Stamping

Autumn Foliage

Hello there. It is my turn to host the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz, and I have chosen the theme of:

Autumn Florals/foliage

Here is my card:

To create the Autumn leaves, I used the Concord & 9th ‘Autumn Inlay‘ die, coloured card stock, and also ink blended the elements for more interest. The leaf elements were inlaid – very fiddly without the background panel behind – and set aside.

The background panel is some patterned paper, cut slightly smaller than the card base and adhered flat. The stitched ovals were die cut – the top one with the same patterned paper as the background, and attached with 3D foam. The leaves and acorns were then tucked underneath.

The mice are from Lawn Fawn ‘Fall Mice’ from a Scrapbook & Cards today virtual event last year -stamped, then coloured with the latching layering stencils, and die cut.

These were attached as you see, then the word was die cut from another Lawn Fawn die set (Big Scripty Words) – layered a couple of times, then attached with glue.

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

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Daisy Chain – Autumn or Halloween

Aud Sentiments – fall and/or any shape but rectangle and sentiment

Inkspirational – visual prompt (Autumn leaves)

Cupcake Inspirations – theme challenge – fall

Birthday Leaves

Well hello, everyone. It’s been a while. Hubby and I went for a break to Turkey with another couple, and even though the weather wasn’t the best, we still had a good time. When we got back home we adopted three 18 week old kittens – I know – three!

We had four cats but had to say good bye to three of them over the past 6 months – and I was feeling the loss. We did go to adopt two kittens, but the sanctuary decided to sneak in another sister – so we came away with three…this has certainly kept us busy since our return….

I was able to get some crafting done today, and created this card inspired by the colours of Autumn:

The background leaves panel is from Gina K Designs, and is a poly glaze foiling sheet, which I used an iridescent foil on. I then used her matching leaves stencil and Pinkfresh Studio inks to blend the colours – very haphazardly – but the colours worked quite well together.

The 6 inch panel was cut down, layered with a Kraft card stock, then glued to a white card base.

The sentiment is also from Pinkfresh Studio, stamped onto the same Kraft card, die cut with the matching dies, and the two rounded rectangle layers – from a Hero Arts nesting die set – used to highlight the sentiment against the background.

All were attached, then some iridescent sequins added.

I also managed to create a couple more cards and will be posting them over the next few days.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Just Us Girls – use stencils

Stencil Fun – use stencils – option of using orange not taken

Inkspirational – visual prompt (Kraft, leaves)

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Super Proud Of You

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

M is for Motivational

Here is my card:

This is an inlay die set from the recent Concord & 9th ‘Summer Camp’ called ‘Goodness & Grace‘.

To start, I die cut the inlay panel several times in light blue, green, and a red/orange tone card – I can’t remember which colours specifically….

I then die cut it again in a champagne card for the frame.

The leaves and floral pieces were then ink blended to create some dimension, using a lightly darker colour.

As I wanted to give the leaves some dimension, I wanted a colour behind them that would peek out when you looked from the side, so I die cut a darker blue panel.

The dark blue panel was adhered to a white card base, then I added the light blue background, then the champagne frame pieces.

The leaves and petals were adhered with glue just at the tips, after curling each slightly.

The sentiment from Gina K Designs was stamped, die cut with a Hero Arts circle nesting die, then the same champagne card cut out of a slightly larger circle.

The final touch was to add soem gems.

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

Autumn Magic Is In The Air

Hello again. I was sorting through and trying to find some ‘stuff’ in my craft stash, when I cam across a paper pad with some gorgeous muted images and background papers. It is Stamperia ‘Winter Botanic‘, and I have no idea how long I have had it, but some videos on the internet are from 2018 and 2019…….!

As ever, I look for something, find something else, and decide to play. I cam up with this card using some of the papers and cut-outs in the pad:

As you know, I don’t use many patterned papers, and certainly not to create a whole card from one paper pad, but these just inspired me.

I created a 5×7 inch card, and glued down one of the background papers. I then chose a few more elements, cut them if needed, inked the edges of the three main images and set to putting them down.

There is a smaller piece of card with script on, and two edger pieces were added to the sides. The three images were glued down after adding some spare white card behind, instead of using 2D foam.

The sentiment is from the September release from Spellbinders, stamped in Versafine Clair ‘Morning Mist’ rather than black, and die cut with the matching die, then layered a couple of times.

Of course, I had to add a few gems, and chose the clear Altenew drops – subtle but present.

I seem to have accrued a great many of these types of paper pads but never really done anything with them. I may have to challenge myself to make at least one card weekly using my stash.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Allsorts – anything Autumn

Inkspirational – visual prompt of fall or Halloween cupcakes

Craft Rocket – Autumn or Halloween

Love Those Pretty Papers – showcase patterned papers

Have An Udderly Fabulous Day

Hello again. It is time for the new challenge at The Alphabet Challenge. Having reached the letter ‘J’, Veronika has chosen the theme of:

J is for Just Kidding (a funny one)

Here is my card:

I decided to break out thew Copics for this card and the stamp and die set from Heffy Doodle ‘Udderly Fabulous‘.

The animal images were stamped, coloured, the die cut with the matching dies.

The barn is also from Heffy Doodle ‘Barns & Boats’, a die set which has elements to create a barn or a boat. After I die cut the red for the barn, I ran the piece through a Spellbinders embossing folder to give the plank effect.

