A Little Celebration

Hello.  Welcome.  Stampotique are celebrating 150 challenges and I wanted to join the fun.  I've used the STAMPlorations bi-weekly sketch and kept it simple

 

I stamped Stampotique's Little Hoo Hoo in black archival and masked.  I used Memory Box Shine stencil and DI Festive Berries.  The sentiment is from PaperArtsy SIDD5 stamp set

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Stampotique Designers Challenge 150 - Celebration

STAMPlorations Sketch Challenge 13

The Artistic Stamper Creative Team June Challenge - Colour It Red 

Stamping Sensations June Challenge - Animal Antics 

StampARTic Challenge 235 - Use Stencils 

Thanks for dropping by.  Bunny pictures soon Laura.  Hugs

Bunnyday Sunday

Hello.  Welcome.  It's very warm and occasionally sunny today.  My Lionhead rabbit has just had 5 little fat babies.  Happy Sunday everyone.  Despite challenges to the creativity caused by the arrival of an extremely annoying head cold a few days ago I have managed to get a project finished to join the PaperArtsy challenge.  Lots of creative awesomeness there again this week and I started playing with a few ideas til I realised focus and one finished would be helpful!

I really liked the box Sue made but decided to try some of the techniques on a card.  I started with a piece of kraft that had a stamp/postmark print on it.  I added some texture paste and stippled it.  

 

I painted my texture paste with a few shades of brown acrylic, used DI Walnut Stain through Memory Box Shine stencil and then added some Creative Expressions Vintage Golden Green gilding wax.  Now I have a problem because I really like this and everything I tried covers up that lovely background.  I like that the stamp print is still a bit visiable in the corner and I love the glow on the gilding wax.  Arrrggggggg.....

But I decided it had to have a little more.  A stamp from LPC003, stamped on kraft and fussy cut then backed with an embossed, crumpled and torn piece of crunchy wax paper.  Some birds, Sizzix Birds on a wire decorative strip, and some other tiny elements from various LPC stamps.  I also added a stamped tape border using an MME stamp and some more of the gilding wax to the bird die cut.  Still space for a sentiment.......

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PaperArtsy

Country View Challenge #16 - Only Men Allowed 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Fathers Day/Masculine  

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Patriotic Cupcakes

Hello.  Welcome.  I have made a little something for Cheery Lynn where the theme this week is red, white and blue.  I always think this is a very classy combo. 

 

I used a white card that came already embossed with flowers.  I tinted it with VersaMagic Aegean Sea chalk ink.  I cut Cheery Lynn Spring Flower Burst Doily from red card but left all the negatives in place.  I cut Cheery Lynn Small Tea Rose from blue card, use my ball tool on the back of the petals and layered two together.  I like this gives a totally different look flower.  I used Chery Lynn BAF #1 for the white center and then a red rhinestone.  I also added a wink of stella to the edges of the petals.  

I stamped The Greeting Farm Double Cupcake Anya and coloured with promarkers.  The sentiment is from PaperArtsy SIDD5 stamp set.  

 

My card joining the fun at

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 135 - Red, White and Blue 

Loves Rubberstamps Challenges 106 - Anything Goes 

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes 

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Fairy Easel

Hello.  Welcome.  Over at Joan's Touch Joan has challenged us to make a twisted easel card.  I've never made one before.  Always thought it was technical but after reading Joan's post and having a look online I realised it isn't!  So I decided to make my first ever and combine it with the Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge, hence the fairy.

I've used MME Abbey Road patterned cardstock for the ATC and the easel.  I stamped LOTV Bumblebee Fairy using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto card, coloured with Promarkers and added wink of stella to her clothes and wings.  Then I fussy cut her and stuck her to the ATC.  Then I added a metal parcel embellishment

 

I cut my easel from the same MME card.  I used a brad as a stop and added a Kort og Godt stamped sentiment. 

Joining the fun at

Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge 138 - Fairy Wonderland

Joan's Touch Challenge #16 

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts May Challenge - Flowers and Charms

Craft-room Challenge - Things With Wings 

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Flowers for Joan

Hello.  Welcome  I've used a Prima doll, MME patterned cardstock and the recipe from Joan's Touch to make this confirmation card.  Joan's recipe this week was to cut your card so part of the image stood above the fold and to use cardstock for colour.  I found this quite a challenge and it was going to be a christmas tree card but I have discovered my cutting skills aren't so good when you need the positive and negative intact.  And the christmas tree die has temporarily disappeared so no help there.  Instead I found a stamp with simple lines and went with that. 

 

I stamped my Prima Doll using Memento Black Tuxedo ink directly onto the patterned cardstock and cut out the top of the image and then folded the card.  I stamped again on flowered paper and paper pieced her dress and hairband.  I coloured her hair with henna promarker and added some shading to the ruffle with blue promarker.  I added some lace.  Had to cut around her a bit more to get it behind her.  Added some pearls from Storyteller and the sentiment is Kort og Godt.  It reads good luck today and for the future.  I added some dots with a black marker on the RHS to extend the stamp and make it look a bit better.  Although I admit it's not the straightest stamping I have ever done.  I still need to put something over the back hole and an insert inside.  A little shabby chic maybe..........

 

Felt like I needed some more dots so I have doodled and doodled a bit more.  Now she looks grounded.

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Joan's Touch Challenge #15
7 Kids Challenge 100 - Anything Goes
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge 105 - Add Some Doodling
I Love Promarkers Challenge 221 - Flowers
Storyteller Norge Utfordring 17 - Komfirmasjon eller Feiring 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

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CCC May

Hello.  Welcome.  Here's the card I made for the May Card Chain Challenge. 

 

I used bronze card for my base card.  The heart paper is from DoCrafts Born to Shop paper pad.  On the RHS I added the top layer of a napkin.  I thought this was a great sentiment and since one of the challenge themes was food I thought it appropriate.  What do you mean?  Of course champagne is one of the most important food groups........  I added a layer of mauve which I covered with clear wink of stella.  Gotta love the bling.  I embossed the lady from one of DoCrafts Born to Shop embossing folders, coloured her with distress inks and cut her out. 

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Go Where You Are Led

Hello.  Welcome.  Lots of exciting inspiration over at PaperArtsy this week but I am in a distracted mood so I have decided to start by following Kate's third post and see where it leads me.  I have no destination in mind but I do have Chatsworth papers and all the scraps!!   Too gorgeous to let even a little piece slip away so hopefully something good will come of all those scraps.  

I started by sticking bits onto a 15 x 20 cm base.

A bit of gesso and bottle*.  Thought I'd better let it dry.  Usually I just add it all at once and end up with mud!!

A little butterscotch*, maybe a little too much!!, and pebble* (*Adirondack Acrylic Paint).  Me thinks I should have foregone the butterscotch!!!  I went outside and hit it with some copper Shimmer Spritz..... and watched most of it blow away!!!   Arrrggggggg.  A couple of extra hits to accommodate wind drift..... 

Then this!  JOFY PS007 stencil with Dreamweaver yellow embossing paste.  Should have used walnut stain and bumped because I think these two work well together but instead ended up using a Henna Promarker and doodled in some shadows.   

and then it all went a bit radical.  I decided it was too big for all my stamps and decided to do a tag

 Then I decided it needed backing so used a copper card.  So now it's a tag on a tag shaped card, with a Prima doll.  Bet you didn't see that coming.  I know I didn't.

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PaperArtsy
Stampotique Designers Challenge 147 - Tags
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - The Artsy Stamp 
Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge 105 - Add Some Doodling 
I Love Promarkers Challenge 221 - Flowers 
7 Kids Challenge 100 - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 

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