Christmas Critters WLSC

     Hi Everyone my DT make today is for 

We Love Stamping

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

Christmas Critters

 

I got a good look through my Christmas stamps and found this Robin, it is a small stamp, so I decided to stamp it and other images, for another card or two, onto card. You can see how here. Then I took it into my Silhouette and cut them out. I couldn't have done it with fussy cutting, so delighted with the result.

 

Next I coloured it with DI's and placed it onto a die cut bauble, which I had also added a piece of gold to the top. Next I die cut the square to fit a 6 x 6 card. I went looking for more stamps and found this banner, that I thought the bauble would hang from, it couldn't so, I just stamped it and coloured it. The sentiment was then added and embossed with gold.

 

It was not enough for me, so I dry embossed the background with dots. Then die cut some gold mirror card to layer it.  A bit of stretch cord was added to the top of the bauble and both added to the top layer of the card. 

stamps - an old SCP magazine freebie

bauble - Sentimentally Yours, an old die SCP freebie 

inks - Distress Inks 

embossing folder - Cuttlebug 

pin dot dies - Sue Wilson Noble dies 

There is a lovely haul of prizes this month from Highlight Crafts. I hope to see you at the Challenge with your Christmas Critter

 Dies, Christmas Design Papers and free artwork and reflections download from Highlight Crafts

Shades of Autumn WLSC mid month

     Hi Everyone my DT make today is for 

We Love Stamping

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

Shades of Autumn

 

 

A few months ago I had seen a design of a card using a stamping Acrylic block, to add a shape of colour, I made it and then smudged it. I found the spoiled piece tucked under some card! I attempted to do it again with trembling hands!

 

I didn't use the block this time, I chickened out after trying it again, and die cut a square shape, then blended some autumn colours through it, seen on another blog I saw for inspiration, here. I then stamped the tree and using the same blog, I went looking for leaves to stamp onto the tree. Nuffin that small, then I remembered I had ordered stamps and when they arrived I couldn't remember why I had ordered them, well, one of them came in handy. 

 

I used it in different colours turning it to add the dot colours. I found a small leaf attached to a sentiment and proceeded to ink the leaf and stamp it on the side of the tree, I then stamped the line under the tree. Stamped the sentiment and clear embossed it.

 

I was happy with it, BUT, I then thought a touch of gold would look OK, I placed two pieces of card onto the image, so I could add the gold paint in between them. However, the touch turned into a few blobs. I didn't have time to do another card, so I decided the soil and leaves had been turned up, because it was a windy day. Artistic licence, I believe!  

 

The last thing was to add some orange cord. I do love the tree, thanks to the inspiration. It goes to my dear SiL, whose birthday it was as few days ago, and who lost my brother recently.

 

stamps - tree, dropped leaves and tree base - Autumn Days, an old SCP mag freebie

leaves/dots stamp - Silhouette Art Marianne Designs CS1120 

inks - Distress Oxide gathered twigs,mowed lawn,mustard seed,carved pumpkin,candied apple

sentiment stamp - Amazon LAMX

gold paint - Kuretake Starry colours 

orange paper - Lidl

clear embossing pdr - Papermania

cord - The Range 

 

 

 

 

Don't forget we are a stamping challenge.

I hope to see you at the Challenge, with your Autumn Shades.

We have two wonderful prizes this month from Sweet Poppy, stamps and stencil.

     

Bake birthday

Hi everyone my great, great niece was nine recently and as she loves to cook with her grandmother, (my niece), I decided to look for something suitable and came across this digital stamp I had in 2016.

It was taken it into Silhouette, and the whole image was cut, I then isolated the girl and cut 2 of her. I also found a rolling pin, that I thought suited. I coloured it all with DI's, after choosing the dp to add colours to the image. Also found, in my files, the "let's bake", so added the words to the paper and printed them. The paper was attached to the base card, then the images and the sentiment printed with the same colour background and words added. I hope she likes it. (She did)

digi stamp - SCP magazine freebie #108 

 rolling pin, "Let's Bake" and digital paper - 

 Christmas Blog Train 2021 Digital Scrapbook.com

Silhouette 

 inks - DI's as below

 

 

I've been away for my brother's funeral this week, so this is a cheer up post. 

Geometric TMR #215

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

The Male Room Challenge
 

I had two hours before being picked up to go out with old colleagues and decided to fill the time with some card making. I looked to see what the theme was for The Male Room and was stumped, then thought of an old embossing folder, that was just right. I also went onto the web and searched for geometric shapes, - there's lots that I wouldn't have thought of as being geometric. You learn something every day.

