Carpe Diem

Good Morning everyone

Today is a stamped card.  I had the leaf background left over from last year when i made my dads card and did 2 sizes of background, this was the smaller one,  so I decided to finally use it.  

7x7" white cardbase.  After doing my leaf background - full details below.  I stamped with black ink the lavinia crows, hedgehog & cat stamp and doodled in the branch and some ground & added shadow with grey pencil.  The little spider and snail are stamp by card-io.  I stamped foliage around the outside edge with distress oxides in pistachio & patina which i think you can just make out in the rubbish photo! Carpe Diem stamped to finish.  Mounted onto dark green card and then added at a angle to the base card to finish. 

Just a close up

 To do the back ground I first made a leaf mask/stencil by printing a leaf outline out from the computer and using a craft knife cut around the leaf edge.  Using repositionable glue i attached it to white card that will take water.  I then painted inside the leaf mask with water and sprinkled on brusho's & mica powders, once dry i over stamped with various foliage and oxide inks.  Once completely dry i removed my mask and cut the the panel into a square. 

Items Used:

Lavinia Stamps - mooch, crows, hedgehogs

Card-io stamps - insects

Foliage stamps - magazine freebies

Sentiment stamp - katzelkraft

Brushos

Pixie powders

Oxide inks

Thank you all for stopping by.  I had a birthday at the weekend and had a lovely time as my 5 nieces put on a picnic for me so we had lots of fun & laughter.  Thank you to those who sent me a beautiful handmade card.  I was totally spoilt.  Hugs Emmaxxx

Id love to enter the following:

https://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.com/2021/08/challenge-143-no-patterned-paper.html

***

http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2021/08/challenge-53.html

***

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/feature-animal.html

 

Easter Bunnies

Good Morning everyone, i hope you have been enjoying the Easter weekend.

Today im sharing my last 2 Easter cards. These came about as i had alot of oval frames left over from my butterfly cards.  Ive built a little spring field scene for my Lavinia Hare stamps.

I first made my base card to the size of the largest frame approx 6.5x5.5"... I die cut 2 ovals from white card, scored a line to make a flap, i glued this flap to the back of the 2nd oval - thus giving me a card blank.  So that it stands up i cut a little slither off the bottom edge of the back of the card.  I added a light watercolour wash to the front of the card using distress inks to give a grass and sky look.

I took 4 oval frames, twisting and off setting them, adding glue to the areas where they overlapped so that they were then joined as one.  I stamped the foliage and flowers onto the frames using oxide inks and hobbyart lino cut hare stamp set.  I added foam tape to the back and added to my card front. 

I die cut an oval to fit the middle frame, did a background distress ink wash for the grass and sky and stamped flower flowers and foliage with oxide inks.  I then stamped my hares with black archival ink and some little snails & spider.  I doodled in some ground for the hares to stand on.  Stamped sentiment to finish.

Version 2.  I made my oval card blank and added a black card oval mat and then the white frame that id stamped with the flowers and foliage added with foam tape for dimension.  I die cut an oval to fit inside the frame and added grass and sky with distress inks.  Stamped some flowers and foliage with oxide inks.  The stamped my hared, doodled in some ground and shading under them.  Stamped greeting to finish.

Items Used:

Lavinia stamps - Wild hares, vine

Hobbyart stamps - lino cut hares

Card-io stamps - bugs & snails

Sentiment stamps

Distress inks - tumbled glass, salty ocean, pistachio, wilderness

Oxide inks - campfire, amber, marmalade, clover, peacock, citron

I hope you all enjoy your bank holiday Monday and have a good week.  Hugs to you all. Emmax

Id love to enter the following with my first card:

https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2021/04/april-challenge-sponsored-by-sheepski.html

***

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/challenge-454-easter.html

***

http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/challenge-61-animals-birds-andor-insects.html

***

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/2021/04/challenge-129-for-april.html

***

http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/04/april-challenge-feature-creature.html