Sunday Snippets

Hi Playmates

Guess what? A new fortnight of fun has started over at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND where I'm back in charge and there's still a Christmas theme going on! Expect plenty of Summertime Cocktails - and if you want a recipe - just hop on over to the Playground to find one!

For today's homework, I took inspiration from Carol L's post HERE and got out my SU trees stamp set and co-ordingating punch.

Here's my snippets homework:

Snippets of white card, stamped and punched out.
For the smaller triangles, I didn't insert the punch
as far into the tree image as I did for the whole tree.

So why not grab some of your festive snippets, create a little project and enter your own piece of homework? There's a lovely bundle of Christmas prizes on offer to one lucky winner.

Floral DL card

Hi there!

Thanks for coming to visit.

Today I have a DL card to share with you which was just the right size to enclose three ATCs for a swap. I made this a little while ago, but haven't blogged it until now! Unusually for me, no snippets were used on this card!

• First, I brushed purple ink through the Uniko "Flower Power #8" stencil
• I stamped various stamps from Funky Fossil's "In The Meadow" set using first and second generation inking with grey and purple inks
• Purple splatters were stamped using SU's "Gorgeous Grunge" stamp set (retired)
• I also brushed ink right around the edge of the stamped panel
• The stamped panel was mounted onto purple card, then adhered to the card front.

Di has put the RESULTS POST up in the Snippets Playground. Why not nip over there and see if you're the prize winner, or perhaps your card has been showcased?

Snippets Playground Challenge 430

Hi Playmates

It's Sunday morning and time for a new challenge over at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND where Di is hosting. So, I'm grabbing my satchel and skipping over there to hand in my homework!

My homework is an A6 card with an 
embossed snippet + background.

Here's the 2 paper/card snippets
plus the embossing folder I used.

Now it's your turn to grab some snippets from the pile that I KNOW you have . . . and create a little project for the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND where there is a lovely set of stamps and co-ordinating dies to play for.

A Little Zine!

Hi Peeps

I recently attended a mixed media workshop with Floss Nicholls of Floss Workshop Art.

Floss has lots of fabulous ideas and inspiration and I was lucky enough to attend one of her Zine Workshops. Zines are little handmade booklets. 

We used the gelli plate and lots of paint, stencils and stamping. It was GREAT FUN and very inspiring. The two hours just flew by! When I got home I added some doodling, washi tape and more stencilling!

I still need to make a couple of tags to go inside the two pockets that are available.

Here are some pictures of my finished Zine:

The front cover

Pages 1 & 2

Pages 3 & 4

Pages 5 & 6

The back cover - where I used Floss's logo
as a memento of the workshop.

Floss is lovely and I hope to attend more of her workshops at a later date. 

Allsorts' Special 13th Birthday Challenge

Hello and welcome!

It's 8 o'clock on 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 CELEBRATORY BIRTHDAY.

Brenda has chosen the theme of ANYTHING FOR A BIRTHDAY for this challenge, so that gives you plenty of scope to play along and join in with the celebrations. There are 15 prizes on offer in total - yes, you read that correctly FIFTEEN!

Here's my DT card:

See? It stands up all by itself, but it folds flat to post!

Snippets Playground Challenge 427

Hi there Snippets Playmates!

It's my turn to host a new challenge over in the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND.  Miss Di is on a mission to tidy-up and sort out her craft room, so I think we should make the most of things while she's busy don't you? I'll bring along some contraband in my satchel for you to enjoy! Feel free to come up to the Playground Treehouse for a party!

My snippets homework is a little zigzag card - which is a great way of using up long strips.

This measures 3" x 4" when folded up

To make this little card: just take a long strip of card measuring 3" x 11.5" (mine was left over from an A4 piece of card) and place it on a scoreboard in landscape orientation. Score at 4", 8" & 9¾" then decorate with yet MORE snippets!

So, come and play on the Snippets Playground swings or join in with the Maypole Dancing. Miss Di will be patrolling the grounds with playground pup Dudley!

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. 

Another Snippets Card

Hello Snippets Playmates!

This is the second week of my Guest Designer gig in the Snippets Playground and there has been plenty of coffee drinking going on up in the Treehouse coffee bar (coffee bar by day, cocktail bar by night!). Darnell's "tipplings" have gone down well at the evening homework sessions too!

