Saturday, March 16, 2024

Allsorts Feather or Fur

 This week at Allsorts the challenge option for #772 is  FEATHER  and/or FUR                                                   or Anything Goes if you prefer. 

Prizes from Craftstash and AALL and Create


I have so few animal stamps- some cute cartoonish ones, or whimsical die cuts...so I have pulled out a very old stamp set that features some Beatrix Potter bunnies. I have always loved them and enjoyed water coloring them, which is what I did for this card.  So my card is 'fur.'  The back panel was embossed with the Diamond Plate folder on some very pale blue card. The tiny sentiment is from Gina K Designs, and all the panels were cut with Spellbinders nesting labels.



Monday, March 11, 2024

Atlantic Hearts 568

 


This week's sketch #568 for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

My design team inspiration for you uses Swirling Blooms embossing folder from Spellbinders and Wonderfully Made butterfly from Gina K Designs.  The sentiment is an older one from my stash. 

I heat embossed with gold and colored the butterfly with Copic markers. I used the same blue marker to create the circle mat and the small banner so they would match.  I splattered the card base with Brutus Monroe Gilded Shimmer splash - tiny splashes but they do add subtle shine in real life.

Check out the rest of the design team cards on Wednesday at AHSC.




Saturday, March 9, 2024

Yellow

 The new challenge #771 at Allsorts theme is to USE YELLOW, or Anything Goes is always an option if you prefer.  The Design Team loves seeing how you create with the theme, and the host will select her Top 5 at the end of the week.   There are prizes from our generous sponsors  Craftstash and AALL and Create that are selected by Random Generator at the end of the month.


My design team card for this challenge uses a sweet daffodil stamp from Close To My Heart. It's an older stamp, but a spring favorite that I colored with Copics. The window die cuts are from Gina K Designs Master Layout 5. I backed the cut out with a white panel stenciled with some clouds.  The yellow paper, Buttercup, is an older color of CTMH. Daffodil from my garden :-)

 Some sad news this week that CTMH will be going out of business at the end of the year.  When I first began stamping in the 1990's, I was exclusively purchasing CTMH product and attending home demonstration classes. For five years, I was a Consultant as well.  I've since moved on to using products from lots of companies, but my basic inks, paper and many stamps are still foundations in my craft room.   It was a quality company with fabulous people.




Tuesday, March 5, 2024

A Friend Like You

 

A new sketch for you to try!

Visit Try a Sketch On Tuesday to see the rest of the design team inspiration for this Sketch #642. TSOT sketch challenges run for two weeks.

My card used the Mod Layering Leaves stencil from Simon Says Stamp and Altenew Green Valley inks. I chose the ink colors to go with some card scraps I had in my stash. I stenciled on the darker piece with white pigment ink and embossed and fussy cut. The sentiment is from My Creative Time Friendship set. The center die cut is Daisies & Leaves from Simon Says Stamp.

Hope to see your creations at TSOT!


Also linking to the sister blog Double Trouble #161 - Pinch Proof.  My card is only green, no gold so I haven't all the options.  Check out this fun challenge and the awesome inspiration there.




Saturday, March 2, 2024

Spring! (almost)

 The theme this week at Allsorts challenge # 770 is SPRING or the Anything Goes option if you prefer.


                                     Prizes from AALL and Create and Aldridge Crafts

My card uses a new to me die - Crocus Floral Window - from Simon Says Stamp.  I ink blended a sunrise on the panel behind and stamped a greeting from Gina K Designs. The weather in my neck of the woods has been wildly swinging between winter and spring.  But patience...we know it will arrive soon. :-)  Meanwhile, keep crafting!  



Monday, February 26, 2024

Best Birthday



                      Good Morning!

          Sketch #566 at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge provided me with an opportunity to use a Gel plate background made earlier this week with stencils, stamps and acrylic paints.  I backed it with heavier card stock and cut it in strips.  The leaf piece was in my folder from an earlier paint session. I stamped the Gina K Designs sentiment with Distress Oxide inks to try to replicate the paint colors.

It really does make me happy when a sketch inspires me to cut into those backgrounds.  They are too much fun to stay in a box.

Hope you will be inspired and will share your creation at AHSC this week.




Saturday, February 24, 2024

Northern Cardinal

 

This week at Allsorts the challenge theme is THINGS THAT FLY or you may use the Anything Goes option if you prefer.

There are prizes for this month's challenges from AALL and Create and Aldridge Crafts

My stash of 'flying' stamps is very limited - I have lots of different beautiful butterflies, but only a few birds and I have used both the butterflies and hummingbird in my most recent posts. So I attempted to water color the Tim Holtz Cardinal die.  As I have painted it, this is a female Northern Cardinal. (I used Google images to find some color inspiration.)  The branches are heavily trimmed pieces from Altenew's Leaf Canopy set.  I need a lot of practice with my water coloring. haha!  But it was good exercise.  


Hope to see your creations on the Allsorts blog!