Cut It Out

There is a new challenge at Try It On Tuesday starting today. The challenge is "Cut It Out"  that's to use either die cuts or fussy cutting.  The design team have some great ideas over on the challenge site so I hope you will go and have a look.  The is the first time I have used this dragonfly die and it does cut beautifully. The flowers are also die cut as is the wording. 

Snap!

I got this Penny Black stamp as a present last Christmas and have just got round to inking it up.  Not made for any particular occasion . will just add it to my stockpile.  I'd like to enter a couple of challenges

Penny Black and More -  Men/boys
and
Sparkles Monthly Challenge - use a real stamp ( not a digi)

Say it witjh flowers

 Time for some mid month inspiration at Stamping Sensations, the challenge is Say It With Flowers and we want to see lots of STAMPED flowers on your entries. The design team have some beautiful samples to show you over on the challenge site.

For my card I have used a stamp by Aall and create which is new to me and believe me it is enormous! this is a 5x7 card and I have had to trim the image to fit it on.  Background coloured with distress inks , flowers and vases with Koh I Noor water colour paints.

I'd like to enter some challenges

Vintage Journey - Blooms
Simplycreatetoo - Flowers
Moving along with the times - flowers

Lovely Ladies

There's a new challenge at Try It On Tuesday and this time we would like to see some Lovely Ladies, not just a feminine card but your entry should have a lady on it.  I couldn't decide what to use for this challenge, ended up with loads of stamps out but then finally settled on the Runway Girls, they have not had a lot of use so thought they deserved an  airing.  The back ground is a large Justrite stamp and I have used washi tape as well.  I seem to have accumulated lots of washi but never seem to use it, I am trying to use up some stash instead of buying more and more but think I'm fighting a losing battle!
The design team have some fabulous inspiration on the challenge blog so hope you will pay them a visit.

Say it with flowers

Hard to believe it's May already, been isolating since early in March. and I've lost all track of days, weeks, months !  It;s time for a new challenge at Stamping Sensations and this month we are sponsored by Chocolate Baroque and the challenge is Say It With Flowers. I have made quite a simple card with Chocolate Baroque's Floral Grunge stamp and a Brusho background, the flower is water coloured.  There are prizes to be won so hope you will enter , just remember that to be in with a chance of winning your entry must have STAMPING as the focal point.

My second card is using one of Dora's lovely digi stamps and there are also digi stamps to be won

A Christmas card

Oh Dear, I almost forgot to do my Sparkles Christmas Post!  This month Lynne has asked for ribbon on twine to be used for the challenge.  I have searched high and low for my Christmas ribbons but can't find them anywhere so have used some bakers twine instead.  Hope you will join in the challenge here

Black and white plus one

Time for another challenge at Try It On Tuesday and this time the theme is Black and white plus one other colour.  The design team have some great samples to inspire you so do pop over to the challenge site and take a look.  For my card I have used two crafty Individual stamps and the background is an old DoCrafts stamp..

More rainbow colours

I think I got a bit carried away with colours on my card but it does include all the colours of the rainbow which is our April challenge on Stamping Sensations, there is still plenty of time to enter your STAMPED entry and there is a fabulous prize to be won from our sponsors

                                                         

Fun with stencils

The challenge at Try It On Tuesday this time is to Have Fun With Stencils.  I have done the layering technique using white acrylic paint for the letters and squares which acts as a resist for the distress inks over the top. and the assed the circles with purple acrylic paint.  The stamp is an old Kaiserkraft one that I had forgotten about, 3d'd the clock face , birdcage and word. The design team have lots of inspiration for you over on the challenge blog 

A bit of playing with backgrounds

These C I stamps came with a magazine last year and I've hardly touched them so last night I made a couple of cards with them. I've used mostly the same stamps on each background  and thought they work work really well for male or female cards just with a change of colours . The second one ,I have had the telephone stamp for quite a while but never really knew what to do with it. Seeing al the lovely samples from the CI team has given me the push to get making again!

somewhere over the rainbow

Time for a new challenge at Stamping Sensations and the challenge this time is Over The Rainbow, we'd like to see all the colours of the rainbow ( Red, Orange,yellow,green,blue, indigo and violet)

on your STAMPED entry.  As we are a stamping challenge we must see stamping as the focal piece of your entry for you to be considered for the prize. We are sponsored this month by BE CREATIVE.

For my card I have used a stencil and distress inks for the background.  No indigo I'm afraid as I couldn't find a near enough colour ink .The stamps are Inkylicious.

Spring flowers

With all the time in the world I'm finding it very difficult to concentrate on doing any crafting, I have spent this afternoon making a load of cards using some free Hunkydory toppers and papers, mindless assembling really although the images are lovely hares and they do look quite nice, will help to fill up my box for selling cards for charity when can do that again.

In my post this morning I received a letter from DWP advising me that from next week I will get an extra 25p in my pension as I will be 80, wondering what I can spend it all on.! Joking apart I am well aware that we are fortunate to get our pensions paid every week when so many folk are suffering financial hardship right now. We are in our third week on self isolating and I am happy that we are able to do this and also have access to fresh air in the garden, missing seeing family though.

Anyhow back to my card , I have had these Crafty Individual daffodils for ages and had forgotten about them until I saw a beautiful journal page by Sandra . I messed up the first attempt and so I cut round the top of the flowers and added a piece of inked paper behind them. The littel sentiment is Hobby Arts.

Christmas Critters

The April challenge at Sparkles Christmas has been chosen by Helen and she is asking for Christmas Critters.
I have used a toppers and papers by Hunkydory for my card.  Hope you will visit the challenge blog and see the inspiration from the design team and join in our challenge.

The beauty of nature

 Time for a new challenge at Try It On Tuesday and this time it's the beauty of nature. I've used mostly Crafty Individual stamps for my card, the blossom at the top is a free stamp from a magazine
The design team have lots of inspiration for you over on the challenge blog so hope you will visit them.

At My Grandfather's house

The Male room challenge has a rather unusual theme this time and it made me think about family.
My Grandparents were both professional musicians, my Grandfather was a violinist and my Grandmother played the Cello although they both played other instruments too. I have had this violin stamp for a very long time, came in a set from The Stampman. The corner stamps,sentiment and notes are from various other sets. Entering my card into

The Male Room Challenge - At My Grandfather's house
and
Allsorts Challenge  - Men/Boys

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