Saturday Slot

Today I'm sharing a card I made that was inspired by the photo at Time Out Challenges.

Here's my card:

I used a scrap of stripy paper that was left over from a scrapbook page and still out on my desk - how opportune was that?

I then added in some of the Funky Fossil Ferns that I die cut from their gorgeous Mixed Media Kaleidoscope paper. They reminded me of the potted plants in the photo.

The sentiment is from Small Print and I matted the whole thing onto a dark blue card base to echo the floor from the photo.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Small Print

Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne

Dies: Funky Fossil, Fern

Paper: Funky Fossil, Mixed Media Kaleidoscope; scrap from my stash

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

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Tuesday Talk

Today I'm playing along with the Inspired by Words challenge at Time Out.

As well as being inspired by the word my card was also inspired by my AAA Cards teammie Ishani. I couldn't stop looking at her card - HERE - and somehow that Altenew stamp set found its way to my house!

I chose some vibrant Spring colours and am now happily in love with this stamp set!

Supplies:

Stamps: Altenew, Watercolour Wonders; sentiment from Uniko, Floral Vines

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black, pear tart, bamboo leaves, dandelion, love letter, lilac posies, tangelo, rose bud

Huge thanks for visiting today, it's been fabulous to have your company for a while.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Thursday Thoughts

Today's card is themed around pets and is going into the challenge at Time Out.

Well no surprise that I chose to use Donna's awesome Furry Friends dog stamps from Funky Fossil!

Once I'd stamped the two dogs meeting for the first time and sharing a game with the ball I really wanted to use the bone-jour greeting but couldn't see where to stamp a bone. So I decided to create a bit of a frame on one of my mats.

The red gingham card is from Papermill Direct and comes in several colours and is just perfect for layering things up.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, More Furry Friends

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Card: Papermill Direct, red gingham

Pens: Copic, E53, E55, N1, N3, Y19, R14, R17, W1, W3; Sakura black & white glaze

Thanks for looking today, it's been great to have your company for a while.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Monday Moment

Today I'm doing something different - well that's the theme of the current challenge at Time Out and I'm embracing it.

Well two days ago I could have said creating a mini slimline card was different for me, but not today. So I've created a card using one of my all time favourite sentiments - it's ok to be different.

I created a background panel using the Honey Bees stencil from Funky Fossil. I used masking tape to cover the one different bee, inked up all the others and then masked off those surrounding the one bee and added the different colours.  

The sentiment that kick started this mini slimline card is from Precious Remembrance Shop - a US company who have the most amazing stamps but sadly the import duty and postage to the UK is just too much to extend my stash any more.

Supplies:

Stamps: PRS. New Day

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Honey Bees

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Ranger distress oxide, worn lipstick, wilted violet, dried marigold, antique linen

Thanks so much for stopping by today, it's been a pleasure to have you visit.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

Have you seen that Time Out Challenges are celebrating their 7th birthday?

Well today I'm joining in and have created a card to play along.

As their colour scheme is purple, and purple is my favourite, I chose to use purple for my card.

I pulled out two of the new stamps sets from Funky Fossil's February release - Magical and Graphic Words -  and coloured them up with my Copic pens. Then I added in a subtle background using the Round Tree stencil. I placed it off the edge of the bottom of the card so that the trunk wouldn't show.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Magical, Graphic Words

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Round Tree

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress, shaded lilac, spun sugar

Pens: Copic, V05, V15, V17, RV66, B93, B95, C1, C3, C5; Sakura white gel pen

Card: Papermill Direct, dark violet, super smooth white

Embellishments: Stickles, Star Dust

Huge thanks for dropping by today, I always enjoy having a bit of company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

Today I'm playing along with the current challenge at Time Out - always a great place to play!

And how about that for an exciting challenge theme? That had me thinking as I'm not really the adventurous type!

Here's what I came up with:

Well I knew I had the Funky Fossil stamp set Adventure in my stash and the sentiment I used was my starting point. So then I decided to try to be a bit adventurous myself and picked out a bold colour palette for the Parrot In Flight stencil. Not a pink or purple in sight - now that's got to be an adventure!

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Adventure

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Parrot In Flight

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black, lady bug, London fog, bahama blue, dandelion

Embellishment: Papermania, iridescent gem

Thanks so much for looking at my blog today and joining me on my little colour adventure.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Monday Moment

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

Here's how the quote inspired me:

I started by stamping the Uniko Background Blocks Scattered Hearts so that they spilled off the left hand side of the card. I used a Kaleidacolor ink pad. 

