I must admit that the current heatwave doesn't really suit me and not much crafting has been done so here's a card to share today which was made a while ago but didn't make it onto my blog at the time The brick wall effect was stencilled the the window and word die cut.
Something which I think might make you smile today. These die cuts landed on my doormat recently, courtesy of a friend who thought I'd enjoy using them so of course I had to set my brain working of ways in which they could be incorporated into a card layout. They were coloured using watercolour pens and I added a few components and here they are - biker bunnies, mark one 🤣. Sadly the blue background hasn't fared well in the picture - it's a much better match in real life, sigh!!
I have a Christmas card to share today, quite a simple one using a die cut angel which arrived in the post along with some other interesting and exciting die cuts, giving me lots of fun things to play with. They will certainly keep my brain active in working out ways they can be used with things I already have. I started by coating the angel die cut with glue and covering it with Glamour Dust which is a very fine twinkly glitter which I've had for many years - the pot always seems to come out for some of my Christmas cards 😉. (the effect doesn't really show in the picture). I found a small piece of snowflake paper which I popped behind an aperture cut into white card, added a scalloped surround and decided that was it done. I don't think this one needs any words although I did consider perhaps adding a twinkly snowflake to one of the corners before deciding on CAS for this one.
Scallop die - a magazine gift from 2017
Angel - Doodled Wire Angel from Gummiapan
DSP - Stampin' Up (retired)
There is a new challenge in the Playground for the coming fortnight and, as usual, a super prize on offer. My card this time is fairly simple so only a small number of snippets used - just a piece of card which had been inked using various Distress Oxides and some snippets of white for stamping the flower image, parts of which were fussy cut and layered up to give some dimension. Various texture stamps have been used to over stamp the coloured piece for interest. The card blank was stamped with a wide border before assembling the rest of the components.
These two bunnies are spending a quiet time sitting on a park bench and enjoying a pleasant summer's day. I did enjoy putting this together.
Background DSP and Rectangle dies - from Stampin' Up
Tiny Birds - Memory Box dies
All the rest of the dies are unbranded
This sounds like a contradiction in terms and I suppose it is really but this card was inspired by seeing something made by the talented Sarn HERE using her favourite flower stamp of the moment. I can see why she likes this stamp and I was tempted to see if I could add it to my collection. I was so pleased to find that it arrived here very quickly so I just had to play.. I stamped it onto a tag, adding some stencilling both on the tag and a little on the base card. Image was coloured using Distress Oxide ink. A computer sentiment and that's it - a great way to spend what has turned out to be a wet and dreary morning outside.Thank you Sarn for the inspiration 😊.
Flower Stamp - from Aall & Create
Tag - die set from Sizzix
Stencil - also from A & C - had it for ages
Sentiment - computer generated
There are quite a few cards going the rounds in blogland made in this style which is called either 'fractured' or 'shutter' card so of course I had to give it a try. Some of them use just one background DSP but I decided to have a try using two toning papers.. One thing I discovered is that some paper trimmers seem to be better for cutting the narrow strips of card - naturally I don't have one of that type 🙄🙄. This style of card is a good way of using patterned papers and would make good masculine cards as they aren't too 'fussy' - the cards I mean, not the men 🤣. I think this could be adapted to almost any size of card. Most of the ones I've seen are quite small but this one is a 7" x 5".
Papers - magazine give-aways from two different publications
Stamps - Leaf from Forever Fern, Sentiment from Delicate Daisies (Stampin' Up)
Die cut flower - unbranded die
Vase - from Boho Indigo set Stampin' Up (retired)
