Wednesday - we're half way to the weekend!

Morning readers, 

Well, with the easing of lockdown ... did you go shopping yet? Or perhaps a lucky appointment at the hairdressers? Monday saw my hometown experience crowds like a January sale with over 1000 waiting for IKEA to open! Our local news programmes showed outdoor bars and restaurants packed too - great for their businesses and for our mental wellbeing ... I'm not so desperate to go out and get involved in this just yet though, I'll wait till the madness subsides!

I've a make to share with you today ....... I recently "rummage found" the bicycle image used below .... I was making an ATC but, whilst I had it on an acrylic block ...... it seemed perfect for my brother, who (fairly) recently took up cycling!

My card

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, 6"x6" card and matching envelope
• Card in white, black and red, cut to fit and mat
• Dimension Forth (F1025) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Clearly Besotted sentiment (from mini calligraphy) stamped using Versafine Clair tulip red ink
• Dutchdoobadoo stencil (470.715.035) used with a  makeup brush, to apply Memento ladybug ink over the image panel

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Watercooler Wednesday - challenge No. 313 -ALL THINGS MASCULINE
2. Corrosive Challenge - challenge No. 4 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Gem of a Challenge - challenge No. 8 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Pattie's Creations - challenge No. 181 - BIRTHDAYS
5. Get Creative - challenge No. 100 - ANYTHING GOES

And now an Artist Trading Card ..... to use up some pesky leftover snippets of card.

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of leftover card in black, textured blue and white
• Using a makeup brush and Dutchdoobadoo burlap and Aall & Create #111 stencils I applied Memento Paris dusk to the white snippet
• Visible Image "grunge flourish" stamped around the outer edge using Versafine Clair paradise ink
• TCP sentiment (from S.5845.CL) and Stampabilities key (from "vintage icons") stamped using Versafine Clair twilight ink

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. HLS - April STENCIL challenge - ANYTHING GOES (must use stencil/s)
2. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - challenge No. 2115 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Crafting Happiness - challenge No. 92 - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) KITES
4. Love to Craft Challenge Blog - April challenge - ANYTHING GOES
5. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - challenge No. 155 - ANYTHING GOES