Next I stamped and hand cut the dancing lady from CASual Fridays and popped her up on foam pads above a sentiment from the same set.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Background Blocks, Scattered Hearts; CASual Fridays, Tutu

Ink: Kaleidacolor, berry blaze; Versafine clair, nocturne

I'm so pleased you stopped by my blog today, thanks so much.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Friday Focus

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog. 

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the Inspired by Words challenge at Time Out.

Here's where the quote led me:

I started by stamping all the Clearly Besotted images and then masked them off. I then used an MFT stencil to create a background using three different colours.

Once the masks were removed I coloured the images using Miya oil pencils.

Supplies:
Stamps: Clearly Besotted, An Open Book
Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; SU, mint macaron, melon mambo, daffodil delight
Stencil: MFT, mini cloud edges

Huge thanks for dropping by my blog today, it's so much more fun when you do.

Keep safe, stay home and craft instead!

Wednesday Words

Today I'm sharing a card I created to enter the Purple Challenge at Time Out. 

Purple is the colour for Epilepsy and a purple ribbon represents Epilepsy.

Here's my card:

I started by adding wilted violet distress ink to a small acrylic block, spritzing it with water and stamping it on to water colour card.

Once it was dry I went in with the simple flower stamp from Uniko's You Are, Yes You and a greeting from Just Because. I finished off by adding some shading with Miya oil pencils and matting it on to a dark purple card base.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, You Are, Yes You & Just Because

Inks: Ranger distress, wilted viloet; Versafine Clair, nocturne

Miya oil pencils

Thanks so much for dropping by today, it's fabulous to have your company.

Keep safe, stay home and craft instead!

Thursday Thoughts

Time Out Challenge has reached its 6th birthday and I'm playing along to help them celebrate.

Here's my card:

I used the Uniko Background Builders Arts Decoratif stamps to build a repeating pattern and then I added colour using Copic pens. the happy is from Uniko Anniversaire Art Decoratif and the birthday die cut is from Winnie & Walter.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Background Builders Arts Decoratif, Anniversaire Arts Decoratif

Inks: SU, night of navey

Die: Winnie & Walter - now discontinued

Pens: Copic, RV09, RV63, BV04, BV13, BV20

Thanks so much for looking today, I really appreciate you taking the time.

Stay safe, stay indoors and keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

Today I'm playing along with the challenge at Time Out. Their photo inspiration pic really caught my eye.

   

I just love the vibrancy of the aqua and yellow combo and those picture frames also spoke to me.

I stamped the Uniko bloom in yellow and then went in with Miya oil pencils and a Copic marker to add some extra definition.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Beautiful Blooms I, sentiment from Just Because
Inks: Memento, dandelion; Versafine Clair, nocturne
Colurs: Copic, Y18; Miya oil pencils
Dies: Uniko, Beautiful Blooms I; Lawn Fawn, stitched scalloped rectangle frames

I'm so pleased you found my blog today, thank you for dropping by.

And keep crafting!

Jane
x

Friday Focus

I found a little time to create a card for the challenge at Time Out. Such a crisp and classic colour scheme to their photo inspiration.

As you can probably guess I kept my card nice and CAS:

 It was the large stripy heart in the photo that caught my eye. I used a couple of Uniko stamp sets and a die cut heart.  One of the stamps sets is retired but is soon to make a big comeback! Bit of a sneak peek here then.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Background Blocks Pinstripe, Always & Forever
Inks: SU, real red; Versafine Clair, nocturne

Thanks for looking today, I'm really appreciative of you taking the time.

And keep crafting!

Jane
x

Monday Moment

Today I'm using one of the Funky Fossil images I coloured for the Daily Marker 30 Day challenge on a card inspired by the photo prompt at Time Out.

Here's how it inspired me:

The plaid cushions were the first thing that jumped out at me so I die cut a couple of stitched squares from tartan paper. I then stamped and die cut the Noel greeting from Fa La La and popped the little deer from Woodland Wishes onto pads before adding to another die cut square.

I then assembled my card in a grid design as it reminded me of the way the cushions were stacked in the photo. And I always think there is something very pleasing about the look of grids.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Fa La La, Woodland Wishes
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black
Pens: Copic, C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, R59, RV69

I'm so pleased you came to visit my blog today, thanks so much for your time.

And keep crafting!