Funky Fossil January Pre-Release Peeks - Quirky Owls

Yay! I'm so excited to have you drop by today as it's the first of the peeks at the amazing new Funky Fossil January Release. And you are so going to fall in love with today's stamps - the Quirky Owls.

I think I had that date in February on my mind when I created this first card. It works so well for a masculine Valentine Day's card without being too syrupy sweet.

I created the back panel by using my gelli plate and gave it a wash of blueberry ink. Then I dropped some mixed with water turquoise brusho on top and took a print. Magic! I popped it behind a die cut heart window and then stamped the greeting and a trio of small hearts.



I stamped and hand cut one of the owls and added some colour using the Splatters stencil. He went up on foam pads and was placed towards the bottom of the heart window.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Quirky Owls
Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Brusho, turquoise; Colorbox, blueberry; Memento, Bahama blue
Stencil: Funky Fossil, Splatters
Die: MFT Die-namics, stitched heart peek-a-boo window

On my second card I had a bit of fun stacking up three of the owls and partially colouring them with Prismacolor pencils.

I thought the sentiment and owl mix would make a great congratulations card maybe for a graduation or passing a driving test.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil Quirky Owls

Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne

Colours: Prismacolor, lilac, true green, violet blue, process red, pink, light aqua

And just one more because I couldn't stop playing with these owlsome stamps!

I started this one with the Quilted Circles stencil and then stamped, coloured and hand cut the owl. He got popped up onto an action wobble spring and sits there looking very wise and wonderful.

See how he wobbles!

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Quirky Owls

Inks:Color Box, ocean

Stencil: Funky Fossil, quilted circles

Die: CB, banner

Pens: Copic, C0, C1, C3, C5, BG10, BG11, BG15, BG32

Card: Papermill Direct, pale turquoise

Spring: actionwobble.com

How excited on a scale of one to ten are you feeling now? Well just wait until you see what's coming up tomorrow and Thursday and Friday. Then on Saturday they'll all be available to purchase in the Funky Fossil shop and they'll be a chance to win the whole collection to. Bet you can't wait!

Thanks for your time today, it's been so fun having you look at my blog.

And keep crafting!

Jane

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AAA Cards January CAS Card Exchange

Today I'm sharing a card I made to take part in the AAA Cards facebook January CAS card exchange. The theme is Icy.

And here's my card:

Isn't this polar bear image the most cutest ever? It's a LOTV digi called Polar. I just love the way he's  so fascinated by the single snowflake!

I just added a little outline shading to ground him a bit more and a sentiment from Uniko's Stunning Snowflakes. Although I was tempted to add more snowflakes, I decided to leave it very CAS and not over complicate things.

Supplies:
Stamps: LOTV digi; Uniko, Stunning Snowflakes
Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne
Colours: Stamps By Me, oil pencils

I hope you'll come and join in with this CAS card exchange on facebook. Find all the details HERE.

Thanks for looking and keep crafting!

Jane
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AAA Cards Game #157 - One Layer + optional twist Polar Animals

Wow! Already we're on to the second challenge of 2020 at AAA Cards.

Now I love one layer cards and the challenges that they present and hope that you'll love my card too!

I started by stamping and masking one of the Festive Penguins from Funky Fossil. Then I had fun with my distress inks creating a background. A few flicks of water were added to look a bit like snow and the sentiment was stamped on top. 

I removed the mask and coloured the penguin using Copic pens. And to give it more of a finished look I die cut it into a double stitched rectangle. This was then adhered onto a card blank the exact size so that it still looks like a one layer card, but without the colour bleeding from the pens showing through onto the back. We do allow this at AAA Cards.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Festive Penguins
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress, picked raspberry, wilted violet, blueprint sketch, mermaid lagoon;
Die: MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles
Pens: Copic, RV02, BV01, B02, C00, C3, C5, C7

You'll be amazed at the variety and beauty of all the AAA Cards DT samples - HERE.  and we've also got an awesome and well known Guest Designer, Kylie, joining in with us for this challenge. Be sure to go take a look!

