WLS Dec - Winter

Good Morning everyone

Scarily its the first of December today and the first sunday in the month so time for a new challenge over at We Love Stamping

The theme this month is WINTER, or there is always the anything goes option as long as we see stamping in action

Card size approx 5x7" made from navy blue card. I took white pearl card and stenciled with oxide inks in tumbled glass, shaded lilac & cracked pistachio through lavinia 'pods' stencil.  I then over stamped with grey & blue inks winter words.  I then die cut this into 3 arches of descending sizes - missing out one die inbetween so its wider frames.   The i carefully put all 3 into a snow embossing folder, keeping them lined up so that the embossing matches.

I glued the smallest layer flat in the middle, the next size up on 2mm foam tape and the largest outside with 4mm foam tape (2mm doubled up) - its actually easier to line up starting with the outside one.  Hopefully once in place all the stenciling, stamping and embossing line up.

I them stamped the majestic stag stamp onto white card with versaClair medieval blue ink and added a little soft colour by watercolouring with distress inks - lemonade, honey, vintage photo & walnut stain - I liked the contrast of these colours against the cool background.  Cut him out, adhered into place with glue gel.

Sadly doesn't show in the photo but the pearl of the cardstock still shimmers through the oxide inks.  Of course as its a snowly theme i did add just a little bit of stickles glitter glue to some of the embossed snowflakes for a little sparkle.  

You can see the snow embossing a bit better here.  

I should have taken a photo of the insert as i used another inkylicious stamp which reads 'Winter waves a magic wand over the world and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful' 

My parents are lucky to have alot of fallow deer roaming their fields - although mum doesn't see why they need to eat half her garden...every so often im lucky to see one when im over there

After making a big effort this year to make more postal friendly flat Christmas cards, Im very happy to make one with as much foam tape and glue gel s i wanted😁

Items Used:

Inkylicious stamps 'forest stag' 'sofly sofly' 'winter beauty'

aall&create stamps 'seasons'

Lavinia stencil 'pods'

Crafters companion 8x8 snowfall embossing folder

Distress Oxide inks - tumbled glass, cracked pistachio, shaded lilac, lemonade, honey, vintage photo & walnut stain

Versafine clair ink  - medieval blue, morning mist

Archival inks - colbalt, petunia, library green

White pearl & navy card

Rangers stickles 'twinkle'

These lovely stamp sets for the lucky winner

So do hop over to We Love Stamping to see what the rest of the design team have come up with for the Winter theme and to join in.

I gave mum her advent calendar y/day and she loved it as did dad and my brother was impressed so thats a real compliment! 

I hope you all have a good week and start to December.  Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/11/just-us-girls-755-stencil-week.html

https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/11/challenge-261-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2024/11/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-something-for.html

https://creativefriday.blogspot.com/2024/11/creative-friday-373-x-beliebiges-tier.html

https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/2024/11/festive-friday-challenge-1-november-to.html

https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2024/11/anything-goes-embossing-with-twist-of.html - ive used a snowfall embossing folder

 

Sun, Sea, Sand #2

Good Morning everyone

Mid way though July so time for another sun, sea, sand inspired make at We Love Stamping

or you can always go with the anything goes option as long as some stamping is involved 

This time ive just gone with the sea

Ive used this lovely printed acetate from Stamperia for my card front, so it gives a lovely glossy finish with its sea print.

I stamped the aall&create whale scene onto white card with greeny blue ombre ink pad and die cut into spellbinders labels 4 shape.  I added stencilling to the background with pale oxide inks & stamped some bubbles.

I stamped the whale again onto more white card this time with a dark blue ink, watercoloured with pink and peach distress inks so that it contrasts with all the green//blue, cut out just the whale and decoupaged onto the base image with glue gel.

I stamped some shells with the same pink, peach & lilac inks, cut out and arranged onto the card front along with some real shells ive collected over the years.  Stamped sentiment and some stickles glitter glue details to finish.

