Elegant CAS at Allsorts and a few more Stampendous

Morning Peeps, time for our new challenge at Allsorts where Ellie has chosen the theme of 'CAS with the option of Elegance' and there is a chance to win a £15 store voucher kindly donated by WOWVOW as well as another prize of an AALL and Create stencil.

My first card was a recent make for Fairy Hugs and features Olivia sitting atop Ink Cap Mushrooms reading her book and doing a bit of daydreaming. The wordage dies are a new Gemini alphabet set I purchased a couple of weeks ago, I've had my eye on it for ages but at nearly £50 a considered buy, but Colemans Warehouse recently had them 20% off so I went for it.

Above another of the Stamps by Me images I received for Christmas, this is one of their lamination stamps which also has a matching die. I used Versafine Clair Morning Mist for the first layer stamping and then Glamorous for the second layer and carried that colour to the die cut mat. The sentiment is from the same set.

And a few shares of the upcoming Oakwood and Stampendous TV shows on Sunday at 3pm and 7pm and Tuesday the iCraft show is at 7pm, although things are liable to change during the merger so as well to double check.

Music Speaks stencil, stencil paste onto an iCraft alcohol ink acetate panel

Stampendous Lovely Flowers (available from Sunday) onto Oxide background

Stampendous Peony Pair (available fro Sunday) and Aged Aqua Enamel EP

Have a good weekend everyone and as always many thanks for your visits.

 

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A smile from Margo

Morning everyone, a quick post with a few Fairy Hugs shares and also my January card which I sent to Jo as part of the months card exchange for the Card Chain Challenge.

I couldn't resist sharing a photo of out little Margo, now five months old and taken with Dad at the weekend, that smile melts our hearts and it's good to see her so happy after all she's been through in hospital the last couple of weeks. 

My top card uses Ink Cap Mushrooms, Bunnies, Dotted Mushrooms, Lantern Tree and Hanging Vines, Oxide and regular DI's, torn paper to crate the hills and a the edge of a piece of paper to create the rays from the moon.

For my CCC card I followed the grid line using Red from the colour options and Glitter which comes in the form of pearl mica spray onto the AALL and Create Papaver, after stamping and colouring flowers I often spray with it as it softens the card allowing you to shape the flowers. A stencilled background, wahi tape, birdie and sentiment from my Believe in your Dreams.

Have a good Wednesday.

 

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Circle of Life

Good morning Peeps, it's the 18th of the month so that means it's mid way inspiration time at We Love Stamping and Stamping Sensations challenges where are themes are 'Anything Stamped' as usual with the option to add 'Wings' at the first or 'A die' ay the second. And for the winners fabulous crafty goodies in for form of an A4 AALL and Create stamp set courtesy of Stampers Grove and a £25 craft bundle from Oakwood Archer.

My card at the top combines stamped from several AALL and Create sets, the beauty of this brand, particularly those designed by Tracy Evans is that they are all designed to work together and can be built up into larger pieces. The key to it all is carrying the colours and here I have stuck with just two Derwent Inktense pencils, orange and green alongside the black stamping.

Another with Wings, this time in for form of Fairies from Fairy Hugs and the Fairy Couple are from the new release showcases on The Craft Store last week.

For this one which was a recent samples for The Craft Store TV uses Oakwood Daisies and Critters stamp set and coordinating dies, an Oxide background using acetate to add the ink to the base piece, a trellis frame using a really old Penny Black die and the Butterflies cut from card inked with the same colour Oxides. The words are also Oakwood.

If you have not already joining in this month I hope you will find time to share a creation with us, the challenges run until Wednesday 2nd February and with those prizes, every reason to do so.

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Fragile Fragments

Morning Peeps, Mervi is our Allsorts host this week and would like us to 'Add a Heart' to our creations. This weeks lucky winner will receive a £15 store voucher kindly donated by Pearlywinks.

Before I move onto my cards, we are looking for a new DT at Allsorts so if you are interested please drop me a mail from the link on the challenge blog sidebar.

For my first card I have used a set called Fragile Fragments, stamped, coloured in parts and the small hearts and number elements stamped a second time in red and decoupaged. I do like the style of these All and Create DL stamps, they are easy to work with and can be left simple or played with to build up more interest as I have done here.

Thought I would share a couple more samples using the new Fairy Hugs stamps which proved very popular at the Craft Store when released this week,  if I have tempted you to take a look they are all available from Julia here.

My second Allsorts card uses a collection of stamp sets from the same source at my first share, sentiment from Blooming Poppies, Arum Lilies from Clocks and Flowers, the tiny hanging heart from Follow your Path, a hear stencil, inked with DI's, a bit of added background interest using worker stamps and the Lilies fixed into position.

Have a good weekend everyone.

 

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All new at Allsorts

Morning Peeps, this week Pauline is our host at Allsorts challenge and her theme is 'Anything Goes with the option of Use something new'. Helping Hands Craft are kindly donating a £15 store voucher for this weeks lucky winner.

Initially it was a dilemma where to start with the 'New' element but in the end the decision was made for me as I have been working with new stamps for both Fairy Hugs and Stampendous this week. Been a bit of a mad rush as due to the holidays, products only arrived mid week and the The Craft Store shows are 9th and 10th January so an unusually quick turnaround. 

You can buy Fairy Hugs via the TV shows or from Julia here in the UK and Stampendous again direct from TV or here in the UK. Today I am sharing a couple of cards from both companies, at the top I have used a mixture of old and new releases from Fairy Hugs, I can't give you the links to the new ones yet as they won't be listed until Monday's One Day Special. 

Above I have used the beautiful Stampendous Painted Lady, the Butterfly really lends itself to decoupage which is what I have done here.

Below another for Fairy Hugs, again with old and new stamps, the Fairy Couple being a new one.

