Slimline pine

Hello, crafting friends!

 

A quick post today to try to catch a few challenges I've been mulling over!

 

 

I recently took delivery of this absolutely stunning 3D slimline embossing folder from Altenew - Classic Pine Cones. It ran through my Bigshot like a dream and was so easy to colour: I just sponged colour all over the background and then added the brown ink to the pine cones with a dauber - simple! All that was needed was a sprinkling of 'snow' courtesy of a Posca white acrylic paint marker.

 

The panel was cut to size with my trimmer and I sponged some more brown ink round the edges to add dimension. After mounting the panel onto a slimline card base, I added a simple sentiment from an older Stampin' Up set, stamped in dark brown ink on a white offcut, cut out with a stitched rectangle die from Heffy Doodle and glued to the card front.  This was a quick card that could be good for batches!

CHALLENGES

I'm linking this card up with Jingle Belles where Stephanie and Lauren are Keeping it Neutral; also Can You Handle The Pressure where embossing is required and there's an optional theme of Nautical (that I obviously didn't go for!); I'm joining in with challenge 618 at Try Stamping on Tuesday where the  Technique is Slimline; the Group of Seven technique this month is Colouring Dry Embossed images and I'm linking up there too; Also, this embossing folder is having it's first whirl so I'm sharing at Darnell's NBUS Challenge!

AND IN OTHER NEWS

Thank you to all who asked after Eva's 'poor paw'. It turned out to be a fungal infection in her nailbed which disappeared after just a few days of treatment and she is now romping about as usual! I did give the pups a bit of a pep talk about Being Careful with their paws and they cocked their heads to one side, tails wagging, wolfed down a treat or two and shot off into the undergrowth!

 

 

Sending hugs,