Spent yesterday outside in windy but sunshiney🌞 (and not too cold) weather preparing my pots and containers for the winter season. I have the fleece ready for my precious Camellia 🌺 and have re-arranged most into bigger groups so they can protect each other from the monstrous winds we get here. An added bonus was I got all my washing dry!
Today by contrast is dull grey and drizzly so a perfect excuse to sit at my favourite desk (and ignore the ironing 🙈).
After failing miserably last month, I have managed to actually finish the cards I made for the Twofer Challenge this month which has the theme of Silhouettes.
The hardest part for me was deciding which stamp to actually use but as I had used this SU fern stamp recently it was - well - there!
The background on the square card was a smooshed piece using Cracked Pisatchio and Spun Sugar.
The two teeny birdies (which I simply LOVE) are from Inkylicious and the sentiment is Technique Tuesday.
I think they are there for each other during this weird time we are living through hence the sentiment!
I lightly inked the edge with Black Soot and matted it onto black card.
It looked really stark on the white card base so I blended a little of the inks on it.
My second card is shadow stamped with the fern in Memento Tuxedo Black and the second stamping white heat embossed.
In the absence of a coloured card base which I could use, I blended Wheat coloured Versacolour ink for the background and spattered a few black droplets.
Glad that I actually managed to link up this month instead of remembering 2 days after the challenge closes. I hope everyone is coping - it's tough when there doesn't seem to be any light at the end of this loooong tunnel.
But when all else fails there's always blogland......
and cake,
lots of cake.
In fact I have a rather nice Belljun Choklit cream filled Shoo Bun sat here on a plate next to me....
well it would be rude not to wouldn't it?
Take Care! x
25 comments:
Fabulous inked backgrounds on both your cards. I love the subtle pink and greens on your Thank you card. The black and white silhouettes on your thinking of you card are stunning. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Twofer Card Challenge #32.
Two beautiful cards aviv and I’m rather drawn to your second one. It’s beautifully CAS and I like your addition of the tiny black spatters. I can’t believe that I’ve never entered this challenge, so maybe I need to rectify that in the future x
These are both stunning cards, Hazelxx
Two super cards Viv, both with lovely backgrounds and great images.
Kath x
Both beautiful cards and really love the fern stamps and splatters
carol x
Two fab cards Viv, thats a lovely stamp
My Camellia is about ten foot high now Viv, I can't reach the top to prune it back, it got a big branch broken off in the gales earlier this year so looks a bit lopsided.We are open fields at the back too , nothing to defect the wind as it howls down the dale .
Joan
Two beautiful silhouette cards Viv!! I love the soft backgrounds on both and that you carried it over to the card base too! And so glad you mentioned the two little birdies on your thank you card as I didn't even see them at first, but they are perfect as part of the silhouette! I love the simplicity of the black and white fern on your 2nd card too...very pretty! Thank you so much for sharing both these beauties with us at The Twofer Challenge!! :0)
your fern cards are so pretty on of my favourite leafy plants :)
Cor, there's some lovely inking going on here. Very pretty cards. Thanks for giving me ideas for that fern stamp.
Hope you saved me a bit of that delicious sounding bun!!!!
Hugs, Sarn xxx
Well you have been busy both outdoors and in and the twofer cards are super along with details of how they were achieved. I envy your 'chocklit shoo bun' - wonder if I should add something similar to my next grocery delivery 😄
Two beautiful cards.xxx
Two beautiful cards Viv and love your different backgrounds especially the splatters which are really ‘in’ at the moment
Anne
Both cards are gorgeous Viv... So glad you remembered before the challenge ended Lol! Yep, it's such a long tunnel and cake does help... a LOT!
I love this fern, Viv, and you've used it beautifully two ways! Wonderful job of ink blending and two great layouts!
Two beautiful elegant crds Viv. A lovely effect with the delicate soft colours. Take care. Marlies x
Great designs these ar3 so pretty love and hugs Carole x
Gorgeous, and your inking did wonders! Great idea to soften the base since the other colors are soft. Well done, well except that thing about not sharing your Shoo Bun!
This looks pretty cool, love the colours and great inspiration from both designs. x
Ah, man, I was smiling and following along with your fascinating process (never ever thought to blend ink on the card base ~ genius!) and just delighted with your two designs and then you had to go and turn my smile upside down with your show-off mention of your choklit cream filled shoe bun. So jealous! I'm sure it was ginfer-lickin good!
I love your fern designs! The first one is so heart-warming with these wee teeny birds looking at each other. Love it! And your shadowed fern behind the white heat-embossed fern is a lovely thinking of you composition! Thank you so much for playing in Twofer Card Challenge #32! Keep yourself safe and keep on eating cake to cope! Hugs, Dolly Daydreams
Two stunning cards Viv, I love them both.
Sue xx
That fern is a good size and so pretty on both cards Viv. I love the ferns as branches and the two sweet little birds sitting companionably on their separate branches, and the pretty soft touches of the three inks, especially the pink which looks great, and then the bold look of the black inked and white embossed overlapping ones on the second, and a pretty wheat coloured and black spattered background, and two wonderful sentiments too. I have not actually done that much cardmaking this month at all, and was going to enter the Twofer but was not been sure what to do and by the time I made a decision it became too late again. I am good at doing one card at a time, but two at the same time seems to put me off..lol. x
Gorgeous and beautiful cards, both of them. Great silhouette stamping and love the gentle backgrounds. Hope the yummy cake was good? x.
Two stunningly gorgeous cards and that cake sounds delicious! Hope it was x
These designs are equally beautiful yet totally differently designed. Worthy winners of the Twofer silhouette challenge, congrats!
Congrats! See, they are winners!
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