 

I cut a square and embossed it, then added DO's with a spray of water, in colours that I saw a blend of on the web for autumn, to my glass mat and placed the card onto it. I hadn't wet it enough, so more water and another placement on to it. Not the effect I was looking for, but went with it. I also splattered some gold paint onto it.

 

Again on the web, I have seen lots of large white Happy onto coloured card, so went to my Silhouette and cut it out of white card. I cut three layers, all glued together, then splattered with the same gold paint, and placed central onto the embossed card, which I had already attached to the base card. Next I stamped the sentiment in the same purple ink as the card, and then clear embossed it. I cut it to shape and placed it under the Happy. 

 

I was quite pleased with the overall effect after coming home. It's strange how something can be and mmm card, then a few hours later can be satisfying. I also have to point out that the coloured square is straight and square, but for some reason the camera wanted it wonky, maybe because of the embossing.

 

 embossing folder - Die'sire Argyle (old)

inks - Distress Inks, rusty hinge,villainous portion,scorched timber 

Happy - font  2Peas High Tide

sentiment stamp - SCP #240 

gold paint Kuretake 

 

I've added a closeup of the gold effect with the splatters. 

The colours are nearer to the original card too. 

 What will your Geometric shape be? Hope to see you at The Male Room Challenge

CCC Reindeer

  Hi Everyone, my DT make today is for -

Critter Crazy #116

 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.

It's near to Christmas, so a reindeer was chosen, I stamped it onto a sheet of card, took it into my Silhouette and cut it out. I then coloured it in DI's. For the background I stamped the trees and die cut them, then coloured the snow.

Next I coloured the sky on the base card with DO's, stamped the sentiment in white and embossed with clear embossing powder. The tree layer was added to the base card and the reindeer, to which I had added baubles to his antlers for a bit of fun. It was placed onto the tree layer with 3D pads for the body and I glued the legs. 

 tree stamps & Die - Chloes Creative Stamps, Winter Wonderland

reindeer stamp, sentiment, and baubles - SCP magazine freebie, old stamps 

 

this is the sheet of stamps, and the layout for this, and other cards, for cutting in Silhouette
 

inks as below 

 

white pigment ink - Archival Moonlight White 

clear embossing powder - Papermania

 

 

What Animal would you choose for the Critter Crazy Challenge?

 

My apologies Ladies this was supposed to be for December, posted by mistake. I'll keep it here as I have had comments already.  Better go and make another for November, pretty quickly! What am I like? I meant supposed to be for November, shows my mind set at the moment!

Summer Blooms WLSC

   Hi Everyone my DT make today is for 

We Love Stamping

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

Summer Blooms

 

It was difficult choosing which "blooms" to use, in the end I chose these, which I thought could have plenty of colour in them. I stamped the flowers, and what better for Summer than a post card, so I then placed the embossing folder where I wanted it and embossed. I went over it with Stazon ink lightly. Next was to colour the flowers, using DI's and cut on the edge of the postcard shape. I found a sentiment stamp that I thought suited the postcard.

 

I went to place it onto the base card, and thought it too plain, so I stamped onto the base card and simply coloured the corner flowers. I edged the card with ink, then, using 3D pads, placed the postcard onto it. 

 

stamps -  Magazine freebies SCP #230

post card embossing folder - Crafters Companion 

 inks - Distress Inks & Stazon

 

 

 

Two prizes of Penny Black stamps and stencil from Buddly Crafts (photo's not to scale).

Summertime WLSC

  Hi Everyone my DT make today is for  

We Love Stamping

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

Summertime 

 

 

Wanting to find Summertime in my stamps, meant a search, and I was happy to find this fun image. I stamped it onto linen card and coloured the image with DI's. I then used a stencil to add clouds and coloured more around the water splashes, next was the grass. I wanted to add more, I found these birds, and the sentiments, that came with the image stamp. 

 

I suppose it sounds silly to say "summer is in the air, enjoy the day," but, here in the UK, we usually have a wonderful summer day, then rain the next. At least that was what it was when I made this card. I thought it may be a giggle. 

 

Next I added a stamped flower and found a die sun, I added two layers of it, coloured with slightly different yellows, I also added 3D glaze to it. The image layer was then layered onto summer floral paper to tie in with the colours I used. After it was made I added more white onto the water with Posca pen. 

 

I hope you are having plenty of Summer days, not with the record highs we've had, they were a little too much for us Brits, with the high humidity we have.  

