Eureka! Stamps masculine/grunge challenge

Hello crafty friends!

It's time for another Eureka! Stamps Challenge

This weeks theme is 

"Masculine or Grunge"

I decided to make 2 projects for you with this theme.

For my first project I made a card using

"Celtic Background" (#31601) from Eureka! Stamps

 and

"Happy Birthday" (#36314) from Biblical Impressions

a sister company of Eureka! Stamps.

I stamped Celtic Background onto white card stock with VersaMark ink

 and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

I then applied Distress Ink to the entire surface.

The embossing resists the ink leaving a beautiful background.

The Happy Birthday was stamped onto white card stock,

then was cut to size and inked with Distress Inks also.

For my 2nd project, I decided to go outside the box for me

and made a tag.

For this tag I used

"Fern Background" (#58401)

"Feather on Side" (#6303) and 

"Tree Losing Leaves" (#34502)

all from Eureka! Stamps

I used the same technique for the background on the tag of

heat embossing and inking.

I then stamped the Feather and Tree onto 

hand made paper and tore pieces 

and adhered them to the tag.

I haven't yet decided how I will use my tag.

I may use it as part of a card

or on a scrapbook layout

or just as a tag on a gift.

I hope you have been inspired in some way and will join us 

for the Eureka! Stamps Challenge this week.

Hop over to the 

Eureka! Stamps Blog

for all the details and more inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by today,

leave a comment if you will

and come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

One color card

Hello blog friends!

I hope your weekend is going well.

Mine is so far, beautiful weather, not too hot, not too cool.

And tomorrow is supposed to be beautiful too.

I hope you are enjoying the beginning of summer!

Today I have a card that I made for a challenge on one of my favorite blogs,

Going Buggy.

Each month Enfys posts a challenge, now I'm not good about doing challenges, but I have participated in a couple of hers.

This month the challenge was to make a card using one color.

For my card I used 4 different stamps

"Heart Background" (#57901)

"Baroque Background" (#57701)

"Celtic Background" (#31601)

from Eureka! Stamps

"Happy Birthday" (#36314)

from Biblical Impressions

I stamped all 3 background images onto

kraft cardstock with Versamark ink.

I used the Cuttlebug and Spellbinders dies to cut the outer 2 pieces.

I scored them with my Score Buddy and attached them to the inside panel that I had trimmed down with my paper trimmer.

Then adhered it to a piece of white cardstock.

I stamped the "Happy Birthday" sentiment onto separate pieces of cardstock and trimmed them into banner shapes and adhered them inside the card.

To close the card I punched 2 hearts from the left over pieces stamped with the Heart Background, glued them to white cardstock and fussy cut them. I used foam tape to adhere them to the card.  On the right side I first glued down the floss with Glossy Accents, before adding the heart over it. 

I'm pleased with the way this card turned out.  I wasn't too sure about it when I started out with all the brown, but I think it turned out very cute.  I might just send it to my Aunt Marilyn for her birthday in September as her favorite color is brown.  I think she'll love it!

Thanks for stopping by today, leave a comment if you will

and come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

February Blog Hop for Eureka! Stamps

Hello and welcome to my post for the Eureka! Stamps Blog Hop! 

This month we are celebrating

"Clovers, Leprechauns and all things Lucky!"

So the luck 'o the Irish to y'all!

If you have just happened upon the hop, you'll probably want to start at the beginning, as you won't want to miss a thing!

If you get lost along the way or there is a link that doesn't work, hop on back to the Eureka! Blog where you will find the line up with links to all the participating blogs.

If you have come here from Roxie's Blog, you are on the right track.

Now on to my card.

 I used the "Celtic Background" (#31601) as well as

"May Your Luck" (#13504) from Eureka! Stamps.

I masked the area where I wanted to stamp the sentiment and stamped the "Celtic Background" with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I then removed the mask and stamped the "May Your Luck" greeting with Moss Green VersaFine Ink.

I then layered it onto green paper and then onto gold card stock.

This was then adhered to a white card stock base.

There are so many wonderful images at Eureka! Stamps, I hope you will stop in and see the fabulous variety. 

Thanks for stopping by, now you need to head to
Ceal's Blog

and see what wonderful creation she has to show you.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Celtic Background card

How are things in your neck of the woods all my blog friends?  Hopefully wonderful!

I've had a chance to use another of my new Eureka! Stamps images.  This is a Celtic Background (#31601) image.  I have loved Celtic knots for quite some time now.  Ever since my first trip to Ireland, which I think was about 17 yrs ago.  They fascinate me, the way they are woven and continuous.

I used VersaMark ink to stamp onto red card stock for this card, which gave it a very subtle yet impressive look.

I decided to make this a birthday card and used VersaFine Smokey Gray ink to stamp the sentiment from the QKR Stampede Happy Birthday Set (#22803)

I like how this card turned out, very simple, clean look.

I hope you like it as much as I do.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.  I truly appreciate your comments.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!