Kissing card ...

... no, not that kind of kissing - the stamped kissing technique. Creative sketches 44T technique challenge this week is 'kissing' - if you haven't come across this before you will find a link within the post at Creative sketches and if you Google you will find quite a few YouTube tutorials. I decided to join in this challenge, but, as you will see further down, this first card isn't for that after all.

I spent quite a time on this card, trying it out on rough paper first and then having to bin my first effort. Eventually, after having a lovely inky time I produced this card by inking the oval with Brilliance galaxy gold, inking the PM sunflowers stamp with memento rich cocoa and kissing this on to the oval. I then poured over detail clear powder and heat embossed. I chose the sunflowers stamp for this week's 'sunflowers' challenge on Inspiration Avenue.

As I was wanting to link this for Charisma 33: negative space (no more than a third of the card to be filled), I didn't add anything more to the card.

This is also for:

Freshly brewed 61: emboss it

CAS-ual Friday 16: CAS that features embossing

Having done all this, I then suddenly realised that the challenge on Creative sketches wasn't just to use the kissing technique, but, of course, to follow the given sketch.

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So I made another kissing technique card using the sketch this time:

This time I inked up a Laura Ashley stamp with Brilliance galaxy gold and a little flowery stamp with memento rich cocoa, kissing these together, stamping and heat embossing with detail clear - I masked with a post-it note and repeated this twice more. I then stamped and embossed a little swirl stamp and the sentiment with rich cocoa.

You can't see the sheen of the embossing on this because it's a scan, but it shows the card a bit better than a flash photo in artificial light.

So I got there in the end with a correct entry for Creative sketches CS44T.

So this second card is also for:

Freshly brewed 61: emboss it

Just some lines: embossing

Mark's finest papers speedy the cat 69: emboss it

Craft room: masking

Eye candy magic: masking

Dezinaworld: golden

Ooh-la-la 87: no backing paper

Challenge up your life 50: no patterned paper

Little miss muffet 16: multiple images

Stampin' sisters in Christ 103: try something you might have been afraid to try before now - new technique

Woodware USA 40: try a new technique

Phindy's Friday 69: something new - new technique

Paper creations ink 7: show us your flowers

Sisterhood of crafters: flower power

Polka doodles 33: single layer

Digi doodle 73: anything goes

Aud sentiments 35: anything goes

Nadia's challenge 12: anything goes

Stamp insanity 73: anything goes

Paper crafting journey 17: anything goes

Paper playtime 53: anything goes

Lothian crafts 17: anything goes

AiFactory: August anything goes

Make it Monday 51

Inspire me Fridays 20

WOYWW 116

It's Wednesday again and that means it's WOYWW time - if you don't know what I'm talking about (is there anyone left who doesn't know?) just click on the link.

Mum bought me a Hougie board for part of my birthday present (well, to be truthful, I ordered it and she paid for it).

So far I've experimented with making rosettes. I need to make three large ones for a commission. I started with the small blue one, which was easy to make, but discovered that to make anything bigger I needed to prepare two strips and put them together - the pink one is about 6 inches across.

Thanks to all WOYWW-ers who left me comments last week. I tried to get round to everyone - managed to comment on lots, but apologise if I didn't get to all. I can't guarantee I will this time, but I'll try.