Christmas Critters at We Love Stamping.

Our new challenge at We Love Stamping is Christmas Critters, so great motivation to get those Christmas cards made and if you prefer, there's always the Anything Goes option.

I've got a few Anita Jeram stamps which have been bought with the twins in mind and they are certainly coming in handy as they're using them to make their Christmas cards again this year.  This image is one from the Christmas Presents set, I stamped the sweet bunny image and then stamped on a sticky note to make a mask for the image before building up my background scenery using some little for trees which were magazine freebies. Although there are greetings in the set I decided to just add Merry Christmas.

The rest of the Design Team have some great samples to share, so please pop over to the main blog and you'll also find details of this month's prizes from Highlight Crafts.

Thanks for visiting, Avril x

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Make it Magical at TioT

 Our new challenge at Try it on Tuesday this fortnight is Make it Magical.

For my magical scene I've used one of the Scenescape papers for my background.  I've used the small Olivia as my main fairy offering up her flower to one of the fairy foragers, framing the scene with various foliage stamps. 

The rest of the Design Team have some magical inspiration for you, so pleased pop over to TioTs, where you will find all the challenge details.

A couple of challenges for my card

 Allsorts - Feminine

 The  Neglected Stuff challenge - Olivia hasn't been used for a long time

 CraftyCatz - A/G

 Ally's Angels  - A/G

Avril x

Time for a little spell!

Our theme this fortnight at Try it on Tuesday is Halloween and of course I need 2 cards so, here's my second.  I've used Willow the Witch from Lavinia on a Gelli plate background, I'm not sure whether it looks like a moon or the entrance to some mysterious time portal?  I've used the Witching hour verse embossed in white, which is clear on the card, but looks a bit blurred in the photo.  

We went 'pumpkin picking' on Saturday afternoon, good job mammy was in charge of the trolley or we would have ended up with about 20 pumpkins!  The twins have a pumpkin competition at school, so they've come up with some wondrous ideas for their pumpkins, at times I'm glad I don't live too close, although apparently I have to help with the eyes as "Grandma is crafty" .

Entering at:

     Crafty Calendar - Autumn Halloween

     Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Witch

Avril x

Mid month Autumn at WLS

It's mid month reminder time at We Love Stamping, where our theme this time around is Shades of Autumn.

I started with an inky background and used the smallest in a set of stamps from Stampendous called Jumbo Rosehip,  adding a little colour to the small flowers, which are all almost covered by the larger image.  The large floral image was stamped with Vintage Sepia ink and coloured with Wild honey, Forest moss and Seedless preserve DI.  I added shading around the image with Wild honey Di.

The rest of the Design Team have some lovely samples to share, so please pop over to the main page for all the challenge details.

Avril x 

 

Halloween Time at Try it on Tuesday.

It's time for a new challenge over at Try it on Tuesday and this fortnight it's Halloween.

I started by stamping the moon, which is from Rare Earth, then made a mask to cover it before colouring the sky with Distress inks. The tree was a freebie from a craft magazine,  the pumpkins and hat, which were fussy cut and coloured, are Lavinia.  I also added gold glitter to the folds of the hat.

The rest of the Design Team have some wonderfully spooky inspiration for you, so please pop over to TioTs, where you will find all the challenge details.

Avril x 

 

Shades of Autumn at We Love Stamping

A new month and a new challenge at We Love Stamping and this month it's Shades of Autumn or if you prefer you can always follow the A/G option.  This month we have two prizes of stamps and stencils from Sweet Poppy

                            

For my card, I've used stamps from Lavinia - Pheasant and Oak Leaves, stamping onto some white linen card, most of the colouring is done with Distress inks.

The rest of the Design Team have some lovely Autumnal inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main challenge page where you will find all the details.  Just remember to be eligible to win a prize, you must include some real stamping on your project.

Avril x
 

Autumn's Beauty at Try it on Tuesday

 

It's time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and this fortnight the theme is Autumn's Beauty.

I love the changing colours of the leaves before they fall and I've tried  to create the swirling leaves on a windy day walk on my journal page.  My main image is an old Flonzcraft stamp and the two quotes and fussy cut leaves are all freebies from a craft magazine a few years ago.

The rest of the Design Team have created some great inspirational projects for you, so please pop over to TioT's, where you will also find all the challenge details.

Things have been a bit quiet around here, I had very little crafting during the school holidays  and then a nasty chest infection when they went back to school, so playtime was definitely put on hold, hopefully we're back to normal now and I can do some catching up.

I am going to join in over at Art Journey Journal where this months theme is 'Hello Autumn', I've not joined in the last few months due to lack of time, but hopefully...

Avril