Around the World - Rainbow Lady

Around the World is Cynthia's of Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog choice for our theme this week. I got a travel brochure in the mail today for an antiquities voyage from Rome to Athens. I've used a few of the images from the brochure.

My background was made using two ink pads that I smudged onto my work sheet, spritzed the ink with water, and laid my cardstock onto the inked area.

Keep it Simple & Dezinaworld

This is my entry for Keep it Simple (Thank You) and for Dezinaworld (Angels). The inside reads: "for being such an angel."

My background that looks like tooled leather is a cuttlebug folder embossing and sprayed with Moonshadow sapphire inks.

The Three Muses - Music

The Three Muses has the theme of music this week. I have used some of the background paper I dyed a couple of weeks ago using natural foods and plants. I stamped it in Ballet Blue (Stampin' Up) with my sheet music background stamp. The purple crinkled paper has been dry embossed using a cuttlebug music folder. This paper was made by my very talented friend Laura.

This is an ATC. The dancer was affixed digitally.

Pumpkins - Tag Tuesday

Here is my tag for Tag Tuesday.

Thanksgiving ATC - TMTA

Think Monday Think ATCs has thanksgiving and harvest as its theme or at least the lovely fall colors. I'm not sure mine qualifies since there was something about a pumpkin in the description. However, I do have pumpkin color in my background.

The background was stamped numerous times with 3 different leaf stamps in red, burgundy, and brown and then run through a cuttlebug folder. The two dominant leaves were stamped in red, burgundy and green.  The fall flowers were part of a K&Company package of embellishments.

One Stop Craft Challenge - Congratulations

My entry for One Stop Craft Challenge was made using glossy card stock, which I sponged with inks and then embossed in a cuttlebug folder. The paisley ribbon is from K&Company.

So Artful

Jeanette of So Artful Challenges gave us a lovely photo of a magazine cover to work with this week. Here is what I have done to change it a little.

Play Date Cafe

This tag is for Play Date Cafe, where the theme is the colors of: hot pink, burnt orange, turquoise, and chocolate brown. I worked for two or three hours trying to get these colors to work together. Having failed to do that, I am still placing my tag into the challenge.

I think I should have used a different color ribbon. I dyed this one to match the tiny hot pink border, but I think brown or turquoise would have been better.

Edit: So I have taken the tag and now made a card with it. I got my Techniques Junkie newsletter today and decided I'd try my hand at the technique that the design team used. (see above)

I have also added a digital piece i just made using these colors. (see left)