Not everyone was happy about the decaf, so Lesley G spiced things up by bringing along some full-strength caffeinated coffee! This led to Carol L seeing someone swinging from one of the treehouse vines (it was probably either Darnell after one too many tipplings, or Lesley G after all that caffeine!).

A couple of you are 'dyed in the wool' tea drinkers, so we had a teapot on the go too. Poor Jennifer had a note from her mum to inform us she is ALLERGIC to coffee . . . so a big hot chocolate with all the trimmings was the order of the day. I think I saw Vicky sneaking some Bailey's into Jennifer's mug as well (bet THAT was tasty!).

With the very high winds of the recent storms, Linby nearly came a cropper when she was almost blown off course while attempting to catapult herself into the treehouse from the seesaw as usual. Luckily for Linby (and all us other playmates), one of the storms blew a large trampoline from someone's garden into the Playground, so (naturally) we removed all the safety netting (because who needs that??????) and I think it could be a new way for Linby, and anyone else having difficulty with the rope ladder, to get into the treehouse.  If you are new to the Snippets Playground - please take all of this with a very large pinch of salt!

Oh, did you come here to see my card instead of hearing about the Snippets Playground? Well then, here it is: 

A6 card.

Close-up of the sentiment to show the sparkle!

• The cute House Mouse image was stamped onto a snippet of 300gsm white card using grey Archival ink, then coloured using watercolour pencils and a waterbrush. 
• The image was then die-cut using Heffy Doodle Stitched Rectangles. 
• Next, I die-cut a snippet of Island Indigo card with a Spellbinders "wonky rectangle" die and placed it behind the focal image. I really liked how the curved shape stuck out either side!
• The sentiment was die-cut twice from small snippets and I added some clear sparkle with a Gelly roll pen (see second picture).

Snippets Playground Challenge 422

Hi there Playmates!

Today, I'm honoured to be Miss Di's Guest Designer over at the Snippets Playground where you'll find me messing about in the Treehouse as usual.  

Had to temporarily close the Playground Treehouse due to Storm Eunice! However, it's now been deemed safe to use again, so just climb the rope ladder (or catapult yourself through the Treehouse window from the seesaw like Linby does)! Everyone is welcome, so come and relax in the comfy chairs, have a natter and share a coffee. It's decaffeinated as I can't be responsible for you lot running around like loons and causing too much havoc! There's bound to be a few biscuits or a slice of cake knocking about too! You can always bribe Playground Pup Dudley with titbits, to keep him quiet! 

3.5" x 5" card made completely from snippets.

To make this card:

I took a longer snippet of white card measuring 3.5" x 10", which I scored and folded at the 5" mark to finish up with a 3.5" x 5" card base.

I brushed brown ink through the Funky Fossil 'Caffeine Buzz' stencil then stamped the coffee cup (magazine cover gift) direct to the card front and used a little stamp from IndigoBlu's 'Be Different' set to ground the cup.

I stamped the coffee cup twice more onto white snippets and fussy cut them out. They were layered and stuck to the card front with foam pads. The mag cover gift included a die for the lid, so I die-cut one and stuck it on with foam pads. Finally, I glued a little heart to the cup front and called it done!

I will be round to visit you if you entered via a blog. Sorry, but I am unable to leave you a comment if you enter through any other form of social media.

If you've made a card using snippets (scraps) then why not pop along to the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND - where the sun always shines. It's a friendly challenge and the rules aren't difficult to follow. This challenge will end at 11am on Saturday, 5th March and there are TWO chances to win a lovely Tattered Lace die.

Allsorts Challenge - Week 663

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, my lovely teamie Ellie has chosen the theme of CAS (Clean And Simple) WITH AN OPTIONAL THEME OF ELEGANCE. 

Here's my DT card:

To make this card: I used just one stamp and one stencil (plus inks and pencils to colour with!)

I started by stamping the elegant lady image direct to the card front, then masked her. Next, I laid the Funky Fossil 'Brushed Roses' stencil over the top and brushed pink ink through it. After removing the mask, I used a water brush together with ink pads and a few pencils to colour the image (making sure to ground her!).

The materials I used for the card.

Allsorts Challenge - Week 662

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, my teamie Wendy has chosen the theme of ANYTHING GOES - WITH THE OPTION OF RED FLOWERS.

As you can see from my DT card (below) I went with the added option!

