Stamping

Let’s Crab Lunch Sometime

Hello. I have in my craft room again, taking advantage of the air con in there to cool down a little. I was inspired by a few challenges to create a summer/beach themed card and took the opportunity to use some new products.

The scene die cuts are from Waffle Flower, and the waves themselves also have stencils which you can use to colour them. Once the waves were cut and coloured, I used the additional die which creates the same shape as the wave die at the bottom in a light brown card for the sand. I also used the top of the wave die to create a light blue sky, so they would inlay and slot in together when backed by a piece of white card.

The dark blue frame was die cut from a Pinkfresh Studio die set and glued around the scene. I did cut the scene down around the edges to keep it within the square.

I die cut the crabs from two slightly different orange card from Spellbinders, then layered them together. Die cutting dark grey for the eyes, onto which I highlighted with white gel pen.

When placed onto a white card base, I felt it needed something extra, a little more detail on the plain white, so I also used the Waffle Flower ‘Seashell texture’ plate – no blending, leaving it white.

The framed scene was added, then the two sentiments were stamped using a Heffy Doodle set, then cut using a couple of strip dies, adhered with 3D foam.

I then added the two crabs with 3D foam.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Double D Challenge – beach

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – vacation

Aud Sentiments – fun fold and/or summer and a sentiment

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

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

The Sisterhood Of Crafters – fun in the sun

Feathered Birthday

Hello again. I have a card to share for the new challenge which has just started at The Alphabet Challenge. Vicki is hosting, and having reached the letter ‘F‘, she has chosen the theme of ‘feathers‘. Here is my card:

This card turned out to be very technique based. I didn’t plan it that way, it is just the way things happened – and I quite enjoyed the process.

I started by creating the ink well, a layering stamp from The Greetery. This was die cut, and the label for the ink well stamped then die cut, layered on top of the ink bottle.

The feather is a die cut from Waffle Flower, then ink blended the layers to create the mottled effect on the feathers – then going over very lightly to take some of the whiteness off. The nib as die cut and glued down.

The wax seal is from Spellbinders, using their wax, then the flowers and sentiment on the seal was coloured with gold using a gold paint pen from Crafters Companion.

Then I turned to creating the background panel. I thought a postage die would fit in with the quill and pen, so I used an old Catherine Pooler die for that panel, die cut out of a light grey card stock. I added another layer of light grey card stock on top which had been die cut with a stitched detail around the edge.

The written details were added using a slightly darker grey ink and a Spellbinders press plate. I cannot remember how I did the darker grey rim around the edge of this panel………

All layers were added to the white card base using either glue or 3D foam when I was happy with the layout.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations featuring feathers. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

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

Inkspirational – use stencils – option of geometric not taken

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Ellibelle’s Corner – anything goes

Hello Friend

Hello everyone. I have been a little remiss in posting, but I have been creating behind the scenes. I have been enjoying playing with products from some virtual events this past few months, and I have a card to share using products from the recent Simon Says Stamp and Gina K designs collaboration:

I used the colours from the current Color Throwdown challenge to create this card.

The images of the flowers and leaves were stamped, then coloured those using Pinkfresh Studio inks and the matching stencils. I used a heavier hand towards the centre of the flowers and the bottom of the leaves for a little more interest.

The sentiment was stamped in black, then all the images and the sentiment were die cut with the matching dies. The sentiment I layered three times for more dimension.

I took a smaller white panel and used a Pinkfresh Studio Letterpress plate to create the subtle detail in that small white panel, layered that with a black panel, then adhered to the card base.

