Black and White at Crafting By Designs

This week at Crafting By Designs we are looking for black and white creations.  Our sponsors our :

The prize is a choice of three digi stamps.

I chose to use the Garden Fairy for my card.

I printed the image onto card and used a fineliner to give it a zentangled look. The flowers were made using an XCUT die with black and white paper.  The sentiment was stamped and diecut before being edged in Black Soot Distress ink. To make the card stand out I edged the whole piece with the Distress Ink before mounting onto card.

I hope to see all your creations too!

I am entering the following challenges:

Get Creative Challenges - Black and White

Crafters Cafe - Things with wings

The Crafting Cafe Challenge

Today it is my turn to share my DT card at The Crafting Cafe Challenge blog. 

This month our fabulous sponsor is The Stamping Boutique and we had the choice of some gret images to work with.

I chose Rocking Horse and came up with this card.

I printed the stamp onto cream card, having recoloured the outline to brown to give it a vintage feel. The backing card was embossed using a folder and I rubbed over the raised areas with a Distress Ink Pad. I used Distress Markers to colour in the image and then diecut it using an X-CUT die.

I created the embellishment using a paper flower, buttons and ribbon. The sentiment is stamped in Distress Ink and mounted onto a die cut.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us at The Crafting Cafe for our Anything Goes Challenge.

You have until the end of the month to enter!

I am entering the following challenges with this card:

Allsorts - Buttons and Bows

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Stampin With the Dragon - Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes

Travels to Venice

My most favourite places in the world is Italy and in particular, Venice. There are a few travel inspired challenges this week so it was a chance to use one of my favourite stamps.

To make this postcard I first embossed it using a Docrafts  / XCut folder. Then I used Walnut Stain Distress Ink to age it. I stamped the Venice image and used a water brush to draw out the colour. I stamped the place names from Crafty Individuals along the bottom. Finally I applied gilding flakes on the corners to decorate. I have to say I am rather pleased with the result! I hope you like it too

Have a great weekend!

I am entering the following challenges

Craft Room Challenge - Wish You were Here Postcard