Loons and Elephants

Hello.  Welcome.  Oh, the joys of midnight crafting Bwahahahaahahaa.  I have been following along with the Winnie and Walter Birthday Bash challenges and there are only two I haven't managed yet.  With the deadline looming I decided to have a go and see if I could rustle up a couple more ideas.   Idea 1 - Alter a stamped image with masking.  What a lark.  I may have made this much more difficult than needed.......

But worth the effort....

Take your stamp, in this case the elephant and monkey from Winnie and Walters Big Hugs set, and mask off the bit you don't want to stamp, before you ink the stamp. 

Stamp you image.  Voila, elephant without an ear.  

Mask the stamped image, not covering the missing ear of course.  Of course!!  Stamp the dog and cat and the sentiments from the Big Hugs set.  Colour with your medium of choice, in this case Promarkers, cut with Stamplorations double stitch rectangle die and mount on a dark grey card base,  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Time Out Challenges 131 and 5th Birthday

 

Sorting Through

Hello.  Welcome.  It's the 15th of the month so time for a new challenge at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where the theme is Round and Round.  I decided to make some Artist Trading Coins with a circle background and a Mermaid with a round face.  

I started with a piece of pale beige grungy designer paper from Kort og Godt and cut my coins using a Sizzix die.

The coins were stamped with black archival ink and Lost Coast Designs PMC Circle Frame stamp.  

I stamped the Butterfly Mermaid with Face three times on white card and fussy cut them.

I used parts of Carmen's Veranda Quiet Chaos Madness sentiment stamped on scraps of white card

The whole sentiment reads;

WHEN SHE IS QUIET

THERE IS A REASON.

SHE IS SORTING THROUGH

ALL THE CHAOS

IN HER HEAD....

ALL THE MADNESS

IN HER HEART.

You can join the fun with your Round and Round makes for your chance to win Lost Coast dollars.  Don't forget to feature real rubber or clear stamping in your project!

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Feminine/Girly 
Dies R Us Challenge 117 - One For The Ladies 
Penny Black and More Going Round in Circles Challenge 
Emerald Creek Ordinary Day Dare Challenge sounds like an ordinary day for me LOL.

The Brights of Spring

Hello.  Welcome.  Is your garden bursting with yellow, green, purple and orange??  The colours of spring!  And also Halloween!! but we can come back to that a little later....  Yesterday I used a die cut as a mask and today I decided to dress up the die cut with distress inks and ended up with this very bright card.

Sunglasses required!!

I started with the Winnie and Walter Peppermint Zone Cutaway die cut and blended Mustard Seed and Ripe Persimmon distress inks onto it.  I used a piece of scrap paper to protect my desk and I am thinking that may become a project in itself!!

I couldn't find a purple card base in a shade I liked so I used a pale pink one and smeared Wilted Violet distress ink on it until it was ascetically pleasing.  

The girl is a Pink and Main stamp coloured in shades o' green.  I added five rhinestones to her dress, two on the bodice and one on each of the flowers.  The sentiment is from Winnie and Walter's Big Hugs stamp set, stamped on very light weight vellum.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Winnie & Walter 5th Birthday Bash - Customize Die Cuts
Winnie & Walter 5th Birthday Bash - Five Challenge  used 5 rhinestones
Time Out Challenges 131 and 5th Birthday
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Feminine/Girly

 

Blue and Peppermint

Hello.  Welcome.  OK, I promise this is the last thing I'm sharing in this colour scheme.  If only cos I have run out of the mint and steel blue card!!  I must admit I really really like these colours together. They may have to become my top favourite!!  So one last trio of cards in the blue, navy and mint.

I used Simon Says Stamp Diamond Parade die for the pieced background and the animals from Winnie and Walter Big Hugs stamp set.  Sentiment says have a fantastic day.

The sentiments are from the same Kort og Godt patterned paper sheet I used for the card bases, all edged with dark blue ink.  Sentiment says congratulations.