I then arranged the flowers and leaves, attached the flowers with 3D foam, and the leaves with glue, before adding some enamel dots. The turquoise and yellow dots attached the the centre of the flowers were from Time 4 Tea Designs, and the three small green dots are from Concord & 9th.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Color Throwdown – yellow, green, turquoise

Stencil Fun – stencils – option of summer fun

Craft Rocket – no designer paper

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

Inkspirational – using stencils – option of geometric

Floral Thanks Gatefold

Hello everyone. It’s been a few days since I posted – I was out and about in the gorgeous weather we are having currently in the UK. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge. Billie A is hosting, and has chosen the theme of ‘flowers‘. Here is my card:

I decided to do another fancy fold, this time a gate fold, and used the last of the previously prepared washi panels from a Pinkfresh Studio suite.

I first created the gate fold base card, and used the stamps from the suite all over the front.

The washi panel was created using an embossing folder on the background, then adhering all the washi images, cutting away the overhang, then matted this with a dark blue panel. The gold foiled sentiment was added, then the panel attached to the left opening of the base card.

I also completed the inside of the card using a white panel, some of the washi floral off cuts, matted with another piece of blue card stock, then adhered to the centre.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations featuring flowers. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Ellibelle’s Garden Party – anything goes garden related

Tic Tac Toe – top row – die cut, fun fold, flowers

Beautiful Blossoms – anything goes floral/flowers

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Ellibelle’s I Spy – April showers and/or May flowers

Owl I Want For Christmas

Hello once again. You may be pleased to know that the card I am sharing today does not contain washi tape – no washi tape – none, at all, anywhere…….

I decided to break out the Copics and create this mixed media CAS kinda card:

I was inspired by one if the challenges below to create a Christmas card featuring owls. I searched the Color My Life app – fabulous cataloguing system if you don’t have one – and this cute stamp and die set from Clearly Besotted popped up. Bingo. Perfect for what I wanted.

I started by stamping the images in Gina K Amalgam ink, and heat setting before colouring using my Copics. Once coloured, I used the matching dies to cut them out.

The background is a landscape card base, and onto that I adhered a blue strip for the night sky. This strip was created by ink blending two Distress Oxide blue tones, then I used Liquitex white acrylic paint to create the splatters.

This was put aside to dry whilst I stamped the image – also from the same stamp set – directly onto the card base, ensuring it would be just below the blue strip.

Before adhering the cute little owls, I did die cut another blank one to layer behind for a little more stability, and then glued directly down onto the blue piece.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

12 Months of Christmas link up – Christmas with option of owls taken

We Love 2 Create – anything goes mixed media

Daisy Chain Challenge – animals

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Die Cut Divas – die cuts and critters – real or imaginary

Creative Artiste Mixed Media – anything goes mixed media

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Hugs & Kisses

Hello again. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘X’ and Dawn has chosen the theme of;

XOXO – hugs & Kisses

Here is my card:

I went with a little drama for this card by using a black background to highlight the soft and sketchy floral images.

The background panel was embossed using a Spellbinders embossing folder which has little hearts on it.

The floral images are from The Greetery and have a sketchy look which I quite like. This way, even if the layers of colour are slightly out – it doesn’t really matter. It just added to the overall effect,

I stamped the outline and then lined up the other layers as instructed, then used the matching die set to cut them out. I arranged them on the background, leaving a little space in the centre whilst I decided on which sentiment to use – of course – this foiled sentiment was perfect for the challenge theme.

As this was a silver foiled sentiment, I added some silver sequins – you know I like my added embellishments – then adhered the sentiment across the width of the card.

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

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms – flowers and optional mood board

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

A Cut Above – anything goes with die cuts

Mix It Up – anything goes- option of layers taken

Love To Craft – anything goes

Silent Night, Holy Night

Hello again everyone. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the final challenge of the year. We have reached the letter ‘S‘, and Melissa has chosen the theme of:

‘Silent Night’

Here is my card:

These houses were ink blended using a Simon Says Stamp stencil set called ‘Snowy Village’. There are 5 little stencils to create this scene, and I used all of them.

Pinkfresh inks were used for the houses and trees, gold paste for the windows, and Tim Holtz glitter paste for the snowy background. I obviously had to wait to allow the pastes to dry between those last two layers – patience is not one of my virtues when it comes to card making – but I managed…..

