Uniko BA Inspiration

Hey! I'm up on the Uniko blog today with some ideas using some Uniko stencils and BIG & BOLD stamps. 

I hope you'll have time to pop over to Uniko and take a look!

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

Today I'm sharing a card I made using my new stash from Time For Tea Designs and I'm entering it into the challenge at Crafting Happiness.

This is the first time I've played at this challenge and I really like that the picks are chosen by the players themselves who click on the thumbnail of their favourites.  Here's my card:

The stamps from TFTD new release didn't hang around for long on my craft table before being inked up and coloured! They're mega cute. 

I stamped the windmill background scene onto a stitched die cut square and then popped it back into the aperture. The cloud, birds and butterfly were cut from the matching dies as was the flag toting bunny. He was popped up onto foam pads and adhered just under the butterfly.

Supplies:

Stamps: Time For Tea Designs, Up, Up And Away

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Dies: Time For Tea Designs, Up, Up And Away; Lawn Fawn, stitched square satckables

Pens: Copic, E42, E43, E44, E47, YR16, YR68, Y18, T38, C0, C1, YG01, YG13, YG17, YG67, B0000, B00

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

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Tuesday Talk

Today I'm playing along with the challenge at {Pin}spirational. They've another awesome photo to be inspired by and I love its autumnal feel.

Just before I share my card I need to say a big thank you to {Pin}spirational for picking my card as their winner from their last challenge.

Here's my card for the new challenge:

Well it had to have chickens on didn't it? And I love these sketchy chicks from STAMPlorations. I coloured them up to match the different chicken colours from the photo.

But I also wanted to get a feel of the blues and greens from the photo so I added a couple of layers of Polkadoodles patterned paper to the top right corner.

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations, Fowl Play

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Papers: Polkadoodles, All About The Dudes

Pens: Copic, E00, E21, E23, E31, E44, E47, YR01

I'm so pleased that you found your way to my blog today, I always love to have a bit of company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

White with 1 - September Challenge

Another month and another challenge at White With 1.

    

And this month the added colour is a bit of a nod to Autumn - mandarin orange. Mmm not my favourite colour, unless it's combined with purple for Halloween, but it's good to step outside of my comfort zone occasionally. 

Fortunately for me the photo that I wanted to use had loads of orange seats in the background. Can you feel the excitement on my grandson's face? It was his first ever attendance at a live football match. Just as well they got that fitted in before the lockdown!

A decided lack of orange papers in my stash led me to using the Funky Fossil stencil Watercolour Lines as my starting point. I then added in some stamped Autumn leaves and grungy shapes from Precious Remembrance Shop and Funky Fossil. And I did find a few paper scraps lurking and thought the polka dots echoed the oranges from the inspiration pic as well as being the shape of a football

I lucked out with finding a football sticker too and added it right under the title.

Supplies:
Stencil: Funky Fossil, watercolour lines
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Distressed Elements; Precious Remembrance Shop, Positive Thoughts, Fall Colors, Totally, Little Things
Ink: SU, tangerine tango
Die: MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles
Alphas: Hobbycraft
Stickers: CV, Boys Rule; Simple Stories, So Rad; EP, Teen Spirit; Jillibean Soup; Elle's Studio; Tim Holtz Small Talk

And now it's over to you. Looking forward to how you use the mandarin orange on your layouts.

Thanks for looking! Stay safe and keep crafting!

Papermill Direct DT Inspiration - A 3D Bridge Card

Hey!

I'm up on the Papermilldirect blog with a 3D bridge card.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Bees Knees, Small Print, Find Your Rainbow; Donna Gray, snail

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black & rose bud

Card: Papermill Direct, Sweet Pea Pink card & Sunlight Yellow card

Dies: MFT Die-namics, stitched fishtail flags, stitched basic edges

Pens: Copic, E0000, E000, Y00, Y02, Y04, Y11, Y13, RV52, RV55, RV63, RV66, C3, YG00, YG01, YG, 13, YG23, R20, R21, R81, R83, R85, BG01, BG10, BG11

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!

AAA Cards Challenge #173 - Sketch + optional twist At The Movies

Time for a new challenge at AAA Cards and it just squeezes its starting date into August. How can it be almost September already?

  

The sketch is an absolute beauty and the optional twist, chosen by Maaike, is a good one too. For me there was no question about which movie I would be picking - bet you can work it out so easily!

Well yes it Maleficent. I've just recently watched the second film and loved it just as much as the first. It's my all time favourite Disney and even tops Frozen in my opinion.

I searched on the internet for the image and ended up buying a digi from Etsy and then just created the whole card on my computer and printed it out. What could be simpler than that? And I always love how crisp the lines are on digital creations.

Supplies:

Stamps: digi from Digital Market Goods on Etsy

The rest of the AAA Cards team and our wonderful Guest Designer Ma-Mi have loads more inspiring ideas for you, check them all out HERE.

Thanks so much for looking today, it's been fab to have some 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!