This is really thick weight acetate so I just used it as the card front and used plain white card for the back, i scored a flap at the top of the white card to which i attached the acetate.  I rounded the corners with my corner chomper which easily cuts through the thick acetate & 300gsm cardstock together - the rounded corners pick up on the rounded edge of the die cut

This months prizes that you could win 

Items Used:

aall&create stamp 'sea life'

Chocolate baroque stamp set 'seashell collage'

Visible image stamp set 'swim deep'

Lavinia stencil

Stamperia acetate - clear prints (SBA415) 'Vagabond in Japan'

Distress Inks ' picked raspberry, shaded lilac, 

Kailiedacolor ombre inkpad 'Caribbean sea'

Thank you for popping by once again.  Its scary how fast the weeks are passing and that next week the schools break up.  Emmax

Id love to enter:

https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/07/inkspirational-challenge-320-designers.html  - Ive used stamps from aall&create, chocolate baroque & visible image

https://starstampz.blogspot.com/2024/07/challenge-60-anything-goesin-or-beside.html

 

Thistlehogs among the toadstools

Good Morning everyone

Its like buses, i rarely have the honour of being a guest design and now 2 days in a row😂

Today Im honoured to be a guest designer at The fairy & the Unicorn challenge

  with an anything magical goes.   I decided to dig out my lovely thistlehog stamps and teamed them up with lots of toadstools and autumnal leaves so very seasonable.

I first made my cardbase from white cardstock and nesting dies and then cut a frame for the front and added with foam tape.  From the panel that came inside the frame i stencilled a soft background with oxide inks.  I then stencilled along the bottom with glossy glaze through a mushroom stencil, once dry i adhered the panel into the frame.

I stamped the little thistlehogs and watercoloured with distress inks and cut them out, i added shape to their bodies and adhered with glue gel.  I built up a little scene around them with transparency toadstools and die cut leaves. The little mushroom people came from another pink ink stamp set.  

Tim Holtz chat stickers that read

'those that don't believe in magic will never find it'

'dream' 'imagine' 'believe' 

Stickles glitter glue added to their little wings to finish with a touch of sparkle

Now these little thistlehogs are super tiny and super fast so we don't seem them so much but they are busy every night going about their magical work

I used distress inks - evergreen bough, tumbled glass, peacock feathers, wild honey, dried marigold and ripe persimmon to colour the them and for stencilling in the background

Im loving these PET/transparency/acetate toadstools, they are lovely to use and look so realistic.  All my leaves were cut using various scraps of ink coloured cardstock

I adhered the transparency mushrooms both flat and with glue gel so that that light can shine through some of them.  

Those who follow me know I have a garden full of full size hedgehogs & lots that visit nightly.  Just last week we've had 3 late babies out feeding in the day time so we will hopefully get them fattened up nicely for hibernation.  My old cat is very protective of them when they come out in the daytime.  

Items Used:

Pink Ink designs stamps 'thistlehogs'& 'shitake happens'

Lavinia stencil 'pods'

Paperartsy stencil 'PS179'

Distress inks & oxides

Toadstool transparancy/acetate

Cosmic shimmer glossy glaze 'daydream yellow'

Stitched nesting dies 

leaf dies

Thank you all for stopping by, please do hop over to thefairyandtheunicorn to join in the fun.  I hope you have a good week. Hugs Emmaxx

Id also love to enter this card in the following:

https://bastel-traum.blogspot.com/2023/09/126-herbststimmung-autumn-mood.html

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https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/11/miucb-68-anything-goes-optional.html

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https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/11/cut-it-challenge-290-layer-it-up.html

 

Oh Christmas Tree

Good Morning everyone

Today is a couple of Christmas cards using alcohol ink coloured mirror card and a glitter texture paste stencilled background which is very hard to capture in the photos😀

White linen card base.  I took a piece of white card and lavinia pods stencil with stamperia artic ice texture paste and put to one side to dry.  On gold mirror card i added various green alcohol inks.  Once both were dry i cut the icy background to fit my base card and added little piece of green mirror card behind top and bottom and adhered to base.  I die cut a wonky stitched square from green mirror card and a larger white linen card, i mounted both on the card front, along with another little offcut of of the green to the top to just help break up all the white.   I die cut a little tree from white and added to the green square.

Stamped sentiment die cut into a stitched circle adhered to the top left corner.  Green glitter dots to embellish to finish.

I think you can just make out the icy stencilled background, it really does sparkle in the light

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and version 2, blue & purple alcohol inks onto silver mirror card.  I used a snowflake stencil and added the arctic ice direct to the card front.  Once dry i added a white die cut square and smaller square die cut from the blue inked silver mirror card. I added thin slivers of the blue mirror top and bottom. Stamped sentiment added with foam tape, i used a hole punch on off cuts of the mirror card to make little faux gems to finish.

