ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE #500 - DIE CUTS/STENCILS

Welcome back to another challenge from Addicted to Stamps and More and we are back with our diecuts and/or stencils challenge.  Those regulars to my blog know I love my grungy colours but I am trying very hard to use some softer summery colours which is how this card came about.  

I started off by using the vase stencil by Tracy Evans SS4 using Tim Holtz Bundled Sage Distress Oxide ink.  I then used a stamp by Alison Bomber from one of her sets to create the mottled effect on the vase using some Versafine ink. 

The flower stamps and the sentiments and butterfly are all from a set by Indigo Blu and were gifted to me by a friend.   I really like that quote and thought it went well with the soft colours.  I added extra inks and background stamping with some Oxides after I had done all the stamping.  

I'm adding this into the folllowing:

Just us Girls - Stencil 

Time Out - Support 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - AG 

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Card of Encouragement 

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE #485 - STENCILS/DIE CUTS

Welcome back to another challenge at ATSM - and we are on our diecuts/or stencils challenge.  I have quite a few die cuts and to be honest I really don't use them that much - apart from Tim Holtz ones.  I never seem to get them to cut very well and end up wasting a lot of paper.  But I did incorporate a die cut for the sentiment for my card and luckily it cut really well!

I used one of Tracy Evans Boutique Stencil for the vase and stamped over it with a stamp by Alison Bomber.  All other stamps are from Tracy Evans Boutique Designs.  I cut out the flowers and large leaves and added them with dimensionals and a touch of thread for added texture. The background was stamped and inked after I had created the focal feature.  I used Versafine Clair inks for the stamping and Tim Holtz Distress for the colouring. 

I'm adding this into the following:

Krafty Chicks - AG 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - AG 

Stencil Fun 

The Outlawz Challenge - AG Greeting 

HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS - IC426

A wonderful autumnal/harvest mood board for you at Hand Stamped Sentiments this week.  I focused on the pinecones and knew exactly what stamp set I wanted to use.

The stamp set Pinecone is by Tracy Evans for Aallandcreate.  I started by inking my background with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks and I added some Cosmic Shimmer Mica Powder to give the blue shine parts. I used a stencil by Tracy called Undergrowth which you can just see as the pale parts which are leaves.  Some extra Tracy stamps Ticketed Snippets, Seasons and Bulb Gazette were stamped in the background.  

The little bird is from Ticketed Snippets and I added it to a metal embellishment from Creative Expressions.  It fit just perfectly. I added some water droplet embellishments and a metal tag from Tim Holtz.  I added some Spectrum Noir sparkle to give it extra shine.