bloom

 Morning crafters!

I recently purchased some lovely design papers from a few different companies and couldn't wait to use some for a card. The sketch over at freshly made sketches provided the perfect opportunity! 

I found this subtle paper for the background and die cut some blooms to match. The lovely sentiment came from the same set of paper. I've always loved the look of a bouquet of flowers in an envelope so decided to make some tiny envelopes and fill them with blooms!  

I'm also posting this one to Darnell's fabulous blog, NBUS. Sending hugs, Darnell! 

Thanks for stopping by today and spending some time with me!

 

one little baby

 hello stampers!

I saw the gorgeous sketch at freshlymadesketches this week and had to join in! I was in need of a baby card and thought this sketch provided the perfect design. I love baby cards with earthy colours, and of course the purity of white :)

The kraft panel was die cut then embossed with a 'mountains' design. The sweet Gummiapan toy animals were die cut, ink blended, layered twice then adhered to die cut hexagons, positioning them backed with lush leaves. One of my favourite sentiments was stamped on 2 die cut tags, linked with a little twine and adhered.

Thanks for stopping by and spending some time with me today!

thanks

 hi stampers!

I'm joining in today with the talented team at freshlymadesketches where the sketch they have this week is so beautiful and simple!

I wanted to use an inked panel previously made with distress oxide spray - I so love the colour!  The black and white theme sort of evolved while trying many different die cuts from my stash - most were too pale coloured to face up to the boldness of the background! And of course I had to add a whittle bird - one of my faves!

Thanks for stopping by and spending some time with me today!

enjoy the little things

 hello crafters!

I'm joining in today with the clever sketch at freshlymadesketches. Their design is perfect for creating a little scene, and that is right up my alley!

I strayed from my usual CAS style today and had some fun! The background is a mixture of watercolouring, stencilling and stamping. Had some fun with ink smooshing for the trees and fence. The lambs were paper pieced with ink smooshed card.  Lots of threes on my card - but aren't those lambs the sweetest?

Thanks for sharing some time with me today!

• dies: MFT ewe are the best, petite clouds, Gummiapan tiny flowers
• stamps: MFT ewe are the best, Gummiapan sentiment
• stencil: MFT radiating rays
• inks: evergreen bough, pine needles, bundled sage, vintage photo, salvaged patina, tumbled glass, squeezed lemonade distress oxides

warm wishes

 hello stampers!

I'm joining in today with a couple of challenges. The talented team at freshlymadesketches have a simple sketch which suits my CAS taste, justusgirls has a terrific mood board where I took inspiration from the berry branch and the little house, and the prompt at inkspirational is 'snow'. 

The background was a lovely panel of ink smooshed card in my stash that I thought was perfect for a wintry sky. I die cut the circles into a front panel of white card. The trees and berry branch were die cut and edged with white gelly roll pen for snow. The little houses were die cut from card stamped several times with a couple of colours. The sentiment was stamped in the same brown and die cut.

I thought the little scene was so sweet with just glimpses through the circle cutouts! Thanks so much for stopping by!

      

• dies: Sizzix arctic bear (houses), Gummiapan trees, berry branch, sentiment, Hero Arts infinity circles
• stamps: Darkroom Door woodgrain texture stamp, MFT Cool Day (sentiment)
• inks: rustic wilderness, salty ocean, wild honey, vintage photo, ground espresso

happy birthday

  hello lovely crafters!

I'm playing along with a couple of challenges today - inspired by the latest sketch at freshlymadesketches #fms605 and used the colours from the colorthrowdown #ctd762. 

I used a cutout from some packaging that I thought looked like tree rings, and began with that! The leaves were die cut from ink smooshed card and backed with rust coloured card. The acorns were die cut from Kraft then lightly watercoloured to give them an interesting colour. The sentiment was stamped then clear heat embossed. Thanks for stopping by today!

• dies: gummiapan acorn and oak leaf, MFT infinity circles
• inks: candied apple, vintage photo distress oxides

depresso

 hello stampers!

I saw the new sketch over at freshly made sketches and knew exactly what I was going to make for the challenge! Doesn't happen often so I'm definitely taking this one!

The background was stencilled using Paper Rose lines stencil and ground espresso distress oxide ink, to make a gingham look in coffee colour! Coffee cups and sentiment are by Gummiapan.

First time cutting these coffee cup dies so I'm also linking up to Darnell's fabulous blog NBUS. Hugs to you Darnell!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

       

warm wishes

 hello fellow stampers!

I'm joining in today with a couple of challenges that I haven't played for a little while. I'm ready to get back into the swing of regular crafting if for nothing else than to regain my sanity after the xmas madness!

The talented team at justusgirls have a colour challenge this week and the sketch challenge is from the awesome ladies at freshlymadesketches, so combining the two works a treat.

I ink blended the background using blueprint sketch, chipped sapphire and black soot distress oxide inks then cut the rectangle shape. Another panel was ink blended with just tumbled glass and the Gorgecraft trees die cut from this card, the smallest tree adhered with foam squares. The little Gummiapan snowman was die cut and a tiny length of cotton was wrapped around him for a scarf. The sentiment from MFT Cool Day was stamped on an ink blended panel then cut to size, adhered with foam squares, with the snowman adhered to the piece. How funny that the snowman and sentiment on their own represent the sketch!

I must say it's ironic sending 'warm wishes' atm as it's 33oC here today but they are such gorgeous winter colours! Thanks so much for stopping by!

     

thanks

 hello stampers!

It's been a while since I played along with freshly made sketches so thought I would join in this week with challenge #534 where the awesome Cecile has a sketch for inspiration.

I began by die cutting the feather and then used the die cut negative as a stencil to ink blend the 3 colours. Then the die cut feather was adhered and the sentiment die cut 3 times, layered up and adhered on top. 

I think these are my new favourite colours!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

• inks: salvaged patina, pumice stone, stormy sky distress oxides
• dies: paper rose feather trio, altenew fancy thanks

happy bee-day

 hello stampers!

The team at freshlymadesketches have a new challenge this fortnight with a super simple sketch:

I wanted to use some recently arrived paper from Paper Rose and I felt this sketch would work well with different papers. I'm usually not a big paper user, but this pack is just so gorgeous and being a gardener, I have a lot of respect for the bees! 

The first paper layer was trimmed to suit the sketch and adhered, then the second layer was trimmed and then die cut with several hexagon shapes to reveal the first paper layer with the bees! One hexagon was turned over to reveal the other side of the paper with a little daisy. The second layer was mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is from the same paper pack, mounted on white card. The card is finished with a little bow of black & white twine.

I'm also sending this one to Paper Rose for their monthly giveaway - this month the theme is to use Paper Rose paper packs.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: Paper Rose Bee Hive paper pack, Hero Arts Hexagon Infinity dies, black & white twine

birthday

 hello crafters!

This week the lovely Cecile from freshly made sketches has a sketch for challenge #524

I am a big fan of Cecile's work and can only aspire to have a fraction of the elegance and subtlety she puts in her cards. I had to join in this challenge!

I began by stencilling using Paper Rose Leaves stencil with pine needles distress oxide ink, and then die cut a square using Hero Arts Square Infinity die set. The bird house was die cut twice using Paper Rose Bird Houses die set in yellow and white and the yellow roof and heart were given a wink of Stella for shine. The birds were die cut from the same set, the blue ones using a scrap of ink blended card. The sentiment from Paper Rose Tiny Forest stamp set was stamped directly on the white card base with mustard seed distress oxide ink.

I love this bird houses die set and since it just arrived in the mail this week, I'll enter this card in Darnell's NBUS blog!

Thanks for stopping by!