WLS #2 Feb - CAS

Good Morning everyone

Its time for the half way post for We Love Stamping

Where the theme this month is CAS (Clean & Simple)

But if thats not for you we always have the anything goes option as long as you include stamping - either traditional stamps or digi stamps.

approx size 5x5"  I found this cat in my previously stamped and coloured drawer - It had been watercoloured with my inktense pencils and cut out.  I die cut a piece of white linen card and stamped the cat image off centre in black and also stamped the cat-i-tude stamp just beneath so it looks like the pot is stood on it.

On the base image i watecoloured the leaves and then added the cat in pot with glue gel after gently curving it in the middle, also decoupaging the leaves.  I then die cut my base card from kraft card and adhered the white panel. Glossy accents added to the cats eyes to finish.

Showing it side on so you can see the dimension of the cat and leaves.  I curved the leaves and glued part on flat so that the tips curve upwards - giving a lovely shadow and adding a bit of interest to a simple card. 

Items Used:

Katzelkraft stamps KTZ295 'Cats on books'

Funky fossil stamp 'Feline magic' by Olga Heldwein ('Catt-i-tude stamp')

Nesting dies

Derwent inktense pencils

CraftUK ltd white linen card

Kraft card

These gorgeous stamps are the prize this month so do hop over to join in at 

We Love Stamping

Thank you all for popping by once again and all your amazing comments on my mums birthday card last week - she loved it. Its half term this week so im sure i will be crafting up a storm with my nieces at some point. I hope you all have a good week.  Keep warm. Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://scscards.blogspot.com/2025/02/february-2025-love-andor-hearts.html - anything goes option

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https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/02/creative-inspiration-challenges-23.html

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https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2025/02/challenge-610-stitching-real-or-faux.html - stitched effect dies

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https://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2025/02/challenge-91.html - #2

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https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2025/02/challenge-95-anything-goes-with.html

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WLS Feb#1 - CAS

Good Morning everyone

Its the 1st Sunday of February so time for a new challenge over at 

We Love Stamping

The theme this month is CAS (Clean and Simple)

Or if thats not for you we always have the anything goes option as long as you use stamping

So CAS is not easy for me to do, a bit like OTT, Im more of the middle road kind of crafter😀  I suspect my design here is slightly over CAS but i did sit on my hands when they were itching to add a few tiny gems😁.....It is CAS for me!

A6 (6x4") Turquoise card base made using nesting dies.  I die cut a smaller die from white cardstock and stamped the hare towards the bottom right corner with ombre inkpad with shades of teal, turquoise & green.  I stamped the hare a 2nd time and cut out.  I took a smaller nested die and embossed into the white panel so it lined up nicely with the hare - just use a rubber mat to emboss the die without cutting.  I very lightly inked inside the die with the ombre ink pad to add a little frame.  I then stamped the words 'long eared mammal' & 'long-legged' that are in the stamp set along the edges of the frame.

I decoupaged the 2nd stamped hare with glue gel to add just a little dimension.

Here you can see the slight dimension the hare has, adding a little interest to an otherwise flat card.

Items Used

aall&create stamps #836 'Long eared mammal'

Kaleidacolor ombre inkpad 'Caribbean sea'

Turquoise card

CraftUk ltd hammered effect white card

Nesting dies

These lovely stamps from Lavinia are the prize these month for 2 lucky winners

So do hop over to We Love Stamping to join in and see what the rest of the design team came up with for our CAS theme

I hope you all have a good week & keep warm and safe. I think i was hibernating for most of January so now we are in February I must make an effort to do more!   Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2025/01/crafty-catz-686-atg-blue-and-green.html

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https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/2025/01/festive-friday-challenge-3-january-2025.html - used something blue and New stamp

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https://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2025/01/challenge-792-is-for-anything-goes.html

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https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2025/01/challenge-609-include-stamped-image.html

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https://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2025/02/challenge-91.html

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https://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2025/02/february-challenge-cas-clean-and-simple.html

 

Happy Christmas

Good Morning everyone

Today is a batch of very simple Christmas cards.  I wanted to use up the sizzix biodegradable glitter i was given last year which is very very sparkly, which sadly the photos don't pick up, I wanted it to be the focal point with the sentiment.

Approx card size: 3.5x5"   Using sizzix (658204) die to cut my white base card and a lovely Christmas paper which i matted onto the base.  I die cut the Happy using alpha dies from white card and adhered them to some double sided adhesive sheet, i then sprinkled the glitter over the top and rubbed it in, making sure it got in to all the bits on the letters.  I then cut this to a strip and matted onto green cardstock.  Computer printed the word 'Christmas', cut and matted onto more green card.  I then adhered the christmas word flat to the card front and added the glitter word with foam tape for some dimension. 

I added glossy accents to the berries on the backing paper to finish.

