CAS Card for a few Challenges!

Hi bloggers, I have a card today made for a few challenges, and this time it's not the Waltzingmouse one!

Whilst blog hopping around last night, I came across a couple of inspiring challenges, the first one being The Play Date Cafe 40 which wants a project to use black and white with a hint of green; then there's the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger, which is a lovely lantern photo to use as inspiration.

So below are the two challenge pictures:




Moxi Fab World Tuesday Trigger



And here is what I came up with ;


I have used a white linen bazzill card base, and Waltzingmouse Stamps Asian Gardens and Asian Additions.

I stamped and embossed the cane border in Tuxedo Black and clear embossing powder straight onto the card.

Then randomly stamped the clouds in the same ink.

Using the two lantern images from Asian Gardens Additions I stamped and embossed onto some paper from My Minds Eye Quite Contrary pack. Don't know what I did wrong but I was an inky mess when I finished, as the embossing didn't seem to work too well - so not sure if it was the wrong ink, the powder or my heat gun, but either way, it didn't work too well. I will have to experiment!



Stamped one of the lanterns and the sentiment inside, WITHOUT embossing them!



Then added some gems to the clouds and on the tassels of the lanterns, and some black twine to connect the lanterns.

I love how this card turned out, but I was a bit disappointed by my embossing fiasco, I'm still covered in ink!

I'm entering into the following challenges:

The Play Date Cafe 40

Paper Play challenges

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger

CAS - tastic Challenges

Thanks for looking, hope you're all enjoying the summer break, my children are now relaxed after a whole week off school!

Pauline xx