Funky Fossil September Release - Introducing Time For Tea

Well drinking tea is supposed to be a great British past time and today's look at the new Funky Fossil September release is going to perk up all tea drinkers. And maybe some coffee lovers too!

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What do you think? Some of the pots could be brewing up coffee as well as tea I'm thinking. 

My first card has a matching teapot and cup out on display on some shelves created using the Funky Fossil On The Shelf stencil

I thought this would make a good new home card and used the sentiment from another new stamp set in this release, Whimsy Town. You'll get a look at on Friday.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Time For Tea; sentiment from Whimsy Town

Stencil: Funky Fossil, On The Shelf

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Ranger distress, speckled egg

Card: Papermill Direct, slate grey

My next sample card uses papers from Let It Snow and a stitched grid die. I stamped, coloured and hand cut the images using colours to match the papers.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Time For Tea

Paper: Funky Fossil, Let It Snow

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Die: Lawn Fawn, Peek-a-boo Backdrop

For my last card today I added some tea flowing from the pot to the cup. I placed the images over a die cut window and used a paper from In To the Blue as a mat  allowing it to frame the card as well as peep through the window.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Time For Tea

Paper: Funky Fossil, In To the Blue

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Die: MFT Die-namics, stitched peekaboo window

Pens: Copic, B0000, B01,B06,B12,B14,B21

Have you got a favourite yet? Tomorrow's peek will have you entranced as well, so be sure to come back then. But in the meantime pop on over to the Funky Fossil blog and follow the links to the rest of the DT introductions to today's set - HERE.

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

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Funky Fossil September Release - Introducing Silly Snowmen

Yay! Today sees the beginning of a week of introductions to Funky Fossil's September new release.

And it's all kicking off with this awesomely fun Christmas set.

I've been busy creating cards using each of the three different silly snowmen, but keeping to pretty much the same card design. Each card started out with a snowman stamped onto a stitched rectangle and coloured in to match a paper from the Let It Snow pack.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Silly Snowmen

Paper: Funky Fossil, Let It Snow

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Pens: Copic, C0, C1, C3, R81, R83, R85, B0000, B000, B01, BG01, BG53

Die: MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles

The next two cards follow the same layout but in a tall slimline version. This card has greens and oranges as it colours.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Silly Snowmen

Paper: Funky Fossil, Let It Snow

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Pens: Copic, B0000, B000, Y38, YR04, G21, YG63

Die: MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles

Back to some pinks for my final card but this time combined with burgundy red.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Silly Snowmen

Paper: Funky Fossil, Let It Snow

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Pens: Copic, R20, R21, R39, R69, B0000, B000

Die: MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangle

Are you loving these silly snowmen? They're such fun!

Don't forget to pop over to the Funky Fossil blog - HERE - to see what the rest of the DT have created to whet your appetite. Then come on back tomorrow when the next stamp set will be previewed - one all tea lovers will want to get their hands on.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, your visit has been greatly appreciated.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

AAA Birthday Challenge #17 - Animals & Critters

It's time for a new challenge at AAA Birthday This month we'd like to see animals and critters on your birthday cards.

I used Polkadoodles Party Friends Horace & Boo digi as my main focal images and a plaid paper from MFT. I decided to keep the animals neutral in colour and just added some shading. I then paper pieced the balloons and coloured the parcel and envelope in matching colours.

The sentiment is from the Polkadoodles Party Dude digi set. I added layers of mats and scalloped edges again picking colours to match the patterned paper.

Supplies:

Stamps: Polkadoodles, Party Friends Horace & Boo, sentiment from Party Dude

Dies: MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles; Lawn Fawn, stitched scalloped rectangle frames

Paper: MFT, Plaid Patterns

I know you're going to love this theme. I'm so looking forward to seeing your birthday cards and visiting your blogs and social media. Don't forget to take a look at the awesome DT and Guest Designer Maaike's cards over on the AAA Birthday Challenge blog - HERE.

Thanks so much for your time today, I'm delighted that you stopped by my blog for a while.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Sunday Slot

Today I'm sharing a Christmas card I made using the Furbabies theme at Christmas Kickstart.

I used a mega cute Craftyscrappers stamp and sentiment.

I have the digi version of this stamp set so I was able to size the deer to fit my card.  Apart from printing and colouring there wasn't really anything more to do! Love cards like this!

Supplies:

Stamps: Craftyscrappers, Naughty or Nice

Pens: Copic, W1, E33, E35, E37, E50, E51, R20, R29, R39, Y18, YG01, YG09, BG01

Thanks for looking today, it's been fun having you stop by my blog.

Say safe and keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

Today I'm sharing a card I made for the challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

Quite a cool and sophisticated mix I'm thinking and this is what I came up with:

The colours suggested contemporary Christmas to me and I used the Skinny Trees stencil from Funky Fossil with the three suggested colours. I had to substitute smoky slate for gray granite, but i had the other two colours.

I finished off the card with a sentiment from Festive Phrases and matted it all onto a matching grey card base.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Festive Phrases

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Skinny Trees

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; SU, old olive, smoky slate, mossy meadow

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I'm really appreciative of your company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Papermill Direct DT Inspiration - A Pocket Letter

Hey!

I'm up on the Papermilldirect blog today with an under the sea themed Pocket Letter.

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

If you'd like to receive this pocket letter just leave me a comment saying so. If there should be more than one comment to this effect I'll do a random draw to pick a winner on 11th September.

Supplies:

Card: Papermill Direct, Mermaid Mixed Card Pack

Stamps: Clearly Besotted, Under The Sea, Fairy Tale Mermaid,Sweet Seahorse; Funky Fossil, Small Print, Starfish Wishes

Stencils: Funky Fossil, Mermaid, Sea Foam, Sea Shells, Under The Sea

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Ranger distress, mermaid lagoon, lucky clover, peacock feathers

Embellishments: Funky Fossil MDF Sea Life; Pretty Pin Posh, clear gems

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!

Friday Focus

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the challenge at Always Fun. this week they want Cute Critters.

Well as the new release stamps from Time For Tea Designs were still on my desk and they definitely have cute critters this card came together very easily.

I started by stamping, colouring and die cutting the bunny and balloon image. Then I decided it looked just about the right size to sit on a tag, so I die cut a stitched one and added some background colours. 

The balloon and bunnies were popped up onto foam pads and adhered to the tag with the stamped onto a die cut banner tucked under..

I matted the tag onto white card and then onto plaid patterned paper and then again onto a white card base. 

Supplies:

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

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Dies: Polkadoodles, Posydoodles Tags

Pens: Copic, RV02, RV04, RV09, RV52, C0, C1, BG32, BG34, YG01, B000, B02, B04

Paper: MFT, Plaid Patterns

It's been great fun to have you stop by today, thanks so much for your time.

Stay safe and keep crafting!