Go fly a kite

Today I am sharing two inspirational cards that I have made using the digi stamps from this month's progressive monthly digi stamp challenge from Imagine that digistamp.

As I took part in last month's challenge  I was sent this month's digi kit; Go fly a Kite, to use in this month's challenge. As I am not a colourist, I tend to choose the pre-coloured option and decoupage areas to add dimension where I choose to.

I think these digi stamps are really cute and like the inspirational sentiments. After just over a year of being in and out of lockdown, sending cards to say hi, how are you? seems to be on the increase again which is a great thing. 

It really doesn't cost a lot to put a smile on someone's face to show that you are thinking of them. It just takes a little more time out of your day to do something thoughtful for someone else, no matter how small, that could make a world of difference to them.

I used some papers from my stash and a little silver thread for my kites.  I remember flying kites when I was little, running what seemed like a half marathon to get the kite off the ground and then hanging on for dear life as it shot off like a catherine wheel in all directions...

Why not check out the Imagine that digistamp blog challenge and the inspiration from the other crafters that have joined in too. 

Have a great start to your week and enjoy your day whatever you have planned.

Happy Crafting.

Say it with sunflowers

It's all about the sunflowers at the moment, and the card that I am sharing was the birthday card that I made for my friend's birthday in March, to go with the mdf shutter artboard in one of my previous posts.

It's also the start of a new blog challenge this month at Daisy Chains and our theme is to add some ribbon. As with all our challenges, there is an ATG option.

I have used:-

• Kraft card 
• Dreamees - Ray of Sunshine 8x8 paper pad
• Tattered Lace - Design Team - A wreath for all seasons - sunflower dies
• Dreamees Sweet Sunflowers stamp set
• Antique gold satin ribbon
• Dreamees 4mm olive pearls

I like working on bigger cards but as I make envelopes/boxes for my cards, I have found it easier to work with 7inch cards as that works better with the size of card that I have to make my boxes.........which I don't normally think about until the card is made.

So, on a 7 nch kraft card base, I have used the same design paper from the pad to form the layered panelled design on my card. This particular print of the sunflower would  have looked beautiful just in a frame untouched. 

I did think about using my stamps but, I remembered how beautiful these die cut sunfowers were from Tattered Lace's Design Teams collection - A wreath for all seasons; with their matching charisma papers.

So I inked the edges and layered them up adding with some stamped leaves from the Dreamees sweet sunflowers stamp set and thought they went quite well together. The sentiment is also from the same stamp set.

The rest of our design team have also been making some lovely projects this month, along with so many great crafters on our blog every month. It's always lovely to see the inspiration everyone shares. Please use the link below to take you to the blog challenge and thanks for the visit.

Happy Crafting

Capture the Moment - Birthday Card

I have some men's cards to share today, which were made for my brother and brother-in-law. They are virtually the same, apart from the colour ink that I have used. 

It's also the start of our blog challenge at Let's Craft & Create and as we have a no patterned paper theme, I thought that this would be a good project to share. A with all our challenges, they are also ATG.

The camera was stamped twice onto white stamping card, for each card, so that I could decoupage the camera lens. I then added clear embossing powder to the top layer to give the camera lens the illusion of a clear lens.

For my background and topper for each card, I used Peacock feather & Salty Ocean with Antique Linen & Black Soot distress oxides by Tim Holz. I mimicked a random bokeh effect using one of the circle stamps from the Visible Image - Music on Wold Off stamp set in frayed burlap distress oxide.

I mounted the topper on foam pads to add a little dimension and used the splat stamp from the same stamp set around the edges of the card in black soot with some 2nd generation stamping.

I also went for a more faded look with my negative stamp on the background of my topper. I love this stamp by Inkylicious. I bought this film strip years ago and it's been well used and is a great quality grunge effect stamp.

This is about as close as you will get with me making two cards the same, hence why I would not be the right person to make your wedding invitations.......I suppose they would be unique... as they would all be different ...ha ha.

Anyway, I have backed these onto smokey grey card before mounting them on the white card.I thought it needed a softer colour than black.

Great wording for a card, of course by Visible Image, unique stamps and wording.  On a card like this, I add a personal sentiment inside, so I focus on what I want to create rather than worry about putting a birthday sentiment on the front.

Our design team have also been busy this month with projects of their own and there is always lots of fabulous inspiration shared by the crafters on our blog too. If you are interested,  there is a prize for the winning entry, following our theme and a badge for your blog for the top 3 runners up. Just click on the link below which will take you to our blog challenge. 

Happy Crafting