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