The background panels are two pieces of patterned paper, one used for the sky background, and the other for grass – die cut with a Lawn Fawn die.

First I added the blue panel, then the two green grassy pieces, making sure not to glue down completely as I wanted to cow to just be sitting there – as you can see.

The barn was added, the the animals, and then the sentiment was stamped, ;layered with a white piece to make it stand out a little more, then glued down.

I hope to see you in our gallery with your projects following our theme. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Allsorts – all creatures great & small

Critter Crazy – anything goes with a critter

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Sending Bright Thoughts

It is time for the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. Jill has chosen the theme of:

Interactive/Kinetic

Here is my card – using the Lawn Fawn Magic iris dies:

I started by getting all my Magic Iris dies together, and choosing to use the ‘Floral Wreath‘ add-on. All the elements were die cut in Spellbinders card stock, then I took time to watch a YouTube video on the way to put the magic iris together.

The background blue paper and the window paper is also from Lawn Fawn.

The sentiment was stamped at the right time for construction of the card, all things added as you can see.

I hope you can come and join us with your interactive projects. The Design team has some amazing variations on the theme – I look forward to seeing what you create. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms – anything goes with florals

Addicted To Stamps & More – die cuts and/or stencils

Love To Craft – anything goes

Pet Sympathy

Hello there. I have a card to share made for one of our closest friends, who has recently had to say goodbye to his fur baby:

I wanted to create a rainbow background, so cut some strips of coloured card stock down to one quarter and one half inch in rainbow colours – with a little gold glitter.

I adhered double sided sticky tape to a card panel, then placed all the strips as you see, following the ROYGBIV order to some extent, and the smaller gold glitter strips between each run through of that order.

I then used a Simon Says Stamp nesting arch die to cut this down, and adhered that to a card base.

The dog silhouette is from Pink & Main, received as part of the Crop & create earlier this year, die cut three times and stacked together.

The sentiment is from Gina K Designs, also received as part of the same virtual event, stamped, die cut, and also layered three times.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps & More – any occasion

Time Out – photo inspiration -inspired by the rainbow colours

Sparkles Forum – animals

Kraft & Blue

Hello again. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge, and Sue J has chosen the theme of:

Kraft & Blue

Here is my card:

For my blue flowers, I used a Pinkfresh Studio stamp, die, and layering stencil set. The images were stamped, then coloured using the layering stencils, choosing Pinkfresh Studio inks, and three tones of blue for the florals, and a light brown for the leaves and stem.

I thought it would be fun to do a little partial die cutting on the front, so I laid the floral die onto a card base and only ran it through half way – the image was then hanging over that edge.

I added a piece to the front after running through with a Spellbinders embossing folder, added a thin gold glitter strip, then glued the floral die cut image onto the top.

The inside is layered a piece of Kraft card stock.

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

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Allsorts – embossing – heat or dry

Unicorn Challenge – layer it up

Beautiful Blossoms – anything goes with florals

Kudos To You

Hello there. I’m here with a card where the colours are inspired by the current challenge at Color Hues:

With the colours being yellow and orange, I decided to go with florals and ink blending, merging the two colours on the petals of the flowers. This stamp, die, stencil and embossing folder set is from Altenew.

I first stamped the all the images in the set, then used Pinkfresh Studio inks – yellow first, then the orange for the inner parts of the petals.

The leaves were done in grey, as you see, and then the die was used to cut them out. I did run them through with the latching embossing folder, but I wasn’t hugely impressed with that, as you can’t really tell there is much dimension, even in real life.

The background is a piece of card from Concord & 9th, run through with a Spellbinders embossing folder, then cut down slightly to leave a white border on the card base.

Arranging one flower and the two buds with the leaves, I stamped the sentiment – from the same Altenew set – and attached with glue, before adding the florals and leaves with 3D foam.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Color Hues – orange and yellow

Allsorts – embossing – heat or dry

Stencil Fun – stencils, option of CAS not taken

Triple B – birds and/or butterflies and/or blooms

You Bring Colour To My World

Hello there. I have a card to share inspired by the current challenge at As You See It. This time round, it is a speed challenge – you have to make the card within 10 minutes. You can prepare certain things, get your stuff out – and that does involve a lot of preparing – what you are going to use and how, you can mount your stamps, etc. Here is my card:

I wanted to use a panda which didn’t involve colouring, but I saw this cutey from an older Heffy Doodle set, and wondered if I could just a little colouring and die cutting within the time frame.

I got out my Gina K amalgam ink, a couple of pink and gey Copics, my little side-kick die cutting machine, the dies for set on a magnetic mat to the side of me, low tack tape pieces handy, 3D foam pieces handy, a pink ink cube from Pinkfresh Studio…….my stamps were added to the Misti strategically to put them all on the same panel. The word stamps I placed at the edges so I only had to cut down two sides….

I stamped the images in black, then the one word in pink. Quickly heat set with a blast of my heat tool, did basic colouring and even added a scribble of pink to the centre of the painters easel.

Cut down the panel so the images would all through the small die cutting machine in one pass. Cut down the sentiments with my scissors.

Added small pieces of 3D foam behind all the pieces, attached to the card base – the sentiments added haphazardly so I didn’t have to worry about them being straight. Glued the little paint brush into the slot created by the panda die. Done. Phew!