Wednesday Words

Today I'm joining in with the photo challenge at Inkspirational.

Such a fantastic photo and I knew exactly which products to choose.

I started by stamping the treescape image from Funky Fossil's Adventure set inked up in three colours. I then added in the sentiment quote.

Next I used the smallest hot air balloon stencil from Up And Away and the same three colours plus a red. 

The clouds were added to link all the elements using the Slimline Landscape stencil. Finally I stamped the flying bird.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Adventure

Stencils: Funky Fossil, Up And Away, Slimline Landscape

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black, pear tart, bamboo leaves, bahama blue, love letter

It's been great to have you visit my blog today, thanks so much.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Saturday Slot

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the challenge at Inkspirational.

Here's how I was inspired:

I immediately thought of banner flags and was pleased to find that the cat's hat in the same Funky Fossil Let's Party stamp set was also a triangle.

I was also pleased to use up the negative part of the gingham die that was left over from another card - hate to waste anything!

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Let's Party

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Die: T4TD, Smile Inverted Scallop Frame

Card: Papermill Direct, pastel blue gingham

Pens: Copic, N1, N3, N5, N7, B21, B23, B24, R20, RV55, Y35

Thanks so much for stopping by today, it's been fun to have your company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Tuesday Talk

Hello!

My card today has been created for the MOVE Challenge at Time Out.

Here's my interpretation:

I created a background using T4TD Brighter Days papers. I'm thinking clouds move and so does long grass.

Continuing the MOVE theme I chose the elephant from You're Elephantastic who is jumping about so excitedly with the kite that his hat has fallen off!

Supplies:

Stamps: T4TD, You're Elephantastic

Dies: T4TD, You're Elephantastic, Smile Inverted Scallop Frame, Landscape Edges

Paper: T4TD, Brighter Days

Pens: Copic, YG03, YG06, Y08, Y38, R20, N1, N3

I'm so pleased you found your way to my blog today, thanks so much for visiting.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Thursday Thoughts

Today I'm using the sketch from Inkspirational as the starting point for my card.

Here's my card:

I started by inking up three left over stitched squares in three distress oxide colours and adhered them to the card front. I then stamped, coloured and die cut images from the new Time For Tea Designs Lucky Ducks stamp & die sets.

I popped up the dragonfly and duck onto foam pads and adhered the other images flat.

The greeting is also from the same stamp set and I used the matching die to cut the word FRIEND.

Supplies:

Stamps: T4TD Lucky Ducks + matching dies

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress oxide, squeezed lemonade, tumbled glass, cracked pistachio

Pens: Copic, Y35, R29, E23, B04, G02, G05, YR68

Huge thanks for stopping by today, I really appreciate it.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Monday Moment

It's the challenge at Inkspirational that caught my eye today. Loving all the greys, yellows and a touch of black.

Here's  how it inspired me:

As well as the colours the umbrella caught my eye and I used the Funky Fossil Brollies stencil to ink up a border of yellow and one black umbrella. I then cut this panel with a stitched die. 

I use a dark grey card base and added some clear gems to give the appearance of rain.

Finally I added a ready made sentiment from Time For Tea Designs. Relevant not just because it's spring here in the UK, but also a bit of a hope on my part that we may get on top of Covid this year.

Supplies:

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Brollies

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black & cantaloupe

Sentiment: T4TD Brighter Days sentiment card

Die : MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles

I'm so pleased you found your way to my blog today, thanks for your time.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Monday Moment

Today I'm playing a long with the GROW challenge at Inkspirational.

I went in search of the Uniko sentiment 'all things grow with love' and my card just grew from there.

I found this left over piece of striped stamping in my Uniko stash and decided to use it plus one of the stamps from the Originally Organic set that contained the sentiment. I placed them altogether to see how it would look and that changed my mind from my initial plan to colour the stamped image. I really like the monochromatic look!

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Originally Organic, Background Blocks Solid Wonky Stripes

Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne

Die: Uniko, Originally Organic

Huge thanks for your time today, I'm so pleased you found my blog.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Tuesday Talk

There's a really cute photo inspiration pic at Inkspirational at the moment and I'm playing along today.

