Summer Blooms WLSC mid month

   Hi Everyone my DT make today is for the mid month post for 

We Love Stamping

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme from Avril

Summer Blooms

 

 

I have absolutely no mojo, so went through my stamps and dies and found these, then went looking for paper and a stencil. All found pretty quickly, actually.

 

Then it was stamping the flowers and die cutting both the flowers and the stem. I wondered for a while about the design, and even stamped more flowers, but it just didn't look right, so I left it simple.  

 

I chose the colours of the flowers to match the paper and coloured them in DI's. Next I stencilled a brick effect, for the climbing flowers. I cut the paper and layered the stencilling and floral pattern onto plain purple paper, not usually my colours, but I have been looking at them more. 

 

I then went looking for a sentiment and forgotten I had bought a stamp set with a floral theme, whew! It was stamped and die cut and layered onto the purple paper. All were added to the base card.

 

flower stamps and die - Card Making Magic Trailing Florals

sentiment - Sissix, Born to Bloom 

inks - Distress Inks, squeezed lemonade, shabby shutters, twisted citron,

victorian velvet,wilted violet,pumice stone

stencil - Funky Fossil

floral paper - Craft Sensations Spring Time 

purple paper - Lidl 

 

  There are Two beautiful floral prizes of Penny Black stamps and stencil from Buddly Crafts (photo's not to scale). I hope you can join us with your blossoms. 

Summertime WLSC mid-month

  Hi Everyone my DT make today is for the mid month post for 

We Love Stamping

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme from Lynn

Summertime 

 

 

On another rainy day to make my Summertime  card. I found these images and dies that I haven't used before, and thought a little girl in a summer dress on the swings, yep! I'll go with that, and after all the heat, it would be nice to relax. 

 

I die cut the arch from wood grain paper for the swing to hang from, then stamped all the images and die cut them. They were then coloured with DI's. 

 

I coloured the background and added some grass underneath the swing. They were all then attached to the main layer with 3D pads. To bring the colours together I chose the colour of the dress to add a paper layer, and added the main layer to it, which was then attached to the main card.  

 

The sentiment was computer generated in brown to match the arch, then die cut and added to the main card.  

 

I could have added more, but I like the simple, and in a way relaxed layout.

 

stamps and dies - Crafters Companion "Simple Pleasures"

sentiment die - Card Making Magic Rectangle Nested

inks - Distress inks

background paper - stash

  

 

 

Our prizes this month are   

 2 prizes of Lavinia stamps and watercolours (photos not to scale).  

Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway.

Running Man TMR Hobbies

 Hi Everyone, my DT post today is for 

 The Male Room

 

What a wide subject ay? My card is for running. So many of the family love running for miles and hubby's great nephew is a marathon runner, definitely a huge hobby for him, after his teacher work. So I brought an image out of the dark and made this for him.

 

My mind is certainly in slow motion, so I decided to use a sketch for help, but turned it upside down. I chose this one from the Outlawz, from June 2022, but the file name is Nov.27?  

 

I went looking for digi papers, and found these, I picked them to make the sketch and colours, no Idea why I chose these colours? 

 

Anyhow, I print and cut them out, and inked around the edge of each with black ink. They were then attached to the base paper, as per the sketch and placed onto the base card.  The runner was printed out and was die cut, then coloured with DI's to match the papers, I decided to colour just him and leave the background as is. 

 

He was placed onto the layered papers with 3D pads and so was the button. I stamped the sneakers and coloured them with the same colours as the runner. It all sounds so simple, but I spent an absolute age on this card. I hope the nephew likes it. 

 

sketch - Outlawz 

Runner image - Create with TLC

inks - Distress Inks

background paper & arrow paper - KimB Designs at Digital Press

foreground paper and stripe strip - luv ewe designs at Gingerscraps

 button - yayeah kit, Two Peas In A Bucket

die - Nested Rectangles Card Making Magic 

sneakers stamp - Magazine Freebie (old) SCP

 

 

What Male hobbies have the men around you got?

Why not enter them into TMR Challenge,

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Sports & Hobbies WLSC

  Hi Everyone my DT make today is for

We Love Stamping

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Anesha. 

