Snow much fun...

The challenge at http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2008/07/challenge-6-snow-much-fun.html this week is 'snow much fun' and involves incorporating snow into your design in some way and of course using a Penny Black stamp.

As I hadn't got any Penny Black Christmas stamps the challenge gave me the perfect excuse (as if I need encouraging) to treat myself to one of the brilliant sheets of clear rubber stamps that Penny Black produce. I bought the Christmas Critters set which includes 8 really cute images and a xmas greeting - what a bargain?

The papers are by DCWV and the image was coloured using Derwent Inktense pencils crayons. It's hard to see in the photo but the lantern and floor is glittered with snow.

Flowers...

I love the colour of this oriental floral image and backing paper and was lucky enough to find some pearlescent blue card in my stash that was a perfect match for the flowers. The card is for the challenge at http://themethursday.wordpress.com/ which has the theme of flowers this week.

The main floral image is decoupaged and I have added a tiny amount of glitter to the centre of each of the flowers to add interest.

Hearts...

The challenge at http://themethursday.wordpress.com/ is to use 'hearts' in your artwork. I chose this heart shaped silhouette image of a small boy and girl cutting out paper hearts together. The image and backing paper are from the new CD 'Silhouette Magic' at Ooh-la-la-Creations.

The verse is one of the many free ones to be found at http://www.imag-e-nation.com/ . Something about it made me feel it was perfect to go with this image. The verse (although you can't tell from the photo) is matted onto vellum to allow the backing paper to show through.