Easy Stamped and Stenciled Background with a Floral Focal Point

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Today a new theme starts at Allsorts challenge where it's Helene's turn to host. Her theme is "Something New" and our prize is a beautiful die set by Tattered Lace. Hope you decide to join in with us for your chance to win!

I didn't get any new crafty goodies for Christmas, but did purchase a few new stamps last fall and my "new" is one of the stamps from that order. It's such a pretty one and I can't believe I haven't used it yet!

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The stamp is called Alluring Arrangement by Penny Black.

This is a large stamp and pretty much fills up the card front of about 5x5 inches. I decided to do some stenciling, stamping and inking around the image and created a little bit of a collage background.

The image has been stamped using Versafine Onyx ink on Bristol Vellum paper and first colored with my Zig Brush pens. I wanted a little more details on the flowers so I used some Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils for that.

Next I used TCW Tiles stencil and Pumice Stone Distress Oxide ink for some random tiles on the background. The script is an old stamp by Stampin up - French Script. I realize it's stamped upside down on the right side of the card, this was a mistake but at this point in the process I decided to just "make it work".

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I thought it needed something else, so I grabbed an old Harlequin stamp from the old SU set Looks Like Spring and stamped a small part of it onto two corners again using Versafine Onyx ink but stamped off  once.  Finally I inked the edges using Pale Plum ink form Stampin Up (I'm pretty sure they have long retired this ink but it's a really pretty shade of pale purple.)

I had originally colored the white daisies in a very pale pink and decided I wanted them to stand out a little bit more, so I stamped them again and fussy cut, and this time I only colored the flower centers and left the rest white.

 

The sentiment is from Penny Black's set Blooming Sentiments, heat embossed on black card stock using Versamark ink and super fine white embossing powder. I always rub an anti-static pouch over the paper before heat embossing, this helps prevent embossing powder particles from sticking to other parts of the card, and usually will only stick to the Versamark stamped part. 

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Handmade Valentine's Card with Red, Black and Gray

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I decided to join in Hero Arts Stay Crafty challenge this month and their January theme is "Hearts". These cute images are actually part of a Christmas set, but when I purchased the set I intended to use these cats on a love/valentines themed card. I just never got around to doing it until now :-)  

The stamp set is called Meowy Christmas and there is also a matching die set available (separately). Unfortunately they are no longer available directly from Hero Arts, so I linked to Amazon. 

I started out by stamping the images on Neenah 80lb paper using Memento ink. The chair was  stamped  again on the red dotted paper to paper piece. Cats were colored with Copic markers and fussy cut using my Cutterbee scissors. (I do have the matching dies but wanted a closer cut for today's card.)

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Using a circle die cut as a mask, I inked up the white card stock panel using Pumice Stone Distress Oxide ink. Removed the mask, stamped the little outline hearts (this is an ancient stamp from Stampin Up), then adhered the images.     

The tiny solid red hearts were die cut (these tiny dies are included in Avery Elle's Hearts Frame die set). I added the sentiment and a strip of striped black and white patterned paper for some interest and then the button where I tied a bow using natural jute twine. 

The sentiment is part of this Hero Arts stamp kit from a couple of years ago, but it's no longer available. I love the hand written font! 

I'm sharing my card here:

Hero Arts Stay Crafty Challenge - Hearts  // Path of Positivity - Look for the Positive // Crafty Calendar - Make it Cute

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I Spy - Photo Challenge No. 1

Happy Sunday!

I recently came across a new Photography challenge and since I do enjoy photography so much (although I'm not very good at it), I decided to join in :-) Check it out at A Camera and a Cookbook, maybe some of you would like to share too! This is the first challenge and I'm not sure that I can manage to share each weekend, but I will try. 

The photography prompts for this week are:

I Spy No. 1

• Hello 2021
• Goal
• Old
• Green
• Happy

Hello 2021

First (short) hike of 2021 at a local park

Goals:

To start each day with a tall glass of (lemon) water and to drink more water throughout the day! (It's so easy to neglect when I always have a cup of coffee nearby!!

Old

Dried Flowers saved from an old bouquet of flowers.

A very old doily made either by my mom or grandma that's been in my family for as long as I remember and I brought it with me when I moved to the States.

And I used a photo app to make the photo old.

Green:

Green pine needles covered in snow. A picture from our recent hike.

Happy:

Happy us since 1997 :-)

We didn't plan on wearing coordinating clothes on this day. He just happened to grab a white tshirt too and both of us are in blue jeans almost daily :)

This photo may not quality since I wasn't the one taking the photo, but it sure makes me happy :-)

All pictures were taken with a Canon  DSLR camera.

I'm linking up here:

A Camera and a Cookbook // / Randomosity - Good Random - Fun // Jenerally Informed The Happy Now // Shelbee on the Edge Spread the Kindness //  Effortlessly Sophisticated // Wonderful Wednesday // Welcome Wednesdays // Classy Flamingos // Thursday Favorite Things //  Little Things Thursday

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Easy DIY Shiplap Paper (again) and a Dogwood Blossoms Branch

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I made today's card for our new theme at Allsorts challenge where Lynn is hosting and she selected the theme of "Favorite Color". Hope you'll join us for a chance to win. This week our prize comes from Pinksy Doodles.  I decided to use the beautiful Dogwood Floral Digi on today's card.

I must say I have several favorite colors, and purple, lavender or lilac is definitely one of them! Of course I just now (as I type this) realized I confused the Dogwood tree (which blooms in either white or pink) with the Eastern Redbud which blooms in a beautiful purple, and I gave this image the wrong color....

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I recently shared this card where I tried a new to me technique - Faux Shiplap, and today's card features the same technique with a different colored ink pad.

There are only two steps to make this Faux Shiplap, and I'm sharing the steps (again) in case you missed the other card.

How to make your own shiplap paper:

• Score a piece of white card stock 3/4 inches apart using a scoring tool. You need to have good impressions so be sure to use some pressure when scoring. 

• Next I used Pumice Stone Distress Oxide ink Weathered Wood ink was used on this particular card - and swiped over the raised area. You will also transfer some ink next to the scoring lines but that's ok and this will just add to the look of shiplap paper (faux wood).

To make this particular card, I first printed the image (twice) onto white card stock, then used the faux shiplap technique above. Next I colored the leaves on this image panel with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils and I used the flowers from the other printed image which I fussy cut after coloring to add to the shiplap image panel. Some pearly accent dots were added to the flower centers. 

An old script stamp (options) was used around the image with Versafine Onyx ink for some interest. My script stamp is cling so I can bend it and use only portions of the stamp. The image panel was layered onto some pastel purple card stock and then adhered to a white card base. 

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Creative Craft Cottage Challenges - use a digi // Digi Doodle Studios Challenge Blog - hand colored image // Lost Coast Designs - beginning with "B" (blossoms) // The Crafting Challenge - Something New (new image) // Simon Says Stamp - Something New (New Image) // 

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A Bit More Time to Craft // A Perfect Time To Craft // Classic Design  Challenge // Crafts Galore Encore // Creatalicious Challenges // DL.Art Linky Challenge // Love to Craft // QKR Stampede // Crafty Creations // Creative Moments // Digi Choosday Challenge // Lemon Shortbread // Cute Card Thursday