The Paper Players - Sketch Challenge

Hello folks,

Here's a simple masculine card for The Paper Players using their current sketch:

 

I can't even remember when I last inked up this WMS set - My Kind of Guy. There's so few good masculine sets and I loved this when it came out. I added a touch of Glossy Accents to my guy's monocle and the debased backgrounds from Altenew. Other than that it's nothing but stamps!

Happy stamping!

Claire

Freshly Made Sketch #519

Hello inkers,

It's been a while since I played along with Freshly Made Sketches but after colouring in this sweet little oldie from MFT's Old Friends using their latest challenge colours, I realised it was just the inspiration I needed:

I white embossed City Block Background against black card stock and added some layered frames and a strip of dp from one of MFT's older patterned paper pads. The sentiment's from Festive Friends.

Happy stamping!

Claire

Fifty and Fabulous

Hello folks,

I've lost count of the number of friends turning 50 this year. Since I live on the opposite side of the world to most of them, I forget that we're all ageing and it's come as a bit of a shock that all the friends I was running around with in my teens, are turning the big 50:

This card was inspired by the pic on The Card Concept but since I've just had a lovely few days away with a friend I seem to have lost all track of time and missed linking up. So, I'm just posting it to Sunday Stamps, having been inspired by their 'split in two' sketch above.  I've used CAS-ual Fridays WTF to get the message across!

Happy stamping!

Claire

January Altenew Inspiration Challenge

Hello again,

Quick post for Altenew's January challenge - my mind's just not on card making at the moment and even with some gorgeous new Altenew goodies I just don't seem to have the mindset to put ink to paper. I did manage to pull this one together though, using their pretty Lotus set. 

I did a touch of stencilling for the background with the Grid Stencil and framed it all with the Simple Frame 3D Embossing Folder.

Happy stamping!

Claire