Butterfly Tag

Hi there!

It's already the halfway point over at the TAG ALONG & ATCs CHALLENGE and the Design Team have further inspiration to enjoy on their mid-month post today.

Below, I've used the same die set that can be won at the Tag Along Challenge this month. I absolutely love this big tag die set and have used it quite a bit since winning it. The challenge theme this month is FASHION, but I'm entering under the Anything Goes option as I've exhausted my fashion stamp supplies for my other 3 entries!

Details:

• Aall & Create “Taggletastic” die set #30 - which can be won at the TAG ALONG challenge this month.
• Stencilled background made with orange and blue Distress Inks using "Make Art" and "Geometric Floral" stencils by Funky Fossil.
• Stamped over the stencilling with the "Texte Mouchete" newspaper print stamp by Florileges Design.
• Three Visible Image butterflies stamped, cut out. Glue was added to just the body part of each butterfly so that the wings could be lifted up.

Fashion Model Tag

Hi there!

Here's a mixed media tag I made for the TAG ALONG & ATCS AUGUST CHALLENGE where the theme is FASHION (or anything goes). The fab prize this month is the same Aall & Create tag set I used below.

Details:

• Aall & Create "Tagglestastic" die set #30. 
• Large background letters added by sponging Midnight Blue Elements ink over the whole tag using the Visible Image A to Z stencil.
• I stamped Florileges Design "Texte Mouchete" newspaper stamp onto some scrap paper then tore it into pieces and glued it on over the stencilling.
• Then I mixed Aubergine acrylic paint with some white modelling paste and scraped it through a dotty stencil (make unknown). It was a bit too overwhelming and dark, so once the modelling paste was dry, I rubbed white gesso over the top to knock it back. 
• I stamped the model's head from Jane Davenport's "Paper Doll Wig" set CEJDCS007 by Creative Expressions onto a snippet of 300gsm card, coloured the image with Willow, Amethyst & Nightshade Derwent Inktense pencils, then cut her out and glued her on. 
• Finally, I stamped the Be Bold words, from Rubber Dance "Mix It Up #3"  stamp set, cut them out and glued them on. Kept me quiet for a couple of hours!

Sunday Snippets - Zigzag Card

Hi Playmates!

Miss Di is BACK (so look out!) with a new challenge to play along with over at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND. 

For my homework this week, I used up a long strip of white card left over from making my own card bases. It was scored and folded into a zigzag shape, then stamped. More snippets were added to the front zigzag. I think this shape is sometimes called a scrapling?

The white snippet strip measures 11.5" x 2.5" and was scored and folded at 4", 8" and 9¾". Easy peasy to make, then just decorate as you see fit. The strip needs to be 11.5" LONG for the above scoring and folding details, but it can be as WIDE as you like!

Details:

• Stamps: Aall & Create "Lost Ink" Set #1260 for the large letters; Florileges Design "Texte Mouchete" Ref: FG317034 for the newspaper print; ancient unbranded stamp for the handbag.
• Gray "diamond" shape cut with a Heffy Doodle "Stitched Square" die.

Sunday Snippets - Hello Friend ATC

Hi Playmates!

For my homework this week, I made a floral ATC. 

The inner purple/pink flower was one of the left over snippets from those cut in THIS POST.

Snippets for die cutting the flower and
stamping the sentiment 

Details:

• MFT sentiment from the "Friends Like Us" set, stamped onto the white snippet in the picture.
• Background created using pink and purple ink, and a stamp from the SU Artistically Inked set
• Book text by Florileges Design stamp ref: FG317034
• Marianne Designs' Daisy flower dies used on the white snippet in the picture
• Purple paper snippet from Studio Light Unicolour Paper pad

I would like to enter this ATC into the current TAG ALONG & ATCs CHALLENGE where the theme is ADD SOME TEXT.

I have published RESULTS from the previous challenge, so please hop over to the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND to admire the top picks and discover which lucky playmate won the prize. There's still nearly a week left to play in the current challenge if you haven't already done so.

Butterfly thank you card

Today I have a collage style card to share with you.

I was inspired to make this after seeing a lovely card by Cecile Ribon on Pinterest, so I CASED it.

My version - A6 sized card

CECILE RIBON'S original card is below:

The card I CASED

Details:

• Rectangle Frame die by Heffy Doodle 
• Leafy sprig from the Hidden Foliage die set by Sizzix
• SU background “paint stripe” stamp from long-retired set (I can't remember the name of it)
• Thank You sentiment the Simply Said set by Uniko
• Text Stamp by Florileges Designs
• Butterfly cut out from patterned paper

Sunday Snippets - 14th September

Hi Playmates!

I'm hosting a new challenge over at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND. This is a great opportunity for you to use up some of your snippets, then come over to the Playground for a 'show and tell'.

Miss Di is feeling better, but still has some healing to do. She's been safely ensconced in a comfy chair in the Staff Room with Dudley dancing attendance! 

For my homework this week I made a card showing how one of the prize stamps can be used - as I have the same stamp in my own collection:

Card measures 5" square

Details:

• Crafty Roo "Embrace the simple things" sentiment stamp (no longer available unless you win the challenge prize!).
• AALL & Create #67 "Broken Circles" stencil.
• SU splatter stamp from the retired "Gorgeous Grunge" set.
• Florileges Design "newsprint" stamp (dabbed on here and there!).
• Snippets: the daisy and its centre. The daisy die is by Marianne Designs. The flower centre is waste fall out from cutting with other dies!

Leafy card for Allsorts

Hi Crafty Friends!

I have a stamped and die cut card using one of my gelli prints to share with you today. I'm entering it into the current ALLSORTS CHALLENGE #832 where the lovely Val has chosen the theme of Trees, Leaves and Plants (or you can enter an "anything goes' project). I went with LEAVES!

Card measures 5" square

Details:

• Simon Says Stamp die:"Circle of Leaves" used to cut the leafy circle from a gel plate print
• Heffy Doodle "Stitched Circle" die used to make the outer frame.
• Lots of Studio Light and Florileges Design stamps used from different sets to create the background.

Allsorts' 700th Challenge

Hello and welcome!

It's 8 o'clock on a Saturday morning, which means there's a new ALLSORTS CHALLENGE waiting for you to play along with.

This week I'm delighted to have been invited back as a Guest Designer for their special 700th challenge.

This week's theme is Let's Celebrate - Any Special Occasion. This means any special occasion you choose, including Christmas. I chose to make a masculine card for an 80th birthday.

Here's my GDT card:

Lots of prizes to be won. Come along and join in the fun.