Monochrome Challenge

This week the challenge on http://rainbowladyschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ was to create a card using only one colour of the rainbow. I'm afraid I have cheated terribly and ended up adding glitter to my image and then mounting it on silver and finally on an acetate square card.
My intentions were good!!!
I started by stippling two shades of adirondack blue ink on to white glossy card. Then I stamped the fairy on the moon image in the dark blue on to the stippled background.
The inside of the card reads ...
'Reach for the stars'

Paper Take Weekly Challenge - 21st birthday card

I really wanted to use this sketch at http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/again using just black and white (then I got tempted to add a bit of silver). The number paper is from DCWV and the embossed numbers were made with a cuttlebug folder. The number stamps are from a set I got years ago from a little rubber stamp making shop in York called Make your Mark.
There's enough space on the black circle to add a name at a later date if need be.

Handmade backgrounds - The Arty Girlz Challenge

Having just bought a set of Autumn Leaves clear swirl stamps I was really pleased to see this challenge on http://artygirlzchallengeblog.blogspot.com/.

Guest Designer Paula said "I love patterened paper very much but it is far too easy to whack on cards etc. So for my theme, I want to see handmade backgrounds. Get those fingers inky & painted & make a custom piece of paper/card for your design"

For my design I didn't exactly get all that inky but there was a lot chalk around and many different stamps being inked up. I chose card stock that already had a misty blue look to it and stamped the different swirls all over. Then to emphasise the misty effect I used blue chalk to deepen the edges and the swirl pattern. The James Dean quote was stamped on to plain card and then mounted on the blue.

I couldn't resist adding diamonds on parts of the design - although it was hard to part with so many on one card as they are my favourite embellishment at the moment and this card took the last of my tiny ones.

The swirl stamps are by Autumn Leaves and the quote is one of a few on a sheet of clear stamps by Heidi Grace.