Mid month Sports and Hobbies at WLS

It's mid challenge reminder time at We Love Stamping where the current theme is Sports and Hobbies or if you prefer, you can also go with Anything Goes.

I've used some old Artistic Outpost stamps called The Gold Club for my card.

I started with an inky background then stamped my vintage golfer, he was then covered with a mask before stamping the collaged background and a couple of the quotes from the same set.

The rest of the team have some great samples to inspire you so please visit the main challenge page where you will also find details of the prize of Visible Image stamps. Just remember to include some real stamping on the front of you entry.

Avril x 

Flying High at Try it on Tuesday

We're Flying High with our new challenge at Try it on Tuesday this fortnight. Lots of choice and I did have quite a few different ideas but ended up going for butterflies.

My tag started as a piece of sprayed card that had been in the 'backgrounds' box for a while.  It already had some random script stamping but wasn't big enough to make a card, so I cut it to a tag shape.  My butterfly was cut from a TH Bigz die and matching EF, I coloured it with similar pink shades and then used Gilding wax to highlight the raised areas and dabbed on some gold stickles. To add some interest I cut and coloured some TH Wildflowers but felt as if it still needed something, so used the TH Wildflower stencil and white texture paste as a base for flowers and butterfly.  I added a sentiment which came free with a magazine.

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

Some challenges for my card-  

  Tag-along and ATCs - Add some Script

  Neglected Stuff challenge - Butterfly and. Wildflowers dies

Thanks for calling in, Avril x

 

Sports and Hobbies at We Love Stamping

 Good morning and welcome to a new challenge at  We Love Stamping where I'm pleased to say I have been asked to be part of the wonderfully creative Design Team.

The theme for this month's challenge is Sports and Hobbies - or you can always follow the Anything Goes option.  

My little Dancer is one of the new Andy Skinner stamps, she was stamped with Versafine onto a gelli print and I've used the bleach technique to bleach out her skin, which was then coloured with pencils. I've added a little more colour to her dress and wings and then applied Stardust stickles over the wings, which of course doesn't show in the photo.

The rest of the Design Team have some great inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main challenge page where you will also find details of the fabulous prize of 2 stamps from Visible Image.  Just remember you must have some real stamping on the front of your project as well as brief details of the products used.

Some challenges for my cards - Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

                                                    Simply Clean and Simple - A/G option

Avril xx

Going Round ion Circles at TioT

Our new challenge at Try it on Tuesday this fortnight is Going Round in Circles,  which can be as few or as many as yous like, as long as there is a circle.

I've used a Carabelle studio stamp called The Exotiks by Ana Bondu, I've had it for years - only inked up once I think on a piece of scrap card, (which was in the packet) but I didn't like the way I'd coloured it and since then it has been put in the box and left.  As the image has the circles, I thought it was time to try again.

I stamped the image and then stamped and fussy cut a mask and then used various circles stencils with Victorian Velvet DI to add interest and colour. I coloured the leaves and stamped circles and just lightly tinted the flowers - now I quite like this stamp!  The sentiments were free with a magazine.

The rest of the Design Team have bee very creative with their Circles, so please pop over to the main page for all the details.

Entering at:      Allsorts - Anything Goes

                        Neglected Stuff - Anything Goes

                        Sweet Stampin - Flowers

Avril xx

 

Keep it Simple at TioT

There's still another week to go for the current challenge at Try it on Tuesday which is Keep it Simple and I couldn't resist inking up this Highland cow that I bought when I went to a Craft Show last month.  The image and sentiment were a set and I though perfect for a fun masculine card.  The image is so simple to colour, just a few random brown pencils.

I did have another reason for buying it - Highland Cows - apart from dinosaurs of course - are Teddy's favourite animal, so we've stamped a few and we've also used the printer to enlarge them for him to colour, which he loved, especially as he had 'made' them himself and he even 'made' some for Lucy, both of them enjoy colouring and drawing.

I am entering this at - We Love Stamping - All Creatures Great and Small

                                    Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

                                    CraftyCatz - Anything Goes

                                    Simply Clean & Simple - Anything Goes

Avril xx 

 

Cute Creatures at Stamping Sensations

It's mid month inspiration over at Stamping Sensations where our theme is Cute Creatures or A/G if you prefer.

I've used one of my Anita Jeram stamps, but instead of the bear holding a flower as per the stamp, I masked that off and then stamped a HoneyDoo  balloon stamp that I bought recently at a Craft show.

I coloured the image and balloons with pencils.  I added Stickles to the balloons, a die cut Happy and then stamped Birthday onto black card and heat embossed with white EP.

The rest of the DT have some great inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main challenge page for all the details.

Avril x

Keep it Simple at Try it on Tuesday

 

Our new challenge at Try it on Tuesday is Keep it Simple, well you couldn't get much simpler than this.

I stamped my image onto white card and coloured with pencils and added a birthday sentiment, then die cut with a stitched square die.  The black and grey mat is actually a recycled card, so no cutting and layering with different cardstock.

The rest of the DT have some great inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main challenge page where you will also find all the challenge details.

Avril x