 

image and sentiment stamps -House Mouse, Water Fun

inks - Distress Inks

stencil - Funky Fossil 

bird stamp and sun die - Magazine Freebie SCP Spring Scenes

digital paper -  Magazine freebie SCP Crafters Companion Tropical Summer Papers

 

 

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.

 

 

 

I'm entering my card into 

 Try it on Tuesday Challenge, I think my mices will fit in the Challenge. 

  

 

 

 

 

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,

  don't forget to add the badge, it's a requirement our winners and honourable mentions.

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?

Birthday Puss WLSC

     Hi Everyone my DT make today is for

We Love Stamping

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

All Creatures Great & Small

 

A new stamp set to make this card. I saw a sentiment on a card, that I liked, it came with other animal stamps, so off to use the animals and didn't use the sentiment, what am I like? 

Anyhow, I stamped the animals, coloured them with DI's, to match the digital paper I chose, and die cut them to fit the card. Next to find a sketch for inspiration for me to fit it to. I know, I should have started with a sketch. I found one, and played with it. Now I can't find it to let you know which it was. 

I cut the scallop border with my Silhouette. I'm not fussy on fussy cutting! The border was attached to the paper, then die cut to fit the card layer, which I had die cut previously. I stamped the sentiment, then the animal layer was added using 3D pads. 

stamps - Penny Black, Bubbly

sentiment stamp - Magazine freebie, SCP#216 

paper and border - Cherished Mini kit, Wishing Well Creations (2015)

inks - Distress Inks, mustard seed, bundled sage, festive berries,peacock feathers, evergreen bough,squeezed lemonade,tattered rose,shabby shutters  

 

 

 

Our prizes this month are

Three wonderful fun stamps from  

AALL and Create

Pelican WLSC

    Hi Everyone my DT make today is for

We Love Stamping

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

All Creatures Great & Small

 

I am still struggling with my card making, but managing to get some done, I gotta, the family are waiting for their birthday cards. This is for another GNephew, full of fun boy, that I thought would give him a laugh or a smile? 

I loosely followed this sketch. 

 

 I found an old fun digi stamp, and went to my Silhouette to print and cut 3 layers, I managed to get 3 layers of sentiment on the same cut. So much easier than fussy cutting!

Next I coloured the pelican with DI's, sadly the yellow colours of the bird haven't come as original in the photo. Anyway, he and the sentiment were glued together. I tried painting a background, twice, a complete disaster, so gave up and used a digi paper. 

He needed something else, I thought, so added a setting sun die and some birds, ready to roost. It was done, but what a struggle! I think he turned out OK in the end.  

Pelican - Digi Stamps4Joy

 inks - Distress Inks , mustard seed,faded jeans, hickory smoke, dried marigold

background paper -  PC Hugware (2006)

sun die - magazine freebie SCP

birds stamp - magazine freebie SCP 

 

 

 

What will your All Creatures Great & Small be for our Challenge

 

Our wonderful prizes this month are 

Three stamps from AALL and Create

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

 

Hearts Mid Month 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 Myself 

Hearts

 

February is the time of professing our love, as I said in my previous WLSC post, but it can be for any occasion. I have two occasions today. I didn't have any heart stamps that were of the right size, so I drew them instead. I then ordered some, well you have to don't you?

 

Firstly, I will show you the card I did with my new stamps. The stamps weren't separate as I thought, but that didn't matter, I used them for an Anniversary card, thinking of our 60th in June. 

 

I went through some papers and found a spotted paper I liked and stamped onto it, then embossed in gold. I had found a banner in some very old stamps and used that with the Anniversary greeting that came with it. 

 

Next I attached it to gold mirror card and then to the base card, a very simple card. I thought I could add the year numbers on top of the banner, there are a few special anniversaries in the family this year, maybe using it for one of those.

 

paper - Craft Sensations, Romantic Florals

heart stamp - Temu Love Stamp

banner stamp - no identity, a gift from my lovely SiL years ago.

 

 This is the card I drew hearts. I wanted a thank you card for a neighbour who has been wonderful and above helpful for me. I cut a piece of card, then drew some lines and 3 hearts with stems. Next I coloured them with 3 different reds, a combination I saw on the web, which I liked. I then used 3 different greens for the stems. 

 

I had already used a sentiment for my last card from this set, so decided to use two more from it. I stamped them to suit, as I thought, then layered them onto red paper which were attached to the base card. 

 

stamp sentiments - Avian Allure by Alex Syberia SCP272

inks - Distress inks, ripe persimmon, abandoned coral, fired brick, shabby shutters, bundled sage, forest lodge, and antique linen for the ground.

red paper - Lidl