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. 

An abstract design . . .

Hi there!

I saw some abstract cards on Pinterest, so I decided to have a go at making a card with an abstract design while I was crafting at a friend's house. 

I masked off the edges of a piece of watercolour paper, then used Distress Inks, a stencil and some stamping. 

The circles at the left hand side are by Crafty Roo, but the crosses and numbers belong to my friend . . . so I don't have their details, although they may well be from one of the Studio Light grunge sets! 

I mounted the watercolour paper to the card front of a custom-made base card measuring 4.5" x 4.5".

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.

Sunday Snippets - Coneflower ATC Postcard

Hi Playmates!

I'm hosting a new challenge over at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND for the next fortnight, so please come over and play with Miss Di, Dudley and me. There’s bound to be a game of tag on, or you can visit the treehouse and have a nice mug of hot chocolate (or something stronger). If the weather forecast is correct, we may even get the paddling pool out!

For my homework this week I used a snippet of black card and a snippet of white card to make this coneflower ATC.

ATC

Details:

• Black and white snippets of card.
• PaperArtsy Eclectica stamp set EAB48 "Coneflower Edition" for the coneflower, words and postage stamp/frank.
• StudioLight stamp set 451 for the little grungy background stamp.

I'm also taking this ATC over to the TAG ALONG & ATCs' MAY CHALLENGE where the theme is ADD SOME PINK (or anything goes). 

Delighted to be “picked” at the Tag-Along Challenge:

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 - Dragonfly Tag

Hi Playmates!

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

For my homework I made a tag using a die set I was delighted to win at the Tag Along & ATC Challenge recently.

The finished tag

Below is a photo of the inner piece of the tag before I mounted it onto the outer piece and added the dragonfly and sentiment. 

Believe it or not, the inner piece was WHITE before I brushed it with three different Distress Oxide inks, added some stencilling; some white modelling paste (which turned a bit green as I was too impatient to wait for the inks to dry) and some white splatters (using watered down white acrylic paint). 

Then it was just a case of stamping and die-cutting the dragonfly and colouring it with Posca pens. I used the same Posca pens to colour a few of the modelling paste squares and added some dots. Then I glued everything together, punched a hole and added the twine before stamping and distressing the edges of the sentiment and glueing it in place. The sentiment IS on straight - it’s the modelling paste squares that are a bit wonky!

MATERIALS:

• DIES: “Taggletastic" tag die set #30 by Aall & Create (white snippet used for inner piece); 
• “Dragonfly” stamp and die set by Hazel Eaton for Studio Light (part of a Dragonfly Dreams suite) (stamped onto a white snippet).
• STENCILS: Funky Fossil “Grid” stencil (with modelling paste scraped through it); “Geometric Floral” stencil by Funky Fossil and “Flower Power #8” stencil by Uniko, both brushed with darker green Distress Oxide ink.
• SENTIMENT from the "Tall Grass" set by Funky Fossil (stamped onto a snippet of SU Tip Top Taupe card leftover from cutting the outer tag.)
• Posca pens and Distress Oxide inks for all COLOURING.

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

1. ALLSORTS CHALLENGE #845 under the theme of Things With Wings;
2. WE LOVE STAMPING March Challenge under Wildlife theme/Anything Goes
3. TAG ALONG & ATCs March Challenge under Anything Goes

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!

Feather ATC

Here's a little ATC that I'll be entering into the February TAG ALONG & ATCs CHALLENGE where the theme is to ADD A NUMBER (or anything goes). 

In this case, I added several numbers with background stencilling and stamping!

ATC

Details:

• Stencilled background numbers created with whatever ink was left on my brushes, brushed through the Heffy Doodle "Numicon" stencil.
• Small line of numbers from an unknown stamp set.
• Large, grungy "6" stamp by Studio Light' Artists Atelier Grunge Set 32: "Feather".
• Feather stamp = magazine cover gift. (Stamped direct onto the ATC and again onto a white snippet, cut out and glued over the top.)
• Stamped & stencilled panel then glued onto a white snippet, cut to correct ATC size of 3.5" x 2.5".

Allsorts - Challenge #842

Hi there!

I've made a sympathy card from snippets that were glued over the top of a stamped and stencilled background. 

I would like to enter this card into the current ALLSORTS CHALLENGE #842 where creating your own background is the optional theme, or there's always Anything Goes.

