Sunday Snippets - New Home

Hi Playmates!

Miss Di has kicked off a new challenge for you to play along with over at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND so off you go to do your homework! LOL! 

Here's my homework - a colourful new home card, made with some larger snippets. 

A6 sized card

MATERIALS:

• Stampendous SSC218 stamp set for the houses
• Woodware sentiment
• Retired SU little leafy stamp (at top of card)
• Heffy Doodle stitched rectangle dies to cut the panels
• SNIPPETS - white card for the image panel and blue paper for the panel mount

Sunday Snippets - Christmas Gift!

Hi there Playmates!

Di has published RESULTS from the previous challenge, so please hop over to the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND to admire her 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.

For my homework - I made another card using my own set of Polkadoodle “Perfect Parcels” dies - which are available as part of the prize in the current Snippets Playground Challenge.

A6 sized card

Snippets

Materials:

• Snippets of journal pages for the main panel and mount.
• Polkadoodles’ “Perfect Parcels” die set for the gift boxes (can be won in the current challenge), cut from an acrylic painted snippet of originally white card.
• Ancient SU Sentiment, heat embossed with clear EP. 
• Funky Fossil’s Geometric Flowers stencil, brushed with SU Island Indigo ink on the card base.

Vintage ATC

Hi there!

This ATC is mainly made from snippets which I’ve made into a collage.

I’m taking this along to the TAG-ALONG & ATCS September Challenge where the theme is CIRCLES. Hoping the two clock faces will count towards the theme, or the pattern made by the four petaled flowers - but if not, it will certainly fit in the ANYTHING GOES option!

Details:

• Background = snippet of paper from a Zine that I stencilled, but ended up binning. Kept the bits of it that I liked . . . and glued one of them onto this ATC base!
• Clock faces were carefully cut out from a photocopied page of Stamperia Voyages Fantastique images.
• 'BPR . . . LYON’ ticket was stamped, coloured and cut out using the PaperArtsy Eclectic AB37  “Poppy Edition” stamp set.
• Four petaled flower die by Stampin Up, cut from packaging.
• Torn piece of paper snippet with figures on.
• ‘Vintage’ stamped word by Aall & Create.

Hare today . . .

 . . . gone tomorrow . . . as the saying sort of goes!

I saw the ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL theme of the current ALLSORTS CHALLENGE #857 and had the perfect card sat sitting here on my desk - ready to be blogged.

A6 sized card

Details:

• Funky Fossil hare from the “Tall Grass” set.
• Funky Fossil "Shoot for the Stars”text stamp.
• Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous THMM123 mixed media stamp set for some of the background elements.
• Uniko triple circle from the Background Builders “Round in Circles” set.
• Lavinia Elements inks : Bermuda and Mermaid.
• Splatters by Stampin Up.
• Black Stabilo All pencil and a waterbrush to create the shadow.

Sunday Snippets: Foliage Zig Zag Card

Hi Playmates!

Miss Di has published the RESULTS from her 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.

For my homework, I scored and folded another of my long strips of white card to create a zigzag shape.

Details:

• White snippet strip used to make the zigzag card, plus various small snippets of SU Soft Sea Foam and So Saffron card for die cutting, stamping and dry embossing.
• SU "Petals" embossing folder used on the Soft Sea Foam snippet at the back of the card.
• Simply Graphic "Fleurs en Bouton" dies for the flowers
• One of the Sizzix "Hidden Leaves" dies for the middle bit of foliage.
• One of Jamie Rodgers "Lace Sentiments" stamps for the sentiment.

I'm also joining in with the current ALLSORTS CHALLENGE #856 where they want to see either dry or heat embossing on your project, or there's always the Anything Goes option.

Fashion ATC

Hi there! Thanks for dropping by.

This is my second entry into the current TAG ALONG & ATCS CHALLENGE where there’s a FASHION theme (or anything goes) . . . and a great prize on offer.

