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

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

Happy Easter

Good Morning everyone.  

Today im sharing some very inky stamped scene cards using Lavinia stamps.  My scene continues onto the back of these cards, so you can flip the scene on your mantlepiece😀

These are small but mighty! Approx 5.5x3.5" . Using my old sue wilson die set, i cut the largest die from white card adding the lacy insert piece, i then folded this in half as my cardbase.  I cut the largest plain one from gold pearl paper and this became my insert.

Raiding my ready inked backgrounds i dug out some suitable ones - this one was oxide ink background, i then die cut them with the smallest die to match my cardbase.  I then got stencilling with oxide inks and stamping my little scenes, this time with the fabulous hares - love these guys, also the fab dandelion stamp which is stamped in green archival ink. I doodled in some ground for them to stand on and added shadow with grey alcohol markers. Stamped greeting.

I then folded this panel in half and cut down the middle, i then stuck on my card base front and back.  Cutting it in half just meant it was less bulky in the middle and my card folded nicely.  A few light touches of glitter glue to finish. 

And the back of this card.

And this shows both front and back 

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version 2 is using fab hedgehog stamps from Lavinia - i do love spring when 'my' hedgehogs wake up, i have 2 coming to eat each night at the moment.  The detail in these lavinia stamps is amazing really.

This was a brusho background and i added more subtle stenciling, on this one i also stamped another lavinia foliage stamp in the background in soft grey.  

and the back of the card

again showing front and back

and this shows the card stood up, usually i cut inserts smaller than the card base but in this case i wanted the gold pearl to show through the lacy cut outs on the card front.

Items Used:

Sue Wilson die set 'noble'

Lavinia stamps - hares, hedgehogs, dandelion, 

Sentiment stamp

Stencils

Oxide inks

CraftUk ltd smooth white card

Payper box gold pearl paper

Ranger diamond stickles 

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you are all enjoying the Easter weekend as much as is possible.  Stay safe.  Hugs Emmax

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Id love to enter the following:

https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-37-sponsored-by-digi-doodle.html

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https://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-2020-animal-magic.html

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http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-37.html

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http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-206-easterspring.html

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https://artydivaschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-19.html

One Layer Card

 Good Morning everyone.  

Today im sharing a very rare one layer card for me.  So again i dug out the inks, stencils and a couple of stamps.

I first folded a piece of CraftUk ltd smooth white card in half for my base.  I stamped the flower stamp to the left side and masked them with pebeo drawing gum.  I then inked up the background with original distress inks in tones of greens, i then splashed with water and dabbed dry with tissue.  I then stenciled over the top with Oxide inks in the same greens. I splashed some ink over the white section just to tie it all together.  I then removed the masking gum to reveal the white untouched flowers.  I coloured these with Clear wink of stella pen so they glitter in the light.

I then stamped my 2 lavinia hares, i used my stamp platform and over stamped them a few times to get them a nice solid black.  I then doodled in some ground for the flower & hares with a black fine liner pen.  I then lightly stamped in grey a dictionary stamp for the ground.   

A close up. When i took the photo i hadn't decided on a sentiment but then a friend had a little accident so sent it to her to give her a smile hopefully.  

Hopefully you can just make out the shimmery glitter of the clear wink of stella pen i added to the flowers. 

Items Used:

Honeydoo flower stamp

Lavinia Hare stamps

Stampin up Dictionary stamp

Altenew Stencil

Distress Inks Evergreen bough, twisted citron, peacock feathers

Distress oxide inks Evergreen bough, twisted citron, peacock feathers

CraftUk ltd smooth white card

Clear wink of stella pen

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you all have a brilliant week, maybe we will see some sunshine😊.  Emmax

Id love to enter the following challenges:

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2019/06/shopping-our-stash-397-stencil-me-this.html

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http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/06/challenge-189-garden.html?m=1

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http://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/06/challenge-137.html