A6 sized card - tent fold

The stamped and stencilled background
before I added the snippets.

The snippets I pulled out to play with.

There's some gorgeously grungy AALL & CREATE stamps to be won at Allsorts, so why not hop over and join in? And if you use up some of your snippets, you can come and play at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND.

Details:

• Background created with Studio Light BJ04 stencil by Jolanda de Ronde and a splatter stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge set by SU, using SU Sahara Sand and Chocolate Chip inks.
• Snippets: the leafy strip is from That's Crafty Nature's Gatherings 1 stamp set; sentiment is by Uniko and the black heart is from a Crafts Too "Miss P Loves Boundless Journal Locking Tag set.

Doodling with torn paper snippets . . .

Hi there!

Something VERY quirky from me today!

I saw something on Pinterest which showed tiny bits of brown paper with doodling around their shape. This piqued my interest, so - I thought I’d have a go myself! I would link to the Pinterest post, but I can’t find it anywhere now, despite searching!

Here’s the final results, made into cards:

The process I used was to find a few brown paper snippets (never a problem, I have loads of brown paper snippets). Then I tore them into small pieces and stamped them randomly with the Funky Fossil “Shoot for the stars” text stamp. Once they were glued to a piece of A4 printer paper, I simply doodled around them and cut them out ready to add to cards.

Bits of stamped brown paper ready to doodle! I glued paper onto two A4 sheets,
but I’m sure you get the idea from this one.

These were the doodles that made the Final Cut - but then, I
didn’t like what I made with the “mouse” or the “toucan”, so they
got binned!

4.5" x 4.5” sized card with a stamped & stencilled background,
plus a clock that I cut out and stuck behind the doodle.

"Small Triangles” stencil by Rubber Dance; sentiment from 
Grunge Collection SL GR STAMP43 by StudioLight.
Grounding stamp by IndigoBlu. 
Custom card size 4 1/8th x 5"

PaperArtsy “mini” stamp in orange; grounding stamp
by IndigoBlu. Sentiment from the “So Weird” set by Whimsy Stamps.
Custom card size: 5” x 5.5"

It was a bit of fun, and I got a few cards out of the exercise, so I was happy!

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).

Sunday Snippets in Red and Green

Hi Playmates!

Miss Di is in charge of the new SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND challenge for the next fortnight - and I must say the Playground is looking VERY festive. Everything has been decorated and there’s a huge Christmas tree in the Assembly Hall. 

Rehearsals for the Nativity Play are going well with all you little (ahem!) angels running amok. It’s going to be the usual mayhem with myself, Di and Dudley running around like headless chickens, but it is a lot of fun!

For my homework this week, I made a festive card with plenty of red and green on it so that I could enter the current WE LOVE STAMPING CHALLENGE using their theme.

The cream card measures 5" square

Materials:

• Background stamping = Numerous grunge stamps by Kaiserkraft, Studio Light, plus splatters fromSU’s  Gorgeous Grunge set, stamped onto a white snippet.
• Focal point stamping =The postmark stamp is from the Hobby Art Christmas Post CS068D set. I stamped it on the panel and again onto another snippet so that I could cut it out and stick it on with foam pads. I inked the postmark and panel edges with whatever orange Distress Oxide ink was left on the brush. 
• Die Cutting: Winter foliage from gel print snippets (Hidden Leaves dies by Sizzix Code 664581).
• The bird die (unbranded set from TEMU) was cut from the last remaining red snippets of card I could find.

Green gelli plate snippets & the last couple 
of red snippets I managed to squeeze the birds out of!

I also made an ATC while I had the above snippets out on my desk. Managed to cut x 2.5" x 3.5” piece out of the dark green gel print to mount the bird panel on. I stencilled the white snippet (not shown in the pic) first, adding some dark brown splatters, then stamped the sentiment before glueing the foliage and bird in place. 

ATC

I would like to enter the ATC into the DECEMBER TAG ALONG & ATC CHALLENGE where the theme is RED & GREEN (but there’s also an anything goes option).

Materials:

• Heffy Doodle “Numicon” stencil used on the white panel with light green ink.
• SU splatter stamp from “Gorgeous Grunge” used with dark brown ink.
• Crafty Roo “Happy Christmas” sentiment stamped in VFC Spruce ink.
• Dark green gel print snippet shown in the photo trimmed to 2.5” x 3.5” - used for the main panel mount.
• Green foliage die from the Hidden Leaves set by Sizzix (Code 664581) - cut from a gel print snippet.
• Red bird (unbranded die set bought from Temu) cut from red snippets of card.