I think you can just make out the snowflakes in the background and how the light really plays on the alcohol inked mirror card

Items Used:

Tree die - very old magazine freebie

Wonky stitched square dies

Stitched circle die

Tim Holt alcohol inks in blues and greens

Stamperia artic ice texture paste

Lavinia stencil 'pods'

Funky Fossil stencil ' snowflakes'

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

LOTV sentiment stamp

CraftUK ltd white linen cardstock

Ranger stickles - lime

Thank you all for stopping by.  Emmax

Id love to enter my first card in the following:

https://christmaskickstartchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-68-trees-trees-trees.html

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https://52cct.blogspot.com/2022/11/november-stash-challenge-dt-call.html

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http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2022/11/one-word-prompt-shine.html - My mirror card is shiny as well as the icy texture paste background

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https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2022/11/anything-christmas-or-winter.html

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The big splash mixed media

Good Morning everyone

Today im sharing a mixed media project.  I started with a splash shaped MDF plaque and went with an under the sea theme.

I first stencilled texture paste through a shell stencil.  Once dry cover it all with a light coat of white gesso.  Then i sprinkled on blue & green brushos and purple pixie powders, once dry i dry brushed on diamond starlight paint to give a nice shimmer. I sponged blue starlight paint around the edges of the splash and through a circle stencil to give a bubble effect - when the light hits the starlight paint it really sparkles.

  Using a pallet knife I added grit texture paste to the base, once dry i built up the colour with acrylic paints to give a sand like look for the bottom on the ocean.

I stamped the octopus and other sea themed stamps onto white and watercoloured with inktense pencils and cut them all out.  I covered everything with glossy mod podge to seal & protect it all.  I then got arranging my scene, using shells collected over the years.  

Tim Holtz chat sticker to finish which says 'what seems ordinary is often the extraordinary'

A close up of the base, i added a little message in a bottle...using green alcohol ink to stain a clear mini bottle.  

Side 2...

I also decorated the back, so its double sided and can be flipped for a change of scene

Made the same way as side 1.  I used a pebble stencil on this side with the texture paste and jellyfish stamps from visible image.  After colouring the jellyfish with inktense pencils i used paint pens to colour the little circles on them.  I stamped and cut up the quote to finish.

I added a little metal seahorse charm and little pearl bead in one of the shells to finish.

Items Used:

MDF splash from 'thats crafty'

Pink Ink octopus stamp set

Visible Image stamp set

seahorse & starfish - old craft stamper magazine stamps

Funky fossil stencil - shells

Lavinia stencil - 

Imagination crafts starlight paints (now cadence dora paint) Diamond, blue

Derwent inktense pencils

Pebeo acrylic paints

Golden texture pastes

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

Id love to enter the following:

https://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.com/2022/09/welcome-to-creative-artiste-challenge-86.html

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https://blog.dare2bartzy.com/september-challenge-animals/

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https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2022/09/challenge-66-anything-goes-with.html

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Autumn...

Good Morning everyone

Today i have a really Autumnal card using pink ink stamps. The fabulous Mr fungi, i built a woodland scene for him & his friends.

5x7" Kraft base card, i covered the front with a toadstool print paper and stencilled over the background with white gesso with a skeleton leaves effect, this softened the background to help my stamped images stand out.  I rounded the corners and inked the edges with distress inks. 

I stamped the images onto white card and watercoloured with inktense pencils, added some details with posca pens & cut them out.  I stamped the sentiment onto kraft card, cut into a strip and inked the edges.  I die cut a row of toadstools from kraft card and inked with distress inks.  I attached the toadstools behind the top of the sentiment strip and mounted onto the base with foam tape.  I then built my scene with the stamped images. 

Touches of glitter glue to the dragonfly wings to finish.

Just a close up

Version 2.  As my background paper was A4 i had enough to make a 2nd card, made the same way just a different layout.

Items Used:

Pink Ink stamps 'shitake happens' 'thistlehogs'

Clearly Besotted stamps 'seasonal sentiments'

Very old daisytrail paper

Lavinia Stencil 'Pods'

Cheerylynn toaststool die

Derwent inktense pencils

Distress Inks 'vintage photo, walnut stain, aged mahogany'

Rangers Stickles 'stardust'

 

Thank you all for stopping by. Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/09/september-2022-season-of-mists-and.html

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http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.com/2022/09/ch-115-fallautumn.html

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https://inspirationstationchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/inspiration-station-challenge-inspired.html  - I was inspired by the leaves and colours in the photo

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https://bastel-traum.blogspot.com/2022/08/116-wald-into-wood.html

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