WLS Jan#2 - Trio of mermaids

Good Morning everyone

Time for more inspiration for We Love Stamping where the theme this month is 

ANYTHING BUT SQUARE -  so any other shaped card 

or you can always use the anything goes theme as long as stamping is involved.

After all the Christmas and many Dec & Jan birthdays i craft for, I take time out to give my craft stash an annual tidy up ready to start the next crafty year.  I have a drawer where i put things left over from projects and that is where i found these mermaids, fish and die cuts so i decided I would use them all together.

Card size approx 7x4.5"  I took 2 of the white die cut shapes, scored a spine on one and adhered it to the back of the other one, thus making my shaped card base.  I then covered the front with sea themed patterned paper.  I die cut a smaller frame from white card and added to the front with foam tape.  I then arranged the mermaid and fish, adhered some flat and some with glue gel for dimension.  Sentiments stamped onto white, cut out and added.

The Mermaids and fish had all been previously stamped onto white and watercoloured with inktense pencils, cut out and glossy accents added to the eyes.  I then added a touch of diamond stickles here and there for a little sparkle.

This shows the dimension better and you can see how it stands up.

Version 2 made the same way

and Version 3

These images are such fun, a great way to brighten up a grey winters day

Items Used:

Funky Fossil stamps

Spellbinders grand labels 4 dies (very old!)

12x12 paper pad from the works

Derwent inkense pencils

Rangers stickles 'diamond'

Glossy accents

Do hop over to We Love Stamping to join in with your anything but square projects or you can just go with the anything goes theme, as long as stamping is involved. 

You could win these lovely prizes from aall&create if you join in.

Thank you all for stopping by once again. Emma

Id love to enter card #1 in the following

https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2025/01/challenge-608-all-things-bright-and.html

https://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2025/01/challenge-484.html

https://2sistersontheblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/challenge-93.html

https://www.stampingsensations.uk/2025/01/january.html - handcoloured image - i coloured mine with inktense pencils

https://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/2025/01/539-something-to-say-polkadoodles.html

https://cinspirations.blogspot.com/2025/01/january-challenge-something.html - something old - the stamps, dies, papers are all years old

 

Friendship card

Good Morning everyone

Today is another acetate flower card, this time instead of die cutting the acetate i stamped onto it and cut out. 

I first coloured the acetate snippets with red & yellow alcohol inks.  I then stamped just the poppy heads onto the acetate with stazon ink - stamp on the opposite side to the one you coloured with the ink.  I stamped the whole poppy stamp again and the sentiment from the set onto white card and die cut that into a label shape.  I lightly coloured the stem with pistachio oxide ink & the butterfly with lemonade oxide and added some splatters to the background.  I stamped just the butterfly onto vellum and cut out and added on top of the one on the base leaving its wings free.  I added my acetate poppies with a touch of glue gel behind where the dark centres are so that you can't see it.

I die cut 2 of the largest label4 from white card, one i folded in half for my base.  I then glue the 2nd one on top (photo below) and then added the poppy panel on top with foam tape.

Showing it side on and how the base works, i just cut a little slice off the back where the point is on the shape so it stands up. 

and a close up - you can easily see how the acetate shines with the lights reflecting on it😁  A touch of glitter glue added to the butterfly.

Items Used:

Chocolate Baroque stamp set 'pretty poppies'

Spellbinders grand labels 4 die set

CraftUK white linen card

Acetate

Vellum

Distress Oxide inks pistachio, lemonade

Tim Holtz alcohol inks, red pepper, sunshine yellow

Ranger stickles 'diamond'

Thank you all for stopping by and all your amazing comments.  I hope you have a good week.  Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://www.welovechocolatebaroque.uk/2021/08/august-favourite-stamps.html - pretty poppies is my favourite most used choc baroque stamp set

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https://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.com/2021/08/challenge-143-no-patterned-paper.html

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Turtle shaker card

Good Morning all

Now this card has swam to its new home i can share it. Its the last project for now with the fab pink ink turtle stamps.  Ive made a shaker card for a friends birthday.