I found this really cute digi freebie at Time For Tea Designs and popped it in the spotlight with a stencil from Funky Fossil.

I just highlighted the dog in pale greys to reflect the dog from the photo and added a red collar to echo the red walls. Instead of a window I chose the spotlight to show all the light flooding in.

Did you spot that I used a mini slimline for this card? The measurements are 3.5" x 6" and that's such a fab size. Think there may be a few more coming!

Supplies:

Stamps: T4TD freebie digi, Pawsome Pets

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress oxide, Antique linen, dried marigold

Stencil: Funky Fossil, In the Spotlight

Pens: Copic, N1, C00, R20, R29

Card: Papermill Direct, antracite sirio

Huge thanks for looking today, it's always more fun when I get some company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

Today I'm joining in with the challenge at Inkspirational.

Here's my card:

I used dark blue card stock to represent a night time background and then inked through the Elegant Tree stencil from Funky Fossil. 

Supplies:

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Elegant Tree

Stamp: Funky Fossil, Festive Phrases

Inks: Ranger distress oxide, tumbled glass, picked raspberry, fossilized amber, twisted citron, squeezed lemonade

Thanks so much for your time today, I really appreciate your visit to my blog.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Thursday Thoughts

Today my card is going into the Photo Challenge at Inkspirational.

I always make Halloween cards for my grandsons so it had to be a masculine type of design and this is what I came up with:

I used two Funky Fossil stencils to create this CAS card picking up on the pumpkins and colours and general theme from the photo. First I inked through the largest of the pumpkins from Pumpkin Trio, then I placed one of the Spooky Faces over the top and inked that in black. 

There are actually four different cheeky faces on this stencil, perfect for me as I have four grandsons so they will each the same design card, but each a little different.

I finished off with a sentiment from Polkadoodles Pick of the Patch stamp set.

Supplies:

Stamp: Polkadoodles, Pick of the Patch

Stencils: Funky Fossil, Pumpkin Trio, Spooky Faces

Inks: Ranger distress oxide, fossilized amber, spiced marmalade, ripe persimmon, peeled paint, black soot; Versafine Clair, nocturne

Huge thanks for stopping by today, it's always fun to have your company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

Today I've managed to combine two challenges for my card share - Inkspirational and CAS Colours & Sketches.

    

Here's my card:

I started by stamping the rainbow from Funky Fossil on the base card and then placed the die cut tag on top and stamped them again. I then added some raindrops to frame the tag.

The tag die I used actually has a straight edge at the bottom, but I thought a curved edge would echo the rainbow better so I used another die to shape it up.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Find Your Rainbow

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black, lady bug, tangelo, dandelion, bamboo leaves, danube blue, grape jelly, lulu lavender

Dies: MFT Die-namics, stitched basic edgers, stitched traditional tags

Huge thanks for stopping by today, i really appreciate you taking the time.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the challenge at Inkspirational where the word prompt is FACE.

This had me reaching immediately for the Abstract Beauty stamp set from Funky Fossil.

I stamped and heat embossed the image first and then placed the Funky Fossil Watercolour Lines stencil over. I used different shades of skin coloured inks to reflect the diversity of life.

I finished off the card with a sentient from the same stamp set and matted it onto a plain white card base.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Abstract Beauty

Inks: Kaleidacolor, Cappuccino Delight; Versafine Clair, nocturne; Memento, angel pink; SU, crumb cake

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Watercolour Lines

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

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

Today I'm playing along with the challenge at Inkspirational where they want Funny Sentiments.

I immediately thought of the sentiment from the Funky Fossil Bees Knees set and created a card ready for my oldest grandson's birthday. I know he'll appreciate the humour.

I started by inking through the In The Spotlight stencil in some of his favourite greens and then stamped the toadstool, bee and sentiment on top.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Bees Knees
Stencil: Funky Fossil, In The Spotlight
Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Ranger distress, mustard seed, twisted citron, peacock feathers

Thanks so much for your time today, it's been so good to have your company for a while.

Stay safe and keep crafting!