I stamped the sentiment – from an MFT stamp set – then layered that with a black panel.

The little village was die cut using a stitched rectangle die and again layered with black, and the next layer down was cut then dry embossed using one of my favourite embossing folders from Stampin’ Up.

I hope you can come and join us – I am looking forward to seeing your creations in our gallery. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Everybody Art Challenge – house/home

Tic Tac Toe – top right to bottom left diagonal – metallic – embossing (wet or dry) – die cuts

A Perfect Time To Craft – anything goes

Pinspirational – anything goes

12 Months Of Christmas Link-Up – anything goes Christmas

Here Is A Place To Start – anything goes with option Happy Holidays

Stencil Fun – stencil – option Winter/Christmas

Wishing You A beautiful Day

Hello everyone. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘Q‘ and the theme this time round is:

‘Quick and Easy’

Here is my card:

I rarely do what I consider this to be – a Clean and Simple card. I tend to always like layers and dimension, but I do think this is enough. It doesn’t need anything more.

I glued a black A2 sized panel onto a card base. then cut a slightly smaller piece of white card.

Onto this I placed the Gina K Designs ‘Masked Oval Stencil‘ – the outer part, leaving the oval free. I then ink blended a green and a blue – Pinkfresh Studio inks – nice and gently, and softly (I am a heavy handed blender!), and not quite getting them to meet in the middle – or very little meeting anyway.

Once that was dry, I stamped the Gina K designs image, and then the sentiment.

This was then glued down onto the black panel.

I hope you can come and join us with you ‘quick and easy’ makes. xx

Birthday Numbers

Hello once again. The Alphabet Challenge has started a new challenge. Having reached the letter ‘N’, Dawn has chosen the theme of ‘Numbers’. Here is my card:

I chose to put my numbers on the background and use the emboss resist technique.

Onto w white panel, I used the large numbers from an LDRS stamp set received as part of the Crop and Create 2023. I arranged them on the panel, stamped with my Misti, then heat embossed.

Using a range of colourful ink pads, I gave my blending brushes a workout – and my arm.

Once colour blended, I used some smaller stamps of cupcakes and a little sentiment, as well as a tiny star, and stamped into the spaces using the same colour which is behind them – a tone on tone effect if you will.

This panel was cut down and a black layer added using Gina K Master Layouts dies, then attached to a white card base.

The sentiment is also part of the products provided by LDRS for this event, die cut a couple of times, and layered, then added to the panel.

I used the off-cut/outline of the black piece I had die cut the letters from to ensure they were straight and even.

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

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner – anything goes – option of adding a ribbon not taken

Krafty Chicks – stamps

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Love To Craft – anything goes

Christmas (or not) Bingo – column I – die cuts, free, stamped image

Addicted To Stamps and More – birthday

My Ride Or Die

Hello once again. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘M;, and Billie A is hosting and chosen the theme of

‘Masculine’

Here is my card:

I don’t make very many masculine cards – only if there is a theme for one of my design teams. This card was given to my husband for his birthday last month. We have recently watched some challenge programmes on TV, and this was the sub-title of one of the shows. I knew I had seen the sentiment in my stash and the Color My Life app made it easy to find it – from MFT….

The background panel was dry embossed using a Spellbinders embossing folder and attached to a card base.

The car stamp is from The Greetery – just the car outline stamped, then the solid colour, but I didn’t use the detail stamps for the rest of the image.

Stamped in the colours you see then die cut, arranged onto the embossed panel, then the sentiment stamped and added.

I hope you can come and join us with your masculine creations. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Fab’n’Funky – birthday or anniversary

Ellibelle’s Corner – anything goes

A Cut Above – die cuts – option of monochromatic not taken

Here Is A Place To Start – anything goes

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Ally’s Angels – anything goes