White with 1 - November Challenge

In Australia it's already the 1st November and time for the new challenge at White With 1.

Check out those colours! And just look at the textures on the mood board! Well here's my attempt at 

re-creating them onto a scrapbook page.

I started by adding a stencilled background pattern picking up on the coffee cup pattern from the photo. I then layered up my photo using a hessian paper as the grounding strip.

A date and time that will stay in the memories of 2020 as the start of a very strange and uncomfortable few months.

Supplies:

Papers: scraps from my stash

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Cellular

Inks: Memento, peanut brittle, potters clay

Punch: ek, notebook border

Embellishments: Simple Stories, Sweater Weather, Legacy, So Rad & Say cheese; Vicki Boutin sticker book; Cocoa vanilla, Boys Rule

MDF: Funky Fossil, Cogs & Gears

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I always enjoy having your company for a while.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Polkadoodles Too Cute New Release - Snowball Kisses

Have you seen the new clear stamp release over at Polkadoodles? Well today I'm sharing some ideas using one of the stamp sets - Snowball Kisses.

For this card I started by creating a bit of a background scene using one of the Christmas Holiday Layering stencils and two colours of ink. And quite a bit of added in sparkle too! I then coloured up the sweet carol singing rabbit and popped her up onto a snowy bank.

For my trio of tags I used each of the main images from Snowball Kisses and a Posydoodles tag die. The papers are from All About The Dudes and Gnome For Christmas packs. The images were cut and popped up onto foam pads and added on top of the diagonally cut papers. I finished each tag off with a stamped holly sprig, a ribbon and that obligatory Christmas sparkle.

Are you in love with these super cute images as much as me? If you go visit the Polkadoodles shop you'll find loads more DT inspiration using them. But be warned you're going to fall even more in love with them!

Thanks so much for dropping by my blog today it's been so much fun to have your company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Funky Fossil October Release Day

Hey! Today's the day! 

Yep all the new stamps are now available in the Funky Fossil shop - HERE.

Let's take another look at them:

  

Which is your favourite? So difficult to decide isn't it? Well here's a few more cards that might help you with your decisions:

The flowers in Hello Gorgeous are just a joy to colour and I'm totally smitten by the mix of fonts and sizes in the sentiments.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Hello Gorgeous

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black

Pens: Copic, G02, BG11, BG32, BG34, V01, RV52, RV63, RV66, BV02, BV04, BV20, B12, B23, B24

Now for a mixup of the Musings stamps with some stencils.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Musings

Stencils: Mason Jar, Pumpkin Trio

Inks: Ranger distress oxide, candied apple, spiced marmalade, ripe persimmon, wild honey, bundled sage, hickory smoke, pumice stone

And how could I resist playing with the awesome Hogs & Kisses stamps?

Aww! He's feeling a little lonely and is crying. We're all feeling a bit blue with all the social mixing restrictions at the moment aren't we? What better way to let everyone know you're thinking of them!

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Hogs & Kisses

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black

Die: MFT Die-namics, Inside/out stitched circles; Polkadoodles, tags

Pens: Copic, BG11, BG32, G17, V01, V04, RV66, B04, B26

Remember Sarah is holding a facebook live this evening at 7.00pm UK time. You just need to be a member of the Funky Fossil fb group to watch and if the time is not convenient you can always catch up on play back. See you there !

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have fun filling your shopping basket!

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Papermill Direct DT Inspiration - A Halloween Card

Hey!

I'm up on the Papermilldirect blog today with a Halloween Card.

Come on over and take a look at how I created it - HERE.

Supplies:

Stamps: Polkadoodles, Pick of the Patch

Stencils: Funky Fossil, Spiders, Crooked Webs

Inks: SU, tranquil tide; Ranger distress, black soot

Pens: Copic, C0, C1, C5, C7, R20, BV29, G07, G17, G28

Die: Frantic Stampers, scary words

Card: Papermill Direct, Christmas Green Sparkle Print, Charcoal Sparkle Print, Super Smooth White

Thanks so much for looking and don't forget to follow that link over to the Papermill Direct blog - HERE

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Funky Fossil October Release - Introducing Hogs & Kisses

Hey! it's the last day of introductions to the Funky Fossil October release. And you are so going to love this set! Another cute and quirky must have from Donna!