Remember there are EXTRA PRIZES to be won in the December challenges at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND, so why not come over to play? 

Textured ATCs

Hi there!

Today I have a couple of textured ATCs to share - but be warned - this post is a bit photo heavy! Both ATCs were originally playing cards, which I trimmed to 2.25" x 3.25" and rounded the corners so that I could mount them onto a 2.5" x 3.5" base.

Here's the first:

ATC

Attempting to show you the embossed texture
of the base and the flower.

ATC MATERIALS:

• Focal flower: Flower head from a retired Stampin' Up! set, coloured with yellow & orange Distress Inks then heat embossed with clear EP. The stem and leaves are from Tim Holtz Flower Garden CMS125, stamped in black VFC ink, then heat embossed with clear EP.
• Background: Stamps from Studio Light Grunge set SL GR STAMP229 and Creative Expressions Arty Background stamp set CEC-784. Base was created by painting and smearing the playing card with a mixture of black, white and turquoise gesso. (Yes! You read that right . . . TURQUOISE gesso - by Jane Davenport!)
• Texture: created with different layers of gesso; heating embossing and the flower head was stuck to the card with a foam pad.

I couldn't believe how glossy the flower turned out. I had simply stamped it onto some plain old copy paper and coloured it with a yellow and orange Distress Inks. I liked it like that - but, as I had the heat gun and embossing stuff out on my desk, I wondered what would happen if I dabbed a VersaMark ink pad onto it and covered it with clear embossing powder! This was the delightful result:

Sooooo glossy! Happy days!

I would like to enter the flower ATC into the TAG ALONG & ATCs CHALLENGE where the theme is to ADD TEXTURE.

Delighted to be picked.

This is how the playing cards looked at first:

I covered the playing cards with
gesso and acrylic paints.

Here's the other textured ATC I made from the above:

The photo below shows how it looked after the gesso & acrylic paint, with the added stamping, stencilling  and heat embossing, but minus the chicken and flower "sun" and the sentiment which I cut out from a magazine and inked.

If you managed to get to the end of this longer blog post . . . congrats and THANK YOU!

Textured ATCs

Hi there!

I made a set of ATCs just for fun!

I'd like to enter these ATCs into the November TAG-ALONG & ATCs CHALLENGE where the optional theme is to ADD SOME TEXTURE. 

Set of 4 ATCs

Below: work in progress:

This pic shows how they looked after stamping; stencilling;
adding modelling paste; Washi tape and
gold splatters (which remained raised once dry) 
and before  adding the die cuts and mounting onto
SU Misty Moonlight card.

The left over snippets I can play with another day!
These show up the original stencilled and stamped layers 
prior to adding the different textures.

DETAILS:

• Stencils: 'Ink Swirls' by Visible Image and TCW various circles stencil and 'Zippy Dots' by Memory Box.
• Inks: Distress Oxide colours Spiced Marmalade; Peeled Paint and Faded Jeans for the stencilling; Misty Moonlight dye ink by SU for all stamping added on top of the stencilling.
• Stamping: blue circles ('Tall Trees' set by Funky Fossil); line of numbers by IndigoBlu; broken circles from a grunge set by StudioLight; blue splatters from the Gorgeous Grunge set by SU.
• Washi Tapes: Aall & Create numbers #7 and #41.
• Galeria Modelling Paste - trowelled on through the dotty & circular stencils mentioned above. I brushed more Distresss Oxides over the paste once it was dry as it didn't show up very well! I do not recommend the Galeria modelling paste (recently bought from Hobbycraft) as it is very lightweight and although you can FEEL it, it's hard to actually SEE it unless inked over!
• TEXTURES: All ATCs have modelling paste, raised gold splatters and Washi tape added to them. In addition 3 of them have die cuts from snippets of SU Misty Moonlight cardstock as follows: Top Right = Marianne swirly foliage die, plus a few extra leaves from a die by The Works; Bottom Left = Daisy Flower by Leane Creatief and two smaller flowers from "The Missees" set by Karin Joan for Studio Light, flower centres = a tiny floral die by Gummiapan, and Bottom Right = two unbranded daisy dies bought from Amazon.