Getting short of the Making Memories mint paper so this one went heavy on the steel blue metallic card.  The animals were all stamped on pale grey wood grain paper and fussy cut.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Winnie & Walter 5th Birthday Bash - Card Set Challenge
Words 2 Craft By 63 - Happiness Held, Happiness Shared
Word Art Wednesday 378/379 - Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge March

Mine's An Espresso Truffle

Hello.  Welcome.  On a cold grey day a cuppa Espresso Truffle sounds like a great idea.  

I cut a mask using Winnie and Walter Peppermint Zone cutaway die and sponged Rocket Red ink through onto a white panel.  I stamped the cup from Winnie and Walters Warm Wishes set with Midnight Blue dye ink and Memento Espresso Truffle and fussy cut.  I cut the panel using Stamplorations Double Stitch Rectangle die and mounted it on a white base card.  I used the same red ink to ink the corner of the base card. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Stamplorations March Theme Challenge - Stamps and Coffee
Stamplorations March CAS Challenge
Scrap From Your Heart Utfordring 31 - Clean and Simple
Papercraft Challenges Challenge 32 - Clean and Simple

Just Call Me

Hello.  Welcome.  I am all a jingle today.  The lovely Dotty Jo asked me to guest elf at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge, so just call me Twinkletoes Bunnyslippers­­.  Here's my new hat.

A few years ago I decided to make christmas cards all year round, a few each month, so I would have a good stash by the time the crazy season arrived.  I play along with a few all year christmas blogs and was delighted when Jo started the Christmas Kickstart Challenge.  It's two weekly, so plenty time to make a make, and it's a really fun place to be.   This fortnight the theme is Moves On Hooves and we are delighted to be being sponsored by Rubber Dance Stamps.  So you get to grow your christmas card stash and have a chance to grow your christmas stamp stash as well!!  Win Win!!!!  Here's my inspiration.

I know!!  It's that colour scheme again!!!  I must admit that Mr Mojo wasn't playing the game and so we borrowed a card from my One Sheet Wonder Not pile and added a Sizzix Dress Up die cut Reindeer.  I never did get the matching clothes die, but it wasn't so difficult to rustle up a snowflake patterned paper ugly sweater.  I'm a resourceful elf you know.  I added some colour with distress inks and a red sharpie for his nose.  The diamond die cut is Simon Says Stamp Diamond Parade and the merry christmas is black stickers.  

Hop on over to the Christmas Kickstart Challenge and link up your christmas makes featuring hoofed things for more fun than a flambeed christmas pudding.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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UnstampaBelles Challenge #87 - Time For the Men
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Peppermint and Blue

Hello.  Welcome.  Back with the same colour scheme as yesterday and a few more cards featuring Winnie and Walter's Big Hugs stamp set.  

All the card bases are Kort og Godt patterned card and also the grey woodgrain paper I stamped the animals on.  Here I cut a panel of the stripey mint Making Memories paper then used Winnie and Walters Carly Cutaway dies to cut the pierced circle.  I stamped the cute bears then added the sentiment (says Congratulations).  

These are the card bases I made from 12 x 12 sheet.  I love that on the back of the makers label they have printed three sentiments.  These I have used on my three cards.  Isn't that a great idea!!  Nothing wasted.  Love it!

For this card I cut two triangles of the mint stripey paper and then used the circle I cut from the first card panel on top.  Love the pierced detail.  All the panels and the card bases have been edged with Midnight Blue ink.   Sentiment - Congratulations for the day.

I wanted to keep a circular element so I cut a frame using the Carly dies from the grey woodgrain paper.  I cut the stripe mint and some dark blue metallic card with Winnie and Walters Do You See What I See die and layered the three die cuts together.  Then I took some of the diamond negative cuts and added two rows of them down each side of the card.  Sentiment says - Have a Fantastic Day

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Winnie & Walter 5th Birthday Bash - Layering Die Cuts the third card
Winnie & Walter 5th Birthday Bash - Card Set Challenge
Penny Black and More Going Round in Circles Challenge
Allsorts Challenge Week 510 - For a Child