For my first card I picked some bright and fun colours and used a window die cut to place the stamps. Some were stamped directly onto the replaced inserts and some were hand cut and popped up onto foam pads.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Hogs & Kisses

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; SU, melon mambo

Pens: Copic, Y02, Y18, RV09, RV17, RV66, YG03, YG06, B02, B04

Die: Lawn Fawn, four square backdrop portrait

My next card combines the Doodle Borders stamps set with Hogs & Kisses and the colours are a little more subtle.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Hogs & Kisses, Doodle Borders

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; SU, lemon lime twist, pink pirouette, soft sky

Pens: Copic, R20, R21, R22, R24, B01, YG03, E31, E50

My final card is also a combination of stamps - Hogs & Kisses and Musings. I started by stamping the balloon holding party pig and clouds and then I created some sky and grass using stamps from the Musings set. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Hogs & Kisses, Musings

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; SU, pear pizzazz, soft sky

Pens: Copic, B01, B02, BG01, C00, C1, R20, R22, R24

So that's the last of the introductions and the stamps will all be available in the shop tomorrow from 9.00am. Sarah will holding a facebook live tomorrow evening at 7.00pm UK time, so set your alarms and make sure you are a member of the Funky Fossil fb group. 

Thanks for looking.  Stay safe and keep crafting!

Funky Fossil October New Release - Introducing Space Cadet

Hey! So are you ready for the next introduction of Funky Fossil's October Release? Thought you might be!

Any space fanatic is so going to love this set! I actually die cut a window and stamped the view into space behind it and also on top of it. I then added some stencilled Alien Invasion around it.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Space Cadet

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Alien Invasion

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; SU, rich razzleberry, night of navy, real red

Die: MFT Die-namics, peek-a-boo circle window

My next card is just the simplest to create. I stamped using a Kaleidacolor ink pad to get the fluctuating colours and then chopped it up into three parts before matting onto a dark card base.

My final share for today uses the planet balloon stamp from the set. Once I'd stamped and coloured it I cut it into two and added a thin strip of card to extend the string so that it would fit over the window aperture. 

Supplies;

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Space Cadet

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Ranger distress oxide, salty ocean, wilted violet

Pens: Copic, G02, G05, YG09, C00, C3, C5, B04, Y15

Die: MFT Die-namics, peek-a-boo circle window

Just one more day of introductions to go and then on Friday you'll be able to make your purchases. Tomorrow's introduction is a really cute and fun set designed by Donna - you know her style and will not be disappointed!

Thanks for looking today. Stay safe and keep crafting!

Funky Fossil October New Release - Introducing Hello Gorgeous

Hey! It's day 2 of the introductions to Funky Fossil's new October release. And you are so going to love this stamps set!

This set was designed by Ann Corbiere Scott and her DT are joining in with Funky fossil today. So go check out their makes HERE.

Here's my makes:

Card 1 uses just the stamps from Hello Gorgeous coloured up with my Copic pens.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Hello Gorgeous

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black

Pens: Copic, Y04, Y18, Y35, YR02, YR04, YR07, YR15, YR16, YR68, R29, R37, R39, R59, E15, E25, E44, E59, G85, G94, G99

My next card uses the smallest flower from the set and is super CAS!

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Hello Gorgeous

Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne

Colours: Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils

My final card uses the same small flower stamp but this time I've combined it with the Musings stamps set from yesterday's share.

