Tag-along and ATC Challenge

Amongst some 'Happy Mail' received recently there were some blank die cut tags so I decided to decorate one of them and this is what I'm taking along to the Tag-along and ATCs challenge, where the theme this time is **Anything Autumn**.   My tag has been made using some of the colours of Autumn.  Both tags were cut from white card so I smooshed some colour onto the top layer and, once dry, over stamped using a large background stamp featuring keys.  The second layer was inked around the edge with rusty hinge Distress Oxide ink to tone with the colours used.  A bit more random over stamping was added to the main tag and some keys were die cut from dark brown card - these were arranged in place and the wording added using fallen leaves Versafine Clair ink.  A metal eyelet was added to the tag using the Cropodile and some raffia threaded through to complete this fun project which has kept me entertained during a chilly and dull Sunday morning.

Tag - Taggletastic from Aall & Create
Keys - unbranded die
Key stamps and Wording - Crafty Roo stamps (no longer trading)

Allsorts Challenge #860

It's the turn of Liz to set the challenge theme this time at Allsorts and she would like to see what you can make with more than one fold.  Prizes of a stamp set and also something from Stix 2 - full details on the Allsorts blog post. 

I must admit this theme rather took me out of my comfort zone which is a good thing - right? After having a trawl around Pinterest and You Tube I eventually came up with this Z-fold card which is fairly straightforward.  I had some nice snowy designer papers which I trimmed to size before stamping, colouring and die cutting the penguins for a winter scene.  No sentiment added as yet but I guess it says Christmas anyway.  Time to get folding to see what ingenious folded cards you can make for our challenge theme.

Designer Paper - from Temu
Penguins - Waddling in from Stamp Addiction UK

Ticket to Ride

 I spotted a blog post this morning which reminded me of a Challenge which I think has  been going for quite a long time and features masculine only designs - you know, those cards so many of us find difficult to make 😉.  I've decided to have a go using up some bits and pieces - why not pop over to The Male Room for some inspiration?  The theme this time is geometric and I'm hoping my little banner shapes will count.

Some time ago I used lots of my stamps and made a masterboard and fortunately there was still a piece of it left in my box of bits so I combined it, together with another scrap, to form a background for this card.  I then die cut the male figure and popped it onto a snippet of text paper;  next I stamped and fussy cut some tickets and punched out some geometric banner shapes from black card.  Played around with the arrangement until I was happy and then glued everything in place.

Background stamps from my stash mainly magazine gifts or from Amazon (unbranded)
Male figure - unbranded die from Temu
Tickets - stamps from Creative Expressions (a very old set)
Banner Shapes - punch from Stampin' Up (long retired)

Autumn Colours

 The theme for the current challenge at We Love Stamping is *Colours of Autumn* and I've made a card using a panel of card which has been sponged with just such colours using Distress Oxides, layered onto a card and then stamped with an Autumn leaf stamp and suitable sentiment. Relatively CAS and quite quick to make once the inky panel was dry

Stamps - by Crafty Roo (no longer trading)
Inks - Distress Oxide Wilted Violet and Fossilised Amber

Tagalong (and ATC) Challenge

 There's a new theme at Tagalong (and ATC) Challenge and this time it is "Anything Autumn" and although I have very little in the way of crafty bits for Halloween, I've decided that will be my autumnal subject.  The only item I have is a small stamp and die set which covers Halloween and Christmas and which I've had for many years, normally only using the Christmas elements.  I smooshed some ink onto an ATC-sized piece of card, stamped, coloured and die cut the owl and pumpkin - also thought it really needed the spooky spider web as well.  That's it - a relatively quick little ATC for the current theme.

Stamps and dies - set by Stampin' Up from several years back called Have a Hoot

Daisy Bug

 I have a card to share today on which I've used a sticker for the main feature.  There are quite a few stickers available at present, of various types but mostly they are really cute images and because a kind friend gifted me some to try I've  been having a play.  This little bug with a daisy was an obvious choice because I have some patterned paper which features daisies.  The sticker itself was adhered to a piece of vellum which seems to be a good choice when it comes to peeling off the adhesive layer which could possibly damage some ordinary card (the adhesive is quite sticky and not always the easiest to peel away).   The card was assembled by cutting a circular aperture into a square of card, popping the image behind and adding a matching frame for added interest.  A die cut sentiment and a few toning gems completed the design.

Daisy sticker - gift from a friend (unbranded, possibly from Temu)
Background Paper - downloaded and printed (from Buddly Crafts)
Sentiment - an old one from Crafters Companion

Snippets Challenge #542

 A Christmas card to take along to the Snippets Playground this time and I so nearly fell into the trap of ordering a newly released snow globe die which came with a selection of others, at extra cost,  to use as 'infills' or scenes. However, I did pause and then remembered that I've had a snow globe die for many years, although sadly with no matching infills.  I trawled through my large collection of Christmas-themed items - pulled out the said die along with another which appeared to be roughly the right size to fit the aperture and, although it came from a different source and at a different time, it was just right.  I used a snippet of silver pearl card to die cut the globe, a snippet of white for the deer and trees, a  snippet of blue paper for the background behind the scene and finally more smaller snippets of white for the sentiment and snowflake.  I did have to print a sheet of design paper for the backing but having trimmed a piece to fit I'm now left with snippets to use for another card.

Snowglobe - die from Crealy, many years old
Scene - an unbranded die 
Background - printed using a Buddly Crafts download set of papers