Another try at the StampTV Challenge

I used the Viva le Verve sketch #3 for October, and made another card for the StampTV Mix-it-Up Monday challenge:  Make a winter card with three layers or more and add some flourishes. I hope flourishes on the background paper count.  This one also works for the latest Cute Card TCute Card Thursday challenge - Got Glitter!  The swirl-y flourishes on the background were made with a Stampin'Up! Jumbo roller, are embossed with a clear/iridescent powder, and it sparkles really well.  

StampTV STV12MON41 & JUGS 158

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.

Hero Arts Challenge

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.

Christmas Distressed for Stamp TV

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.

Too Late for JUGS Sketch 157

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!