AAA Birthday Challenge #11 - Flowers

Are you ready to increase your stash of birthday cards? Then how about joining in with the new challenge that's started today at AAA Birthday?

Flowers have got to be a favourite image for many crafters and it certainly is one of my go to for birthday cards.

I used the very gorgeous Beautiful Inside and Out stamp from Funky Fossil and some hot oranges and yellows to colour it up. Once that panel was double matted I then decided to make an extra frame using the same stamp around the edges, but this time I left it uncoloured.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Beautiful Inside & Out

Inks: SU, early espresso

Card: Papermill Direct, cocktail daquiri, mocha brown

Pens: Copic, Y18, Y38, R27, R29, R39, G94, G99

How about some more inspiration? Pop on over to the AAA Birthday blog and check out what the rest of the DT and our Guest Designers Dhruvika (Cardogram) and Tasha have created to inspire you. Find it all HERE.

Thanks for looking today, I love it when I have company.

And keep crafting!

Jane
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Tuesday Talk

There's not been much crafting going on at my house this last week - grandchildren visiting and minding duties for the school holidays put paid to that! But they've gone home now and back to school so I managed some crafty time yesterday.

I've made a card for the Christmas Kickstart Challenge where the theme for February is RED.

Here's my card:

I die cut the four square backdrop and then inked up the Funky Fossil Dotty Grid stencil to create some background noise. These were matted onto a red card base.

Each of the images were stamped, coloured and hand cut before adhering onto the card. Some were popped up on foam pads for added dimension.

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT, Tweet Holiday & sentiment from Secret Santa
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress oxide, candied apple
Stencil: Funky Fossil, Dotty Grid
Die: Lawn Fawn, Four Square Backdrop Portait
Colours: Copic, R27, R29, R39, R59, YR04, G28, E31, E33

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

And keep crafting!

Happy Little Stampers - February CAS Challenge

I'm here today to share my DT card for Happy Little Stampers February CAS Challenge.

I love the theme for this month's challenge and knew immediately which stamps I wanted to use - the new Serenity set from Funky fossil.

This set has the most amazing sentiment and it fits perfectly with the positive theme. As you can see I chose some of my favourite pinks and purples for the image.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Serenity
Inks: Kaleidacolor, Berry Blaze; Versafine Clair, nocturne

How will you interpret this theme? If you pop over to the HLS CAS blog ou'll find loads of fantastic ideas from the DT, bound to get you inspired. Find them all HERE.

Thanks so much for looking today and keep crafting!

Tuesday Talk

A quick little post today as I'm still loving those Funky Fossil Quirky Owls and have a trio of atcs to share today.

Each card was started with a left over scrap of background using brusho on top of a brayered Color Box ink. The owls were stamped on top and colour added using Miya oil pencils. All were finished off with some Tim Holtz word stickers and puffy hearts or stars from Paperchase.

And there's still time to leave a comment on the release day post - find all the links HERE - to be in with a chance to win the entire release.

Thanks for your time today, I'm really grateful to have had your company.

And keep crafting!

Funky Fossil January Release

And at last the day has arrived! Now you can pop over to Funky Fossil and place your order for the new stamp sets. Here they all are:

   

   

And here's a little more DT inspiration from me. My first card uses the very gorgeous and different Adventure stamps.

This two colour look was so easy to achieve using my misti and Memento inks. Ad I love how the two colours have blended into each other where the river and trees meet.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Adventure
Inks: Memento, cottage ivy, bahama blue; Versafine Clair, nocturne

Another card this time using the beautiful and peaceful Serenity stamps and a bit of off the edge stamping.

I'm sticking with a similar colour palette for all my share's today and I used a Kaleidacolor ink pad to achieve the gradient of colour on this card.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Serenity
Inks: Kaleidacolor, riviera; Verafine Clair, nocturne

And how could I resist those Quirky Owls! I combined my favourite owl with the spectacles - reminds me of me - and a FF stencil Forest Foliage.

The owl was stamped and masked off. then i used distress oxide in two colours to ink through the stencil. A simple CAS card.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Quirky Owls
Inks: Ranger distress oxide, bundled sage, pine needles; Versafine Clair, nocturne
Stencil: Funky Fossil, Forest Foliage

And for my final share I've used Blooming Birthday

As well as keeping to similar colours for my release day shares I've pretty much kept all my cards CAS too. I stamped the leaves in opposite corners using first and second generation inking and then stamped and hand cut the flowers. I used foam pads for extra dimension.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Blooming Birthday
Inks: SU, rich razzleberry, garden green

Well I'm saying a huge thank you to everyone that's made it down to the bottom of this post. I hope you've enjoyed looking and I've helped you make decisions about which stamps to buy.

But then maybe you'd like to be in with a chance to win the entire release? Well Sarah's going to randomly pick one winner who leaves comments across the DT blogs and instagram posts. She's not revealing which DT or where though, so best leave comments everywhere to be in with the best chance of winning.

Thanks so much for your time today. And good luck to everyone, I hope it's you!

And of course keep crafting!

Jane
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Funky Fossil January Pre-Release Peeks - Scandi Home

Welcome to my last previews of the Funky Fossil January Release. And today's share is something a bit different again. It really reminds me of lots of the cross stitch patterns I used to stitch and is so instantly appealing.

And it seemed to demand simple primary colours so that's what I used on this first card.

I love the symmetrical look of many cross stitch sampler pieces and I guess this card was really inspired by that. I started with the house in the middle and then built up the picture around it.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil Scandi Home
Inks: SU, real red, daffodil delight, cucmber crush, pumpkin pie

My next card uses two shades of blue and was inspired by the Delft china look. Once again I started with the largest stamp from the ones I wanted to use - the teapot -  and I built up the rest of the pattern around it. Although the end result is not symmetrical I'm thinking it still has that sort of feel to it.