Sports & Hobbies

 

 I have very few sports stamps, in fact just one set, I've had for years. I've not used this set of images, so decided to follow a sketch and case a card that was shown on the back of the stamps package.

 

I firstly stamped the pins, I was going to write the Happy onto the pins, but I'm a bit shaky of late, so decided to see if my Silhouette could cut, out of card, 5mm x 7mm letters. It did, incredible really, I'm always impressed how good it is. I added them to the pins. 

 

Next I die cut the circle for them and die cut a paper from a pad for the larger circle, with the same colours, that I had decided on. 

 

For the background I stamped the ball over the card and die cut it to fit the base card, it was added to it.

 

Next the circles were glued together, and edged with the ball layer. The pins were added, one sideways, as if it was hit by the ball. I then added a die cut orange piece of card and stamped the birthday on it. Adding the ball. 

 

 sport stamps - Creative Stamping Magazine #56

stamps are by Joanna Sheen

inks - Distress inks

coloured paper - Craft Sensation Happy Colours The Range 

circle dies - Tonic pin dot

orange card die - Card Making Magic 

Silhouette

 

 

I hope to see your Sport or Hobby cards at We Love Stamping

CCC Bird Day Tweetings

    Hi Everyone, my DT make today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

I had already stamped and coloured a bird, the tree branches and the bird house, a few months ago, but didn't know what to do with them. Then in a panic to get this post done, I decided to use them, but to add another bird, it was pot luck on colouring it to match the first one, but it was OK in the end, I think?

 

I embossed a leaf background from a leaf die, but decided to only colour the flowers in it. I die cut it, as per the sketch I had to use for inspiration. Next I added the tree house and branches and the birds, I didn't have what I wanted in a sentiment stamp, so printed one out and die cut it. 

 

I wanted to add paper, as per the sketch, and found this bird paper in my files a freebie from my subscription magazine, and it even had blue tits on it. I printed it, cut it to size and pasted it onto the base card. Then added the circle design. 

 

The sentiment was added with 3D pads. Thank goodness for sketch inspiration sometimes. 

This is the sketch I used -  

birds and birdhouse - SCP #187 RSBP Magazine Freebie Garden Birds

inks - Distress Inks

embossed die - Tattered Lace (old)

sentiment - computer generated

sentiment die - Card Making Magic, Rectangular Nested Set 

paper - SCP #226 Magazine Freebie

 

 What Critter will you use for the Challenge?

WLSC Spring has Sprung

My DT card today is for

 We Love Stamping

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme 

Spring has Sprung

 

Of course to me Spring means Daffodils and that's what I have for you today, not one but two, and a two Spring piccies too. I'm being generous!

 

My daffodils were stamped and coloured with DI's, then I cut each of them out, now what to do? 

 

I embossed a frame around a piece of card and die cut the shape. I remembered a card that I had done with a die cut replaced into the die cut area, so decided to case it and die cut the piece. It was replaced it inside the shape and glued it to a piece of yellow and blue spotted paper, although the spots can't really be seen. 

 

A sentiment was stamped, and the daffodils were then glued into place. Next I splattered some rose gold onto the first card to match the daffodil colours and gold onto the second to match the yellow daffodils. Simple cards but it was good to make two enabling me to help fill my long birthday list of birthday cards.

 

stamps - Magazine Freebies SCP#240 

inks - Distress inks, dried marigold, spiced marmalade, peeled paint, 

squeezed lemonade, fossilized amber

die - rectangle, Card Making Magic 5 x 7 box set

die - square Sue Wilson square noble dies

die cut out - a very old die, I think it's Tattered Lace  

 sentiment - magazine freebie SCP

 

 

 

What does Spring mean to you? Show us in our Challenge.

 

We have Two Lovely prizes of Lavinia stamps

 

Penguin CCC

    Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

  

A penguin card today, for a Great Niece. It's her birthday in a few days, so I thought a Winter card would be suitable for her, in my files I came across this lovely penguin, suitable for a little girl, with her scarf and flowers. She was taken into Silhouette and print and cut 3 times, the sentiment was also done at the same time, I decided to colour the sentiment the same as the flowers, bringing a little warmth into it.

