Quick and Easy Chaffinch Note Card

Here's a quick and easy card made with a free digital download from Ephemera's Vintage Garden. In order to get the freebies, you need to subscribe.

A blank ivory card was lightly coloured on diagonally opposite corners with Memento Rose Bud ink, using a blending tool.

The chaffinch postcard was printed twice, so that the bird and flowers could be decoupaged.

A strip of cream cotton lace was attached along the bottom of the postcard and a strip of glitter sticker was placed above it.

The sentiment was fussy cut, inked in Rose Bud and attached on pop dots.

I'd like to enter this for these challenges:

Brown Sugar Challenge 195 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge 321 Add Lace

Really Reasonable Ribbon  Challenge 139 Things with Wings and Ribbon or Trim

CAS: 3 Stamps

The current challenge at Less is More #272 is to use 3 stamps. This could be 3 individual stamps or the same 3 stamps used multiple times.

 

Here is what I made:

I stamped a flourish from the Elements 1 stamp set by Inkilicious on to ivory card and clear heat embossed it. The embossing tool resisted the ink which I applied with a blending tool. I used Memento Bamboo Leaves and Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers.

The butterflies were stamped and heat embossed with detail black powder.  They were coloured with watercolour pencils and then fussy cut. They were attached to the card with foam pads.

The sentiment is from another Inkilicious stamp set, called Reflections - Thinking of You



I would like to enter these challenges:

 Less Is More  Challenge #272 Use 3 stamps


Come and Get It Challenge #114 Things with Wings


Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Butterfly Beauty


xoxo

House Mouse In the Garden

The current challenge at House Mouse has the theme ' In the Garden'.

I am patiently awaiting the delivery of some House Mouse stamps, but as it's getting close to the closing date, I decided to use my one and only HMD stamp once more! It's the lovely little Monica mouse in 'Scent of Lilac' which is so apt at the moment as the lilac trees in my garden are in bud...I can't wait for them to blossom :)

Here is what I made:

I went with a pink lilac theme this time, colouring the stamped image with Spectrum Noir markers. The image was die cut with an Xcut scalloped circle and the background was inked with a blending tool in Memento Rose Bud.

A larger scalloped circle was cut from deeper pink design paper as a mat for the stamped image. I chose embossed dotty card from Jelly Bean Crafts as my background. The matted image was attached to the dotty card on foam pads.

Next I made some flowers from Heartfelt Creations. I stamped Vintage Morning Background in Rose Bud, then used the matching die (Majestic Blooms) to cut out the flowers. These were then shaped and layered, and a pink crystal gem placed in the middle of each one.

Some leaves were die cut from pale green design paper using the Spellbinders Foliage die set. The flowers and leaves were arranged around the matted stamped image. I used tiny foam pads to attach the leaves and glue dots to attach the flowers.

A piece of shocking pink lace (which was gifted to me in happy mail) was attached at the bottom of the dotty card. A glitter sentiment was made into a tag, with ribbon was added. The dotty card was then attached to the card base.

I'd like to enter these challenges:

House Mouse Monday Challenge # 217 In the Garden


Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Girly
 

Dream Valley Challenges #129 Anything Goes

xoxo

ATC: Ribbon Tag Matryoshka

Yay!....Mama Babushka helped me be the winner at Wicked Wednesday this week!


And ... I was in the top picks at  Pixies Crafty Workshop for week 225

This week at Wicked Wednesday the ATC Challenge #205 has the theme of "Ribbon Tag". 

Here is what I made:

 

I love Babushka Dolls or Matryoshka. Their bright colours and smiling faces always brighten my day. 

To make my ATC and ribbon tag I used digital papers and a template. The digital papers were part of a set from Pixel Paper Prints called Matryoshka Nesting Doll, and the Matryoshka Doll Template was from Striped Elephants.

