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Saturday, 25 July 2026

Tagging Along

Phew! after a very busy week, although I should say month, I've got round to uploading this tag for the challenge at Tag-Along and ATCs. Their theme this month is Favourite Colours - I have a few 'favourites' one of which is green.

The background is a mop up and I've stamped Lavinia Flowers Divine set which I've coloured with some old Sparkling  H2Os paints and then stamped Bumble and Hum, coloured with Intense and added Stickles to their wings and some Orchard grass to ground the little scene. I added some Lavinia words - one of which was to hide a black smudge!

A bit late entering, but better late than never.

I'm also entering at Crafty Catz - A/G
                                Ellibelle's Garden Party
                                Sisterhood of Crafters - Flowers

Avril x 



 

Tuesday, 21 July 2026

Summer Blooms at TioT


 The new challenge at Try it on Tuesday this fortnight is Summer Blooms.

Like most folks, I've got a few floral stamps - difficult decision - what to  choose.  

I've used Inkylicious Sketched Florals, which were stamped onto a pink inky mop up background, I added more pink  through a stencil for extra interest. The flower heads were also stamped onto watercolor paper and coloured with Picked Raspberry Di, fussy cut and added.  The sentiment was a magazine freebie.

The rest of the DT have some lovely samples to inspire you, so please pop over to TioTs for all the details.

Thanks for calling in, it's a busy week with twins, but then 2 weeks off as they're away on holiday, although I'll miss them, I'm looking for to the 'me' time.

Avril x 

Saturday, 18 July 2026

Mid Month at We Love Stamping


We're half way through July (can you believe it) so its mid challenge reminder at We Love Stamping where the theme is Summertime or if you prefer you can always use the A/G option.

There are two prizes of  Lavinia stamps this month, just remember to include real stamping on the front of your entry and give a brief details of products/stamps used.

For my card I inked my card base with DIs and then built up my Summer meadow using
 Lavinia  Forest Flower, Wild Flower, Silhouette Foliage Set and Orchard Grass along with Bumble and Hum.  I coloured the Forest flowers with Glitter gel pens and the bees with Intense pencils adding Diamond Dust stickles to their wings.

The rest of the DT have some lovely inspiration for you so please pop over to WLS.

A couple of challenges for my card

Beautiful Blossoms - Blossoms
Unicorn Challenge - No Designer Paper

Thanks for calling in. Avril x



















 

Tuesday, 7 July 2026

Animals at Try it on Tuesday


Our new challenge at Try it on Tuesday is Animals - Real or Imaginary.

Although my Highland Cow is real, they don't usually look like this, but I have seen a lot of multi coloured images around. 

The verse I've used is from Inkylicious and I thought it went so well with my fun cow.

The rest of the Design Team have some great samples to inspire you, so please pop over to TioTs main page where you'll also find all the challenge details.

Avril x 

 

Sunday, 5 July 2026

Summertime at We Love Stamping


 It's the first Sunday of the month which means it's time for a new challenge at We Love Stamping where the  theme is Summertime.  We have t wo prizes of Lavinia stamps and watercolours.


Please remember there must be stamping on the front of your entry as well as brief details of the stamps/products used to be eligible

For my card I've used a Gelli print background and then stamped Moments Like These and stamped the two poppies again, coloured them with Inktense pencils and added some Star Dust stickles for a little sparkle.  To finish the little woodland scene I stamped the  Silhouette Foliage set.

The rest of the DT have some great samples to show, so please pop over to the main challenge page.

Thanks for calling in. Avril x