My Creative Monday for Magenta - some bling

Some bling this time:
on the flower hearts (from real glass)
and distress stickles on the berries.  

On al the cards I stamped the flower bacground stamp and heat embossed it with white heat-embossing. 

I've used various Nuance colors to color the embossed images.

In some areas I added a hint of extra color with a watercolor pencil and/or marker.  

Magenta products used:

Link to boutique

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All Nuances

Have a Blessed Christmas!

Have a Blessed Christmas!

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son." John 3:16

Thy Word...

All of the green on this card is the juice from a leave. 

I ran it through the embossing machine, and sprayed it with a Sprayink while the card was still wet. 

The text (Inkerbell Stamps) has been done with white heat embossing.

 It says: "Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path" in Dutch.
I saw this technique first on Miekske's blog. 

Alle groen op deze kaart is van het sap dat uit het blad komt wanneer je een blad door je embossing machine haalt. Direct sprayen met een sprayinkt zorgt dat het groen dat al nat is, de sprayinkt minder absorbeert. 

De tekst (Inkerbell Stamps) is gedaan met wit heat embossing.
Ik zag deze techniek al een heel aantal jaar geleden op het blog van Miekske.  

Embossed butterfly ...

I am entering this card in the challenge on

1. The Mixed Media Card challenge - butterflies
2. Country view challenges - Summertime

The Original Documented Life Project - week 9

My first ever design team post for The Crafter's Workshop! 
Hope you will enjoy! 
Maybe you would like to leave me (and other teammates) some love on the 
The Crafter's Workshop blog! 
Remember - we create for you (and for ourselves of course!)! 
This is an art journal page of 18 x 25 centimeters!

I am doing the Original Documented life project, the February* theme was: 

Layers You Will Love!

 Art challenge for the 9th week:  Using at Least Five Layers
The prompt is: Give Me a  High Five

*I've already done a few weeks after this one, but had to wait to post this page. I am behind, but not that far!

1st layer -  use this page from leftover distress inks from craft sheet; adhere it to the page. See the torn edge at the top? 
2nd  layer - sponge with black distress inks over a stencil, also the script. 
3rd layer - structure paste over a stencil (script)
4th layer - sponge the butterflies onto a separate piece of cardstock, in several purple distress inks, heat emboss with clear, cut out and adhere over the black sponged butterflies.  
5th layer - add purple distress stickles over the seed heads and bodies of the butterflies. 
6th layer - sponge the purple colors (distress inks) onto the background.  
7th layer - add finishing touches like white edges with a white acrylic marker. 

All stencils used are from The Crafter's Workshop!  

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TCW197

Blogpost as   

'The Crafter’s Workshop' Design Team Member

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I am entering this in the challenge at

1. Simon says stamp Wednesday - color swatch

2. Original Documented life project - using at least 5 layers

New challenge at FSC!

The theme at FSC is 'the holiday spirit'

There's distress stickles on the snow...

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STAMPS USED: 

Main image : Stampinback

Star : Magenta