ATC

Details:

• Two white snippets of card to make up the ATC.
• Fashion model image and sentiment from the SU Beautiful You stamp set stamped with Merlot Elements ink for the outline stamped image and Spun Candy Elements inks for the infill stamp.
• Background stamp from Studio Light Grunge Set 451 stamped with Spun Candy Elements ink.
• I gently dabbed the edges of the image panel into the Merlot ink pad before adhering it to the 2.5” x 3.5” ATC base. 

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.

It’s NEARLY Rudolph Day!

Hi there!

It’s Rudolph Day tomorrow . . . but as I often post on a Wednesday, my penguin ATC is a day early! 

Instead, I’m entering this ATC into one of my favourite challenges - TAG ALONG & ATCs - where they want to see you ADD SOME TEXT to your tag, ATC or bookmark. 

My ATC has text stamped faintly in the background and the word “penguin” in the orange/green bit of the image.

ATC

Details:

• Snippets of white and SU Island Indigo to create the ATC base 
• MFT Stitched Snowflakes for the two smaller flakes; unknown make for the largest snowflake.
• Script stamp (stamped in SU Pool Party ink) is from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous set THMM123.
• Penguin is by AALL & Create - Set #604

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.

You're invited to Allsorts' 17th Birthday Party

I am thrilled to be one of the Guest Designers at ALLSORTS Challenge 850 while they celebrate their 17th birthday.  Go check out the Design Team’s lovely makes. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLSORTS - congrats to Brenda and her team on your longevity.

The challenge theme is ANYTHING GOES - so a nice easy one.

There are lots of lovely prizes on offer (details HERE) and you can enter up to 5 times, so why not come and join in with the Allsorts Birthday Party and you might go home with a little goody bag!n On top of all that there is a code for 15% off of Aall & Create products which is AllsortsBD17.

I got out the wonderful Studio Light triptych dies to make this shaped card, along with some vintage style stamps by Tim Holtz. I stamped the butterfly twice so I could decoupage it. If you fold one panel back on itself, this card fits inside a 6" x 6" envelope.

Materials:

• Studio Light triptych die
• Botanic Collage Stamps CMS447 by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous
• White panels matted onto SU Tip Top Taupe card
• SU Birthday stamp from a long retired set, stamped with Tip Top Taupe ink
• Lavinia Elements Mulberry ink used for the main panels

Sunday Snippets - A Butterfly Card

Hi Playmates!

There's a new challenge to play along with over at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND hosted by Miss Di for the next fortnight.

Here's my homework:

A6 sized card

I've only used ONE snippet on this card (the butterfly), but I hope you'll agree it has IMPACT!

Details:

• Concord & 9th Butterfly (snippet from an art journal page I discarded)
• Funky Fossil - Geometric Flowers stencil (green ink)
• Tim Holtz THMM123 grungy letters stamp (grey ink)
• SU Gorgeous Grunge splatter stamp (purple ink)

Sunday Snippets - another Bunny card!

Hi Playmates!

Here's another bunny card. You have the chance to win a bunny die as part of the prize package over at THE SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND for the next week. 

Zigzag card

Left over snippets!

Details:

• Pink patterned paper snippets
• SU Sahara Sand snippets of card used for die cutting, matting and layering
• Zigzag shaped card created from a snippet strip of white card left over from cutting my own card bases. (Strip measured 11" x 2" and was scored & folded at 4", 8" & 9.5")
• Unbranded Bunny and flower dies, cut from Sahara Sand snippets
• Retired SU four petal flower outline die cuts used on back panel; waste leaves used to ground Bunny

Di has published RESULTS from the previous challenge, so please hop over to the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND to admire her top picks and discover which lucky playmate won the prize. 

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

Sittin’ Pretty!

Hi there!

I decided to play with my lovely wooden stamps. This chicken, sitting pretty on top of a pile of gifts, is an old favourite. I have left the card sentiment-free for the time being.

I’d like to enter the card into the current ALLSORTS CHALLENGE 844 where the theme is RIBBONS AND BOWS. I took a leaf out of VAL’S book and used a stamp with ribbons and bows on it (in the gifts). 

