WLS Aug #1 - Summer Blossoms

Good Morning everyone and hello August.

As a scheduled post I hope this is 8am August 2nd UK...I don't doubt blogger just the human hitting the buttons😃

Its the first sunday of the month so time for a new challenge over at We Love Stamping where the theme for August is

SUMMER BLOSSOMS

My card today uses an old paperartsy mini stamp and an old set of sizzix dies

 

Approx size 5x5.25"

I made my card base from cream linen card and the largest die, then cut next size down from more cream card and embossed with a lacy floral 3d embossing folder, i cut a 'faux' mat from teal card by drawing around the die and cutting out with scissors.  Ive done the same for my topper panel, only difference being that i adhered sepia washi stickers before embossing, these are like inky blots with floral theme text.  I then adhered the topper panel to the card front towards the top.

I stamped the vase of flowers onto more cream card in teal ink and coloured with alcohol markers, cut out and adhered to the topper panel with glue gel. I added touches of diamond stickles glitter glue to the flowers for a little sparkle. Stamped sentiment in the same teal ink,  cut out and added to the bottom

Showing it side on, its stands and balances nicely.  Using the dies like this gives me a bit more interest, versatility and a larger area to work on

and a close up of the flowers, you can see the washi stickers better here too with the text on them, they blend in lovely to the background and embossed well too, i was given them for Christmas

Items Used:

Paperartsy stamps JOFY mini22 & JOFY11 

Sizzix embossing folder by Eillen Hull 'Crochet Magdala' #665915

Sizzix Framelit dies '#658204'

Alcohol markers

Versafine Clair ink 'warm breeze'

CraftUk ltd cream linen 300gsm card

Teal card

? washi stickers ?

Ranger Stickles 'diamond'

We have this lovely prize on offer this month supplied by buddlycrafts so hop over to We Love Stamping to join in with your Summer Blossoms stamped makes

Thank you all for stopping by once again, I really do appreciate it.  I may be a bit tardy commenting as having a few issues but will get around to you all in time.  Big hugs Emmax

WLS Dec #2 - red & green

Good Morning everyone

Its the 1st sunday of the month so its time for a new challenge over at We Love Stamping where the theme is 

RED & GREEN

Very apt for the season but you don't have to make a Christmas card, just use these 2 colours but of course we still have the anything goes option as long as you use stamping

I came across a pack of small tags in my stash that are eons old, they came as a mix of kraft card and white so I decided to make an effort to use some of them.  At the same time had this stamp set arrive which I got in a sale from aall&create.  So a batch of CAS Christmas cards were made.  

4x6" card blank which I made for white double sided pearl card and embossed the front with a swirl EF, being 350gsm the card front holds its integrity well even when embossed with a 2d embossing folder, don't think it would work so well with a 3d folder.

I took the white tag and dipped into distress oxide inks id spritzed with water.  Once dry i stencilled on holly leaves with the same ink.  Then i stencilled on snowflakes with cosmic shimmer silver glitter paste which is very shimmery in the light.  I added this tag to the card front - after playing around I found off centre worked better for me.

I stamped the santa onto white, watercoloured with distress inks and cut out.  I added him to the front with glue gel for a little dimension, i also added a little curve to his body for a little shape.  Sentiment stamped onto a small die cut tag and tucked in behind santa to finish.

You can make out the shimmer of the glitter paste snowflakes better here.  I also added frosted lace stickles to the fur on his hat so with that, the glitter paste and pearl card this really shimmer and shines in the light.

Version 2, Made the same but I used the kraft tag as the starting point so used kraft card for my base card as well. Holly embossing folder here.  This one i also rounded the corners on to pick up on the rounded bottom of the tag - I couldn't decide if i preferred them rounded or not so of the 12 versions i made half have rounded corners and half dont!   

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And smaller set of cards using the smaller tags & stamps in the sets 

Dinky 3x5" kraft card.  Made the same way as the bigger ones, just using them landscape and the dinky little santa stamp.  I die cut merry christmas from white pearl card. 

Holly embossing folder - its been lovely digging out my very old embossing folders again.  Being 2d they don't warp the card front too much.

Pearl white version

You can see the shimmer of the glitter paste better here

Im very chuffed with myself to make such flat cards with just the santa added with glue gel for a little dimension.  Hopefully the different textures and finishes add enough interest.  I made 12 bigger ones and 12 smaller ones....personally I find batch making therapeutic as I concentrate on each element of the design once Ive made the 1st version.  This Christmas Im glad I got ahead and made Christmas cards earlier in the year when I was feeling better! 

Items Used:

aall&create stamp set #1216 'Santa's workshop wonders'

Funky Fossil snowflake & holly stencils

Cosmic shimmer glitter paste

Sizzix embossing folders - all very old

papermania kraft & white tags

CraftUK ltd kraft card

White pearl card

Distress Oxide ink - cracked pistachio, evergreen bough

Distress Inks - Fired brick, lucky clover, wild honey, salty ocean, black soot

Hop over to We Love Stamping to join in and be in with a chance of winning this lovely prize by Visible Image

Thank you for stopping by once again.  Last week was very wet, wild and windy here in Cornwall so hopefully the coming week is much calmer weatherwise for us all to venture out for that Christmas shopping😁   Whatever you get upto I hope its a good week for you all. Emmax

Id love to enter my first card into the following:

https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2025/12/anything-goes-with-twist-of-celebrate.html

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https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/12/inkspirational-challenge-356-use.html - ive used snowflake stencil with glitter paste 

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https://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/its-christmas.html

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https://scscards.blogspot.com/2025/12/december-2025-reds-and-greens.html

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https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2025/12/its-all-about-santa.html

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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