Flowers for You with a Ribbon or a Bow

Hello everyone, today is the start of a new theme at Allsorts challenge and Sarah is hosting. Her optional theme is "Ribbon and/or Bow" and then we also have the Anything Goes option if you'd rather go that route. We have a prize of an A5 stamp set, stencil and ribbons, and also a £10 digital download from Polkadoodles. Hope you'll join us. As always, the challenge runs for two weeks.

I recently mentioned that I purchased a mixed lot of stamps inside a box (only those at the very top were visible), curious but unsure of what else I'd receive, and this gorgeous stamp was part of that stamp lot. The German saying "buying the cat in the bag" come to mind, I don't think it's one used in English, but it means buying something without knowing what you're getting😀Sometimes we have to take risks, right??

This is an older wood mounted stamp by Penny Black 4164K the Rose. I used Versafine Onyx ink for stamping and Derwent Inktense pencils for coloring. For some background stamping I chose a stamp by Tracy Evans and Antique Linen Distress ink. The strip of paper on the right side is from my box of scraps. I added white silk ribbon next to the patterned paper and then tied some striped twine around the card. The mini tag die is an oldie from Whimsy Stamps and sentiment "for you" is from the Penny Black sentiment "Blooming Sentiments". Glitter was added to the roses for some sparkle.

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I plan to share with these challenges:

• Crafty Catz - AG
• Crafty Gals Corner - AG
• Creative Fingers - AG
• Creative Moments - Feminine
• Double D - Signs of Love
• Little Red Wagon - Leftovers (the paper strip and tag die cut are made from leftover pieces)
• Simon Says Stamp - AG
• Sweet Stampin - A Special Woman
• Woodblock Wednesday Challenge - Use any woodblock stamps

Excited that I finally managed to join in the Woodblock challenge again (it's been a while!!), as I do have so many woodblock stamps which I love and always want to join in but then it's usually closed by the time I get my act together. If you want to give your woodbock stamps some love then do check out this challenge. It starts on the last Wednesday of each month and is open for one week. 

A Bare Tree and Broccoli Stamping

The other day some sort of a promoted post popped up in my Instagram feed where someone used a piece of broccoli and acrylic paint for an art piece. The only vegetable I probably ever used as a stamping tool had been a potato in Kindergarten (we probably all did that!!) so I really wanted to give Brocccoli stamping a try. Here is what I came up with using stamps by Tracy Evans besides the broccoli. I did use traditional inks, not acrylic paints.

I started out by creating an inky background with a circle in place for a moon. I used Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Chipped Sapphire inks. Some water droplets were splattered on to the background to create some interest. Stamps used are all by Tracy Evans - TE38 Silhouettes (tree), Miniatures released by Aall and Create (bunnies and quote) and TE50 On the Wild Side (foliage stamped in green at the bottom part). Inks used for stamping are Versafine Onyx, Versafine Clair Grass Green, Arctic and a tiny bit of Baby Pink to make it look like the tree is starting to flower.

I used a torn paper mask and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink to make a hill for the bunnies. 

Can you see where I used the broccoli 😀😀 It's the speckled stamping around the trees and a little bit at the bottom too.

I am sharing my card with these blogs:

• 613 Avenue Create - Animal Magic
• Ally's Angels - AG
• A Perfect Time To Craft - AG
• A Place To Start - small critters
• Classic Design Challenge - AG
• Crafting from the Art Challenge - AG
• Crafty Animals - Animals
• Crafty Catz - AG
• Crafty Gals Corner - AG
• Creative Fingers - AG
• Creative Inspirations Challenge - AG
• Critter Crazy Challenges - Critters
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday - AG
• Double D - Signs of Love 
• FarmQuest General Store Challenge - Anything Farm/Country Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - AG
• Make My Monday - for a male
• Paper Rock Scissors - AG with papers and/or Scissors (all paper layers)
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - whatever the weather (dewy spring weather)
• Stamping Sensations - AG
• Talk About it Tuesday - Anything blog post
• The Paper Funday - AG
• Try It On Tuesday - 3, 2, 1 (3 layers, 2 bunnies, 1 moon)
• Unicorn Challenge - Animals
• We Love Stamping - AG
• We Love 2 Create - Anything Creative
• Word Art Wednesday - AG

Have you tried broccoli stamping yet? Or any other fun "non-crafting" items you tried? I would love ot hear from you!