Allsorts Challenge #815

 The theme for the current Allsorts Challenge, chosen by Brenda, is **Close to Nature** (animals/trees/flowers etc) or of course you can always choose the *Anything Goes* option.. Prizes this time are from Aall & Create.  For my card I decided to use a stamp featuring a hedgehog and baby which came with a matching die.  Stamped and coloured using Polychromos pencils before die cutting.  I used some green inks and random stamps to colour a scrap of white card before die cutting some grasses so the hedgies had somewhere to sit.  A simple sentiment was added, making this a relatively CAS card with everything being placed onto a tattered edge square die which is slightly smaller than the card blank.

Tarttered Square - die from Gummiapan
Hedgehogs - Stamp and Die from Gummiapan
Grasses - unbranded die
Sentiment - Stamp and Die from a retired Stampin' Up set

Mystery

 I occasionally treat myself to one of the regular monthly mystery stamp sets from Crafty Roo and this card has been sitting in my draft file since  last year so I decided I'd share it with you.  I started by stamping the main background image onto a square of white card using Versamark ink and embossing with clear embossing powder to act as a resist..  This was followed by inking the background using yellow Distress Oxide and finally a few droplets of water for a bit of visual texture.  The remaining stamps in the set were the 'splats' and tiny numbers texture stamps.  A butterfly was then stamped, coloured and fussy cut, popped on top to form a focal point.  A stamped sentiment and that was it - job done

.All stamps from Crafty Roo

Apologies

 I'm afraid I've not ben too active on my blog recently but fortunately I still have a few cards which were  made last year and tucked away in my draft file.  I've not been particularly productive so far this year - along with quite a few other crafters Mr Mojo seems to have deserted me but at least I've tidied away most of the Christmas 'stuff' and should be ready to get back into the swing shortly.  The cold spell of weather hasn't helped - making cards with cold hands isn't the easiest 🙄. Excuses, excuses - anyway here's one I made earlier as the saying goes.

I've used a sticker stencil and some Distress inks before stamping the flowers, foliage and a bee.  A little colour was added to the bee and Wink of Stella on the wings.  The stopper for the jar was also stamped.  I decided to add a sentiment to the inside rather than detract from the image on the front.

Sticker stencil - Lavinia Stamps
Flowers, foliage, bee and stopper - all Lavinia stamps using Versafine Clair ink