August We love stamping - flowers

Good Morning everyone

Welcome to August.  Over at We Love Stamping the theme this month is 

FLOWERS

So nice and easy but you can always go with the anything goes as long as you use stamping - rubber, clear or digi 

Our Prize this month is a £25 voucher from Personal Impressions  who stock various different brands.

6.5x6.5" kraft card blank.  I first took the stamperia wooden foliage panel and sprayed with inks to colour - more details on this down below.

I mounted it onto the cardfront - being about 5mm thick this adds a lovely depth to the card but its also super light weight.  I stamped the lily onto white card with versafine clair teal ink and watercoloured with distress inks and cut out.

I die cut a circle from white cardstock and put through a sizzix embossing folder, i adhered this to the card front and added the lily with pinflair glue gel.

I die cut the sentiment twice, once from card inked with the same inks i used to colour the lily and once from the white card to give a drop shadow and help it stand out, these i added to a strip of kraft card and then the card front. 

Difficult to show but one of the sprays i used on the background has mica so a lovely shimmer & sparkle when the light hits it.

and as i got a 2nd background when I sprayed the woodchip I made another card

I matted the background onto 7" square card blank.  Die cut a circle from white card using and embossed, this i added to the bottom left of the inked background and added the lily on top.  Stamped sentiment onto card inked with the same distress inks used to colour the lily, die cut into a circle and matted onto a larger circle die cut from white.  Gems added to finish.

Old lily of the valley (LOTV) sentiment stamp reads 'sending you sunshine all year through' which is rather lovely

This is the stamperia decorative chip i used, its very light so i guess like a balsa wood

I placed it onto white card and sprayed with cosmic shimmer airless misters in greens, yellow and pink, you then get the pattern onto the white card as well - so no ink wasted and a free background for another project.  I did wonder how well the woodchip would take the wet inks but it stood up to them well, I didn't over saturate, just sprayed enough to cover.  

Items Used:

Pennyblack slapstick cling stamp 'tiger lily' 

LOTV sentiment stamp 

Stamperia decorative chip

Ranger distress Inks - squeezed lemonade, wild honey, ripe persimmon, twisted citron, mowed grass

Versafine Clair ink 'warm breeze'

Cosmic Shimmer airless misters

MFT Circle die

hello sentiment die (maybe Simon says?)

Sizzix honeycomb & swirl embossing folders (very old)

CraftUK ltd kraft card

The prize this month is an amazing £25 voucher for personal impressions craft store where they are lots of gorgeous crafty products & brands to tempt you.

So hop over to We Love Stamping to join in and be in with a chance of winning just make sure to use stamping on your project with a theme of Flowers or anything goes option. 

Its my middle nieces birthday today so of course its raining, my birthday is in august too and growing up I remember way more wet birthdays than dry ones. I hope you all have a great week whatever your plans are.   Emma

I love to enter card 1 into the following:

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2025/07/ellibelles-garden-party-no-5-anything.html #2 entry

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https://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/2025/07/551-sparke-shine-patties-creations.html - used mica shimmer sprays in the background

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https://girlzandtheartofletters.blogspot.com/2025/07/challenge-6-de-letter-van-f-van.html - F is for flowers, foliage & friendship

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https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-2025-challenge.html

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Oh Christmas tree

Good Morning everyone

Its the first sunday in Novemeber so time for a new challenge over at We Love Stamping

The theme this month is CHRISTMAS so the ideal time to crack on with creating some Christmas cards, or if thats not for you we always have the anything goes option as long as you include stamping so do hop over to join in.

I got this fab woodware tree stamp in a sale which ive teamed up with some brusho and mica powder backgrounds

approx card size 5x7"  I first made backgrounds using green brushos and pixie powders for some mica shimmer, once dry i stamped the trees onto them and cut them out - these trees are a nice easy shape to fussy cut.

I die cut my card base from a dark green card and die cut a smaller one from white,  I then die cut in the middle of this white one with a smaller die again and then i dry embossed both white pieces in a 3d tree embossing folder - by essentially 'gutting' the middle of the larger white panel which i knew would be hidden it makes the cardstock go further and less weight for posting!  I also stamped the tree stamp onto the small panel before embossing so that the stems were on it and then paper pieced the green stamped trees into place.