The ATC card was covered in patterned paper, both front and back. Space was left open at the back for the tag to be concealed. A thin strip of pink heart patterned paper was glued along the bottom of the ATC and sticky glitter strips added either side. The edges of the ATC were inked in black.

The doll was paper pieced according to the template, and the face of the doll from this set was attached. Paper piecing is such a good way of using up snippets of paper! Stickles glitter and gel stickers were added to the doll's outfit, and glossy accents gave her eyes some shine. The doll was attached to the ATC on foam pads.

The tag was die cut from card using an Xcut Tag die. Patterned paper and a strip of pink paper and glitter strips were added, as on the main ATC.The tag edges were inked in black. A smaller doll was paper pieced and decorated, then glued to the tag. The word 'hi' from the Paper Smooches  'Scripty Sayings' set was stamped  and ribbons were attached.

I like the idea of a smaller Matryoshka coming from within the larger one :-)
The back of the ATC and tag were left plain:

I'd also like to enter 

Pixies Crafty Workshop Week #225

The Crafty Addicts Challenge #13 Girly/Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Lets do the Polka

xoxo

Little Birdhouse

This card helped me to win another Feather in my Cap at Digi Choosday :)

Here is a card I made using a cutting file called Birdhouse 2 card template from Polkadoodles.

I decided to use the birdhouse as part of my card, rather than make a card out of the birdhouse.

The gold cloud glitter card stock by Deco Time was cut to 13 cm x 13 cm. The Polkadoodles birdhouse was assembled, some parts on foam pads to give dimension, and the edges were inked to add some definition. Leaves were cut from various shades of green card using the Spellbinders Foliage die. They were placed around the birdhouse and pink Santoro roses attached along with some cream pearl stamen for interest. Holographic glitter was applied to the rose petals using a Quickie glue pen. To finish off, a pink satin ribbon was attached to the bottom of the card with a Papermania glitter sentiment which had been inked in Rose Bud Memento ink. Finally, the card was attached to the card base.

 

I'd like to enter into these challenges:

Digi Choosday Week #14 Anything Goes


Brown Sugar Challenge #194 Anything Goes


 xoxo

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Here in the UK we have plenty rain showers, and not just in April!
However, this is one of my favourite sayings and I love springtime when the flowers are in bloom and colour enters our landscape once more.

Here is a card I made:

 

The raindrops were stamped in jet black ink with the Raindrops stamp by Ryn onto a piece of 12cm x 17cm white card.

The flowers were stamped with an old wooden stamp (I can't remember the name or make) in jet black archival ink and then clear heat embossed. They were coloured with Spectrum Noir markers, then fussy cut. They were attached to the white card on foam pads to give some dimension.

The spotty ribbon was attached along the bottom edge of the white card with glue dots and secured at the back.

The Crafter's Companion sentiment from the Vintage Floral Collection was stamped on white card which was then die cut with the second smallest nesting scalloped square from Xcut. This was mounted on a black card square and attached to the card on foam pads.

The white card was mounted onto a black mat and then attached on foam to the card blank.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - April Showers Bring May Flowers


Come and Get It  Challenge - Bright Colours


Dragonfly Journeys Challenge #52 April Showers

xoxo

CAS: One Layer Geometric

This week's challenge at Less Is More is to create a one layer card with geometric shapes or patterns.

Sounds so easy, but in reality its not, as there is no room for error since there can be no cover-ups in a one layer card! 

Here is my make:

I used a Just a Trace stencil called Bobby Tiny Stencil and a blending tool and inks to put colour down. I used Crushed Olive, Danube Blue and Violet Posies. The stencil really is tiny, so I reversed the design alongside the first.
The sentiment is from Inkilicious. I stamped it in Jet Black archival ink and then clear heat embossed it.

My inner critic is saying that I was too heavy with the distress ink at first, but...hey-ho, you live and learn!

I'd like to enter into these challenges:

Less Is More Challenge #271 One Layer Geometric shapes or patterns


 Addicted to Stamps Challenge #189 Clean and Simple


xoxo