{"id":1270,"date":"2011-06-11T10:19:34","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T10:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madebymarion.vagg.org\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2011-06-11T10:19:34","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T10:19:34","slug":"a-couple-of-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mademarion.vagg.org\/?p=1270","title":{"rendered":"A couple of challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi-dee-ho,<\/p>\n

Hope you are having a good weekend….mine is extra good as it is a long weekend here in Australia (Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday!) Yay!<\/p>\n

I have 2 cards to share with you tonight that I am entering into a couple of challenges…. so let’s begin.<\/p>\n

First up is a little flowery number for my Mum. She is coming to visit us this weekend! I don’t get to see my Mum very often as she lives 9 hours away, but she is coming to spend 4 nights with us and I wanted to make her a card to tell her I love her. Her favourite flower is a rose so it is a perfect fit! The flower is a digi stamp from the DigiStamp Boutique<\/a> which I coloured in with prismacolor pencils and gamsol.<\/p>\n

I am entering this one into 2 competitions. The DigiStamp June Customer Competition<\/a> and also the CAS-ual Friday #6 Tic Tac Toe challenge<\/a>…this is so cool as you get to pick the combination that works best for you!<\/p>\n

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My combination for this challenge is the diagonal one – Emboss, Dies\/Punch, Buttons. I dry embossed the background, my die is the end of a Spellbinder’s Labels 4 die and I have used a beautiful button from Jane’s Doodles.<\/p>\n

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Next up is another card that I made for the CAS-ual Friday Tic Tac Toe challenge<\/a>. This time I chose the middle combination – gems, die\/punch\/flowers. I love how it turned out. I am also entering this one into the June Hero Arts Blog Challenge<\/a>. This one uses the technique of water colouring with distress inks, water and a paint brush.<\/p>\n

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Supplies:<\/em><\/p>\n

[Pink rose]<\/strong>
\nStamps: The DigiStamp Boutique \u201cRose Collection\u201d, Waltzingmouse Stamps – Teeny Trees for the ‘Love you’ sentiment.
\nInk: Printer, Versafine Ink \u2013 Onyx Black
\nCard: Regal Craft Card (Square single fold which I cut to form a smaller card), white Bazzill card, white card
\nOther Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, stubbs, Kaisercraft pearls \u2013 pearl, Kaisercraft pink grosgrain ribbon, Jane\u2019s Doodles button, Spellbinders Label 4 die, Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Embossing folder – Birds and Swirls, foam dimensionals, Glossy Accents (to adhere the button)<\/p>\n

[Tall Flower – Thanks]<\/em><\/strong>
\nStamps: Hero Arts Tall flower woodblock stamp (K5431), Waltzingmouse Stamps – Teeny Trees for the ‘thanks’ sentiment (The sentiment actually says Give Thanks, but I only inked up the thanks part as I didn’t want to cut it up)
\nInk: Versafine Ink \u2013 Onyx Black, VersaMark watermark ink, Tim Holtz distress inks – Fired Brick, Dried Marigold, Peeled paint, Scattered Straw
\nCard: Regal Craft Card (Square textured single fold card), X-Press-It blending card
\nOther Supplies: American Crafts Blck embossing powder, heat gun, Kaisercraft gems, paintbrush, Spellbinders Labels 2 die, Cuttlebug, foam dimensionals, kitchen twine, Tim Holtz blending tool<\/p>\n

Thanks for stopping by,<\/p>\n

\"Marion\"<\/p>\n

Update June-11<\/strong>
\nTall Flower-Thanks, earned me a spot on the VIP’s List at CAS-ual Friday.
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