happy birthday

 hello crafters!

I'm joining in today with the talented team at the paper players. It's a tic tac toe challenge and I chose to use the centre row: orange, die cut, stencil. Also posting it in the just us girls challenge #746 where it is stencil week.

I began by stencilling the background using Hero Arts Fall Leaves stencil. I used 4 distress oxide colours starting with the lightest and moved the stencil around between stencilling each colour. It gives such an interesting effect with so much dimension. Boots and sentiment are from Gummiapan, leaves from Spellbinders. The little leaves were die cut from ink smooshed card and adhered under the boots.

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productivity

 hello stampers!

I'm joining in today with the timeout challenge where they challenge you to be 'snarky'. Such fun! 

The background was watercoloured then lightly water splattered. The die cuts were cut from white card, and watercoloured card. The snowman and snowflake dies are Gummiapan, the mug from MFT Cool Day. The sentiment by Tim Holtz was backed by the same watercoloured card.

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CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #545 sketch

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The new sketch challenge at CAS colours and sketches was designed by Nancy.  Such a great design lends itself to so many possibilities - time to get crafting!

I thought I would cut out the horizontal strip, making the die cut word part of the gap. The panel was lightly ink blended, then the trees and the merry were die cut with coloured die cuts inserted in the space. The tiny houses were die cut from stamped card, with contrasting window and door colours. I like how the soft colours still evoke a christmas vibe.

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• dies: Gummiapan tall trees, tiny houses, Newtons Nook holiday greetings
• stamps: Darkroom Door woodgrain texture stamp, MFT bitty holiday wishes
• inks: vintage photo, wild honey, lost shadow, evergreen bough, candied apple, squeezed lemonade distress oxides

CAS Colours & Sketches challenge #544 colours

 hello stampers!

It's our colour challenge for September at CAS colours and sketches, and these colours were cleverly put together by Nancy.  Not usually colours I would combine but they actually play together nicely!

I used card in the 3 colours to die cut some eucalyptus sprigs, then clear heat embossed them, and added a little touch of white gelly roll pen for interest. I love how the clear heat embossing gives the dark colours some shine but gosh it's hard to photograph well. 

The background was stamped and the same sentiment stamped, die cut and clear heat embossed.

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

• dies: Alexandra Renke frame rectangle, square frame, MFT skinny strips, Gummiapan eucalyptus leaves
• stamps: Penny Black grown with love
• inks: pumice stone distress oxide

old enough

 hello stampers!

Today I'm joining in with the talented team at inkspirational where the theme this challenge is for a CAS card with the optional twist of using an animal. Right up my alley!

I began by stamping some curly looking wool in different colours then stamped the sheep twice and fussy cut them. The curly wool pieces were paper pieced onto the stamping. I used an inked leftover panel to die cut the wooden tub. The background was stencilled with neutral ink on a neutral card panel then die cut with a stitched rectangle. Tim Holtz sentiment was cut out and assembled on a die cut stitched rectangle.

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• stamps: MFT ewe are the best, Darkroom Door woodgrain texture 
• dies: Paper Rose stitched rectangles, Gummiapan wooden tub
• stencil: Paper Rose small drops
• inks: antique linen, salvaged patina, shaded lilac, bundled sage distress oxides