I added the bigger white panel to the cardbase.  I added small offcuts of the green background and then added my topper panel over the top.  I edged the 2 white panels with diamond stickles glitter glue to add more Christmas sparkle. Stamped sentiment and gems added to finish.

Hopefully you can make out the embossing better in this one and the light hitting the pixie powders  which really do shimmer in real life.

I made 12 of this design, all the same but slightly different, the greens were much darker in this one.

Items Used:

Woodware stamp JG5534 'leggy trees'

LOTV sentiment stamps (very old & discontinued)

Nested dies

Sizzix 3d embossing folder by Kathrin Breen '665254'

Brusho powders - lime, sea green & emerald

Cosmic shimmer pixie powders - peacock, mango & red

Dark green cardstock

CraftUK ltd smooth white card

These lovely die by sweet dixi are the prize this month so do hop over to We Love Stamping  to join in 

I hope you all have a great week.  Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://thehollyandivychallenge.blogspot.com/2024/10/challenge-171-anything-christmas-goes.html

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https://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/11/november-2024-crafts-galore-encore.html

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https://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2024/11/challenge-116-anything-goes-christmas.html

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https://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/2024/11/challenge-172-sparkle.html - used glitter, mica powders & gems for lots of sparkle

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https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/11/miucb-74-anything-goes-optional-paper.html

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https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/11/challenge-328-designers-choice-layer-it.html - Ive layered stamped image onto embossed background which is mat & layered twice.

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We love stamping June

Good Morning everyone

Today a new challenge starts over at We love stamping with the theme of fantastic florals or there is the anything goes option.   This month they also celebrate their 15th birthday so lots of amazing prizes on offer .

4x4" card.  I actually had these pearl cream nested die cuts on my desk left over from a previous project and thought they were the ideal for this little floral stamp from aall&create.  I first took 2 of the die cuts, added a hinge to one which i attached to the back of another to make my card base.  I then took another die cut, used a smaller die from the nested set to cut a frame which i attached to the card front with foam tape - from the centre piece I stamped the text from the stamp set with grey ink & then embossed it with a leafy embossing folder and lightly inked with evergreen distress ink and then added to the card front. 

I stamped the flowers with my new fav green ink(versaclair green oasis), watercoloured the heads with raspberry, violet & honey oxide inks and the stems & leaves with evergreen oxide ink, cut them out & arranged on the card front, tucking them in behind the frame. Touch of glitter glue added to the flower centres.

I stamped the sentiment onto matt ivory cardstock with grey ink, cut out and attached to finish.

Just a close up of the flowers - i cut some stems shorter and on a couple chopped of the heads and added back at a different angle to add more variation. I made one taller by cutting the stem in half and hiding behind another flower

and showing it with the main stamp set i used - how different it looks in a different colour.

Items Used:

aall&create stamps #851 'rise & shine'

Woodware Sentiment stamp #FRS749 'strokes & words'

Sizzix embossing folder

Nesting dies

Distress Oxide inks 'evergreen bough, picked raspberry, wilted violet, squeezed lemonade, wild honey'

Versafine Clair ink 'green oasis, morning mist'

So many lovely stamps to be won so do hop over to join in the fun at we love stamping with your fantastic florals or anything goes.  I hope you all have a fabulous week. Emmax

Id love to enter the following

https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2024/05/showers-and-flowers.html

https://throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/05/challenge-215.html

https://thecraftingchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-thought-for-you.html

https://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/06/pinspirational-challenge-314-june.html flowers 

https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/06/inkspirational-challenge-317-word.html

 

Mistletoe kisses

Good Morning everyone

These little cards came about after i had lots of off cuts of ivory gold pearl cardstock from my last set of cards that was too good to waste.  So i first die cut them into small rectangles and then embossed them.  

Card size approx:5.5x3"   These were perfect for using up left over kraft card from previous cards too, the the kraft card is nice and soft to go with the ivory gold pearl.  After dry embossing the panels i lightly inked over the top with distress ink 'evergreen bough & lucky clover' to help the embossing stand out. I then added the panels to the base card.  