To make this card: I stamped the grunge stamp (possibly from a Creative Expressions stamp set) across the top third of the card front. Next I stamped, coloured and fussy-cut the Tim Holtz poppy, shaped it and glued it on. Finally I added a long-retired poignant sentiment by Stampin Up.

Allsorts Challenge - Week 660

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, my teamie Lorraine has chosen the theme: FOR A CHILD.

My DT card is below:

To make this card: I created a 5.75" square card blank. Next I stamped the Sugar Nellie "Little Cotton Rabbits" in black ink onto a snippet of white card and coloured them with Promarkers. I found snippets of gingham paper and mottled brown paper to mat and layer with. I die-cut the white patterned strip and glued it on. Finally, I added the sentiment (also part of the Little Cotton Rabbits set). 

Artist Trading Cards - Snippets

Hi there!

Thanks for dropping by.

Up in the new and improved Snippets Playground Treehouse, I've been having inky fun making some Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) from what were originally longer strips of white card, left over from making my own base cards.

The GRAND DRAW RESULTS have been put up, and there's been a little celebratory party going on in the Treehouse over at DI'S SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND. There's new bunting in place and lots of comfy chairs, plus an extended bar and some nice new desks for homework too! Vicky H smuggled in some Sherry and leftover Christmas cake in her satchel and Carol L made some flavoured Pretzels, so we've been enjoying ourselves. The Playground swings and roundabouts and the seesaw have all had a lick of paint too!

Want to see the process? If so, read on:

First of all I cut a longer snippet of white card into 2.5" x 3.5" pieces, then sprayed each one separately with a variety of Dylusion Ink Sprays and left them to dry on newspaper.

Next a bit of splattering with my White Dylusions spray. Unfortunately, the sprayer was clogged, so what you see below are splatters done by pulling out the sprayer bit, dipping it in the white ink and flicking it at the ATCs!!!!

Another longer snippet I sprayed for future use.

Longer snippet used to stamp & colour
(see finished ATCs above)

I ended up adding some text to the eye ATC - which finished it off nicely:

I had a lovely time making these little cards over a few days.

Wishing you a wonderfully creative day.

NEW BLOG FOR THE SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND!

WOOT WOOT!

You may already have seen Di's blog post about the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND having a NEW HOME - a blog space all of its own. But if not - GO TAKE A LOOK HERE. She has a lovely prize on offer to launch the new blog.

I'll be causing mayhem up in the new and improved Playground Treehouse, just as soon as possible!

I've made card full of snippets. I got the Balcony Card idea from Lesley's Stampin' Ground HERE and thought it would make a lovely card for a 90th birthday.

I had lots of white snippets to die cut from, so I decided that was the only other "colour" I was adding to the Wisteria Wonder DSP and Pool Party matting.

Only the 6" x 6" card base was cut from a whole sheet of A4 white card - everything else is a snippet! 

A card full of snippets!

The measurements:

White card base: 6" x 6" (scored in half).
Decorate with designer paper BEFORE gluing the balconies on!

White inside (middle) piece: 5" x 2.5" (scored @ 0.5"; 2.5" and 4.5").
Flatten the card base and attach this piece to the bottom of the card base by gluing the little side tabs (or do what I did and move this middle piece UP A BIT for extra height).

White bottom piece: 7" x 1.5" (scored @ 0.5"; 3.5" and 6.5"). 
Flatten the card base and attach this strip to the bottom of the card by gluing the little side tabs. 

• The left and right hand sides of the two balcony pieces were decorated with strips of Pool Party card and Wisteria Wonder SU designer paper BEFORE gluing to the card base. 

• I lined up each balcony with the centre scoreline of the card base. 

• Add all the die-cut and punched flowers AFTER you've constructed the card with its balconies!

Sympathy Cards

Today, I have two sympathy cards to show you. I like to have this type of card readily available when needed, as invariably, you don't feel creative after receiving bad news.

So here's two uber-CAS sympathy cards. The sentiment is by Clearly Besotted and the focal images on each card are from an old Penny Black set (I think?).

I bravely stamped direct to the card front - but I had help from a stamp platform!

The leaf card on the left was stamped entirely in Versafine Clair Twilight ink and the flowers card used SU Gorgeous Grape ink with a black sentiment.

Congratulations Di - 10 years as Head of the Snippets Playground

Happy New Year to all who visit.

It's hard to believe that it's been a decade since Jules handed over the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND keys to Di, but there it is . . . it's TRUE nonetheless!

