Fractured

 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)

Allsorts Challenge #743

 The theme for the current Allsorts Challenge is 🦋 butterflies 🦋.  For this card I've used a die which came as a magazine freebie back in 2018  along with a butterfly die which I've had for probably even longer.  I used the decorative circle to cut an aperture into a piece of white card which was then layered onto a piece which had been coloured using Pixie powders with shaving foam.  I do tend to try these various techniques and then have the results hanging around while I decide just how they are going to be used.  There was enough of the coloured piece left to cut the bottom layer of the butterfly and more of the white was used for the top layer and the sentiment..

Circular die - a magazine freebie from 2018
Butterfly - Sizzix dies
Sentiment - from a retired Stampin' Up set (Hey Birthday Chick)

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