Stamping Sensations November

 The theme for this month at Stamping Sensations is **Anything Goes** with an option of **Magical**.  I'm not sure my card is magical but as it's all stamped it should be OK for the anything goes theme. I started by inking my circular Gelli plate with Distress inks, spattered on some water droplets and then 'stamped' it onto a piece of white card.  The large floral stamp was used twice followed by some grasses and tiny leaves and finally a butterfly.  The flowers were coloured to tone with the background and then some highlights added using a gold gel pen..

Stamps - from Lavinia (butterfly from a magazine freebie set I think) 

Allsorts Challenge #807

 The theme for the current Allsorts Challenge is **Anything Goes** with an optional **Food and Drink**.  I have actually used a teacup on my card but as you see it's been put to a different use to hold some flowers.  I'm not sure if it fits the food and drink theme but at least it's ok for anything goes - tea is something I never drink anyway. The teacup, flowers and sentiment were stamped, coloured and fussy cut before adhering them to the background which was made by smooshing Distress Oxide inks and over stamping with some other stamps to give it a bit of visual texture.

There are some great cards from the Design Team for inspiration and welcome to Helen who is a new recruit to the team.

Stamps - all from Crafty Roo   

Postage Stamp

 This card was made a little while ago but has remained on file for some reason rather than being posted here. I used an image from a pad of LOTV images which I've had for ages; trimmed it to a square and over printed with some post related little images.  A square 'postage stamp' die which I've had for many years was brought of hiding and used to cut a white layer, followed by a purple layer cut with a square die.  Background paper was printed from a downloaded collection.

Image from Lily of the Valley
Stamp Die - an old Spellbinders set
Background - downloaded papers from Buddly Crafts

Snippets Challenge #493

 There's a new challenge over in the Snippets Playground where I'm sure you probably know that's where we are positively encouraged to use up some of our snippets rather than cutting into whole pieces of new card or paper.  There's always a super prize for one lucky entrant each fortnight as well so why don't you search through your own snippets and have a go 😀.  This time I've used my usual card blank and I also had to cut into a new piece of card for a layer slightly smaller but of course this leaves me with a sizeable snippet for other projects.  The wonky tree was stamped onto this piece of card and then stamped again onto a selection of quite small snippets of various green paper so that I could fussy cut the sections to paper piece onto the image.  As these pieces were so small I trimmed them over the waste paper bin so I'm afraid I couldn't take a picture of them this time - they really were tiny 😉. The sentiment was stamped at the bottom and some small gold stars added - these were leftovers from a previous card. I always save any die cuts, however small because they always come in useful at some time.  Finally I decided a border was needed and luckily I found a large green snippet for this and of course 'gutted' or cut out a square from the centre before using it here - no one would know once the card is assembled.

Stamps - from Crafty Roo at sale price
Stars - from a Sizzix Seasonal die set

Christmas

 Yes, *Christmas* is the theme this week for the Allsorts Challenge or of course there's always the *Anything Goes* option.  I've had another play with some of my stamps and come up with another seasonal scene featuring a pretty tree being admired by a couple of hares.  I've not added a sentiment because I think the occasion is fairly obvious.  Stamping was done using Versafine Clair Nocturne with a touch of blue for the stars.  Baubles on the tree were coloured using a glittery gel pen and the snowscape achieved using torn paper and some Distress ink.  There was a final touch of glitter added using a glue pen but of course, as usual, doesn't show in the pic.  Brilliant prizes from Lavinia stamps too.

Stamps - from Lavinia Stamps

Time Flies

 This week has just flown by and I realise I've not posted since Monday so here is a card to share which was made a while ago when I was trying to use up some small tall card blanks which I've had for ages.  I used a stamp which I bought in a sale - stamped, coloured and fussy cut.  A polyplate was used with Distress Oxide inks to make a background panel and a die cut sentiment added.

Flower - stamps purchased in Crafty Roo sale a while ago
Background - Fall Away polyplate from Crafty Roo, stock item
Hello - die from Gummiapan 

Allsorts Challenge #805

 The current challenge at Allsorts is seasonal **Magic of the Season** with the usual option of anything goes - a lovely prize too.  For my bit of magic I turned to Lavinia stamps to build up a wintry scene and used a stag and some trees stamped using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.  Winter branches were added to partially frame the scene, stamping with black and then with white which was embossed.  There are some subtle glittery highlights on the snowy ground but they don't show up well in the picture. 

Stamps - all from Lavinia
Inks - Versafine Clair Nocturne and Elements Violet Chalk