The Imagine Tree

Hi there dear Reader!

Today, I have a one layer card to share with you, featuring only stamping and stencilling on the card front. 

The stencilling means I can join in with Donna’s theme at the current ALLSORTS CHALLENGE #853 where you can win more stencils to play with if you’re lucky. 

5” x 4” card

Materials:

• Numbers at left hand edge by Visible Image, from the You’re A Classic stamp set
• Tree by Stampin; Up - from Hopeful Thoughts stamp set
• Imagine word by PaperArtsy from the Coneflowers Edition Eclectica stamp set EAB49
• Grass stamp by Hobby Art from the Bee Kind set
• Dotty circles stencil from a magazine cover gift, stencilled with Distress Inks in Wild Honey, Peacock Feathers and Shabby Shutters.

March Rudolph Day - Heart Baubles

Hi there!

I was chuffed to bits to be the lucky winner of a STAMPING SENSATIONS challenge at the end of last year and received this lovely Christmas baubles stamp as part of my prize. Couldn't wait to play with it, so here's the first card, but I have a feeling there will be many more in different colour ways and maybe some decoupage! 

A6 sized card

Materials:

• Sentiment by Inkylicious - originally part of the Winter Snow Pines (large) stamp set.
• Cling Heart Ornaments stamp by Stampendous.

Friendship Card

Today I have a CAS one layer card to share with you - using just three stamps and a little watercolouring.

I would like to enter this card into the March STAMPING SENSATIONS CHALLENGE where the optional theme is SPRING (or anything goes). I thought the buds looked like Pussy Willow so I'm entering under the theme. There's a lovely prize on offer and you have until noon on 1st April to enter.

A6 sized card

DETAILS:

• PaperArtsy JOFY 102 set for the bud image
• Bird stamp by SU (from the long retired Everything Eleanor set)
• Friend definition stamp by Crafty Roo (no longer trading)
• Inks: SU Sahara Sand and VF Onyx Black

Blue Birthday Flowers

Hi there!

Today I'm sharing a one layer birthday card with you.

A6 sized card.

Details:

• Lovely large background stamp by Crafty Individuals (ref CI-514), stamped in SU Pool Party ink.
• Flowers from Aall & Create's Flower Smudge set No. 985, stamped in SU Island Indigo ink. Please note that I have cut the flower stamp into pieces to better suit my needs - it does not look like this when you buy it!
• Flowers grounded with a small grungy stamp designed by Asia Marquet for IndigoBlu. 
• Sentiment by Stampin' Up!

Stencilled OLC

Today I'm sharing a One Layer Card (OLC) which has simply been stencilled and stamped.

Card measures 5" square

Details:

• Inks: VFC Pine Cone (for the sentiment) and Wild Honey DI (for the stencilling).
• Funky Fossil "Meadow Flower Silhouettes" foliage stencil used over the top of the background.
• Visible Image "Collision" stencil (in the background)
• Crafty Roo sentiment (no longer available).

Sparkly Friends!

Hi there!

I used a preloved Woodware stamp (Daisy Panel JGS334) that I bought for a great price at a local destash event a little while ago.

I coloured the image with glittery Posca Pens which had been scribbled onto a non-stick sheet and picked up with a water brush. The sentiment is from a Visible Image set called “A Friend Like You”.

DL sized card.

Close up of the card front - attempting to show you the sparkle!

Floral One Layer Birthday Card

Today I'm sharing a One Layer Card (OLC) with you. I love the Clean And Simple (CAS) look of it. 

Card measures 4.5" square

Details:

1. Stamped the "Creative Chaos" Visible Image flower direct to the card front, together with a PaperArtsy birthday sentiment.
2. Flower is coloured with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink in various dilutions using a water brush.

I'm taking this card over to the ALLSORTS' CURRENT CHALLENGE #831 where the optional theme is BIRTHDAYS. 

Floral One Layer Birthday Card

Hi there!

I was browsing my floral stamps and came across this three-step stamp set by Stampin' Up! which is part of the Avant Garden set (long discontinued).

Card measures 3.5" x 4.5"

Details:

• Simply stamped using SU Avant Garden flowers and leaves with SU Rich Razzleberry and Lucky Limeade ink. Plus a bit of black ink for the stamens.
• SU Birthday sentiment stamped in black ink. 

I am entering this card to the current ALLSORTS CHALLENGE 830 where the theme is: "I spy with my little eye - something beginning with B". My B's are for BIRTHDAY and BLOOMS!

Crossing Bridges!

I've made an ATC using a much-loved and very old (2005) wooden Penny Black stamp.

My wooden stamps now live in a drawer out of sight and out of mind(!), whereas they used to be proudly displayed on shelving and were more accessible! However, Lesley G has been playing with her wooden stamps and she inspired me to play with mine - cheers Lesley!

ATC (2.5" x 3.5")

Details:

• "Crossing Bridges" stamp by Penny Black (3206J)
• Sentiment made up from two different stamp sets, masked with Washi tape & then inked up. The "Amazing" word is by Aall & Create and the other part possibly comes from a Studio Light set, but it has been cut off from a larger stamp and I can't remember the details.
• Everything was stamped with SU Chocolate Chip ink and coloured in with watercolour pencils and a waterbrush.
• A gold Sakura Pen Touch Calligraphy pen was added around the outside edges of the ATC (yes Di, that pen is still going strong!).

