Using Things Up

 I had three die cuts left over from the set used on my previous card and decided to incorporate them into another card right away rather than let them lie around unused.  I die cut a stitched frame, an owl in flight and a backing piece to fit within the frame.  This was smooshed with  Chipped Sapphire Distress ink to give the appearance of a night sky. The tree, fence and crescent moon were coloured using Distress inks and a water brush - Wink of Stella was added to the moon.  The owl die cut was layered up to give it some perspective (coloured using alcohol pens).  Once the framed scene was complete it was backed with a piece of green card and a sentiment was added.  This design was inspired by a recent You Tube video from Chris Stokes

Tree, fence and moon - part of die cut set using Aall & Create Roadway Vistas #78
Owl - die from owl set by Craft Addiction UK (mixture of sizes and designs)
Frame - dies also from CAUK
Sentiment - wiry words, a very old stamp set from Creative Design

Happy Mail

 A lovely friend sent me some happy mail recently which included a wonderful die cut frame set.  Of course I couldn't wait to have a play with them and built up a little scene with yet another perch for our favourite bunny.  I did a bit of smooshing on the white background piece and coloured the tree and fence which had been cut using white card.  I then die cut bunny and a couple of tiny flowers, adding a stamped sentiment.  A big thank you to my friend, ( you know who you are) - making this certainly made me smile 😊😊

Frame, tree and fence - Aall & Create die set #78 Roadway Vistas
Bunny - my unbranded favourite bunny
Flowers - dies from Gummiapan

Two Challenges

 This is a very small item for two challenges - an AT Coin featuring text and made using Snippets.  I'm taking it along to the Tag-along and ATC challenge and also, because it has used no less than three Snippets, I'm calling in at the Playground on the way.  

For anyone who doesn't know, an Artist Trading Coin is a small piece of Art a whole 2.5 inches across and they are usually swapped with others who make and collect them.  I'm sure you probably know that the Snippets Playground is where we share any pieces of work which have been made using at least one Snippet (usually small scraps left over from other projects and which we just can't bear to throw in the bin) 😉.

I cut the circle from a white Snippet, added some text in the background, followed by a bit of stencil work.  I then stamped and fussy cut a flower which I over stamped with smaller text, adding a tiny label.  That's it - a teeny weeny project for the Tag-along theme of 'add some text' which was also made entirely from Snippets where the theme is always 'use Snippets'.

Stencil - from my stash, not marked with a name
Flower - from Floral stamp set by Craft Addiction UK
Text on Flower - long retired Stampin' Up stamp from French Foliage
Background text - very old ATC stamp set from Chocolate Baroque (Artylicious)

Allsorts Challenge #851

 The theme for the latest Allsorts Challenge is **Anything Goes in the Garden** with prizes coming from Oakwood.  Full details can be seen on the Allsorts post.  For my DT card this time I decided to make a tag for a change and I started by adding texture paste through a stencil over part of the space and, once dry, I added some watered down ink to add a bit of colour. The tag itself was cut from a piece of printed kraft card from a pad I've had for a long time. I then rooted about amongst my oddments and pulled out a scrap of torn paper and a few random die cuts which I arranged to make up a pleasing composition.

Tag - kraft card from a Tim Holtz pad
Leafy dies - from a Tim Holtz die set
Bow - die from Gummiapan
Bird and Film Strip - unbranded dies
No name on the stencil

Add Text

 There's a new theme this month for the latest Tag-along and ATC challenge and they would like to see us add text in some form to our projects.  It can be a simple sentiment or maybe some text used as an element of a background - lots of scope.  A lovely prize at the end of the month as well and you can enter up to four times.  My first entry is an ATC for which I trimmed a piece of inky background to size and then over stamped with some text and a few splodges.  I then die cut the 'Hello' word and the cat.  The title label was prepared on the computer and trimmed with scissors.

Background Text and Splodges - very old stamps from Stampin' Up French Foliage set
Cat - designed by Tim Holtz
Hello - die which came free with a magazine some time ago
Inky Background from my stash of odd bits and pieces
Label - composed using MS Word

Hello Bunny

 I often try to come up with ideas of places where everyone's favourite bunny might sit and thought this scenario might be a bit of a change for him ☺️.  Everything on this card has come from my oddments box and the dies used are all unbranded.  Once I had the idea it was a quick card to make for a bit of fun.

Party Bears

 I've used a digital download image for this card and opted for the pre-coloured version although it also comes uncoloured as well.  I found a nice toning piece of patterned paper and a strip of embossed card which has been lying around for ages just waiting for the right card..  Some little tags were added for the sentiment and to give extra interest.

Image - Downloaded from Craft Addiction UK, designed by Louise Dunne
Tags - also from CAUK
Everything else from my stash of bits and pieces (AKA Snippets)