I simply used a circle stencil and stamped the script in three places, then stamped the flower on top using a darker ink colour. the colours were added using Copic pens and Miya oil pencils.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Hello Gorgeous, Musings

Inks: SU, smoky slate, wisteria wonder; Versafine Clair, nocturne

Die: Polkadoodles Posydoodles rectangles

Pens: Copic, YG63, G85; Miya oil pencils

Thanks for looking today. be sure to come back tomorrow when there's an awesome stamp set for space explorers.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Funky Fossil October Release - Introducing Doodle Borders & Musings

Hey! I'm here today with the first of the introductions to Funky Fossil's October Release. We're kicking off with a couple of those must have essential background type stamp sets. I think you're going to love them!

And here's how I put them to use:

I chose some contemporary Christmas colours and paired up the Doodle borders set with Festive Phrases for my first card.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Doodle Borders, Festive Phrases

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; SU, real red, tempting turquoise, baked brown sugar

Die: Spellbinders, Labels One

Miya oil pencils

Card: Papermill Direct, Christmas red

My next card combines stamps from Musings with the gorgeous Nature Girl stencil.

I used a home made square aperture to add the pink inks and then removed it to add the blues. I then added the stamps. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Musings

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Nature Girl

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Ranger distress oxide, seedless preserves, worn lipstick, cracked pistachio, mermaid lagoon

Pens: Copic, G02, G05, YG09, C00, C3, C5, B04, Y15

My final share today uses both of the new stamp sets combined with the deer from Christmas Characters.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Doodle Borders, Musings, Christmas Characters

Inks: SU, smoky slate, crumb cake, chocolate chip; Versafine Clair, nocturne

Pens: Copic, W0, W1, E43, C7

Card: Papermill Direct, buff

So day one of introductions is done, but you're probably going to see these stamps pop in and out of a few more shares this week. Come back tomorrow for an awesome flower stamp set!

Thanks for looking. Stay safe and keep crafting!

AAA Cards Challenge #177 - Maxi White Space + optional twist Stars

Yay! Time for a new challenge at AAA Cards.

So it's got to have loads of empty white space - that means not patterns or embossing, just smooth white card! And then maybe one or more stars added. But think small stamps and small sentiments that don't encroach on that white space too much.

I used Uniko stamps - the challenge sponsor - and a multi coloured ink pad to add extra interest.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Background Builders Seeing Stars, Reach For The Stars

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Kaleidacolor, baby powder

The AAA Cards DT have loads of awesome inspiration to delight you - HERE. See if you can find the card with the most empty white space, the card with a whole scene inside a star and the card with the smallest star. Magic!

Thanks so much for looking today, it's been so much fun to have you stop by.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

Today I've a very clean and quick to create card to share. I've used the colours from the current challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

Here's my card:

The only colour I don't have is Misty Moonlight, so I substituted Marina Mist for it. I used the Funky Fossil Dragonfly Duo stencil and a sentiment from Small Print.

Supplies: 

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Small Print

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Dragonfly Duo

Inks: SU, marina mist, crumb cake, night of navy

It's been fabulous to have you stop by today, thanks so much for keeping me company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Polkadoodles Anything Goes Craft & Card Making Challenge

Time for another Friday Challenge at Polkadoodles. As always it's Anything Goes.

The theme the DT were asked to use for this week is Christmas for the guys.

I chose the Gnome 25 December clear stamp for my card and paired him up with the Gnome For Christmas paper pad. I stamped him onto the largest rectangle using the Posydoodles rectangles dies and took inspiration for my colours from the papers.

I then stamped the greeting onto tags using the Posydoodles tags dies and tied them together with some red twine. I also added loads of sparkle using Stickles glue.

Supplies:

Stamps: Polkadoodles, Gnome 25 December

Paper: Polkadoodles, Gnome For Christmas

Dies: Polkadoodles, Posydoodles rectangles, Posydoodles tags

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Pens: Copic, E000, R20, R29, R39, R59, Y11, C00, C1, C3, C5, BG10, BG11, BG15, BG32, BG34, G21

Extra: Stickles, Stardust

Thanks so much for dropping by today. I'll hope you'll find time to join in with this week's Polkadoodles Challenge - HERE. Remember it's always Anything Goes and there are prizes to be won so you've got nothing to lose by playing along. 

Stay safe and keep crafting!