Pan Pastel background

During the  fantastic four days at "A Crafty Weekend Away" organised by the lovely Amy (co - owner of Natalie and Amy's Store). It was so fun. I got to make a whopping 23 cards and do some other crafts such as resin jewellery and ceramic painting. I developed a new passion that is pan pastels.

I became slightly addicted to Pan Pastels and the most fun I had with them was creating my own backgrounds.

Here is a card I have made for some challenges. 

Recipe  - Pan Pastels  from Natalie and Amy's shop

Inkadinkado stamps

Back to Basics Christmas Paper  from Natalie and Amy's shop

Glossy Accents from Natalie and Amy's shop

Scalloped Square 6 by 6 square Card

Crafters Companion Spray and Sparkle 

Versamark watermark pad available at Natalie and Amy's shop.

I created the backing papers by stamping the image with versamark I then used different shades of pan pastels over the images. I sprayed with Crafters companion Spray and Sparkle and then repeated with my second image. I then cut out some baubles from the Back to basic papers. I stuck on with a foam pad and then added glossy accents. I added some faux stitching to finish the card.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Geisha Girl

I love these Geisha Girls by CC Designs and this is a favourite colour combination of mine.

Card Recipe

Card Blank - 6 " by 6" square

Geisha Emma - by CC Designs Main Image

DP made using Permanant Red Shade Pan Pastel and Marianne Design Eline Huis Butterfly stamp set

Glossy Accents

Spectrum Noirs

Ribbon,Gems and Flower from stash

I love Red and Black together so I wanted to share this card with you . I love the drama that Red and Black creates. I also think it is a great combination for Oriental cards.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

PanPastel play

For my card I have used Eline's Huis Clear Stamps Let it Snow EC0133 and Eline's Huis Clear Stamps Jingle Bells EC0132 from Marianne D. I have stamped the main snowflake in versa mark then masked it and stamped over it with the music note stamp. To add even more layers to my stamping I have stamped more snowflakes round the edge. Then I used PanPastel starting with ultramarine blue tint to go over everything then the darker ultramarine blue to go around the egde and pick out the main snowflake. Next I added some gems and Star dust stickles to the middle snowflake so it shines. Finished it off by framing everything with liquid pearls in baby blue and opal white.