Stamping

Sunshine Kisses & Birthday Wishes

Hello. I am hosting the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz, and have chosen the theme of:

Seaside/Coast

Here is my card:

I started with background, and used a Honey Bee Stamps die & stencil set called ‘Beach Break’. I did have to go to the web site to figure out how things went together, but it was quite fun creating.

The beach was created using Kraft card and the die – which gives a lot of the details, then the stencils were used and a darker brown ink to make those details a little more prominent.

The blue of the waves/sea was die cut in a light blue card, I went in with the stencil and embossing ink, then heat embossed with white to create to foamy water.

Then to choose a critter – and this little guy is from a die set from Spellbinders a couple of years ago, die cut and assembled as required.

He was added to the background with 3D foam.

The sentiment is also from that release, stamped in blue and clear heat embossed, then die cut.

I hope you can come and join us this time round with your projects following our theme. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Make My Monday – add texture with dry or heat embossing

Mix It Up – anything goes option of stamped background not taken

Pick Three Challenge – embossing, birthday, blue (not used sports, numbers, plaid)

Critter Crazy – anything goes with a critter

Four Seasons – anything goes Summer

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

ABC L & M

Hello everyone. We are starting a new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge. Our challenge is all about Christmas, and getting your stash ready for the end of the year, and we always have themes to follow for each of the letters. This time, our themes for the two letters are:

L is for Let It Snow

&

M is for Mice

Here are my cards:

L is for Let It Snow

M is for Mice

For my first card, I used a Spellbinders hot foil plate and gold foil onto a dark blue panel. I also went around the edges of the panel after foiling with a lightly darker blue to create a halo effect.

The snowman is from a Simon Hurley/Spellbinders die set, and Concord & 9th card stock. The sentiment is also from the same die set, and backed with a piece of gold. Little black gems were added for the buttons on the snowman.

For my second card, I absolutely had to go with some Lawn Fawn mice and the stamp, die and layering colouring stencils called ‘Mice On Ice‘.

The images were stamped, then the stencils used to ink blend their colouring, then the matching dies to cut them out.

I also used one of their ‘Stitched Den‘ dies to create the opening in the white panel to represent iced lake, and backed that with a piece of light blue card stock which I ink blended slightly with a light blue ink.

The blue panel was adhered to the card base, the white layer added on top, then I played around with the placement of the mice until I was happy, adding them with 3D foam.

The sentiment was stamped and die cut then added as you see.

I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas creations following one of both of our themes. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Snowman card:

Girlz Creative Christmas – anything goes Christmas

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Peace On Earth – anything goes Christmas

12 Months of Christmas Link-Up – anything goes Christmas, option of marble background not taken

Mice card:

Critter Crazy Challenge – anything goes with a critter

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Crafts Galore – anything goes

Berry Big Thanks

Hello again. I have another CAS card to share. I must be in the zone for these cards at the moment.

For this card, I took inspiration from the current challenge at AAA cards. The sketch is here:

As you can see, I used Strawberries instead of the flowers in the sketch and rotated it.

The strawberries were die cut from a Spellbinders die set, with some ink blending on the bottom of each of the top layers of the berries.

The sentiment was stamped directly onto the card base, then the strawberries attached.

AAA Cards – CAS sketch

CAS Rainbow

Hello once again. I am here with another try and a CAS card. It’s a style I try every now and again when a challenge theme inspires me:

The current theme at CAS on Friday is ‘Rainbows‘. I searched through my CML app – it’s surprising how many items I have in there which I have tagged with that word – and a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp popped up. This stamp set is from 2021 and a kit they put together.

I used the four solid arch stamps to create the rainbow, and four colours of Concord & 9th inks. These inks stamp the best on solid images, in my humble opinion.

The process, for me, was quite involved…….I placed the card base in my Misti, then added another piece of card on top – like a practice panel. I arranged the first arch, stamped the red on the practice panel, liked how it looked, then removed that panel and stamped the card base.

The other three arches were aligned and stamped the same way, using an orange, yellow, and green, trying the keep the bottom of each arch and the distance between the arches the same.

The sentiment is also from that same stamp set and stamped in blue.

I was quite pleased I didn’t get any ink smudges. That usually happens to me when I attempt a CAS card, especially when I am stamping directly onto the card base.

As mentioned, I am entering the current challenge at CAS on Friday.

Party Like A Sea Captain

Hello. This card was inspired by the current challenge at The Card Concept:

Here is the challenge inspiration picture:

The nautical theme and the ship caught my eye, as well as the maps on the wall behind.

I searched through my CML app for ‘map’, and this die from Tim Holtz/Sizzix called ‘Destination’ popped up, so I die cut with a previously created alcohol ink and Yupo paper background panel. I had a couple of blue panels – some lighter, some darker, but I loved the vivid blue of this panel.

Once die cut, I layered it a couple of times with white card, as the Yupo paper itself is quite thin and flimsy.

I searched again in the CML app for ‘boat’ and one of the items which came up was this die from Gummiapan, which I die cut it several times out of Distress water-colour card stock. I snipped the sails off, and coloured them with Zigs, adding on top of the base die cut, choosing a colour which would stand out from the blue map die cut, then coloured with boat hull with another Zig marker in a similar blue to the map.

I found this sentiment from Spellbinders, stamped then die cut.

