merry christmas

 hello stampers!

I'm joining in today with the latest timeout challenge where the theme is 'seeing stars'. When I think of stars, I often think of christmas and who doesn't need more christmas cards?

I wanted the stars to take centre stage, so on a navy blue card panel, I embossed a grouping of stars with white embossing paste, just selecting the ones I wanted from the star stencil. Once dry, the trees were die cut and adhered. The christmas tree was cut several times to get the background colour, the decoration colour and then the snowy outline. Some tiny circles and the star were punched from gold card and adhered as ornaments on the tree. The sentiment was stamped and die cut then the tree and sentiment were adhered with foam squares.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

• stencil: Gummiapan no. 38
• dies: unbranded tree dies
• stamp: Gummiapan sentiment

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #540 colours

   hello crafters!

The new colours challenge at CAS colours and sketches is ready and these gorgeous spring colours were put together by Suzy. 

I did lots of die cutting with little dies to create this little scene - my favourite activity! Such a fun one to put together.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We'd love to see your card in the gallery!

• dies: Memory Box intricate mini butterflies, Alexandra Renke word circle, slide frame vertical, MFT in focus florals, Gummiapan tickets
• stamps: Honey Bee Stamps bitty buzzwords

you're one of a kind

 hello stampers!

I'm joining in today with the team at inkspirational where the challenge asks for us to use a stencil, with an optional twist of using paste. I'll also post it to the justusgirls challenge where they also are challenging us to use a stencil! I wanted to use a new to me die so chose a tree trunk stencil which would coordinate.

The background was ink smooshed with distress oxide inks, let dry then the paste applied through the stencil. I used home made embossing paste which is white, but interestingly, it draws up the colour from the ink underneath making the paste a more subtle shade of the background - perfect! The paste gives so much dimension and interest.

The leaves were die cut from a separate ink smooshed panel, as well as the lizard. I used an offcut from the main panel for the sentiment background. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed in white.

Love this little lizard! Thanks so much for stopping by.

   

• dies: Poppystamps whittle lizard, Gummiapan oak leaf
• stencil: Gummiapan no. 55
• stamp: Gummiapan sentiment

people

 hello stampers!

I was feeling a bit snarky today (you understand!) so duly turned to the sisterhood as I knew they would appreciate it. Their challenge for this month is: D is for die cuts. Right up my alley!

The background was watercoloured then the same colour was ink smooshed onto a separate panel,  with the icebergs die cut from that. The igloo was die cut and then again from black to use the negative piece. Mr bear was die cut 3 times and stacked to give him the focus. Fiskars texture plates were used for the embossing. Sentiment from Tim Holtz.

Thanks for stopping by - I appreciate it!

you've got this

 hello lovely crafters!

I'm joining in today with the talented team at inkspirational where they have a mood board this challenge. I love the colours on the board, so I went with them and used a nautical theme. I also used circle shapes from the board which (in keeping with the nautical theme) reminded me of looking through portholes!

The sea was gently watercoloured and the sky ink blended. Some little clouds and a mountain were die cut and adhered. I die cut some circles out of another panel and laid the panel over the top of the inked piece with foam tape for dimension. The little sailboats were die cut from white then paper pieced over the top with card in the board colours, with one sailboat sail being made from tiny die cut strips of coloured card. Lastly they were adhered with foam squares. The sentiment was shaped and stamped in an arc to mimic the circle.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

• dies: Gummiapan sailboat, MFT petite clouds, icebergs
• stamps: Altenew sentiment strips