A6 sized card

Details:

• SNIPPETS = Everything stuck to the card front!
• SU patterned paper, mounted onto SU Night of Navy card.
• My 23-year old-Penny Black “Party Perch” 2619H wooden stamp!
• Image coloured with watercolour pencils and a water brush. 

Delighted to be part of Allsorts Top 7 with this card - thank you so much.

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

February Rudolph Day - Christmas Gonk

Hi there!

It's "Rudolph Day” for us crafters, so I'm sharing one of the festive cards I made earlier this year, ready for the coming December! 

 A6 sized card

Materials:

• Torn paper masks for snow drifts.
• Gonk by unknown make
• PaperArtsy snowflake stencil
• Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink, plus SU Night of Navy ink for the sentiment.
• Creative Expressions snow stencil
• Posca Pens scribbled onto a non-stick sheet and picked up with a waterbrush to colour the gonk.
• White snippet used to stamp the gonk on. It was then coloured, cut out and glued to the card front. 

Snippets Sunday - Ooh La La!

Hi Playmates!

Di has published RESULTS from the previous challenge, so please hop over to the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND to admire her 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.

For my homework this week, I made a background and then added a snippet collage over the top. This means I can also join in with the current ALLSORTS CHALLENGE #842 where the optional theme is to CREATE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND (or anything goes).

Finished A6 sized card with a side opening.

The stamped & stencilled background.

Snippets pulled out ready to use.

Details:

• BACKGROUND created with Visible Image Daisy stencil. With the stencil still held in place, I stamped a little background stamp from Studio Light's Grunge Collection stamp set SL451 among the petals.
• SNIPPETS for this card had previously been stamped on to a scrap of white printer paper (left over from making card inserts) using Hobby Arts' "Vintage" set. The female figure is from SU's "Beautiful You" set and was cut out from scrap of white card. I often stamp things on to white snippets, cut out and keep for later!

Sunday Snippets - Let’s Rock!

Hi Playmates!

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.

For my homework, I made another guitar card for a friend of the guitarist in my life!

A6 sized card

I would like to enter this card into the current ALLSORTS CHALLENGE #841 - under their theme of “For Boys or Men”.

Materials:

• Stamps: Sentiment from a retired SU stamp set; guitar inc background (all one stamp) from the Rock n Roll set by Funky Fossil.
• Inks: SU Basic Grey ink for the guitar stamp. A few brown Distress Inks to colour the guitar itself.
• Dies: Retired stitched circles from The Works; retired Stitched Rectanges from Heffy Doodle.
• Snippets: The circular sentiment; the white image panel and a larger brown snippet trimmed to fit.

Sunday Snippets - Masculine Card

Hi there!

I needed a masculine card for the guitarist in my life - so here’s what I came up with - a box card with a hinged sentiment.

A tutorial for this card is on the tabs at the top of this blog HERE - just scroll down to “Square Box Card” for details.

Materials:

• Guitar image from Visible Image’s Music Speaks set
• Sentiment from an old set by Stampin Up
• Bottom edge swirl from the Funky Fossil Rock n Roll set
• Sizzix circle dies used for the hinged sentiment
• Snippets: white card and SU Sahara Sand card used for the panels and sentiment

Di has published RESULTS from the previous challenge, so please hop over to the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND to admire her 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.

Coffee Love!

Hi there!

I made a little ATC which I would like to enter into the January TAG ALONG & ATC CHALLENGE where the theme is Love and Romance. 

Well, I LOVE decent coffee! If that’s too “out there” as an interpretation of the theme, there’s always the ANYTHING GOES option!

ATC 2.5" x 3.5"

My snippets!

Details:

• Background stamps used on ATC base: Tall Grass set by Funky Fossil; Studio Light Grunge Collection SL451; splatters from the Gorgeous Grunge set by Stampin’ Up! 
• Background Stencil: Ink Swirls by Visible Image.
• Focal point:Coffee Cup stamp = magazine cover gift, stuck to ATC with foam pads. Brown ink and waterbrush used to ground image.
• Words by Clearly Besotted (retired set)
• Heart from the Accessorize set by Visible Image (stamped, cut out and stuck on with foam pads).