Thanks for your time today and keep crafting!

Uniko January Release - Showcasing Always & Forever

Hello and welcome!

I'm so pleased that you've dropped by today as I'm showcasing one of the stamp sets in the new Uniko January Release. Available to buy now at Uniko - HERE.

The stamp set I'm using is Always & Forever, a re-release of a set that's been brought out of retirement just in time for Valentine's Day.

Here's my cards:

The two largest and two smallest hearts are stamped and hand cut. The medium heart has been die cut from a strip that I stamped with the Large Background Scattered Polka Hearts.

I used some more of the Large Background Scattered Polka Hearts to create a horizontal strip and outlined it with some narrow washi tape. I then stamped and hand cut the two large hearts.

Both the largest and smallest heart are stamped and hand cut and the medium heart is die cut with a stamped sentiment in the middle.


Supplies:
Stamps:

          

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; SU, berry burst, pink pirouette, rose red, real red
Dies: Lawn fawn, outside in stitched hearts
Washi tape from my stash

Do pop on over to the Uniko blog - HERE - to see the other stamps in this release and how the DT have used them.  Going to make you want them I'm sure! And of course there's the usual blog hop and chance to win the entire release.

Bev
Carol 
Hannelie

Izzy 

Jane - that's me
Julie
Linda

Rahmat

Sarah P

Thanks for your time today and keep crafting!

Jane
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Thursday Thoughts

Today I'm sharing a scrapbook page I created using the sketch from Sketches in Thyme.

Here's my page:

I chose a dark blue background paper to pick up on the colour of her dress and then used the oranges and greens from the photo as the accent colours.

This bottom corner stack was built up from an initial single die cut circle and placement of the title. I had fun adding and extending it all down.

The top two embellishment stacks are mini versions of the bottom one,

Supplies:
Papers: Graphic 45, Floral Shoppe; Shimelle, Box of Crayons; scraps from my stash
Dies: Xcut, Spiro circles; Lawn Fawn stitched hearts
Alphas: Simple Stories, Bloom & Grow, You Are Here
Stickers: Simple Stories, Vintage Botanicals; Echo Park, Bundle of Joy; Cocoa Vanilla, Happness, Wild at Heart; Elle's Studio, puffy hearts; Paperchase, puffy hearts; MME, enamel dots 

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

And keep crafting!

Tuesday Talk

Today I'm starting my stash of Christmas cards for 2020. How early is that! Of course the challenge at Christmas Kickstart is the reason for this and their theme is Penguin Parade.

The Funky Fossil Festive Penguins stamp set jumped straight into my head.

I wanted to make a little group of all three penguins included in the set so I stamped the front two and then masked them off before stamping the one that sits behind. I used a plastic template and light blue ink to create a hill for the penguins to sit on and then removed the mask to see how it all looked.

The penguins were coloured with Copic pens and I stamped a sentiment from Uniko's Festive Sentiments Outlined and use a red card base. Keeping it all flat, simple and with minimal layers so that it fits through the Post Office letter slot - don't want to be re-jigging my cards again this year!

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Festive Penguins; Uniko, Festive Sentiments Outlined
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black; SU, soft sky
Pens: Copic, C1, C3, B02, B04, B23, B28, R20, R29, R39
Card: Papermill Direct, Super smooth white, Christmas red

Thanks so much fro dropping by today, I really appreciate you taking the time.

And keep crafting!

Sunday Spot

It's been such a long time since I've played along with the challenges at Less is More that I've decided to put that right today.

And here's my card:

Two such strong colours together don't you think? I meant to keep them to the small images on my card, but then couldn't resist painting the ellie's nails.

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT, Adorable elephants
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black
Pens: Copic, C0, C1, C3, R22, B28

Huge thanks for visiting my blog today, it's always so much more fun you do.

And keep crafting!

Jane
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