365 Cards - Day 275 - Red & Green

This might be looking rather familiar, in that it's the same layout & sentiment as Day 285 and the same size, but on a different backing paper... It is however Red & Green and a different card, so it counts for this challenge. Also, it's catchup so no-one's going to be arguing (I hope!)

365 Cards - Day 285 - Peace

And yet more from my catchup session.... This is an idea I had last Christmas, but it didn't really work back then, although it does now! The paper is some unnamed 10p a 12"sq sheet from Puffin Crafts, the sentiment is an Inkadinkadoo stamp 606 959.X. Card is 5"x5". And the flocking is using the stamp with PVA and an initial sprinkling of Model Railway makers tiny woodchip flock then (and this is the bit that now works) you very carefully paint over the sentiment with a thick line of PVA again and bury it in flock. Otherwise it looks patchy.

In theory it's quite simple, in practice it takes ages for the second layer of PVA to dry and you get lots of bits dropping off everywhere. Still, once it's done it's rather lovely. Sorry for the poor piccies, there's not much light today and I want to get the mammoth catchup session posted.

365 Cards Day 242 Ribbon Frenzy

So today's challenge, and for once it is actually today! is to use 7 different ribbons on your card. So inspired by the rebel DT Gloria, I actually used 8 different colours, 3 times each. I suspect 24 ribbons is going a bit beyond the 7, but never mind! I wrapped the ribbon lengths around a piece of foam board with the end colours also wrapped around the top & bottom edges to make a sort of rainbow topper (ribbons courtesy of a mixed pack from Crafty Ribbons of Blandford Dorset). It's all mounted on card from Puffin Crafts (East Dulwich - they were closing down but aren't any more which is great) with an Inkadinkadoo stamp Peace on Earth on which I used pretty pastel glitter green flock.

Sounds vile huh, but I think it turned out quite well!