Showing it stood up, this make a lovely little shaped card

Version 2

Version 3.  Difference here is that i used an offcut of the glittered adhesive strip under the Christmas word

Version 4 used a blue grey snowflake paper so i used different colour glitter and also added small gems to the snowflakes to finish

These were a great way to using up all the small off cuts of white card for the alpha's 

Items Used:

Unknown brand alpha dies

Sizzix framelits die 658204

Sizzix biodegradable glitter 663884 - mint julep,663871 - cobblestone,663876 - mango tango,663870 - caramel toffee,663878 - hibiscus

Christmas papers - the works

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope its a good week for you. Emmaxx

Id love to enter the first card in the following:

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2022/11/peace-on-earth-christmas-challenge-27.html

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https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-242.html

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http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2022/11/one-word-prompt-holly.html

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http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/11/christmas.html

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Blue thistlehogs

Good Morning everyone.

I decided to use some of the kraft card blanks a friend sent me with the pink ink thistlehog stamps, although since Steph said she thought they looked like bats i can see that they are a bit batty too😀 being magical creatures they come in any colour but today they are very blue with very glittery wings😁

5x5" kraft card base.  I stamped the thistle hogs onto kraft card and watecoloured with oxide inks tumbled glass, salvaged patina & dried marigold, added touches of white posca pen to highlight and cut them out.  I stamped it again onto more kraft card and stamped lavinia stamps 'spiral of dreams' stamp in grey, i die cut into a stitched square and mounted onto a larger square of kraft card which i had coloured with the blue oxide inks and then adhered to the base card.  I gently curved the thistle hog and decoupaged him onto the base with glue gel.  

Stamped greeting and diamond stickles glitter on the wings to finish.

Version 2.  I stamped the thistlehog twice once direct on the base card & again onto more kraft card and again watercoloured with the oxide inks and cut out.  Stamped the  believe sentiment direct on the base and splattered on some of the oxide inks to the background and inked the edges of the base card after rounding the corners.

I then added the thistlehog with glue gel.  

Items Used:

Pink Ink stamps 'thistlehogs'

Lavinia stamps 'sprial of dreams'

Inkylicious stamps 'believe'

Sentiment stamp dream

Distress oxide inks tumbled glass, salvaged patina, dried marigold

Ranger stickles diamond

Kraft card

Not the best photos but i did catch these of my new baby hedgehogs this year in the porch last night.......... they don't have wings like the thistlehogs but they are still soooooooooooooo cute, they would easily fit in the palm of my hand

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you all have a good week. Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/07/ltccb-69-anything-goes-ltccb-68-winner.html

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https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-2022-challenge.html

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Butterflies

Good Morning everyone

Todays 2 cards are using a lovely stamp set from uniko that i was lucky enough to win in a blog challenge, we got to pick the stamp set we would like and i had a difficult time deciding, so many lovely stamp sets that although this is my first set of stamps from uniko it certainly won't be my last😀 

The lovely verse in the set reads

'Butterflies drift in the gentle breeze, in an English country garden'

Ive made rare for me one layer cards with just the one stamp set.  In the last couple of weeks with the sunshine i saw quite a few butterflies which was lovely.

5.5" square base card.  For my first outing with the stamps i stamped the small solid butterfly onto the base with a red/orange ombre ink using the 2nd generation of ink too.  As its a textured hammer card it didn't stamp perfectly in places.  I then stamped the small details butterfly with grey archival ink and stamped the butterfly quote with black ink. 

I stamped 1 large and 2 small detailed butterflies onto white card and cut them out, gently curved their wings and added to the card with glue gel. I then added lots of gold gems to finish.

 

and take 2.  5.5" white linen cardbase.  This time i stamped with a blue/green ombre inkpad - ive had these ink pads years and they are brilliant for this kind of stamping.  I stamped the background the same as the first card.  

I then stamped the detailed butterflies & verse onto vellum.  The butterflies I coloured on the back with alcohol markers and then attached to white paper with just a little tacky pva down the middle of the bodies, once the glue was dry i cut around the vellum & paper at the same time.  This meant the paper was the same size as the butterfly but without the detailed stamping so that a nice clean paper was behind the vellum to really let the colours show.....i had tried the vellum butterflies direct on the background but the blue made them look muddy and layering onto a stamped version on white didnt look as crisp either. 

The butterfly verse i trimmed the vellum onto a strip and a matching size strip from white paper, i glued the white version to the card and then added the vellum version on top with a small line of glue on either side which i then hid under gems.  I also added gems to the butterfly bodies to finish. 

Hopefully this angle makes sense of how i made the butterflies, you can see the plain white paper versions under the vellum.

Items Used:

Uniko Stamps - English Country Garden - butterflies

Kaleidacolor inkpads - desert heat & Caribbean sea

Alcohol markers

Vellum

  

Thank you all for stopping by. Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-challenge-butterflies-andor-flowers.html

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https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/05/ltccb-68-anything-goes-ltccb-67-winner.html

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https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/challenge-51.html

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https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-spring-challenge.html

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https://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2022/04/challenge-233-things-with-wings.html

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