Stencil Time at STAMPlorations

 Time just seems to be flying by and already close to

half the year has disappeared.

As it is a new month it is the start of our challenges over at

STAMPlorations

Our Stencil Challenge is now live and you can see

what we created Here

I had a LOT of leftover Lindy's Magical's 

on my glass mat so that was the start of  my project.

I then added colours with Tim's Oxide Inks in

Spiced Marmalade and Crackling Campfire.

Added my stenciling using

Dreamweaver Crackle Paste to 

Onion in Raws and Overlayers

With more of the leftover ink  I 

die cut the stamped feathers from

 STAMPloratons Feathery Stamp/Die

and popped them.

Stamped the sentiment from that set,

tore the edges and attached to my card.

Finished by adhering to navy card base.

Here are the products I used.

Don't forget to pop over and see 

what my Team Mates created,

be inspired and add yours to The Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

I will be back later in the month for a Reminder!

I appreciate your kind comments.

Season's Greetings

 Here we are at the end of April when saw the 

latest challenge over at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

that gave me the jolt I needed to get started on

making my Christmas Cards.

It's Anything Goes as long as it is Christmas.

The details are Here

I got caught out last year when I had my knee surgeries

and didn't want that to happen again.

I did say to myself that I would keep

part of the month dedicated to building my stash.

So here I go with my first Christmas card for the year.

I love the soft bluish tones for Christmas and my background

here is from my bits box using Lindy's Magical's then I did

some stenciling from TCW

with Tim's Salty Ocean Oxide Ink.

My deer head is a die from ARTplorations

(a favourite of mine)

smothered in Stampendous Copper Embossing Enamel,

Ranger Copper and Colour Blast Deep Water 

Embossing Powders.

Adding more texture with Ranger Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint

and adding more Copper Enamel.

I think he looks rather 'rugged'.

Inked  a couple of circles and the STAMPlorations Sentiment

in Ground Espresso Oxide 

 heat embossing with the Ranger Copper

Die cut my frame adding my deer with metallic paper behind it

then attaching to metallic card base.

Popping this card over to

The Watercooler Challenge for their

All About Occasions Challenge

Thanks for dropping in today.

Really love reading your encouraging comments.

Just 'Floating' Sky High

 Time for my first post for Just Us Girls

May Challenges where we start off with our Word.

We have a new Guest Designer too - Jacinda.

Welcome! Lovely to have you join us.

Sue is Hosting and chose 'FLOAT'

There are so many way to to go with this and

I chose to 'float' away in a hot air balloon.

 This was an easy card, cheating here as my background is simply

grungy designer paper from Paper Rose. 

I had several on my bench and knew

this would work nicely for what I had in mind.

My hot air balloons and sentiment were inked and 

heat embossed clear. 

The sentiment is from Visible Image Somewhere in Time

thanks to my generous friend Mac.

Added lots of clouds from Repeat Impressions,

matted on to white then adhered to white base.

Love it when a card comes together nicely and so quickly.

Pop over and see what our May Guest Jacinda

and the Team chose to inspire you with our Word.

I know we will see a variety of ways to 'Float'

Hope to see yours in our Gallery.

You could be our Chic of the Week

and in the running for a Guest Spot in July.

Thanks for dropping in.

 

 

 

 

 

How Does Your Garden Grow?

 For our New Challenge over at The Sisterhood of Crafters

we want to see what grows in your garden.

I have made a colourful creation that I wish

my garden looked something like it.

Unfortunately it doesn't as we have had

drought in my area for quite some time and

it's coming into Winter. 

No explanation needed here for this one just

Lots of crafty items I used -

Whiff of Joy Picket Fence

Background flowers STAMPlorations Beautiful You

ARTplorations Sky/Sun Stencil

Thinlits Leaves - 664377, MB Woodland Branch

Flower Punches, TH Oxide Inks/Distress Glitter

Repeat Impressions Grass, Kaisercraft Bird

Gel Pen for centre of flowers

Art Alchemy Wax, Flower Soft

Coloured card base.

Pop over and see what my

Talented Sistahs created and

add 'what's in your garden'

to our Gallery. See you there!

UPDATE! Popping my garden over to

The Little Red Wagon for their

Smell the Roses Challenge even though

I don't have roses blooming here.

Thanks for dropping in