I die cut a mistletoe branch from off cuts of kraft card, the ivory gold & green satin.  I adhered them in a little bunch and added a die cut bow.  Sentiment stamped onto another scrap of kraft card with sepia ink and die cut into an oval. Crystal stickles glitter glue added to the berries, bow & sentiment to finish. 

3 little cards. They might be small but i love them. Using left overs and snippets makes us get creative and come up with something different. 

and version 2, these were slightly larger die cut rectangles

card size approx:3.5x5.5"  Kraft card base.  I embossed these rectangles with a lovely tree embossing folder and again lightly inked over the top with evergreen bough distress ink. I die cut a pine branch from left over ivory pearl, kraft card & green satin card and layered them up.  I stamped some little baubles onto more kraft card with sepia ink and cut them out.

I attached thread to the back of the baubles and adhered them into place with glue gel, I then glued the thread to the branches - hopefully it stays stuck through the post - if i had thought about it beforehand i would have attached the thread to the back of the branches.  To finish i added glossy accents to the baubles for a lovely shiny glass effect.

3 together.

These just show the offcuts and then how id die cut them into small stitched rectangles, embossed & inked.  

Items Used:

Sizzix embossing folders by Kathrin Breen 665759 & 665254

Stitched rectangle dies

Mistletoe die

Pine branch die

Clearly besotted 'seasonal sentiment' stamps

Bauble stamps from very old magazine freebie

Kraft card

Ivory gold pearl card

Distress oxide inks 'evergreen bough, lucky clover'

Archival ink 'sepia'

Thank you for stopping by.  

Id love to enter the following:

https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/2023/07/challenge-458.html - my embossed panels are all snippets as well as green satin used in the mistletoe and pine branch

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http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/06/challenge-143-anything-goes-in-pink.html

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http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/07/89-no-design-paper.html

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https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/07/mlccb-51-anything-christmas-goes-mlccb.html

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http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2023/07/challenge-713-christmas-or-new-year.html

 

Christmas in July

Good Morning everyone

I bought these fab Katzelkraft door stamps and the 3d tree embossing folder in a recent sale and they sat together on my desk for a couple of weeks when i thought about making a Christmas card with them both so this is the end result.  I used my crealies arch dies for the shaped card and ivory gold pearl cardstock instead of white so it all has a lovely golden shimmer.

Approx size:6x4.5"    I first die cut my base card from the ivory gold pearl cardstock and then a smaller layer to be embossed and then from the offcuts i could cut the panel that i stamped the image onto.  

For the tree embossed panel, i inked the embossing folder with evergreen bough oxide ink and ran thought my big shot.  Using oxide ink with pearl cardstock works well as it dulls down the pearl finish so where the trees are embossed and not inked they really shimmer and shine in the light.  Once the inked dried i glued flat to the front of the cardbase.

I stamped the image with fallenleaves ink so softer on the pearl than black would be and then simply watercoloured with distress inks, for the foliage i used distress ink evergreen bough so it tied in with the embossed panel.  I stamped the sentiment and added red stickles glitter glue to the red berries on the foliage to give a real Christmassy feel.  I then attached to the base card with foam tape for a bit of dimension.  

Version 2 using window stamp in the set

Im hoping at this angle you can make out the lovely gold shimmer of the pearl cardstock, in real life that and the red glitter really are lovely

and version 3 using another stamp in the set

The dimension of the embossed trees is lovely with this folder.  These cards have a bit more of a vintage feel than my usual style, not quite so bright in colours.  Something a bit different for Christmas.

Items Used:

Katzelkraft stamps 'les portes'

Sizzix embossing folder by Kathrin Breen '665254'

Ivory gold pearl cardstock

Distress oxide ink 'evergreen bough'

Distress inks 'evergreen bough, shaded violet, vintage photo, walnut stain, fired brick, rustic wilderness, peacock feathers'

Rangers stickles 'christmas red'

Thank you all for stopping by.  Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/07/week-736.html - embossing folders

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http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/07/inkspirational-challenge-293-word.html

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https://mostmagicaltimeoftheyear.blogspot.com/2023/07/challenge-10-most-magical-anything.html

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http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/07/challenge-105-christmas-in-july.html

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http://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2023/07/challenge-102-anything-goes-christmas.html

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https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/07/peace-on-earth-challenge-43.html

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