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.

Tag-Along & ATC September Challenge

Here’s an ATC with a lovely silhouette butterfly by Visible Image, flying away from delicate flowers. I’m entering this into the current TAG-ALONG & ATCs September Challenge which has the optional theme of THINGS WITH WINGS (or anything goes).

ATC measuring 2.5" x 3.5"

Details:

• SU Night of Navy ink used to stamp with.
• SU Night of Navy card used to mount the main image, which was in turn mounted to the white ATC base with foam pads for some dimension.
• Visible Image butterfly (from theVI Mini’s #1 set)
• Studio Light Flower from the "Dried Flowers" duo (SL-ES-STAMP828).
• All the pieces of card used for this ATC were snippets. 

Sunday Snippets - handbags at dawn!

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.

I used just two snippets on the card below, but I hope you agree they make a great focal point.

Card measures 5" square

Details:

• Handbag stamp - bought from eBay yonks ago and looks to be handmade and therefore unbranded.; Image coloured with Distress Ink.
• Snippet of yellow card, die cut with a Heffy Doodle Stitched Square die.
• A Sweet Huni "glossies" self-adhesive gem for flower centre.
• Uniko sentiment.

White snippets, stamped, coloured
and cut out with scissors.

As you can see from the above photo, I stamped a few handbags onto a larger white snippet and then watercoloured each one before cutting it out. Here's another card that I used one of the yellow bags on:

Card measures 5" square

Details:

• Background stamps from various sets by Kaisercraft; Studio Light and Bee Crafty - stamped in Misty Moonlight SU ink.
• Unbranded handbag stamp coloured with Distress Ink.
• Light blue self-adhesive gem used on flower centre.
• Snippet of SU Misty Moonlight card die cut with a Spellbinders circle die.

What's in Sarn's Satchel this Sunday?

Hi Playmates

In my satchel this week I've a bunch of daffodils to brighten up the treehouse, and this card to make you smile, (not to mention the packet of chocolate biscuits and an extra bag of marshmallows for your mugs of hot chocolate!).

I simply stencilled a background and used snippets of white and navy blue card for the sentiment. The sentiment is a mix of stamp sets. I know the "smiles" word is by Printworks (long gone), and I think the words in the first line are from a Uniko set, but I could be mistaken!

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

Grumpy Penguin Christmas Cards

Hi Friends

Sorry, but I have a bit of a Christmas fest going on in this blog post, so you'd best grab a nice mug of hot chocolate and settle in!

These Christmas cards were made with the wonderful Katzelkraft "Grumpy Penguins" stamp set. 

I'm entering the single card (below) to the CHRISTMAS CRAFT CREATIONS challenge where they have a snippets theme going on this month. However, if you look further down this post, there are even MORE penguin cards using up those ever-increasing snippets!

A6 card for the CCC Challenge with the penguin snippet added,
together with snowflake snippets.

To create my cards, I first gathered together a few of my MANY white snippet strips (left over from cutting my own card bases). Then I stamped a load of penguins on them.

White snippets ready for colouring & fussy cutting

All coloured and cut out ready to go on cards.

Once that was done, I made a few inky backgrounds then glued the penguins and snowflakes on top.

Only the penguins are snippets on this trio of cards.

A6 card showing penguins & snowflake snippets.

Had LOADS of fun making these, and I still have a few penguins left to add to more cards when the mood is upon me!

Sunday Snippets!

Hi Playmates

Wow it's been a freezing and chilly old week hasn't it? No snow at the time of writing this blog post, but the hard frost looks so white and pretty.

Here's my homework for today: 

5" square card

1. I brushed Navy Blue ink through my latest stencil acquisition (MASKBJ04 by Studio Light), then added some random dotty stamping using various grungy stamps.
2. The focal flower was die-cut from a snippet of watercolour paper that I'd used Brushos on (see photo below). 
3. Finished off with a Uniko sentiment using Navy Blue ink and second gen stamping onto a small white snippet which was then cut out with scissors and glued to the card front.

The snippet of watercolour paper
I used

Can you believe there's only two weeks to go until the Big Day! Time sure is slipping by! 

If you want to come and play at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND there's a new challenge just waiting for your homework submission HERE! We have sausage rolls, mince pies, toasted crumpets, tea, coffee and hot toddies up in the Treehouse for you, whenever you've finished playing.