I decided to make a floral card as a change from the autumn leaves. I started out with mainly cream scraps of card which I used to die cut a circle and some flowers and leaves which were then coloured using Distress inks. Found a scrap of green to back the circle and then popped everything onto a cream linen card blank. The sentiment was computer generated using Office 365.
Flower Dies - Modern Floristry from Tim Holtz
The theme for Allsorts challenge #802 is *anything goes* or *magical. myths and/or legends* and very appropriately prizes of beautiful Lavinia stamps. My card has a fairy featured so I guess it covers the theme. I used a round Gelli plate with some Distress inks to start off a background and then used a mask so that I could add the details of the hills, foliage and of course the fairy and goose. My next decision was to use a die to cut out this circle. Some stencilling and second generation stamping has been added to the background for added interest.
Whenever I set out to make a card I always try to include something from my Snippets mountain - I know I've said it before but somehow this collection never seems to diminish despite my best efforts. Anyway this one is to take along to the Snippets Playground where I understand there's a conker match in progress and some hot drinks available.
Apart from the base card everything here came from my Snippets collection starting with part of a sheet of snowflake paper which was printed onto some pearl paper for another project. I also have quite a lot of pearlised card snippets in various shades of white, ivory or cream so I decided to use some of the different shades to make a start on die cutting this elaborate 'Colorize' snowman using a die which I won in a challenge last year and had only used once previously. These dies are quite elaborate with many layers and some concentration is required to get it all assembled. I decided to focus on each colour and work methodically from the bottom up as it were - it's incredibly easy to lose some of the tiny pieces if you blunder in and cut them all at once. No need to ask me how I know this 🤣 and I seem to recall that when I made the first one last year the die was put away with thoughts of 'never again'. However, I'm pleased I tried again this year because I actually enjoyed making this one even if it did take me quite a long time - certainly not one for batch making. Once he was assembled I decided the card needed something else so I cut some 'snow' to ground him and added a die cut tree from another set of dies - I didn't think it needed a sentiment. Lots of snippets used and being in methodical mode I remembered to save them for a photo.
A great prize to be won this time so why not dig out some of your snippets and have a go