 

I also had an embossing folder in my subscription magazine for December, so I decided to emboss a piece of card and then swipe ink onto it, to give a little colour. A few snowflakes added to make it more wintry, and some 3D glaze onto the eyes and feet. 

penguin - The Hungry JPEG

embossing folder - Card Making Magic, SCP #278

snowflake dies - Crafters Companion Glittering Snowflakes 

ink - Distress ink - blueprint sketch

3D glaze - Nuvo

fonts -  Ellianarelles's Path & ChrisHmk

label shape - Silhouette 

 

the insert, with a quote from the web

 

What animal will you use?

Anything Christmas WLSC

  Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

We Love Stamping.  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme of  

Anything Christmas

 

With no idea on such a broad spectrum to choose from, I decided to use a stamp and colour I saw in my subscription magazine. Not a colour I would normally use for Christmas, but I quite like the effect. 

 

With inspiration from Sarah Phelan in the magazine, I stamped the tree and embossed in gold, then blended seedless preserve distress oxide onto the card. I rubbed over the gold, but it didn't come up as bright as I wanted, so I stamped and embossed again. 

 

I then stamped and gold embossed the star corner and the stars on the right. The layer was attached to the mirror card. Next I blended a piece of white card, stamped and gold embossed the sentiment and die cut it. I decided not to layer onto gold.

 

tree and other stamps - Magazine Freebies SCP274

die - Card Making Magic A5 Nested Set

inks - Distress Oxide, seedless preserve 

embossing powder - Papermania gold

mirror card - The Range 

 

 

Wonderful prizes this month

Stamp Addicts, 2 prizes (photos not to scale)

 

Close to Nature WLSC

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Karen of  

Close to Nature

trees, animals, flowers

 

 

A lovely theme, don't you think? I have had this stamp, a long while and thought it perfect for this subject. A dragonfly. 

My mind went off on a tangent and I thought of stamping on acetate, I have had the heat acetate for many years and had a hunt, where I thought it was, and thankfully it was. I stamped and heat embossed in gold, then cut around it. 

The first step complete, what do I do next, you may know by now I am not a planner with my cards, I just go with the flow, so to speak. I thought of the colours of a dragonfly, so added DO ink to my glass mat, sprayed with water and placed my card onto it, I was thrilled with the result of just one pressing. 

I wasn't too keen on the sentiments with the stamp, so went looking for a simple one and came across this, it was stamped with Stazon. Then the card was cut with a die, the dragonfly was glued onto it and was 3D'd to the card base. 

heat acetate - Hobbycraft

stamp - Imala, Be Brave

sentiment - magazine freebie

inks - Distress Oxide chipped sapphire, lucky clover twisted citron

die - Card Making Magic 

 

you can see the shine of the acetate here

 

A fabulous prize this month with a 

Glorious Bouquet, a large Tim Holtz floral stamp from Buddly Crafts

 

CAS WLCS

 

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme of  

CAS

   

 

A search through my stamps, brought up 2 sets that I could use, so I actually made this and the mid month card at the same time, whoop, whoop.

I stamped and coloured the image with DI's in a different colour way to what I would normally use, it must have been me on the day, then die cut it. Next, I stamped the sentiment and die cut that. I decided to add another layer, so die cut it and embossed lines diagonally. After adding all the layers, I added the sentiment matching the diagonal lines. The die is 5x7inches, so I had to juggle it to fit the image, and the sentiment, so the edges matched.

stamps - Colorado Stamp Company free with SCP #228

die - Card Making Magic

inks - Distress Ink abandonden coral, seedless preserve,specled egg, iced spruce

 

this shows the embossed lines

 

Don't forget, your image must be hand coloured. We now require At least one stamped element on entries. Those of you like us, who love to stamp, we would still love you to enter your fully stamped entry.

 

  Important - Please read the updated Rules of the Challenge Here

There are Two prizes of Lavinia stamps and stencil (photos not to scale). (Please note, (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway).

Cow card & box CCC

 Hi Everyone, my DT cards today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

 

Something different today, a card and a box. I had this image amongst others a while ago and decided to use it. I printed it out, and die cut it, first cutting the ears to go outside the frame. After cutting, I added it to black card using 3D pads to lift the ears. I found some paper in my files and printed it fit a 5x7inch card. Then layered both onto black card. The sentiment I have had copied from somewhere, a long time ago. I arranged it in Photoshop and printed it out, then using the same die, cut it the same width as the cow image, added it to black card. All then attached to the base card. 