And a House Mouse card, an unusual sight from someone who by their own admission doesn't do cute or much colouring in, but relatively happy with the result. This little fellow is called Bumble Bee Fun.

And a couple more from Fairy Hugs.

That's probably enough for one post, hope you all have a good weekend, stay safe and well and my thanks as always for your kind visits.

 

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Moments

Morning Peeps, it's our first Allsorts challenge of 2022 and I am your host with the theme of 'Black and White plus one'. This weeks prize is an A4 stamp set from Rare Earth 

Above a box of Fairy cards using a plethora of Fairy Hugs stamps, all are available from Julia here or in the States here. I won't list them all as there are about twenty in total so will just name the Fairies who are called Lantana, Tara and Olivia. I have followed a Black White with Pink as my plus one, although I used crystal white glitter which looks perfectly white irl, but has distinct green hues in the photos which I re-did several times to no avail. 

The backgrounds are all done with Oxide sprays Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry and stamping with Versafine Clair Nocturne. The box was made using an old TL die set, one I probably use more than any other as I love the shape.

For my second plus one above I have gone yellow as I love the striking contract with black and white, plus it gives subtle hints of Spring on the way in a few weeks. The stamp is from AALL and Create, the blooms stamped a second time and decoupaged, some mesh from a greenhouse raid.......one day he may even realise I do this regularly and all sorts of things end up in my craft room!! I also added a few worker stamps into the background, a sentiment from another set stamped onto vellum, the single word 'Moments', some twine and a little metal tag.

Happy weekend everyone, stay safe and well and my thanks for your visits.

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Icy cool together

Morning Peeps, this weeks Allsorts challenge with run for two weeks to take us over the Christmas holiday period, Lorraine is our host with the theme of 'Anything Winter'. Ruth Hamilton Design is offering one winner three images from her store and there is also a rather pretty Tonic wreath builder die set.

Today is also mid month inspiration day at We Love Stamping and Stamping Sensations as well as some shares for this weeks Craft Store TV shows for Oakwood Archer so it's a bit of a photo heavy post. I would normally day grab a coffee, but as it's almost Christmas maybe something a bit stronger 🍾

My top card is for eldest Grandson and partner, he's loved Penguin's since he was little so when I saw this new release from AALL and Create it was a must have. All the Penguins were stamped and cut out, a little colouring to bring them to life then arranged onto a background with liberal helpings of snow glitter.

Moving onto my Stamping Sensations share which uses several Fairy Hugs stamps, for those of you new to the company they are available from Julia here in the UK and in the States here. An Oxide background, Olivia sitting on a toadstool keeping an eye on her Fairy House......maybe she is expecting visitors? And I love the Fairy sentiment, after all, don't we all have Fairies at the end of the garden, I know I do!

Also a couple of my shares for the Oakwood Archer two day special on Hochanda/The Craft Store on Sunday 19th and Monday 20th, there's also a further 'Saver' show on 21st. It's fair to say I've been kept pretty busy the last week or so as packages land on the doorstep with increasing regularity and always contain a wonderful collection of goodies.

Another for Allsorts using Ruth's Snowdrops which I coated with masking fluid after printing to enable me to add the wash of green watercolour around it. The snowdrops left uncoloured apart from the leaves and some crystal glitter added to the flowers. Some subtle background stamping and stencilling, washi tape and a little birdie a la Tracy Evans.

Last but by no means least my WLS share which is semi CAS I think, using an old wood mounted Penny Black Poppy stamp masked out to add ink and then the blooms left uncoloured.

Have a lovely weekend and wonderful Christmas, my thanks for your support during 2021 which has been a difficult year Worldwide and most importantly stay safe.

 

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Wings and Tails and the promised Fairies

Morning Peeps, another challenge starting today at  Allsorts  where Ellie has the theme of 'Wings and/or Tails and we have two prizes of Woodware stamps, a fun Owl and a sweet Fairy. 

I did promise more Fairies in my last post and today they have flown in 🧚‍♀️ On the card above I have managed to include both wings and tails using a collection of Lavinia stamps onto an Oxide background, some stencilled hills and liberal helpings of glitter to give a frosty feel. Also an envelope to match.

A collection of tags, this time using Fairy Hugs stamps, on the left Solara and Viola on the right along with various worker stamps, some if which featured at Hochanda/The Craft store yesterday in Julia's shows. All stamps are available in the UK from Julia here and in the States direct from the company here. And below I have used Zelena, Fairy Branches, Cherry Blossoms and again some worker stamps.

Happy weekend all and as always my thanks for you visits and kind words of encouragement.

 

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A Merry Christmas wreath

Morning Peeps another week on and another Allsorts challenge where Lynn would like us to include a die on our work. The prize very fittingly is a die from Tattered Lace and also a second prize of three images from Ruth Hamilton Design. 

My share at the top uses Fairy Hugs stamps, I must thank Julia Watts for the invitation to design for the American company and these are my first shares, some Christmas tags which will be tucked into challenge prizes this weekend and also a Christmas wreath. Fairy Hugs stamps are available from Julia in the UK here and in the States direct from the company here.

Although Fairy Hugs makes lots of Fairy and Fantasy stamps my first two are seasonal makes, the Fairies will be along in due course 🧚‍♀️ The wreath was stamped with a mixture of Versafine Clair inks, a matching envie and a Tattered Lace die cut sentiment.

I have used Ruth Sunflowers again, this time placing them focally in an arrangement of die cut square frames, a little stencilling and some more of the blooms coloured, cut out and added to the corner of the frame. 

And below the tags I referred to earlier, they were stamped on die cut tags sprayed with Oxides and some stencilled stars.

I do hope you will join us this week. Many thanks for your visits today and keep warm, it's perishing here in the Fens.

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