I would like to enter this ATC into the following challenges:

1. Allsorts - Challenge 829 where the theme is ANIMALS (or AG). (Ends 29th August)
2. Tag-Along & ATCs - August challenge, where the theme is TRAVEL (or AG). I don't have many travel stamps, so I had to think outside the box - bear with me - the stamp is called "Crossing Bridges" and I thought that might count(?) . . . plus the little mouse is travelling across the branch . . . so that might count? Anyway, if that's too obscure, it can always be entered under the Anything Goes option! (Ends 28th August)
3. We Love Stamping - August challenge, where the theme is FLOWERS (or AG). The mouse is holding a flower and there are blooms either end of the branch "tightrope!". (Ends 3rd Sept)

Blooms card for Allsorts Week 786

This week at the Allsorts Challenge, they want to see BLOOMS, BEES & BUTTERFLIES. 

I made this little one layer card which is suitable for the "blooms" element!

The Details:

• Tip Top Taupe ink brushed through the two Funky Fossil stencils "Scallop Corner" at the edges and  "Country Diary" in the centre.
• AALL & Create Flowers from Tracy Evan's Stamp Set #70. Coloured with Rose Red SU ink pad and a waterbrush.
• Sakura Gelli 08 Pen used for petal highlights.
• Ordinary HB pencil used with a paper stump to create shadows
• I think the sentiment is also by AALL & Create, but can't remember which set!

Flowery Thanks OLC

Hello lovely readers!

Today I have a One Layer Card (OLC) for you.

Card measures 5" x 5"

The pretty flower and surrounding foliage is from the multi-step stamp set 'Beautiful Day' by Altenew. 

The sentiment is from an Art Deco set by Woodware.

Flowery Thanks

Hi there!

Thanks for dropping by today. I have a one layer card to share, simply stencilled down the left hand side, then stamped with the flower and sentiment. I used Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide to paint the flower with, as well as for inking through the stencil.

Wishing you a very happy day - hope you find the time to do something you enjoy.

Too Kind OLC

Hi Friends

I have a one layer card (OLC) for you today. 

My lovely blog friend Vicky often masks off her card fronts before inking and stamping, so I took a leaf out of her book and had a go at it myself! I was very pleased with the results (thanks Vicky!).

A6 size card

1. As mentioned above, I used low tack masking tape all along the card front edges.
2. I stamped a very large Carabelle stamp into the unmasked area in light brown ink.
3. Using a make-up brush, I brushed light brown ink from the left hand corner upwards and outwards.
4. Used a 3-step Stampin' Up! set of flowers called 'Too Kind', I stamped the green stems first, then the 2-step flower heads.

OLC Sympathy Card

Hi Friends

Today's make is a one layer sympathy card. Thankfully it wasn't required at the time I made it, but I have since had need of it! Sigh!

5" x 5" card.

The background stamp (from Stampin' Up!'s "Work of Art" set) was inked up with DOX Speckled Egg and stamped three times without re-inking in between. I used VFC Twilight ink for the Stampin' Up! flower and the Clearly Besotted sentiment.

All rounder OLCs!

I recently fell in love with an uber-CAS card designed by Kathy K (see the second card on THIS POST) which I just had to pinch - er, I mean CASE!

With her permission I had a go . . .

I liked them so much I made 5 in total!

Everything was stamped with black archival ink. Once the circles were dry, they were coloured with numerous Distress Oxide inks and a water brush. I used three different Distress Oxide colours on each circle.

I reckon these make fab all-rounder unisex birthday cards (depending on the colours used). Very easy to batch-make as there's only a little stamping and colouring involved! Thanks Kathy!

Wishing you a wonderfully crafty week!

Masculine OLC

Hi Friends

I simply LOVE the little "paint chip" stamp from SU's 'Textures & Frames' stamp set.

I've made a few one layer cards (OLCs) with it, and this one's perfect for a masculine birthday card. I teamed it with two lovely sentiments from Visible Image - one for the card front and the other for the inside.

5" square card - simply stamped

The inside

Thanks for dropping by to take a look at what I've been up to. 
Wishing you a lovely day.

A Simple Thank You Card

Hi Playmates

I know many of us (myself included) are still reeling from the sad news of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's passing, so I'll keep this post brief.

It's really just to let you know that the RESULTS of the previous Snippets Playground challenge have been published HERE, so why not wander over to see who's been showcased and who won the prize? It might cheer you up.

5" square card - a one layer card

Inks used: Stampin' Up!'s Pool Party and Soft Sea Foam for the background chips and VersaFine Clair Twilight for the sentiment.
Stamps used: One small "paint chip" stamp from Stampin' Up!'s "Textures & Frames" set and a sentiment pulled from a JOFY stamp set by PaperArtsy (can't remember which set though!).

Bunny ATC

Hi there!

I like making ATCs and recently discovered an ATC challenge blog called A Tiny Craft, so I thought I'd follow their theme of bunnies and join in!

Here's my ATC:

2.5" x 3.5"

I stamped and coloured the bunnies first, then gave the ATC a light colour wash in the lower third. Stencilling was added via the Funky Fossil "Scribbles" stencil. Everything was coloured with Distress Oxides (and a white gel pen in places!). I also used a gold pen around the edges of the ATC.