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 

Mid Month Reminder at We Love Stamping

 It's mid September and that means it's time for some mid month challenge inspiration at We Love Stamping, where the theme is Trees and Leaves or if you prefer there's always A/G.

I thought I would try and get ahead with a Christmas card.  I started with a circle aperture, masking off the bottom half with torn paper before inking my sky  and then stamping the fence from Cardio's Breezy Day set.   The green tree is from Penny Black's Wonder collection and the sentiment, which was heat embossed with silver is from Inkylicious.

The rest of the team have some great inspirations for you, so please pop over to the main challenge page where you will find all the challenge details and also details of the wonderful prizes on offer.

Avril x

Pretty Papers at TioT

Our new challenge at Try it on Tuesday is Pretty Papers - a good excuse to go rummaging through the paper box - I think this challenge should run all year round and then I might make a dint in the mountain!  Why did I buy so many when I never seem to use them?

I've got lots of Christmas papers and as Christmas cards seem to be appearing, a good opportunity to use some.  My image is an old Tim Holtz favourite which doesn't need much colouring, and a touch of red glitter for the holly berries and some Flowersoft for the fur on his hood.

The rest of the Design Team have been using their papers too, so please pop over to TioT's, where you will also find full details of the  challenge. 

Avril x 

 

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