For the distressed wooden background panel, I used a Stampin’ Up piece of patterned paper, cut to the size of the A2 card base, then added all the elements on top.

As mentioned, I shall be entering the challenge at The Card Concept.


Blow Bubbles

Hello. It is my turn to host at The Alphabet Challenge. We have reached the letter ‘C‘, and I have chosen the theme of:

C is for Circles

Here is my card:

I remember having a Lawn Fawn stamp and die set with bubbles, so I hunted it out, stamped all the images, then coloured with Copics. These were then die cut and set to one side.

I wanted a grass and sky background, but not the traditional way of doing it, so I searched through the CML app for ‘circle’ and this fun stencil popped up from Heffy Doodle.

Onto a white panel, I laid the stencil, then ink blended in two colo0urs of blue and then two colours of green, darker at the edge of each colour, then lighter where the two colours met.

This was then glued onto a card base, and then I spent quite a bit of time placing the images, and the bubbles until I was happy, then used 3D foam pieces to attach them.

The sentiment is from the same Lawn Fawn stamp set, and stamped onto the background panel – very, very carefully and using my Misti……Maybe it should have been stamped before adding the images……

I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our theme. I look forward to seeing you in our gallery. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Stencil Fun – use stencils – option of see through it not taken

Allsorts – anything goes

Love To Craft – anything goes

Hang In There – You Can Do It

Hello once again. I am here with a card for the new challenge starting at Cardz 4 Galz. Billie A is hosting, and she has chosen the theme of:

Brown & Green, with twine/ribbon

Here is my card:

I started with die cutting all the layers of the cat (Spellbinders/Bibi Cameron) in Kraft and white – some pink for the ears and tongue, as well as green for the eyes.

Before layering together, I thought about how I could ‘hang’ the cat, so I knew where to place his paws, and found some twine I had in the drawer in my kitchen (who doesn’t?) and grabbed a piece.

Starting with the green background panel, and a Spellbinders embossing folder, I attached the twine to the back, then glued to the card base.

The cat was assembled, then attached with 3D foam, making sure it was over the twine where needed, and where it looked right.

The sentiments were stamped and then die cut to create the banners you see, and attached with 3D foam.

I hope you can come and join us following the theme set by Billie A – I look forward to seeing you in our gallery. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Allsorts – anything goes

CYHTP – embossing folder, option of embellishments not taken

Love To Craft – anything goes

You Are Amazing

Hello everyone. I’ve had a little break – a few nights in Tenerife with hubby – and then after we returned home, we had to say goodbye to another of our cats, which would be the second in 5 weeks. Needless to say – we are heartbroken and been trying to come to terms with the double loss, so close together. We do still have 2 other cats – one is 10 years of age, the other is 19 years of age – both getting extra cuddles – when they allow it….

I have been crafting but not really had my head right to be able to post anything, but hopefully I can continue.

I start with a card inspired by the current colours at Color Hues:

The colours they provide this time are lime green and violet. I wanted those two colours to stand out, so kept this quite simple – for me, anyway.

I first die cut the flowers from Concord & 9th ‘Handpicked’ die set, just using the smaller florals in this large die set, and lime green card from my stash, and the ‘Grape Soda’ card from Concord & 9th. The flowers were assembled, and set to one side.

The background panel was embossed using a Spellbinders embossing folder, and glued to the card base.

The oval frame was created by die cutting a Pinkfresh Studio die set, which was then applied to the embossed panel with thin 3D foam strips.

The flowers were arranged and each of the flowers has a little piece of 3D foam, with glue on the base of the stems.

The sentiment is from Pinkfresh Studio, stamped, then die cut with the matching die, and also layered with 2 more die cuts. To attach this, I had to cut some teeny tiny 3D foam pieces for the part inside the oval, then glue where it was on the oval.

The final touch was to add some Spellbinders gems to the centre of the flowers.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Color Hues – lime green and violet

Aud Sentiments – embossing wet or dry and/or flowers, and a sentiment

CYHTP – embossing folder, option of embellishments taken

Have a (gum)ball

Hello again. It is time for the new challenge at The Alphabet Challenge. Dawn is hosting, and has chosen the theme of:

B is for Balls

Here is my card:

I decided to go with a quirky take on the theme, by using a stamp set from Lawn Fawn. I stamped and heat embossed the image onto water-colour card stock, the water-coloured with my Zig markers. This was die cut when dry, then the sentiment stamped and die cut with a fishtail banner die.

The background is patterned paper, matted with white, and all put together with glue and 3D foam.

I hope to see all sorts of ‘ball’ themed creations in our gallery and hope you can come and join us. xx

Paper Circles

Hello again. It is time for the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz, and Johanna has chosen the theme of:

A circle, or anything with circles

Here is my card:

fir this card, I wanted to use some of my patterned paper pieces, and also decided to go with a slimline card base.

I first die cut several circles out of different papers, different sizes, using Hero Arts nesting circle dies. I wasn’t sure which I wanted to sue, so cut quite a few.

I used a cream piece of card for the background, and used a Spellbinders embossing folder, arranging the circles to suit my eye, which did involve a lot of moving around…

The white circle was cut using a Gina K Designs circle tag, and stamped with a heart and small piece of foliage – I can’t remember which stamp set and which company now.

All the circles were die cut again with white card to make them a little thicker, then attached to the card base with 3D foam, strategically placed so I could overlap them.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our theme. xx