BIRD JOURNAL

I have been creating a bird journal with some of the lovely papers by Sam Poole Designs which I downloaded from her Etsy account.  It was my first time trying this and it was very pain free and great that I now have these papers I can print over again.  However, my recent page threw a curveball. Those of you who know my work will know these really aren't my colours.  I don't do a lot of purple.  My apology is to Sam as these are not the colours she chose - however, my printer is running out of ink and this is what it gave me.  I didn't want to just discard them so pulled on my big girl pants and created with purple tones.  A bit of a shock but I survived.  I had to grunge it up with some black to recover lol!

Extra stamping with the quote is by Sara Naumann for Paper Artsy.  This quote is by Victor Hugo and is from her stamp set ESN22.  It fits the page perfectly and is a reminder to me creating my journals that I can create this type of art which I'm finding so much more fulfilling than cards.

All other examples of this book so far are on my Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/the_welsh_crafter/

I'm adding this into the following challenges:

Heart's Quest Lovable Quotable 

CRAFT -AG 

Creative Inspiration AG 

Tuesday Taggers - flying high 

Polkadoodle - AG 

Creative Fingers - AG 

INSPIRATION STATION - #81

Welcome back to another year of inspiration from Inspiration Station.  I hope you like our first image and I'm looking forward to seeing how it inspires you.  

It reminded me that I have this lovely squirrel stamp set from Visible Image which hasn't really  had much inking over the years.  I created a snowy scene for him, together with a few friends from Tracy Evans Boutique Designs and Lavinia Stamps.   The berries are also from Tracy Evans.  Seeing everyone using Dr Ph Martin's bleed proof white I had to get myself some for the wintery cards and it really is worth it.  It's great for creating those snowy effects. 

LOVE TO CRAFT - #90 - ANYTHING GOES

Welcome back to another challenge from Love to Craft- I hope you all had a peaceful Christmas.  Staying with the Christmas theme just for one more time I'm sharing a card I created using the wonderful stamps from Tracy Evans Boutique Designs.  

I adore how this card turned out and loved the muted colours I ended up using.  The poinsettia stamp was inked onto some vellum paper and then white embossed.  I stamped it twice and then cut out the middle piece of the poinsettia and added some clear gems.  The sentiment is from Tim Holtz. 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES #185 - STENCILS AND/OR DIES

Welcome back to another challenge from Moving Along with the Times.  This is my choice for the  challenge this month and I would like to see you using your stencils and /or your dies. 

I started off by using the lovely vase stencil by Tracy Evans Boutique Designs.  I used Distress Oxide in Antique Linen for the vase.  I then added some extra stamping from a very old Cherry Pie stamp to give the vase some extra interest.  The berries and the cyclamen is from Tracy's set Berries TE55 and I added the little mouse at the bottom. The extra foliage is from another Tracy Evans set. I used a metal die for the sentiment. I used Prismacolour pencils to colour in the berries and flowers. 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES - WINTER WONDERLAND

Welcome back to another challenge at Moving Along with the Times where our theme is Winter Wonderland. 

My little scene includes stamps from Tracy Evans Boutique Designs with the trees and the background words and the hare and the toadstools from Lavinia Stamps.

I simply used torn photocopy paper to create my snowbanks and then stamped the trees in various colours and heights.  The sentiment is an old one from my stash - I added some glitter to the snow with a Spectrum Noir sparkle pen and then splattered over some white ink for snow. 

I'm entering this into the following:

We Love Stamping - Christmas 

Stamping Sensations - Christmas 

Peace on Earth - wintery scene 

Girlz Creative Christmas 

Carlin's Cards - White Christmas 

Merry Little Christmas - AG 

ON THE WILD SIDE

Another play with the new stamp sets from Tracy Evans Boutique Designs - TE50 On the Wild Side and TE45 Dog Rose and Butterfly.  I created the background with some Distress Oxide inks then added the stamping.  The butterfly was cut out and popped on dimentions and has lots of sparkle.  I love the extra ephemera pieces in TE 45 too.  I added a pop of colour as everything else had been stamped in Versafine Portobello or Black.  

This fits in perfectly with the Just Us Girls challenge and their mood board 

Stamping Sensations - AG 

We love2create - AG

We love stamping - AG 

Allsorts - AG 

Ellibelle - from the garden 

Simon Says Stamp - Monday - make your own background 

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE #494

Welcome back to another Any Occasion challenge at ATSM.  It's been a while since I've created one of these style of cards where you mask off the middle and stamp around the edges.  

I used a variety of stamps from Tracy Evan's Boutique Designs and some extra foliage from Alison Bomber.  I used some new Posca pencils to colour in. Oops - I don't mean Posca pencils sorry - I meant Prismacolor pencils.  I do like the vibrant colours they give.  I used to Versafine ink colours in similar colours of pink and green to create the sentiment. 

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE BIRTHDAYS #493

Another birthday challenge this week at Addicted to Stamps and More.  I started off my card using some Distress Oxide in Dusty Concord.  Purple is not a colour I often use but I thought I'd go for all the purples with this one.  I smooshed the ink onto the mat added water and then picked up the ink on the paper and left it to dry.  You never know what sort of background you will get.

My flower which is from Tracy Evans stamps was stamped in Wilted Violet and clear embossed.  I then used Tim Holtz water colour pencils in the purples to colour it in.  I added one of Tracy's fern stencils at the bottom and various background stamping in a very faint purple.

INSPIRATION STATION #71

It's time for another challenge for Inspiration Station this month featuring these cute bunnies and I look forward to seeing how they inspire your creativity this month. 

I used a couple of products from Tracy Evans Boutique Designs and some of Tracy's older stamps for my card.  I first stamped the gorgeous snowdrop in Versafine Verdant and Shady lane - adding both colours to the stamp to get a variation of colour.  The background stamping are also Tracy's stamps.  

I then used one of Tracy's new stencils the hare SS2 to create my hares using Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink and Tim Holtz Crackle Paste.  I cut them out and added them to some burlap ribbon on the bottom.

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE #484 - ANY OCCASION

Happy New Year and welcome back to our challenges for 2025 at Addicted to Stamps and More.  We start off the New Year with Any Occasion so really anything goes. 

This is definitely not my usual colour palette as I tend to go for the grungy type of colours - I must just be craving some spring weather after all the miserable cold weather we've had lately.  It seems to have gone on for months here in Wales especially as we didn't have much of a summer.  I used some Versafine Clair inks in Baby Pink and Avodao and used Tim Holtz watercolour pencils to colour in the flowers with Villanous Potion and Picked Raspberry. 

I used one of Tracy Evans Boutique Stamps set called Malva TE8 for the main flower and added some of the stems from the Persicaria from TE13 Delight in Nature.  I have this plant in my garden and didn't even realise and I have even managed to make cuttings.  I stamped a smaller Mallow stamp from the set and added a pearl to the inside.  The background word stamping is from another of Tracy's stamps TE9 Take Flight.  The butterfly and the sentiment is from an old Simon Says Stamp set called Thoughtful Flowers. 

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Creative Inspiration - AG

Outlawz Challenge - AG 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - CAS 

Simplyellibelle - Wed - AG 

Beautiful Blossoms- AG 

Creative Crafters - AG