World Wide Open Design Team Challenge

Hi my crafty peeps, I hope everyone is having a great week so far. It's time for another challenge over at World Wide Open Challenge Design Team blog. Why not hop on over and enjoy the fun?

Here is my latest bit of inspiration...

This little lady reminded me of French elegance in the 1800's. The background paper that I used had a lot going on, so the only stamping I did was the words "dream & believe". All the rest was already pre-printed onto the paper.
I popped her up with some foam tape for added interest.
Click on the picture below to go directly to the stamp I used.

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This is a wonderful group of talented ladies, so be sure and drop by! Happy Crafting!!

Hero Arts Challenge

Good evening my fellow crafters,

I know it's been a few weeks since my last post, work has been seriously getting in the way of my crafting fun.  I have to admit working 10-13 hour days really zaps one's creative juices.  However, I came across this challenge by Hero Arts...

and decided to give it a try.  So here is my entry...

This is an older Hero Arts stamp, plus I only used a part of it.  Here are the details of how I created the card.  First I embossed the front using a Cuttlebug embossing folder, along with the Sizzix Embossing Diffuser.

Depending on what part you use it will not emboss certain areas of the paper.  Here is a look at the inside so that you can see how it works.

What I did was lightly trace the shape of the diffuser, then masked off around it using Post It Notes.  Next using Rich Cocoa Memento ink, I stamped the stamp in that area.  Next I put the card front into the embossing folder, applied the diffuser and ran it through my Big Shotz.  Next I used Copic markers to lightly add color to certain areas of the image.  I did this lightly so that the marker wouldn't go through to the inside of the card.  Here are the colors I used...

 Next to make the image pop, I added Class A Peel stickers around the image and also in certain parts of the embossed areas.  Then I added Stickles to the colored parts of the image.

 So once again, here is the finished card, along with the inside.

 I hope you find some inspiration in my creation, take care and happy crafting!

Jodie - AKA The Caffeinated Crafter!!!!!!!