Last minute influx!

Hello stampers!

Happy Halloween!!

Today is the last day to send in your entry to this month's sketch challenge! You have until midnight (AEDST) to email me your pics!

I've had an influx of last minute entries hit my inbox over the weekend, so brace yourselves for a long post! :)

First we have this Christmas card by Lyn Smith:

Lyn says:

"I started with some Stampin' Up Kraft cardstock, folded to make a 5" x 7" card. I inked around the edges with Stampin' Up white craft ink and stamped some Hero Arts snowflakes over it in a random pattern, then stamped the Pink Paislee greeting in Versafine Vintage Sepia ink. Next, I stamped a Hero Arts S5101 Raindrop Background stamp over a piece of pink paper, then punched the longest edge with a Fiskars snowflake embossing punch, I then adhered to a piece of SU Sage Shadow cardstock - I softened the edges of both pieces by sponging with SU white craft ink, then wrapped some silver and organza christmas ribbon around this, tied a silver thread around the bow and added a pink Heidi Grace heart pin".

"For my main image I thought I'd try the Faux Silk technique. I used Versafine Vintage Sepia ink to stamp the Crafty Individuals stamp onto white tissue paper, then added my own twist to the technique by spraying with Bronze Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. It's hard to see in the photos, but it really does give a lovely shimmer. I adhered my finished Faux Silk piece to some Stampin' Up Close To Cocoa cardstock. I finished my card off by adding a row of pink Kaisercraft rhinestones below the greeting".

Beautiful work Lyn!

Next we have this card by Robyn Wood:

Robyn says:

"I stamped Darkroom Door butterflies all over a 9cm square piece of white cardstock and coloured them with Copics. I then cut the cardstock into four 4.5cm square pieces and arranged them over a lime piece of Bazzill. The border was punched with one of the new EK Success large border punches, this was attached to the left hand side and layered with a bit of pink ribbon. To complete the card, I stamped a Hero Arts greeting onto an oval and layered that over a Nestibility tag with foam tape. A couple of pink pearls on the flourish ends completed the card".

Lovely work Robyn!

Next we have this card by Teresa (Trexxann):

Teresa says:

"I started by embossing a love heart in gold from Stampin' Up! set 'Hearts and Posies' onto black cardstock. I masked the heart and then stamped the Music Background from 'Victorine Originals' and embossed it in silver. I placed the four squares onto red cardstock stamped with Darkroom Door 'French Script Background' stamp in white pigment ink from Stampin' Up! and placed it onto the black card base". 

"On the left is a Cuttlebug embossed piece which I stamped with a love heart. The Edwardian border punch used is from Fiskars by Cristina Re. The sentiment border from Pink Paislee Fancy Frames is embossed in black and the sentiment from Hero Arts set Treasure the Moments is again in white pigment ink from Stampin' Up! These two stamps seem made for each other! Finished off with a gold ribbon from my stash".

Nice work Teresa!

Lastly for today we have this mini book by Laurence Schmitz of Belgium:

Laury says:

"The backgound of all the pages is made with neocolor, masking tape, gesso and sewing. I bound all the pages to make a little house and added fibers a s a decoration. Material: stamps by prima, zettiology, purple onions, artemio, gaia, paper artsy, Teresa Collins, Stampers Anonymous & Infinimentscrap, embossing powder".

Here is a pic of the pages on the inside:

Fabulous work Laury!!

Now - I do have one more entry in my inbox, but I'm waiting to hear back from her with some more pics. I'll be back tomorrow to share that entry, and any others that come in before deadline! :)

Stay inky!

~Sarah~