Snippets Playground - Challenge 414

Hello and welcome!

I've had a blast in the Snippets Playground Treehouse over the last fortnight, making you all mugfuls of hot chocolate with marshmallow toppings. We ran out of marshmallows at one point but a fellow playmate kindly bought up another truckload! One night, during "Homework Club", a couple of playmates bought along the Kahlua and the Baileys, which REALLY helped our homework flow. [Hic!]

Anyway, for my homework this week, I'm sharing a new home card which I really enjoyed making.

All the white elements on the card front are snippets, which means I can skip over to the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND and catch up with my fellow Playmates in the Treehouse where there's always fun and games to be had! All you have to do is scale the ladder and join in the mischief with me!

The card and envelope

A close-up of the layers

Card details:

I matted a previously made gelli print onto navy cardstock and attached it to the card front. I stamped the houses onto the gelli print in navy ink and grounded them using a tiny (retired) Lavinia foliage stamp. Next I stamped the houses twice more in navy ink onto white card snippets and cut them out with scissors. 

I went around the white edges of the houses with a dark grey Tombow pen, then used light and dark grey Tombow pens to add a little depth to the images. They were then stuck to the card front using foam pads for both layers. I layered the sentiment in the same way.

Allsorts Challenge - Week 646

Hello and welcome!

Another Saturday morning has arrived - which means it's time for another ALLSORTS CHALLENGE. 

Brenda has chosen the theme for this week's challenge, which is: ANYTHING AUTUMN - see HERE for further details. 

I have TWO cards to share with you:

CARD 1

A6 sized card

To make this card: I first stamped the Katzelkraft Windy Day image onto the card front, then stamped it again onto the green designer paper. I carefully cut out the girl's coat and umbrella and paper pieced them. I used Tombow pens for the hair, scarf, leggings and grounding. A matching piece of paper was added to the left hand side of the card. The whole thing was finished off with a Uniko "Simply Said" sentiment.

CARD 2

This card uses the Lavinia Spotty Toadstools stamps
which you have a chance to win if you enter the challenge.

For the above card: I used the following Lavinia Stamps - Spotty Toadstool stamps; Slender Mushrooms; Fairy Web and a little foliage stamp (retired). I also  brushed brown ink through the Laurel Stencil avoiding the toadstool heads. The toadstools were stamped first, then the mushrooms, foliage & web. The upside down toadstool was coloured in and the sentiment was added. Everything was then matted and layered onto an A6-sized card which I'd punched out the right hand edge.

You can see my talented team mates' examples HERE 

Allsorts Challenge - Week 645

Hello & welcome!

It's 8am on Saturday, which means it's time for a new ALLSORTS CHALLENGE. 

I'm delighted to reveal that I've joined the Allsorts Design Team for a while and this is my inaugural post as a team member!

It's Lolo's turn to host the challenge and she's chosen EMBELLISH IT as the theme - which leaves you plenty of scope to add all manner of bits and bobs to your projects! 

I made a little pocket wallet and filled it with paper treasures. I embellished the front of the wallet as well as the bookmark that was inserted into one of the pockets.

So, why not head over to the ALLSORTS Challenge HERE to see further details on how to enter. You can also gaze in wonder at the lovely creations made by my talented team mates!

The folded & embellished pocket project

The finished project

Close up of the paper treasures
that were inserted into the pockets!

To create this project:

I followed instructions from HERE.

I took a thin A4 sheet of white card and used a brayer to randomly apply acrylic paints across it on both sides. Once dry, I stuck some tiny pieces of newspaper to it with Mod Podge. Then added a little bit of stamping as well as scraping Gesso through a tiny dots stencil. The sheet was then folded up and red liner taper was used to stick the bottom edge together. Die cut embellishments were then added to the front.

While the main pocket wallet was drying, I made the enclosures by merrily brayering paint and adding stamping to more snippets of white card. I heat embossed  images with clear EP and also doodled with a white gel pen. Added  snippets of black card for the matting. I even used some ribbon on the bookmark!