52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge

Tuesday, 24 March 2020

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Preview - Cupcake Crazy 3


Funky Fossil Designs are launching five fabulous new stamp sets, this Saturday 28th March at 9am.  This is a card I have made using one of the new stamp sets.

I have used the new set called "Cupcake Crazy".  I have used a Wow! Embossing pad and Wow! Clear Embossing powder heat embossed to create three stamped white outline images of the cupcakes.

I then covered the whole piece in three shades of blended Distress Oxide inks, starting with "Spun Sugar" moving in to "Picked Raspbery" and then finally "Seedless Preserve" at the base of the card.  I also stamped the sentiment using the same "Seedless Preserve" ink.

On an off-cut of white card, I stamped the cupcake image using a Versafine Clair "Charming Pink" shade of ink pad.  I coloured the icing on the cake using "Spun Sugar" Distress Oxide Ink and used a "Walnut Stain" Distress Oxide ink to colour the sponge area of the cake.  I coloured the strawberry using Posca pens and finally fussy cut the cake image and adhered over the central cupcake.

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Preview - Cupcake Crazy (sample 2)


Funky Fossil Designs have five fabulous clear stamp sets being released for sale on Saturday 28th March at 9am.  I've made this card using the new "Cupcake Crazy" set.


I used "Picked Raspberry" Distress Oxide Ink through the Funky Fossil "Shooting Stars" stencil for the background design.

I stamped the cupcake in Versafine Clair "Charming Pink" ink  and coloured it using a Posca pen for the strawberry, "Spun Sugar" Distress Oxide Ink for the icing and "Vintage Photo" Distress Oxide Ink for the spnge area.

I stamped the sentiment using  Versafine Clair ink called "Charming Pink" and added a touch of glitter between the stars using a silver glitter Signo Pen.


Funky Fossil Designs, March 2020 New Stamp Preview - Cupcake Crazy


Funky Fossil Designs have five fabulous new stamp sets being released this weekend at 9am on Saturday 28th March.  Here's a preview of card I made using the "Cupcake Crazy" clear stamp set.


For this card, I have used "Spun Sugar" Distress Oxide Ink through the  Funky Fossil "Full of love" stencil.

I stamped the sentiment, which is part of the "Cupcake Crazy" set using Versafine Clair "Charming Pink" ink.

Using the same ink on a small off-cut of card, I stamped the cupcake.  I coloured the sponge area of the cake with "Tea Dye" Distress Oxide Ink applied with a paint brush.  I used "Spun Sugar" Distress Oxide Ink for the icing colour. For the strawberry on the top I used a red, green and white Posca Pen.  I fussy cut the cup cake then adhered on to the card.

Monday, 23 March 2020

#thedailymarker30day Colouring Challenge - Day 23 Penny Black "You're The Bestest - 1466K"


Here's my offering for Day 23 of #thedailymarker colouring challenge.

I've used a Penny Black wood mounted stamp called "You're The Bestest - 1466K".

It is stamped in Versafine Ink and coloured with water colour pencils.

#thedailymarker30day Colouring Challenge - Day 22 Hobby Art Stamps "Sheep In The Meadow".


I got a little distracted yesterday and didn't fancy doing my #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge piece, so again I am playing catch up.

Here is Day 22.  I've used a Hobby Art Stamp called "Sheep In The Meadow" stamped in Versafine ink.  I've coloured it with a selection of Distress Oxide Inks.

Lavinia Stamps "Wild Hares and Fairy Bells" card


Oh the joy to have a distraction like crafting.  It's fabulous to immerse yourself in it and forget about all the horrible things that are happening across the world at the moment.

Tidying up some of my gelli plate prints, I came across a small piece which had to be used or binned.  I opted to use it.  It was a sort of beige/golden sort of colour, so not much of it actually shows on this card, but you can get a glimps of it on the sun area.

I used two of the new Lavinia Stamps sets.  "Wild Hares" and "Fairy Bells" both stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink.

I used the torn edge of a piece of copy paper to create the landscape in two shades of ink: black and grey.

I masked off the sun area and used assorted Distress Inks to create the colour. 

I used a black fine liner pen to ground the hares and to add some tufts of grass to the foreground.

Sunday, 22 March 2020

Lavinia Stamps "Forest Temple" Card


Our four year old Grandson took a turn for the worse yesterday and was admitted to hospital.  With the Corona Virus cases escalating daily, I've been terrified that if he hasn't got it he will pick it up in hospital, he falls into the "vulnerable"category.  So of course, I couldn't sleep and was up at silly o' clock and decided to play with some of the new Lavinia Stamps.

I used a gelli plate background for the base, it was grey with emerald coloured Brusho splatters.

I stamped the new "Forest Temple" in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.  In the background, I painted in some brickwork and then coloured the tree and the window using Distress Oxide Inks.

I stamped the "Fairy Barnacle" and coloured them using "Seedless Preserve" Distress Oxide Ink.  Then stamped the "Creeping Vine" in Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink.

I stamped the "Path" and then two of the new "Wild Hares" stamped in Versafine Clair "Pine Cone" brown ink.  I then edged them with a white Posca Pen.

I added the "Berry Leaves" in the bottom right, stamped in Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink.