Purple and gold winter scene

I saw a gorgeous design on Instagram where Seedless Preserves and Antique linen distress inks together with gold where used to create a winter scene. I had to try it out.

Panels are first stamped with different tree stamps that I had in my stash. The one on the left is done with small trees from Majestix. They are all heat embossed in gold. One side is done with second generation stamping so that it would give the effect of "trees mirrored in water/ice".

I then used distress inks to sponge the panels. I really had to work it to get the color as deep as possible.

The penquin is heat embossed in gold and then colored with distress inks.

I also used some chunky gold embossing powder to create the splatter effect.

Hang in there birthday card with sloths

Finally got about to coloring this cute miniset from Lawn Fawn with the sloths. So adorable. The images are colored with Zig clean color real brush markers. I find it so hard to color a larger area, like the body of the sloth, getting the blending right. Need to practice more I guess. I got some texture in the body by simply spraying it a bit with water and dabbing it off.

The background is ink blended directly on the white card base. Then I also stamped with a Majestix stamp, a leaf branch with the same color distress inks as I used to blend (Cracked pistachio and Twisted citron). That last color is a late addition to my collection. Loving it.

The panel is die cut with an MFT stitched rectangle and then it's popped up with foam tape. The sloths are also mounted with foam tape.

Challenge
Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything goes

Flower wreath with Majestix stamps

Couldn't really get enough of stamping with my new Majestix stamps so here is another card with a different design. Not a full wreath, just a C-shaped one. I used distress inks to stamp (it works surprisingly well) in the colors of:

• Shabby shutters
• Bundled sage
• Mowed lawn (just a few sprigs)
• Victorian velvet
• Dusty concorde
• Hickory smoke (just a few sprigs)

Shabby shutters and Bundled sage make the most beautiful leaf colors. Victorian velvet seems to be the perfect color for the clover flower.

The panel is diecut with the largest of the Lawn Fawn stiched rectangles. Just missing a sentiment, probably going to put "Happy summer" in there, and then we're good to go.

And finally, the thank you cards were done

I spent some time making thank you cards to my children's daycare teachers and here is how they finally came out.

The two on the left says that says "Kram" simply means hugs. The dies are from Rox stamps and Gummiapan. They're made with Cardio flower stamps. I actually stamped with Distress inks and it worked great.

The one in the middle is the cutest little elephant from My favorite things. The paper is Lawn Fawn rainbow plad.

In the top right I used a Lawn Fawn stamp set, Mom+me, and did a lot of masking to get all the "kids" in there. Colored it with Zig clean color real brush markers.

And the last one on the bottom right is a background stamp from Hero Arts, I think, white heat embossed with distress inks in Seedless preserves, Wilted violet and Shaded lilac. The sentiment is a Lawn Fawn die, stacked three high.