six month vacation

 hello crafters!

I'm joining in the challenge at Inkspirational this week where they have a mood board full of lovely pastel colours. I'm not sure why, but my mind went to laundry hanging on the washing line... well, in a round about way.

I found a panel of watercolour in my stash of inked panels, which contained lots of lovely pastels and thought it would look so pretty as the washing die cut. The sentiment backing and the birdies were also cut from the panel. The sky was stencilled, and the grass was simply torn to create a rough edge, but then I used the back side where you couldn't see the really rough part. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz small talk sticker which I thought perfectly echoed my musings on washing days ;) 

Since I haven't used the washing line die before, I'm also posting this to Darnell's fabulous blog, NBUS. Thanks so much for stopping by!

   


• dies: Gummiapan washing line, birdies, MFT trees, bitty banner
• stencil: MFT rolling clouds

forecast

 hello crafters!

I'm joining in today with two challenges - snarkystampers challenge #249 F is for Fold It, and Inkspirational Challenge "Fold".

I don't make fun fold cards often. Well that's not true - this would be the first. Sorry not sorry. After watching several YouTube vids to get the gist, I decided on a z-fold card thinking "I got this". 

Four days and several iterations later, I managed to actually finish the card.  And no-one told me they are a nightmare to photograph cos they just don't want to stay flat.  Now I need to lie down...

The background was watercoloured with distress oxide ink then sprinkled with water, white splatters and stamped with tiny white snowflakes. The snowman die had his first outing and his nose was paper pieced, scarf and beanie die cut from ink smooshed card. 

I love these tiny house dies and couldn't resist adding them, complete with 'illuminated' windows and snowy roof! The sentiment is a Tim Holtz small talk sticker which I thought was perfect for a snowman who no doubt naps all the time... made me giggle.

Thanks for stopping by today!

   

• dies: Gummiapan snowman, trees, mini houses, MFT clouds
• stamps: MFT cool day