Guess Who is Here?

 A good guess, yes bunny has appeared on yet another card.  I was going through a box containing a selection of magazine freebies - stamps and dies mainly - which I've collected over the years and I cane across this die set from way back in 2017 and it's one which I've not actually used until now 🙄.  As soon as I spotted it I thought it would combine with Bunny in some way.  I have seen images of bunnies on swings but I don't have a swing die so I put my brain in gear and had a ponder, thinking through some of my die sets to see if I could improvise and managed to come up with a cunning plan using a die from a wall bracket set and a slender flower stem for the 'ropes'.   Success and without needing to buy a swing die 😊.  Such a shame that this die set had lain unused for so long as there are some cute little animals also in the set so you may well be seeing it used again before too long.  I do find that looking through my stash from time to time often gives me ideas, so well worth the time taken.

Bunny - my favourite unbranded die
Swing - constructed from two flower stems and a Gummiapan wall bracket die
Aperture and scalloped surround - free die set from a 2017 magazine give away
Background - snippet of New Horizons DSP from Stampin' Up

CAS Floral

 A fairly clean and simple floral card to share today.  The background behind the circle is part of an unsuccessful attempt at die cutting an intricate design - I managed to salvage a small undamaged piece. The flowers are two-step stamping and then were die cut.  This is not at all what I had planned but at least it didn't end up in the bin although it was a close thing 😂.

Snippets Playground Challenge #461

 Time for another challenge in the Playground and, guess what, Bunny has friends 😉..  When thinking of ways to use the bunny die I've often considered using two of the die cuts on a card but when seated side by side it seems to me as if one is rather ignoring the other which doesn't appear to be particularly friendly.  Imagine how I pleased I was when I spotted a set of two bunny dies which came as a more friendly pair. You've guessed it, I couldn't resist so I've used them to make an Anniversary card for the challenge.  I decided this could also be for an engagement or wedding so have added a 'congratulations' sentiment. I had to cut into some pink and cream pearl card for the larger layers but snippets were used for the bunnies, bows, small hearts and the gate on which they are sitting.  A bit of light stencilling was added to the cream layer within the large heart.

Pink Square and Heart Layer - Tonic dies
Gate and tiny bows - from a couple of Stampin' Up die sets
Small hearts - used a punch also from SU
Bunny Pair - unbranded die set from Amazon ( slightly smaller than original Bunny)
Sentiment Banner - Creative Expressions die

Snippets used to die cut small elements of the card

On a Roll

I seem to be on a roll at present so at risk of being boring, here is another card in the Lavinia style. For the time being I've not added a sentiment to the front of this one but of course many people do like to write their own words inside a card.  I think my next priority should be a bit of a tidy up of my desk which may well result in a different style of card appearing the next time I post, hopefully inspired by some of the detritus littering the space 😉

Made using stamps by Lavinia, Versafine Claire and Ranger Distress inks

Wild Flowers

 I have a floral card to share today, inspired by the work of Jo Rice who is a designer with Lavinia Stamps and she regularly appears on YouTube which can be a good place to seek ideas if Mr Mojo has taken a holiday - as he does from time to time.  For this card I took a piece of watercolour card and stamped a selection of wild flowers and grasses using Versamark and white embossing powder which forms a resist.  I then sprinkled on some red and yellow Brusho powders before spritzing with water and leaving to dry naturally.  A simple stamped sentiment and that's it, another card ready to send to someone for no particular reason.  We don't always need to wait for birthdays or special occasions to show people they are in our thoughts.

Stamps from Lavinia

Anything Goes for Stamping Sensations

 There is a mood board for the August Stamping Sensations challenge but this time I've gone for the 'Anything Goes' option with a stamped scene using a Gelli plate background and a selection of Lavinia stamps.  The wisteria top left is from Card-IO and the butterfly is die cut.

Snippets Playground #460

 Christmas in July has finished in the Snippets Playground but I've made another seasonal card this time as I really wanted to incorporate the little lantern (with tiny candle) which was gifted to me by a generous friend who shared some of her white snippets with me.  I thought it would sit well within a wreath design so I set about cutting all the components from my Christmassy snippets collection.

I had a white snippet which I die cut into a stitched square to fit the wreath but I have to say I had to cut into whole pieces of the design paper and the red card for the other two layers - still plenty of that left for another project of course.   The lantern was coloured using a black Wink of Stella brush pen which has given it a subtle metallic sheen and I sponged a touch of yellow ink onto the background for a 'glow' effect.  I've not decided whether to pop a sentiment on this one or just to leave it to speak for itself.

A super prize for a lucky winner as always so why not sort out some of your snippets and pop along to the Playground - where the sun always shines 😄

Background - printed from a Buddly Crafts Christmas download
Wreath - die set from Sizzix
Lantern and Candle - die set from Gummiapan