If you pop over to the Pixie's Crafty Workshop you'll find an AMAZING ANNOUNCEMENT about the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND. 👍

The card I'm sharing with you today was made specially for Di's Anniversary. Sorry it's not pink Di, but the snippets I had were in Wisteria Wonder & white!

I love "playing" in the Snippets Playground as it's such a friendly challenge.
It's easy to join in with, not to mention you get plenty of chances to win lovely prizes. Di has also donated over £200 to a dog rescue charity (by donating money in place of having to buy a prize, whenever a donated prize is used for a challenge).

Over the decade, there have been a few changes. It used to be a weekly challenge, and is now fortnightly, plus the delightful Dudley (a little white Havanese dog) has become the Playground Pup and is a firm favourite with everyone, entertaining us all with his amusing antics. Thanks for all that you do Di. 

I'm delighted to call Di a friend of mine and I wish her all the best for the next 10 years.

Grumpy Penguins - Snippets Reminder

Hello and welcome

Happy Boxing Day to you. I hope you enjoyed Christmas Day.

I love these Katzelkraft 'Grumpy Penguins' stamps and had fun using them on some Christmas cards. I had some long strips of white card left over from creating my own card blanks, so I stamped and coloured several penguins at once, then cut them all out to add to cards.

I just love that 'Bah Humbug' (need to get a stamp saying that!) expression on the penguin's face.

CLICK on the photo for a close-up view!

Snowflake snippets

LEFT HAND CARD

I die-cut a snippet of white card with a Heffy Doodles "Stitched Rectangles" die and brushed Pool Party ink through an Aall & Create Stencil (Broken Circles #67) then ran it through my Big Shot inside an old Stampin' Up Snowy embossing folder. Next, I stamped, coloured and fussy-cut the penguin and adhered him to the card front with foam pads - did the same with the Ho Ho Ho sentiment. Glued on a snowflake snippet to finish!

RIGHT HAND CARD

I brushed Pool Party ink through my new Funky Fossil "Pebbles" stencil, direct to the card front. Next, I stamped, coloured and fussy-cut the penguin, adhering him to the card front with foam pads. The sentiment was stamped onto a snippet of white card then cut out and stuck to the card front with foam pads. Finally, I used three die-cut snowflakes from snippets, using dies from The Works.

HAPPY CRAFTING!

Grumpy Penguins

Hello and welcome to my last post before Christmas

I wish all my blog friends, both old and new, a VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS and a terrific NEW YEAR. 

Please know that I am very grateful for your visits. As I have not been out and about as much as normal during the pandemic, your virtual company has meant even more to me than normal. THANK YOU.

I made a few Christmas cards with the "daddy" penguin of the Katzelkraft 'Grumpy Penguins' family. 

He's so grumpy looking that I just HAD to find a sentiment with the word JOLLY in it, just to be ironic.

I spent some time just stamping, colouring and cutting out the penguins first. 

Next, I stamped and stencilled some backgrounds onto the card front. Each penguin was then stuck to the card with foam pads.

Backgrounds ready
for a penguin!

The stencil I used is Pebble Paths by Funky Fossil. I think it's going to be a firm favourite. 

The stamp I used to ground the penguin is from the Asia Marquet Stamp Set "Be Different" by IndigoBlu. A very useful little stamp it is too - and one that could easily be overlooked! The sentiment is so old, I can't remember who it's by, sorry!

Thanks again for your visit.

I wish you peace and joy.

In the Pink!

Hi Girls

I'm back with a festive card - in non-traditional colours. 

In truth, I made this for Miss Di as she just LOVES PINK (and I happen to know she likes this snowy tree image too!)

Remember Di has a four-week challenge going on in the Snippets Playground at the moment, with LOTS of prizes available. See HERE for further details.

SPECIAL Snippets Christmas/New Year Challenge #418

Hello Snippets Playmates!

Oh, you're in for a treat at Miss Di's Pixies' Snippets Playground as she's running a FOUR WEEK challenge and adding lots of prize posts for you to play for throughout those weeks. Be warned though . . . your snippets project must be on a CHRISTMAS AND/OR NEW YEAR THEME 

To put your name into the hat for a prize you must enter a project via Mr Linky on the Challenge #418 blog post. You can say "Yes Please" to as many prizes as you like during the 4 weeks - more details on Di's blog HERE.

I've made the Christmas money wallet pictured below. It's a great way to use up some of your larger snippets at this time of year!

