Good Morning to you all.
I have 2 posts today and both very different so be sure to check them both out...or hop over here
Im honoured to be guest DT over at Creative Creases Challenge once again
This time I decided to use an old tattered lace die set to make an A4 tri fold shutter card. Its years old and was preloved when I bought it so it must be over 10yrs old and been gathering dust!
I also wanted to use some old paperartsy flower stamps so have gone for a full on summer vibe.
A4 white die cut card base. I then made my own blue sky background which you can see at the end of the post, this i then die cut with the matt layer dies from the set.
I stamped the flowers with dark blue ink so a bit softer than black and coloured with alcohol markers. I then fussy cut the flowers and got arranging, adhering some flat and some with pinflair glue gel for dimension. I added them in 2 different bunches so that depending on what angle the card is stood at you mostly see different flowers.
I stamped 2 butterflies in purple, added soft colour, cut out and added to the panels along with 2 flower heads.
The quote was stamped in blue and added to the middle. Touches of diamond stickles glitter glue added to the flower centres and butterfly wings for a little bit of sparkle to finish.
The quote 'There are always flowers for those who want to see them' - it was originally a vertical stamp but wouldn't fit the middle panel so by cutting the words up I made it fit😁.
I coloured these flowers more like red poppies. The foliage was such a fine stamp I didn't fancy fussy cutting so i stamped it in green ink and coloured completely over the top with green alcohol marker and then cut out. To make my arrangements i cut the heads and stems off some so that i could stick at different angles and make more realistic, the foliage i cut into small pieces and tucked in among the flowers.
and onto my background below
My background. I started with a sheet of white A4 and added turquoise and ultramarine brusho powders. Once completely dry and to soften the vibrancy a little i used an A4 shell stencil with matt lilac acrylic paint. I then added lots of stamping with various inks and stamps using 1st,2nd&3rd generation stamping - basically just stamping until no ink left on the stamp. The main text reads 'spread a little happiness wherever you go' this is an aall&create stamp set.
To finish the background i took this sun swirly stencil and used gold acrylic paint, sadly photos don't pick up how shiny it it, but when the light hits it, it adds a subtle bling to the background
Items Used:
Tattered lace A4 shutter die set (very old)
Paperartsy stamps 'JOFY 11' 'JOFY14' 'EKC03'
aall&create stamps #851 'rise&shine #628 'spread a little happiness'
Shell and swirl stencils (?brand?)
Decoart gold paint
Folkart matt paint
Alcohol markers
Brusho powders 'turquoise, ultramarine'
Versafine Clair inks 'medieval blue' 'green oasis''monarch''purple delight'
Ranger stickles 'diamond'
Hop over to Creative Creases to see what the talented DT created and to join in with your fancy folds.
When I made this a few weeks ago it was wild, wet & windy so I was thinking of sunnier days, since then my mojo has gone on holiday...hopefully it returns soon as I do have birthdays to make for! Its been beautiful weather last couple of weeks in Cornwall - windy but that is ideal for drying the washing as long as you add plenty of pegs😁 And hat it definitely needed for my walks but it was beautifully and sunny so you can forgive the wind. I hope you all have a wonderful month of May. Emma
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https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/05/miucb-83-anything-goes-optional-stamp.html - stamped background