From navy cardstock using spellbinders grand labels 4 i made my cardbase, then die cut a frame from white card and attached acetate to the back and then foam tape.  I cut a panel from blue brusho inked cardstock and stamped some fish and seaweed, i attached this to the middle of my navy base case, added micro beads, sequins and glitter for my shaker bits and then added my white acetate panel on top.

I then stamped the turtles and coloured with inktense pencils and cut out.  The shells were stamped onto scraps of paper and cut out. Seaweed stamped with an ombre inkpad and also black and cut out.  I then got arranging my scene.  Stamped sentiment cut out for finish. 

A close up on my turtle, i added glossy accents to the turtle shells. 

This shows how the cardbase is constructed.  I took one of the navy labels 4 and folded in half longways, i then attached a second one to the front.  

Items Used:

Pink Ink stamp - sea turtle

Spellbinders grand labels 4 dies

Brusho's

Inktense pencils

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

Id love to enter the following:

https://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/06/challenge-213-anything-goes-with.html

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https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/06/challenge-41.html

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Blue Iris

Good Morning everyone. 

Today is another shaped card using those spellbinders grand labels 4 which i made for my sis in laws birthday.  I used this lovely aall&create Iris stamp which she and my brother gave me for Christmas.

I cut the largest spellbinders grand label 4 from white cardstock and folded it in half.  I stamped the iris in place and then die cut the tim holtz die from the middle of the card front.  I stamped the iris again onto white cardstock and water coloured with wink of stella pens so its really shimmery and the cut it out.  I glued the stems on flat to the one on the card front and then added the flower head with glue gel....to avoid the glue going through the apertures and sticking it all together i added a piece of scrap paper inside which i removed once the glue was dry.

I took a piece of orangy/yellow patterned paper to use as my insert which picks up the orangy/yellow i used in the center of my iris.  Die cut it with a smaller label 4, folded in half and attached inside the card so that it peeks out of the diamond apertures.

Stamped sentiment die cut into an oval to finish.

Showing it stood up side on.

Items Used:

Aall&create stamp set #333 'Iris'

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

Spellbinders Grand labels 4 dies

Tim Holtz Sizzix mixed media die set

Sizzix oval die

12x12 paper pad from the works 'basic vintage'

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Thank you all for stopping by and all your lovely visits and comments.  I hope you all enjoy the sunshine and if here in the UK this bank holiday Monday.  Im off to see my nieces for the first time in 10mths so looking forward to it.  Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/05/challenge-219-for-ladies.html

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Red Poppies

Good Morning everyone.

When looking through my large dies i found these spellbinders grand labels4 that ive hardly used and knowing how much they cost all those years ago im now on a mission to get some use out of them...hopefully you won't get sick of seeing them😁

For these 2 little cards, i die cut the labels 4 and folded in half.  1 is die cut from card coloured with brushos and 1 is plain white using the brusho'd card for the mats. The poppies were die cut from scraps of white card and coloured with alcohol markers.  Stamped sentiment and mini butterflies i had on my desk to finish.

This poppy was smooth white card coloured with alcohol markers. I added a little glitter glue to the butterflies for a little sparkle.

It stands up well.  Think i will make a few more like this for a bit different shaped card

Are this poppy was cut from a scrap of pearl cardstock, i used the same pens to colour them both and it looks totally different.  The pearl still shines through when the light hits it.  

Showing it stood up, i added a coloured paper insert to pick up on the colour of the poppies

Items Used:

Spellbinders Labels4, Grand labels 4 & fancy labels 4

Pennyblack poppy die

Brusho's

Alcohol markers

CraftUK hammered white cardstock

Thank you all for stopping by once again. Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://blog.dare2bartzy.com/may-challenge-flowers-2/

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http://thecraftingchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/05/maggio-fiori-eo-farfalle-may-flowers.html

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http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/05/challenge-226-nature.html

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http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2021/05/challenge-603-say-it-with-flowers.html

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http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2021/05/flowers-as-focus.html

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