FOSTV80 - Monochromatic Cards

Hello - sorry to be late posting today.  Many of you know I am looking for a new job well today I had to go to the Job Centre so this morning I have been rather pre-occupied.  I am looking for a morning role so I can do Maths Tutoring in the late afternoon and evenings.  Somehow I will need to slot my card making in there too!

This week is a busy week for Marks Finest Papers.  It is blog hop week as well as our normal challenges.  Friends of Speedy TV have quite a "soothing challenge" this week - Monochromatic cards.

I have two cards to show you today. 

The first one in shades of brown uses Marsh Silhouettes and the new dragonfly mini set being launched this week.  The sentiment is from Hum Along.

My second card with a more wintry feel uses Tree Greetings,  Winter Scenes and for the sentiment from Ice and Snow.

I hope you all have a good week and find time to play along with our challenge which can be found here.  There is a prize up for grabs called From The Woods

Christmas Eve - FOSTV52

Hello and Happy Christmas to all of you and your families.

Today we have another FOSTV challenge and if you find a few spare minutes over the festive period then we would love you to play along.  Our challenge is to make a card or project that shows the Cracked Glass technique - you can find a tutorial here.

I should have used less embossing powder on my first card, which I have described as Broken Ice.  I first used some sparkly powder and then 3 layers of UTEE which is too much so it cracked a lot, had to be re-heated but still cracked too much!  The stamp set I have used for the image is called Ice and Snow - this is also the set one person will win as part of this challenge.

My second card uses one layer of UTEE and then some fine embossing powder - two or three layers.  I prefer this one and the vintage look it has.

Thanks for checking in today and enjoy some family time over Christmas.  God bless.

Janine

FOSTV 45 - Anything Goes

Hello - it's Monday again and it is time for another Friends of Speedy TV challenge.  This week you can all play along as the challenge is anything goes - so what are you waiting for - we would love to see what you create.  
There is a prize on offer to one lucky participant of one of the MFP sets ad this week the set is called Christmas Bridge.

As this was an anything goes this week I used the opportunity to make a card using one of the new releases, On The Fly, for my Brother-in-Laws Birthday later this month.  I used white embossing powder, lots of inks for sponging and then some H2Os on the fish to give them some shimmer.

I then decided to make another card in a completely different style, a further card to add to my Christmas collection.  I made this one as a twisted easel card.  I used the trees and sentiment from the All is Calm set, and the snowflakes from the Ice and Snow stamp set.  I added glitter to the snowflakes and the flowers on the base.

FOSTV - 4th July

It is great working with Marks Finest Papers and I love the stamp sets but challenges like today's always give me something of a well challenge! 

Celebrating American Indepedence Day is rather odd when you are British as I found out when we visited the Boston Tea Party Ship - yes they did pick on us a little - no actually it was quite a lot!!!




I made this card using Island Life, a set launched last week, and using the snowflake from the Ice and Snow stamp set to make my fireworks.  As you can see I made it a celebratory card so I can use it for any good news.  The fireworks were stamped and embossed with white and then coloured over with pencils.  I used a white distress marker to add the 'sparks' in the sky.

Most of you need no excuse to celebrate 4th July so head on over to Friends of Speedy TV and join in this week's fun.  We would love to see what you create.  There is another lovely set you could win called Oh Happy Day