I finished off by adding a corner stamp to the base card using the opposite corners to the top card. I like how this gives it an unbalanced but somehow balanced look.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Scandi Home
Inks: Memento, bahama blue, danube blue

My final card is right back to my roots - simple, clean and quick to make.

I stamped the coffee pot in dark blue and then die cut the card into a stitched square. this was matted onto a dark blue stitched square and then onto a white stitched square before being adhered to a dark blue card base.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Scandi Home
Ink: SU, night of navy
Dies: Lawn Fawn, stitched square stackables

Phew! That's the end of a few days of jam packed crafting! Thank you so much for taking a look and spending time with me here on my blog.

  I'll be back tomorrow with a few more cards to share using the Funky Fossil January release stamps to maybe help you make up your mind about which sets are going to jump into your shopping basket. Or you could just go for the whole lot!

And........

I'll have details about how you could be in with a chance to win the whole caboodle. So be sure to check back in.

But in the meantime keep on crafting!

Jane
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Funky Fossil January Pre-Release Peeks - Adventure

Day Three of the Funky Fossil January Release previews. And this set of stamps is so different from anything I've ever seen and I'm totally smitten!

I've made a trio of cards using this set, but I know it will be fabulous for scrapbook pages and art journal pages too.

I created a background using distress inks keeping the yellow to the middle as a sort of sunrise/sunset and flicked water onto it for added interest. Then I simply stamped the tree line on top using just half of the stamp. The birds and sentiment quote are also included with this set.

I matted it onto black card and then onto a mirri rainbow holographic card from Papermill Direct.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Adventure
Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Ranger distress, wilted violet, blueprint sketch, mustard seed, chipped sapphire
Card: Papermill Direct, mirri rainbow holographic

This stamps set is so artsy that I went a bit that way with my next card. I stamped the mountain/tree image three times across the top and three times across the bottom to create my background. I started each stamping in the middle and then added the half stamp to either side. I also added in one of the small bird silhouettes to the top row.

Next I stamped the quote and die cut it and matted it onto rainbow holographic card. This was popped up onto a piece of funky foam before adhering to the background panel. The whole card was doubled matted, first onto a holographic layer and then onto a black card base.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Adventure
Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne
Die: MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles
Card: Papermill Direct, mirri rainbow holographic

My final card to share today used some bright oranges and yellows - colours quite out of my comfort zone, but so right for these images. I was aiming for a sunrise/sunset vibe when I prepared this brusho background.

I used the Funky Fossil Flying High stencil and black soot distress ink to create the bird border at the top and then stamped the tree and river triangle and quote at the bottom using Versafine Clair ink.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Adventure

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Brusho, brilliant red, orange, yellow; Ranger distrs, black soot

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Flying High

One more day of previews left and then you'll be able to make your purchase. Do you have a favourite yet? Well hold on to that thought because tomorrow's stamps may just make you dither, especially if you're into cross stitching!

Thanks so much for your time today and be sure to come back again tomorrow.

And in the meantime keep crafting!

Jane

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Funky Fossil January Pre-Release Peeks - Blooming Birthday & Serenity

Wow! Not just one set to show you today - two!

   

How different they are too! 

I'm starting with the Blooming Birthday set. So beautiful and endless possibilities for combining and colouring.

To create the background I used a new to me technique learnt at workshop last year - Smack Down. A pretty good title for the technique too because that's exactly what you do. Ink up a stamp and then smack it down onto the card several times until there is no ink left. Repeat this randomly across the card, change up the stamp and ink colour and keep going until the whole card is covered. Very satisfying!

I finished off by adding a sentiment belt and a coloured hand cut bloom from the set.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Blooming Birthday
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; SU lemon lime twist; Ranger distress, peacock feathers, mermaid lagoon
Pens: Copic, YG01, B04


For my next card I used a prepared background that I created using my gelli plate. I covered the plate in pink ink and then dropped two shades of  Brusho powders mixed with water on the top. I took a print and then once dried die cut it into a rectangle.

I then stamped the flowers and coloured them using Copic pens in shades to tone in with the background. I die cut this panel and popped it up on a piece of funky foam for added dimension.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Blooming Birthday
Inks: Memento, tuxedo balck; Brusho, violet, purple; ColorBox, guave
Dies: Lil'inker, stitched mats retangles; MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles
Pens: Copic, V17, RV04, RV09, TG01, YG13

I'm moving on to the Serenity stamp set for my next card. And these stamps have really caught my eye and I love how they look! So I chose some calming serene colours and created this card.

I started with the background and used a Kaleidacolor ink pad to get some variation in colour. There is something so pleasing about the combination of these symbols, just gets to me.

I then stamped the yoga pose lady onto a die cut square rotated to form a diamond and popped it up onto funky foam before adhering to the background panel.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Serenity
Inks: Kaleidacolor, Caribbean sea; Versafine Clair, nocturne
Die: Lawn Fawn, stitched square stackables

My final card for today uses the other grouping of symbols and some of the smaller stamps from this set.

Once again I made use of a Kaleidacolor ink pad to add colour variation and kept the design nice and CAS. I'm finding it difficult to move on with this post as I just want to sit here and look at this card - the stamps are so restful and really touch my heart.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Serenity

Ink: Kaleidacolor, creole spice

Well that's a wrap on another day of previews of the Funky Fossil January release. Two more days of previews left and then on Saturday time to order through the shop and join in with a chance to win the entire release. Wowsers!

Thanks for looking. And stay serene and keep crafting!

Jane

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