ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE #519 - ANY OCCASION.

We are back with another Any Occasion challenge at ATSM.  I need cards in my stash as I run a RAK group on FB where we send cards out to each other - we are based all over the world and it's so nice to receive hand made cards.  This one will probably be winging its way to someone this month.

I started by using the new wall stencil by Tracy Evans Boutique Designs using Tim Holtz Distress Oxide in Pumice Stone and Hickory Smoke.  I then used her dog rose stamp from the set Dog Rose and Butterfly.  I stamped it first then cut out the extra flowers to add dimension.  I coloured them in with Prismacolour pencils.  The leaves along the sides are an old stamp I'm not sure where from.  I added some ephemera pieces and the sentiment embossed on black cardstock. 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES - #186 FLORAL

We are back with another challenge for you at Moving Along With The Times and this month we want to see your floral projects.

I've used a stamp by Tracy Evans Boutique Designs with these lovely snowdrops on them which I received for Christmas.  I've been out to my garden to check on the progress of my real ones and I can only find one!!! 

I created my background with Tim Holtz Twisted Citron Distress Oxide giving it a light covering.  I then stamped the various snowdrop words as the background.  Some were from this stamp set - others were from an old set from Tracy.  I stamped the flowers onto a panel and added that to the background. A perfect card for spring!  

I'm adding this into the following:

Ellibelle Garden 

SSS Wednesday AG

Creative Inspirations AG

I spy with my little eye - something new - new stamps 

LOVE TO CRAFT - CHRISTMAS MAGIC

Welcome back to another challenge at Love to Craft where we love to see what has inspired you to create over the past few months. 

I recently purchased one of the new stamps from Lavinia Stamps from their new collection - I chose this cute little mouse stamps Pipspell although a few other Lavinia stamps did fall into my basket lol!

I was inspired to create this card by Lisa Taggart.  I love how she created the branches and I used some Tim Holtz Stamps for the tree and the foliage.  I think the addition of the white ink really makes them pop.

I used some of Tracy Evans Boutique Designs little baubles to hang from the tree.  They were coloured in some handmade inks my daughter bought for me a few years ago - they have a gorgeous sparkle to them.

I created some snow banks for the little mouse and added some footprints in the snow.  The bottom left has the Winter Magic stamp embossed in white embossing powder.  I also added some stars with a mini star stamp from Lavinia.   The sentiment is from Tim Holtz Mr Frostie set.

I'm adding this into the following:

Dream Valley - a card for a child 

Inspire Create - Christmas 

Stamping Sensations - Christmas 

Girlsandtheart - Magical 

A perfect time to craft - AG

12 months of Christmas 

Critter Crazy - AG 

Merry Little Christmas - AG 

Mix It Up - AG 

PEARLY SPARKLES - FANTASY

Welcome back to another challenge at Pearly Sparkles and our theme of Fantasy.  

I've recently discovered Lavinia Stamps' stick on stencils and they are amazing.  Such a great idea and my first purchase was the lovely vases.  They are quite big though but I think they also do a smaller size.  I used the stencil to create my scene within the vase.  I've used a lot of Lavinia stamps for my scene with a few infill of foliage stamps by Tracy Evans.  I'm finding these scenes quite addictive to create! 

I'm adding this into the following challenges:

Allsorts - AG - opps sorry I got the last one wrong Brenda lol! 

More than words - my spirit animal is the Hare and you will find them all over my house and garden. The hare spirit animal is one of new beginnings and that's certainly true for me in the last few years.

Double Trouble - AG  

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE - #477 CHRISTMAS

Welcome back to another challenge at ATSM and we are back on Christmas.  I saw a lady in Tracy Evan's FB group do a wonderful bubble card and really fancied having a go.  I managed to find a You Tube tutorial by Laura Wenn and will pop the link down below.  I didn't have any  of the silver ink that was used for the bubble to create the frosting so I improvised with glitter and a fern stamp. 

I think my bubble is a little bit large but by then I was committed to my card so thought I'd continue with it.  I've used the new release from Tracy Evans Boutique Designs called Winter Delights.  I just love those little penguins!  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0poBOELlmho&t=23s

I'm adding this into the following:

12 months of Christmas 

Christmas Crafts - Trees or Barns 

Festive Fridays - Christmas 

Peace on Earth 

Merry Little Christmas 

WELCOME AUTUMN

Autumn is my favourite time of year but it's come far too early as we have hardly had a summer yet here in Wales and now we are almost into winter!  So much wet weather.  Hopefully we will get a few dry crisp sunny days to enjoy the autumn colours.

This was definitely on my mind this wet Sunday with my next card.  I used a combination of stamps from Lavinia, Alison Bomber, Visible Image and Tracy Evans to create my little scene.  I used a leaf stencil from Visible Image to add extra leaves in the same Wild Honey distress Ink to the background.  Colours are from Tim Holtz Distress Oxides apart from the shimmer on the little light and the rose hips which are Renaissance Colours hand made paints.

I'm adding this into the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Autumn Colours 

Colourful Options - Be Bold 

Lets Create - AG 

Day of the month - Autumn Stroll 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - A is for Autumn 

Simply Create Too - Autumn 

Tic Tac Toe - Leaves, Ink Blending, Multiples 

Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday - Stamp It 

Four Seasons Challenge - Fall 

How exciting to be the Designer's Choice at Tic Tac Toe 

PEARLY SPARKLES - ALL THINGS PINK/PEARLS AND/OR SPARKLE

September is a special month here at Pearly Sparkles as we remember Traci who created this challenge blog.  September is Traci's birthday month and we are remembering her with Traci's Recipe Challenge :

PINK, PEARLS AND/OR SPARKLE - use at least one of these

I started my card by using a colour wash of Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Kitsch Flamingo and Spun Sugar.  I then stamped my image which is a Tim Holtz rose in Versa Fine Clair Chianti.  The added stamping of the dots and the stars is also a Tim Holtz Stamp and I finished it off with some added Nuovo Crystal Drops. The sentiment is from Tracy Evans.

I'm adding this into the following:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - AG 

Shopping our stash - just because 

Tuesday Taggers - make it feminine 

Inkspirational - CAS 

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE - STENCILS/DIE CUTS #475

Welcome back to another challenge for Addicted to stamps and More.  I've used one of the new stencils by Tracy Evans Boutique Designs for my card which is one of her bauble stencils.  You also get the cut outs with her stencils and this is what I've used here.  Taping it down with a little bit of tape to stop it moving while I created the background.  I used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink in Bundled Sage.  

I then added an old stamp of Tracys to create the idea of the tree using Iced Spruce for the branches.  I stamped the robin stamp inside the bauble and added a lot of Spectrum Noir sparkle pen to make it shine. A splatter of white Posca pen and some inking on the bird finished it off.