Another card for CCAYR May challenge: vintage

This is my second design card for Christmas cards all year round May challenge - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

The background paper is an offcut piece of Simple stories '25 days of Christmas' collection 12 x 12 left over from a previous card. I stamped directly on to it using the lovely vintage post card stamp by Stampendous. Ribbon and 3D stickers/sentiments from stash.

This is also for:

Christmas card challenges 21: anything goes
Fab n funky 257: Christmas
Pixie's snippets week 174
Artistic inspirations 129: anything goes with a twist of ribbon
Crafty ribbons 118: anything goes with ribbon
3 girl jam April: anything goes with ribbon
The stamping boutique: ribbon and/or lace
Craft-dee Bowz May: anything goes with a handmade bow
Make my Monday: vintage
Cute card Thursday 371: use a sentiment
Red rubber inspirational 218: the letter S - stamping, sentiment, snow scene
One crazy stamper May: anything goes
The pink elephant 296: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 181: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Sister act 104: anything goes

Christmas cards all year round May challenge: vintage

This is my first design card for Christmas cards all year round May challenge - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

The background is a patterned card by Imagination Crafts on to which I stamped my favourite vintage Santa image, Santa collage by Rubber Stampede and also two Docrafts stamps, inking all of them with versafine onyx black and heat embossing with detail clear powder.

This is also for:

Christmas card challenges 21: anything goes
Fab n funky 257: Christmas
Hiding in my craft room 197: any holiday
Cute card Thursday 371: use a sentiment
Red rubber inspirational 218: the letter S - stamping, sentiment, snow, Santa
Craft stamper make it take it May: take a stamp - anything goes
Creatalicious 74:- embossing
V's sweet 34: emboss it
Sparkle n sprinkle May: anything goes - used embossing powder
One crazy stamper May: anything goes
The pink elephant 296: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 181: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Sister act 104: anything goes

Buckwell Crafts challenge 8: spots or stripes or both

This is my design card for Buckwell Crafts challenge 8: spots or stripes or both. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I've used A Lil Digi Heaven 'beach lounger', kindly supplied by one of the challenge sponsor. Lozzy will also be giving Micro Dots Digi Papers and Checkout Digi Papers to two winners.

Unfortunately, the idea that I had for my card was better in my head than the finished result. I used drawing gun to cover up the image while I brushed Spectrum Noir aqua tints across the piece of card. This is the first time I had used drawing gum, so the result was far from perfect and I'm still trying to get better results with the aquatints ... I should have given myself more time. I apologise to Lozzy and my teamies for my poor effort.

I coloured the image with Spectrum noir pens, including putting the spots and stripes on the beach loungers.

The yellow ink for the sand was mixed with a bit of gold, so in real life there is a lovely shimmer.

This is also for:

Perfectly rustics 46: new technique (using the drawing gum)
Crafty gals corner 17: stripes and/or polka dots
Digi choosday 17: CAS
That's crafty: let's keep it simple
Without words April: under my umbrella
Create something catchy 14: mixed media
Love to create (PanPastel UK) 9: anything creative/mixed media goes
The pink elephant 296: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 181: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Sister act 104: anything goes