The milk box, again something I have had a long while, but I thought it would match the card, so off to my old Silhouette, cut the outer box in white card, then the black "tube" to fit inside the box. They were then put together.  A fun pair.

cow image - CreativeFabrika Funny Cows Clip Art 2024

paper -   Hugware 2007

milk box - So Fontsy, Silhouette School 2021

sentiment die cut - Card Making Magic

Rainbow Lorikeets CCC

 Hi Everyone, my DT cards today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

 

I thought I would bombard you with colour today. I had to have this colourful Rainbow Lorikeet after seeing it on Beccy's page with discontinued digi stamps. I must admit to not being aware of the name Lorikeet. You learn something everyday day! 

Anyhow, he is a ready coloured image, I print and cut him 3 times on the Silhouette, then looked for the most colourful paper I had, the wavy paper is from my computer files, printed and then die cut. The other papers were found after a search in my paper pads. All die cut and layered onto the base card. The sentiments were played with in Photoshop to make them colourful too, printed and die cut. 

 Lorikeet and sentiments - Beccy's Place

wavy paper - Piggyscraps (2012)

all other papers - Craft Sensations - kids

square dies - Sue Wilson Noble dies

round die - Tonic Studios

sentiment die - Card Making Magic

Owl CCC

   Hi Everyone, my DT cards today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter...

Going through my animal stamps and dies, I saw this owl and decided to use him again, I used him here. 

I used an embossing a wood folder for the background, I then cut the oval. The background was inked to show the design. I then die cut and embossed an owl out of brown card, which has gold sparkles going through it, shame the photo didn't pick it up. I highlighted the face and front feathers with white, then inked over the owl to dim the bright white pen.  

I placed a piece of card behind the eyes and added a black gem to each eye. He was placed behind the oval and attached with his feet to the front layer. I then attached the embossed front layer to the background card, I pulled the ears out and added a 3D pad behind his head after attaching the body to the same card, next I raised the feathers on the chest.

I stamped the sentiment, with the same ink that had been rubbed over the wood embossing and fussy cut it. Two feathers were also stamped and added to the sentiment. I didn't intend for this to be monochrome, but it worked out OK, I think.

owl - Lou Collins Owl die, Magazine freebie

sentiment & feathers - Card Making Magic, magazine freebie

wood embossing folder - Crafters Companion

ink - Distress Ink Vintage Photo

white pen - Signo

oval die - Tonic

Quick Christmas card

 Hi Everyone, I don't know about you, but the last few weeks have been the most hectic, for a long time, I didn't have time for myself. Today I can breathe whew! I've caught up with a lot of you already, I will try to get to you all more frequently now, well I hope to.

I made Christmas cards without taking photos before they were given out, even bought duplicate presents and had to change them! I've even lost my big scissors, while wrapping presents! They have been given to someone and I don't know who, as the family were down, and they may be in theirs, so I asked them to pay me 10p each, in case they were in their parcels. Yep! I am superstitious about scissors as a gift, being cutting ties. I certainly don't want that. Talk about my brain in a muddle. 

So I took time out today, to do a blog post, and it's only scheduled one day ahead, as it's nearly evening when doing it. Cor! I am good.

 My card today is one I did for mass production, I did 40 of them. The piccies are of the process, yes I could have used more colour, but I needed them to be quick, so thought a little colour to highlight the Nativity scene would be enough. I always thought my digital work was quick, but this card has changed my mind, it only took two minutes, literally, to make each one.  That is until I added the star, but even that, after I had die cut each one, it was quick. OK! I haven't included choosing the stamps and inks and die cutting. I know, you Gals, knew that all along, didn't you?

Anyhow, here's the process, skip to the end if you don't want to see it made. 

nativity and star stamps - magazine freebies

sentiment stamp - Card Making Magic

die - so old I don't know who made it, but it's black.

inks - Stazon & Papermania and Distress Oxide

 

 

 

 

 It didn't matter if I had either ink was left on the stamps, as they were in the correct place.

 

 the finished card

I hope you made it to the end, and you have a record of your cards, as I haven't. I hope you all have a great week, with time to yourself.