge,  I absolutely love that stamp that you have used Lilian, it's amazing to see how incredible it looks just using one colour of ink.

Lilian's Description:

"Hi, here is my card for this week,
Stamp is romantic botanic from Studiolight.nl
Various rectangle dies
Night of navy ink, pulled out with water brush.
Glossy accents on the main flowers."

Thank you so much Lilian for taking part in this week's Challenge. XXX

Maria

Two stunning cards from Maria for our Monochrome Challenge, yoye cards are so beautiful Maria, I love that die you have used on that first card, frustrating that it doesn't cut properly, can you not contact Spellbinders and get a replacement? Your second card is so pretty with that lace and beautiful flower.

Maria's Description:

Monochrome cards :

One Black and White, used a Spellbinders die. Hopeless to cut with so

it's going in the bin now  

My second card is White and Pink with some contrast coloured flowers

stamped, white ribbon and a pink flower from my stash.

Thank you so much Maria for taking part in this week's Challenge. XXX

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Ladies, thank you so much, you have designed some incredibly beautiful cards.  As the weather turns cooler thank goodness we have our craft rooms to keep our minds from stressing over the news.

I hope you can enjoy whats left of the weekend,

Love & Hugs to all of you,

Sandra

xxxxxxx