Good morning lovely friends. I hope you're doing well and having a great week so far. I am honoured to be a guest chick over at the Krafty Chicks challenge for the month of September and today is my first card for them.
Leanne is our hostess for Week 1 and the theme for week 1 is always Stamp Act - focus on stamping (can also be a digi), so grab your stamps/digis and join in with the fun.
Here is my card:
and a close up of my image:
I began by stamping the image (an oldie but new to me) and coloured him with Promarkers. I don't have the die so I fussy cut him out. I put him to one side and started on a the background. I used quite a few stencils to make my background; firstly I used the watercolor wash free form stencil for the shape and then made some clouds using the mini cloud edge stencil and finally the grassy edges stencil. I also stamped some ground for him to stand on. Surprisingly I didn't add any extra layers to this card. I simply added the background panel to a green card base with liquid glue and then my viking was added with thin foam squares onto the background. The sentiment is also from the stamp set and was stamped in black ink in the top left. No frills or embellishments as I felt it had enough going on.
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Mix It Up challenge - ATG - option make your own background (I used stencils and stamps to create my background)
Little Red Wagon challenge - square or rectangle
Alphabet challenge - L is for literature (inspired by The Vikings by Robert Ferguson)
Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - stamp it
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - stamp it
Stencil Fun challenge - use stencils option fall
Simply Create Too challenge - use stamps
Just Add Ink challenge - use colours crumb cake/misty moonlight/mossy meadow (or similar)
The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - make a scene
NBUS challenge - using my viking stamp for the first time
Please pop over to the Krafty Chicks challenge blog to get all the details of the challenge and please give some love to the Design Team - Leanne, Melanie, Diane and Lori. I'll be back next Thursday with my card for Week 2 - Christmas.
Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate all your lovely comments.
Love and hugs,
Card ingredients:
MFT - viking
MFT - mini cloud edges stencil
MFT - grassy edges stencil
MFT - on sold ground stamp
Promarkers
Versafine - black onyx ink pad
green card from stash
Cutter Bee scissors (for fussy cutting)
