Mid reminder for Winter at Stamping Sensations

 It's time for more inspiration over at Stamping Sensations where the theme is A/G with the option of Winter.

For my piece I've used a Marianne stamp along with a snowy cabin stamp that came free with a magazine and some branches from Inkylicious. The sky was coloured with distress inks after masking off the lower card for my snowy hillside.

The rest of the team have some great samples to show, so please pop over to the main challenge page where you will also find details of the prize on offer from AALL& Create. Just remember to be in with a chance to win, you must have at least one stamped element on the front of your entry.

Thanks for calling in, Avril xx 

Santa Clause is Coming to Town at Try it on Tuesday

 It's the last challenge of the year at Try it on Tuesday so of course it had to be all about Santa  well he will be on his way in 2 weeks time.

I've used stamps from magazines for my little scene. I blended Chipped Sapphire Di for the sky before stamping the trees, deer and Santa, who was colored with Inktence pencils.  I used a posca pen to add a snowy effect to the trees and then used a fine liner pen to define the stamping. A silver sparkle embossed greeting and. A sprinkling of. Chunky white embossing enamel to finish a long with lots of glitter.

The rest of the team have some great samples to show so pleased pop over to TioTs main page.

I've been a rubbish blogger lately, but I had to use what crafting time I had to actually craft and get Christmas cards made, although I still do need to buy some. They're all written out and in piles to be delivered and others are posted off, phew!  Hopefully I'll be able to catch up now.

I'm planning on making Christmas cards with Teddy and Lucy now,  Lucy's favourite thing is to 'play crafty'  -  Teddy not so much, if it's not quick he gets bored, but loves the end result.

Thanks for calling in, Avril xx 

Winter at Stamping Sensations

 It's time for our last challenge of the year at Stamping Sensations and the theme is A/G with the option of Winter.

For me it was another chance to make a Christmas card.  It was a fairly quick and easy card to make with torn paper mask while inking the sky and then again to create my hillside as I stamped the little trees, using first and second generation inks and adding some inky shading. All the stamps I used were a variety of magazine freebies.

There's a good sprinkling of Chunky white embossing powder and lots of glitter which of course doesn't show.

The rest of the DT have some lovely samples to show, so please visit the main challenge page, where you will also find details of the fabulous prize on offer from  AAll&Create. Just remember to be in with a chance to win, you must have at least one stamped element on the front of your entry.

Avril x 

Traditional Christmas at Try it on Tuesday

The new challenge at Try it on Tuesday this fortnight is Traditional Christmas, so we would love to see what that means to you.

I always think of Snow, cosy nights in round the tree and of course holly.  When I saw this new holly frame stencil at Sweet Poppy I couldn't resist, it's perfect for just framing an image.

I've used Iced Spruce  DI for the stencilling and added Tumbled glass for the sky after stamping my log cabin, which is an old Artistic Outpost stamp.  Lots of glitter, which of course just doesn't show.  

It was a fairly quick card to make, so of course there were a few,  changing the angle of the frame and adding different images stopped it being boring.

Taking photos has been a nightmare lately, grey days and using mirri card just don't seem to work for my photography skills.

There's a few cards in the box, but not near enough - guess  I'll be buying a few this year.

Avril xx

  

Make it Magical mid reminder for Stamping Sensations

It's mid month at Stamping Sensations, which means the DT are showing more samples to inspire you to enter the current challenge with a theme of A/G with the option of Make it Magical.

I've used Lavinia stamps to create this little snowy scene.   I stamped the Christmas Joy tree branches with Shady Lane and a Vintage brown Versafine for the trunk. I stamped Small Olivia,  and one of the fairy foragers helping to decorate the tree and  for the tree line I used the top of one of the small trees from the Pine Trees.  There's lots and lots of glitter, but so hard to photograph.

The rest of the DT have some magical makes for your inspiration, so please visit the main challenge page where you will also find details of some fabulous prizes from Lavinia Stamps.

Avril xx

Sparkle All the Way at Try it on Tuesday

 Our new challenge at Try it on Tuesday is Sparkle All the Way, so lots of Sparkle.

There's a lot of sparkle on my Christmas tag, but the dull weather we've been having in the UK over the last couple of weeks has made this really hard to capture.

I like to make my own tags for family gifts and this one is for Lucy, who loves fairies and sparkle.  I've used Starr from Lavinia stamps along with some of the foliage  stamps, I've added lots of glitter to her dress, wings and hat and the snow is very sparkly too.

The rest of the design team have some great samples to  show, so please pop over to TioT's home page for all the details.

Avril xx

Make it Magical at Stamping Sensations

Its a new month and a new challenge at Stamping Sensation and this time its A/G with the option of Make it Magical and this month there's two prizes from Lavinia Stamps.

I took the opportunity to make a 'magical' Christmas card using Lavinia stamps - Stargazing Couple, Christmas Joy tree, a couple of the Fairy Foragers and the Fir Cone Branch to make my little scene of decorating the tree.  I coloured the baubles of the tree with gel pens and there's a good sprinkling of glitters, but of course that doesn't show up in the photo.

The rest of the DT have some fabulous inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main blog, where you will find all the challenge details and details of the wonderful prizes.  Don't forget, to be in with a chance of winning a prize, there must be at lease 1 stamped element on your entry.

I am going to enter this at Allsorts - Magic of the Season

and We Love Stamping - Christmas

Avril xx