Here's another shot at the JUGS challenge to do the emboss resist technique. I'm also entering it in the StampTV Mix-it-up-Monday challenge to make a winter-themed card having three or more layers, and with a flourish. I don't have any flourish stamps, so I printed a digital one, mounted it on medium blue, and used the exact-o knife to 'open up' the flourish ends.
The stamps used are the snowflake from Light of the Season, and the sentiment from Merry & Bright. The embossing is in clear iridescent powder, and the ink used for the resist is from the Blue Breeze Kalidacolor rainbow pad.
I've combined the third Vive la Verve sketch for October, with the Hero Arts' October contest , and the Just Us Girls 158 technique challenge (to do emboss resist) in this card.
The emboss resist was done with Barn Door Distress Ink on white embossing (on a cream card stock). Then I used Peeled Paint Distress Ink (for a "red and
green" look) to do the edges of the card and the blue mat. Not crazy
about the way the distressing looks, but oh, well.
I really like the Hero Arts stamp, which comes with it's matching die for easy cut-out. Very fun image to color.
The Stamp TV Friday Free-for-All challenge this week is to do "Christmas Distressed."
In order to be eligible for a prize in the StampTV challenges now, you need to use only Gina K Designs stamps. Fortunately I have a few Christmas-y ones from them. The candle arrangement and sentiment are from the Light of the Season set. The hanging ornaments are from one of the new Duos - Merry and Bright. This is also a single layer card which can be more of a challenge. I used Stampin' Up! markers to color the ornaments & candle arrangement, and did the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black. Then the distressing was done with four colors of Ranger's Distress Inks - applied lightest to darkest - Antique Linen, Tattered Rose, Bundled Sage, and Barn Door Red.
The linky for this card challenge on Just Us Girls has closed, but I like the card and am posting it anyway.
The background is actually packaging from some 7-gypsies stamps, and the picture is from a magazine. The sentiment is by Stampin'Up!
I fell behind with challenges this week, and was checking out the new ones today. The Mix-it-Up Monday challenge at StampTV had a deadline of 8 PM CST, and I didn't even see the challenge until 7:30 PM CST. Not only designing and making the card, but also taking the photo, uploading, cropping in PhotoShop Elements, and finally posting to their site. Just barely got it posted in time!
This card also fulfills the Operation Write Home Mid-week Throw-down (love/anniversary), and CAS-ual Friday's clean and simple with a heart. The doves were a last-second addition. They are from the confetti that my son and daughter-in-law had on the tables at their wedding.
Here's another shot at the JUGS challenge to do the emboss resist technique. I'm also entering it in the StampTV Mix-it-up-Monday challenge to make a winter-themed card having three or more layers, and with a flourish. I don't have any flourish stamps, so I printed a digital one, mounted it on medium blue, and used the exact-o knife to 'open up' the flourish ends. 
The stamps used are the snowflake from Light of the Season, and the sentiment from Merry & Bright. The embossing is in clear iridescent powder, and the ink used for the resist is from the Blue Breeze Kalidacolor rainbow pad.
