Sunday Snippets - another bird card!

Hi Playmates!

Miss Di is in charge of the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND for the next fortnight - so why not skip over there to find out what lovely prize she is offering, as well as all the details on how to enter. 

My homework uses up just two snippets, but they make a big impact on the card front along with a larger birthday sentiment. I thought this would make a good masculine birthday card - which I always find harder to make.

A6 Card

Details:

• Unbranded bird die from Temu, cut from a masterboard snippet.
• Spellbinders Wonky Rectangles die used to cut a navy blue snippet.
• Birthday sentiment from a Visible Image "Birthday Wishes" stamp set.

Something a little different . . .

Hi there!

Today I have a couple of things to share with you.

First, I made an art journal page having watched THIS VIDEO:

Double page spread in my Dylusions A4 sized art journal.

Then I used the same method to make a card, by shortening the length of the figure so it would fit!

5 x 7 card

Card Details:

• Various acrylic paints were randomly applied to the 300gsm white card in different layers and some were wiped off through stencils.
• Once the paints were dry, I stamped all sorts of grungy stamps over the pages using VFC Nocturne ink.
• While the ink was drying, I drew a figure on a piece of cardboard packaging and cut it out. Once the ink was dry, the mask was placed on the painted & stamped surface facing to the left while I added white paint around it. The mask was flipped over to face the other way while I added more white paint around it!
• Once the white paint was dry, I outlined the figures with a white gel pen, just to tidy them up.
• I ran a gold calligraphy pen around the edges of the main panel before gluing it to the card front.

Both card making AND art journaling make me happy, not to mention all that stamping and getting messy with acrylic paints in the process . . . so, I'm running along to the current ALLSORTS CHALLENGE 825 to join in with their WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY theme (entering just the journal spread).

13th Blogoversary Snippets Playground Challenge

Hi Playmates!

New Year . . . new challenge.

I'm hosting the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND for the next fortnight. So why not take a look at your pile of snippets, make something with them, then enter the 'show and tell' via Mr Linky.

It's the Playground's 13th Blogoversary on 8th January 2025, and to celebrate, there is a special prize available for one lucky winner.

Shaped 60th birthday card

These are the 2 x A4 masterboards I made and used.

Masterboard Details:

• I took two A4 sheets of 300gsm white card and used my brayer to run purple ink all over to get the first layer down.
• The next layer was created by brushing ink around a leafy Funky Fossil mask in both blue and purple ink. 
• I used part of the same Funky Fossil leafy stencil/mask set, but with the open stencil this time. I added green paint through the stencil - but I didn't like the effect, so I put the stencil back in place and painted over the green with white acrylic paint. 
• The final layer was added using various stamps and VFC Twilight ink.

To create the card base:

I took a sheet of 300gsm white card measuring 11.5" x 5.75", scored the long edge at 5.75", then folded the front cover in half and folded it back on itself. I cut the masterboards into relevant panels and mounted them onto SU Island Indigo card measuring a quarter of an inch more all around the panel .

I decorated the panels by die cutting various snippets shown in the photo below. I now have snippets of the masterboards left over for future use - so watch this space! 

Dies used: Bird & Branch by The Works; Present by Gummiapan; Happy Birthday by Poppy Stamps and the numbers are by Julie Hickey.

The snippets used to decorate the card.

I hope to see you at THE SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND - where the sun always shines.

Purple Pal

Hi there!

Over at ALLSORTS, there's a nice easy theme to kick off the new fortnightly challenges. Sarah wants to see us using our dies (or there's always the Anything Goes option). There are some new DT members to visit and there's a brand new blog header to see! All change!

I was happy to comply with the theme, so I used up a piece from a masterboard I recently made, then added two die cuts to complete the card. 

Card measures: 4.75" x 4.75"

The only snippets I remembered to take a picture of!

Materials:

• Masterboard snippet. I made the masterboard by scribbling a white Crayola wax crayon all over some white card, then added various Distress Inks over the top using a craft brush. The white crayon areas resist the inks leaving a nice effect. The original sheet of card was A4 but I've used up lots of it.

• As this portion of the masterboard was purple, I used a purple mount (larger snippet) and die cut some smaller snippets of the same cardstock for the word "friend" (from Heffy Doodle - no longer in business) and the little bird on a branch (from The Works - discontinued).

It's Winter Solstice today - happy Midwinter everyone - longer days and shorter nights are on their way!

Sarn's Snippets!

Hi Playmates!

There's a new challenge over at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND with Yours Truly in charge for the next fortnight.

Here's my homework - which started life as an ATC, but morphed (like a butterfly from a chrysalis) into a full-blown A6-sized card!

The ATC that turned into the focal point of a card!

The snippets that made the original ATC!

THE DETAILS:

• SU Island Indigo snippet, trimmed to 2½" x 3½". White ink was added around the edges then heat embossed with clear EP (mainly because that was the ONLY way I could get the white ink to stay visible!). In case you're wondering, I was using the Stamps By Me Cotton White ink pad. I am NOT having a lot of success with it and wouldn't recommend buying it, but getting white ink to show up is ALWAYS difficult!
• A snippet from an inky/painty master board was trimmed to 2¼" x 3¼". I added more white ink heat embossing around the edges, then glued it to the Island Indigo piece.
• Butterflies were stamped onto a white snippet then cut out with scissors and adhered to the ATC with foam pads.
• A sentiment was added at the bottom of the greetings card.

So, why not take a look at your snippets pile, pull a few bits out and see what you can make? Then come over to play in the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND - there's a lovely prize on offer - or you can just play for fun.