The whole wallet is made from snippets!

To make the wallet: 
I used a larger snippet of SU Certainly Celery cardstock measuring 7" x 8".

With the 8" edge abutting the top of my scoreboard, I scored at 3.25" and 6.5".

After that, it was just a case of creasing all the score lines and decorating the flaps, then adding red liner tape to stick down the left and right hand edges of the small flap to make a pocket for the money to sit inside. Easy peasy lemon squeezy! 

For the decoration I stamped the outside (largest) flap with a huge PaperArtsy JOFY image. I stamped the image again onto a snippet of yellow card then cut them out just the stars to stick over the top of original image. I also used a white Gelly Roll pen to colour the circles and to outline the words. You can't really see it, but inside the front flap is a snippet of white card that I embossed with a snowflake EF. I also opted to use a corner rounder punch on the front flap!

As Head Prefect, I'm giving you a little recap:

• Remember DI'S SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR PRIZE DRAW CHALLENGE runs for FOUR WEEKS

• There's a CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR THEME.

• You MUST mention what snippets you've used AND link back to the Snippets Playground in your post.

• You have until 11am on 8th January 2022 to add your entry to the challenge HERE and once you've done that, you can say "YES" to as many of the prizes on the relevant posts as you like.

Meantime, the Treehouse is looking VERY festive - fairy lights have been hung, the Christmas Tree is decorated and the Christmas Hits are blaring out. Shin up the rope ladder and come find me - I've got plenty of mince pies, sausage rolls and mulled wine to go round!  Hic! I've also added a comfy chair for Miss Di to kick back and relax in with a box of wine and her straw!!!! Dudley has his snug fleecy dog basket next to Di's chair, so I can chuck T.R.E.A.T.S his way!

Allsorts Challenge - Week 654

Hello and welcome!

It's 8 o'clock on a Saturday morning, which means there's a new Allsorts Challenge waiting for you HERE. Pop over to see what my talented team mates have been up to and get details on how to enter.

This week, my team mate Ellie has chosen the theme of WINGS and/or TAILS (my Swiffallow has BOTH!).

Here's my DT card:

To make this card: I started by stamping the bird in navy blue ink on a snippet of white card. I then die-cut the focal image and a snippet of navy blue card using Wonky Rectangles. On the left side of my card front, I brushed green ink through a leafy Lavinia stencil before adhering the focal point to it. Finally I inked up the sentiment in both blue and green ink to pull it all together.

Snippets Playground - Challenge 417 (Ruby's Memory)

Good morning Girls!

I've done my homework and made a snippets card to share with you today!

I stamped portions of the large Penny Black 'Tigress' stamp onto a snippet of white card, then used a water brush and some SU Calypso Coral ink to colour the flowers.

I added the SU sentiment, then used a snippet of Calypso Coral card to mount the image. This was then adhered to the centre of a 5" x 7" card to leave lots of nice white space.

5" x 7" card

I'm skipping over to the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND with a bulging satchel of contraband. Come and find me up in the Treehouse where I'll be doing more, err, HOMEWORK of course! Not causing mischief AT ALL - HONEST! And don't worry, even though Linby fell out of the Treehouse last week, after drinking some of my, "enhanced" Hot Chocolate - she had a soft landing in a huge pile of leaves and is unhurt!

Wishing you a happy and creative day.

Allsorts Challenge - Week 652

Good morning Blog Friends

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

Check out the Allsorts blog HERE to see what my talented team mates have been up to, and see details of this week's prizes and how to enter.

This week, Brenda has chosen the easy peasy theme of USE A HAND STAMPED OR DIGITAL IMAGE - giving you loads of opportunity to join in.

Here's my DT card:

Materials used

To make this card:

I stamped the flower head in SU Rose Red and used the same ink (with a water brush) to colour in the petals. SU Chocolate Chip brown ink was used with a waterbrush on the flower centre. The stem was stamped and coloured in SU Lucky Limeade and the sentiment was stamped in SU Chocolate Chip ink.

The splatters were created by tapping the Rose Red ink pad on an acrylic block and rolling a wet fan brush across it to pick up the ink. I held the brush above the image and tapped it all over the main panel before matting it onto a matching piece of card.

Allsorts Challenge - Week 651

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, Brenda has chosen the theme of ONE FOR THE GIRLS - so she wants to see pretty, feminine, girly makes please.

