Trees and Leaves at We Love Stamping

Our new challenge at We Love Stamping is Trees and Leaves.  We have 2 wonderful prizes for you, a $30 store voucher from Taylored Expressions and a stamp and stencil set from Buddley Crafts.  Just remember to be eligible to win, you must include real stamping on the front of your entry.

For my card I've used and old Clarity tree stamp and the sentiment is from Hero Arts, both stamped in black after I inked a simple background.

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

Avril x

Avril

 

Emboss It

 

Our new challenge at Try it on Tuesday is Emboss It!

Apart from embossing a sentiment, it's a while since I did any Embossing, and even longer since I used my embossing folders.  I have a few 3D folders which haven't been used in a long while, in fact I had to 'experiment' with different plates to get the right combination.

I've used a TH Poinsettia 3D folder which I first swiped with Iced Spruce DI before running through my machine.  I coloured  the flowers and leaves with some old metallic rub-ons and added gold glitter to the centres.  The sentiment, which is an old Hero Arts wooden stamp was heat embossed using WOW Red Glitz powder.  Layering up on red glitter card and gold mirri card.  I always find using gold mirri card somehow alters the colours for a photo, this looks so much nicer in daylight than on here.

The rest of the Design Team have some great samples to inspire your, so please pop over to TioT's, where you will also find all the challenge details.

Inspired by a Song at TioT

 The new challenge at Try it on Tuesday is Inspired by a Song - lots to choose from.

A few weeks ago while looking for something else, I came across this stamp that was a magazine freebie years ago.  So change of plans as a few 'Friends'. song ideas came to mind that would work with these girls, and I decided on 'With a Little Help From my Friends' by the Beatles.  There are a few sentiments with the set but I thought this one suited the song inspiration best.

The rest of the Design Team have some great inspiration for you, so please pop over to TioTs to see.

A busy week ahead again but only 2 weeks of the school summer holidays left, I can't believe how quickly it's going by.

Avril x 

Mid Month Summer Blooms at We Love Stamping

 

It's mid month challenge reminder time at We Love Stamping where the theme is Summer Blooms or you can always go with A/G if you prefer.  We have have two prizes of Penny Black stamps and stencil from Buddly Crafts

I started with a Woodgrain background from my ever increasing box of background pieces and I've used Tim Holtz Flower Garden stamps, stamping first onto the card and then stamping the flower heads onto watercolour paper, which were fussy cut and coloured and then applied with 3D foam for a little dimension.

The rest of the Design Team have some lovely samples to show, so please pop over to the main challenge page where you will also fid the full details of the prizes on offer.  Just remember, to be eligible to win you must include real stamping on the front of your project.

Avril x

Ive used Tim Holtz Flower Garden stamps

Fashion

I had a little bit of free time this weekend so I headed into my Happy Place to make a mess with little bits of paper, which makes a change from stamping.

I've used some neglected old but gorgeous Graphic 45 Couture papers to make a tag for the current challenge at Tag-along (and  ATCs) which is Fashion.  I bought these papers but then I was reluctant to cut into them, which is crazy - so I feel a tiny bit less guilty when I look at the stack that's left.

I am also entering this at:-

 The Neglected Stuff challenge                                                                                                                     Love Those Pretty Papers

Avril x

 

Make it colourful at Try it on Tuesday

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

I've used a rainbow background that's been in the 'box' for ages.  I stamped my Andy Skinner 'girl' directly onto the coloured background and used bleach to remove the unwanted colours.  When dry I then coloured the image and painted stickles over the dress and her wings.

The DT have some lovely samples to show, so please pop over to the main blog, where you will also find all the challenge details.

A couple of challengers for my card -

Ally's Angels - A/G

Allsorts - Colours of Summer

Crafts Galore Encore - A/G

Moving Along with the Times - Feminine

Avril xx

 

Summer Blooms at We Love Stamping

It's time for a new challenge at We Love Stamping and this month I chose the theme of Summer Blooms, but if you want you can always go with A/G.

This month we have prizes from Buddley Crafts - just remember to be eligible to win you must include real stamping on your project.

I've used one of my favourite stamps, although it probably only gets used once or twice in the summer months, the roses from Tim Holtz Lady Rose,  which were stamped onto an inky  Peacock feathers splattered background.  The leaves took the colour well using Inktense pencils, but the flowers - hmm not so good, so I stamped them again, coloured and fussy cut and applied over the originals.  I masked the rose spray and then stamped an old IndigoBlu crackle stamp, again using Peacock feathers Di for some interest on the background.

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

Some challenges for my card 

Sisterhood of Crafters - Flowers

Beautiful Blossoms  - Anything Floral

Allsorts - Colours of Summer

Avril xx