I'm Back

After an absence of six months while we had our house completely renovated I have finally unpacked my craft room and made some cards.

I chose to participate in the Split Coast Stampers Mini Virtual Stamp Night where there were three challenges offered with an hour to do each challenge.

​In hindsight I should have had a practice run of my newly laid out craft room with a challenge that didn't have time restraints but I got there in the end.

​The following photos are of the three cards I did with there insides as well.

This is the first challenge card and it was to use the roller marble technique to create a background. Years ago I bought marbles and trays to do this technique when it was first posted on SCS but never did it. When I was packing up the craft room I nearly gave the marbles away but in the end packed them, likewise when I was unpacking a few days ago I thought am I ever going to do this technique but saved them anyway and low and behold up cane this challenge. This card has been designed with a birthday in mind.   

This card is the second challenge and is all about travel snacks and had three photos as inspiration. We try not to eat in the car but the challenge evoked fond memories of Sunday drives where my father would stop and buy us an ice cream in a cone. The card would make a good retirement card or a bon voyage / holiday card. 

Our third and last challenge was to use arrows, again this could be used as a retirement or travel card as well as an encouragement card and has quite a masculine feel to it. I have used a quote from Henry David Thoreau. I love anything this man uttered. 

.....and that's it folks, the details of all these cards can be found in my SCS gallery found here: ​https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=198941