Here's my DT card:

The materials used to make the card.

To make this card: I started by stamping the Carabelle "Woman with Birds - La Femme aux Oiseaux" image in dark blue ink onto a white piece of card. Once that was dry, I placed a stencil on top and brushed various distress inks through it. I punched out three flowers and brushed pink ink around the petal edges, shaped them and glued them to the card, then added rhinestone centres.

Snippets Playground - Challenge 414

Hello and welcome!

I've had a blast in the Snippets Playground Treehouse over the last fortnight, making you all mugfuls of hot chocolate with marshmallow toppings. We ran out of marshmallows at one point but a fellow playmate kindly bought up another truckload! One night, during "Homework Club", a couple of playmates bought along the Kahlua and the Baileys, which REALLY helped our homework flow. [Hic!]

Anyway, for my homework this week, I'm sharing a new home card which I really enjoyed making.

All the white elements on the card front are snippets, which means I can skip over to the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND and catch up with my fellow Playmates in the Treehouse where there's always fun and games to be had! All you have to do is scale the ladder and join in the mischief with me!

The card and envelope

A close-up of the layers

Card details:

I matted a previously made gelli print onto navy cardstock and attached it to the card front. I stamped the houses onto the gelli print in navy ink and grounded them using a tiny (retired) Lavinia foliage stamp. Next I stamped the houses twice more in navy ink onto white card snippets and cut them out with scissors. 

I went around the white edges of the houses with a dark grey Tombow pen, then used light and dark grey Tombow pens to add a little depth to the images. They were then stuck to the card front using foam pads for both layers. I layered the sentiment in the same way.

Allsorts Challenge - Week 646

Hello and welcome!

Another Saturday morning has arrived - which means it's time for another ALLSORTS CHALLENGE. 

Brenda has chosen the theme for this week's challenge, which is: ANYTHING AUTUMN - see HERE for further details. 

I have TWO cards to share with you:

CARD 1

A6 sized card

To make this card: I first stamped the Katzelkraft Windy Day image onto the card front, then stamped it again onto the green designer paper. I carefully cut out the girl's coat and umbrella and paper pieced them. I used Tombow pens for the hair, scarf, leggings and grounding. A matching piece of paper was added to the left hand side of the card. The whole thing was finished off with a Uniko "Simply Said" sentiment.

CARD 2

This card uses the Lavinia Spotty Toadstools stamps
which you have a chance to win if you enter the challenge.

For the above card: I used the following Lavinia Stamps - Spotty Toadstool stamps; Slender Mushrooms; Fairy Web and a little foliage stamp (retired). I also  brushed brown ink through the Laurel Stencil avoiding the toadstool heads. The toadstools were stamped first, then the mushrooms, foliage & web. The upside down toadstool was coloured in and the sentiment was added. Everything was then matted and layered onto an A6-sized card which I'd punched out the right hand edge.

You can see my talented team mates' examples HERE 

Allsorts Challenge - Week 645

Hello & welcome!

It's 8am on Saturday, which means it's time for a new ALLSORTS CHALLENGE. 

I'm delighted to reveal that I've joined the Allsorts Design Team for a while and this is my inaugural post as a team member!

It's Lolo's turn to host the challenge and she's chosen EMBELLISH IT as the theme - which leaves you plenty of scope to add all manner of bits and bobs to your projects! 

I made a little pocket wallet and filled it with paper treasures. I embellished the front of the wallet as well as the bookmark that was inserted into one of the pockets.

So, why not head over to the ALLSORTS Challenge HERE to see further details on how to enter. You can also gaze in wonder at the lovely creations made by my talented team mates!

The folded & embellished pocket project

The finished project

Close up of the paper treasures
that were inserted into the pockets!

To create this project:

I followed instructions from HERE.

I took a thin A4 sheet of white card and used a brayer to randomly apply acrylic paints across it on both sides. Once dry, I stuck some tiny pieces of newspaper to it with Mod Podge. Then added a little bit of stamping as well as scraping Gesso through a tiny dots stencil. The sheet was then folded up and red liner taper was used to stick the bottom edge together. Die cut embellishments were then added to the front.

While the main pocket wallet was drying, I made the enclosures by merrily brayering paint and adding stamping to more snippets of white card. I heat embossed  images with clear EP and also doodled with a white gel pen. Added  snippets of black card for the matting. I even used some ribbon on the bookmark!