Christmas Brushos

I went to a craft class last weekend led by Kay Carley and got to play with Brushos and mica powders. The first 3 cards in shades of blue are from the class and the other two I have played with since using Power Poppy stamps. I still need alot of practice but as long as you are prepared to experiment they are great fun!

Thanks for looking and have a great week.

Elephants on parade - oh and a horse or two

Some more CCC15 cards for August. Yes I had a colouring session or two and then found other elephants already coloured.

First off here is another horse pair, this time combined with Crimson Brusho on the card base.

Here are my assortment of elephants

Thanks for checking these out.

MFP June Blog Hop - Farewell and see you in the big stamping world.

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June Blog Hop

This month's new Stamp Set Releases are:

Featured June 23 - Paper Doll Chuck

Featured June 24 - Paper Doll Chuck Formal and Hunting

Featured June 25 - Background Diamonds and Flowers

Featured June 26 - Pots and Vases 2

Please Hop along with us!! You have a chance to win one of these new stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) The winners will be announced on June 26, 2015 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting is Friday June 26, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

This is my last hop with MFP. I joined before it was a Heinrich company so it's been a while. I am sorry to be leaving completely, as this was never my intention. The closing of the FOSTV challenge following close on the heels of my decision to step down from the senior team has led to this place. I will certainly enjoy playing with all the other stamps I have accumulated.

I have added some other cards today to liven up my final MFP post.

 This is my card with today's set using some marbled paper I created some time ago.

 This is my card for F4A278 using Umbrellas and Fans. I used some Birthday wrapping which I saved from March.

This card uses the Calendar set and Brushos with sketch SC545

This is my favourite card this month. I used Huge Blooms with Copics and the sketch SC545.

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Jane

Janine 
Karen
Kren
Lois  
Marilynn

Pam Mc

Pam T 
Pat
Sandy 
Shirley 

Sue

Toni

Vickie

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Enjoy the Hop. Come on back soon to see the next chapter of my creative life!

Brusho Cards

Added these to my Splitcoast Gallery earlier this week but decided as they have had a good number of comments I would share them here too. They both use Brushos - a technique I am still learning.

Christmas Cards in May (just!) - CCC15

I have been beavering away to complete my Christmas Cards for May. My aim was 12 cards a month and so far I am up to date - my commitment to 3 tags a month is sadly not doing so great.

Here are the cards many with Christmas baubles but a few random ones too.

One side

Other side

FOSTV162 - Trifold Cards

This week's FOSTV challenge is to make a Trifold Card. There are lots of tutorials at Splitcoast stampers and I used one from there for this little card. I used Brushos on this and stamps from the Flower Blocks set. The photos show it both closed and open.

The details of the challenge can be found here. Please make a tri-fold card and join us. Don't forget to check out the cards made by the rest of the team.

Have a lovely and creative week.

Good Friday Christmas Cards

Well what else do you do on a grey and wet Good Friday other than catch up on your March Christmas cards?  Yes that is how I spent this afternoon and part of the evening. I started the year well with my CCC15 challenge as far as the cards were concerned but I am now a bit behind and my tags need to progress.

I mostly played with Brushos, need more practice, but I also tried Monday's TLC challenge to just use card.  My card was a lovely pearlescent blue but it doesn't look it in the photo.

I used stamps from Chocolate Baroque and some tree dies on this group of cards.