Happily Ever After Wedding Card

I've made this clean and simple wedding card today, using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the birds and the hearnin the middle of the card.  The stamp is from an old magazine (Creative Stamping Issue 71).  I then added the sentiment in the same ink.  The "happily ever after" is by Papertrey Ink and is part of their Love lives here" stamp set.

I added a circle mask over the stamped area and then lay the Lavinia Stamps "Replenish" stencil over the top, applying "Weathered Wood" Distress Oxide Ink through the stencil.

I coloured the central stamped image using Distress Oxide Inks, applied with a paint brush,  the colours I used are:Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass for the birds.  Picked Raspberry for the heart and Weathered wood to ground the birds.

Stampin' Up "Wetlands" Thinking of you card

I've been playing with a Stampin' up stamp set to make this card.  I used their "Wetlands" rubber cling stamp set with Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" ink to stamp the wading birds.

I then used four shades of Distress Oxide Inks, applied with a paint brush to colour the image.  The shades of ink I used are:  Tumbled Glass, Speckled Egg, Broken China and Antique Linen.

I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" again to stamp the sentiment, which is part of a Simon Says Stamp set called "Tiny Words".

Crafty Individuals Floral Tag

 

Undecided what to make, I opted for a little gift tag.  I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the central floral image, using a Crafty Individuals cling rubber stamp, which I think may have come free with a magazine, many years ago.  I coloured the stamped image using Derwent Inktense pencils, applied with a paint brush.

I then used "Weathered Wood" Distress Oxide Ink though the Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous "String Stencil - THS103" on a plain white tag,

I mounted both the tag and the central image on to grey coloured card, then used foam pads to mount the central image on the tag itself. Finally adding some dots of white Ranger Enamel Accents.

Lavinia Stamps "Indian Flourish" Card

It's a grey and rainy day here on Anglesey, so an ideal time to craft!  I hope the weather is kinder to you where ever you are.

I used three shades of Distress Oxide Inks, using Squeezed Lemonade, Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet. for the area where the feather would be.  I then used Squeezed Lemonade through the Lavinia Stamps "Splendour" stencil for the background patter.  Edging the card in the same yellow Ink.

I used Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink to stamp the feather by Lavinia Stamps called "Indian Flourish".  I used sections of the same stamp to stamp the border.  I stamped the sentiment, part of the Lavinia Stamps "Heartfelt Verse" stamp set and inked the edge of the card in "Twilight" dark blue ink too.  To finish, I added detail to the feather using a gold coloured gel pen.

Paperartsy Kate Crane ATC (KSM010)

Today, I received delivery of an order I had placed with Art From the Heart for the lovely and quirky Paperartsy / Kate Crane stamps.  I love the whole design, quite unlike many of my exisiting stamps.

Because I have been using so many blues and greens in my recent makes, I decided to go all out with colour. Covering an ATC (artist trading card), which measures two and a half by three and a half inches with a bright coloured Jane Davenport washi tape.

I then used a black and a white Posca Pen to doodle a rough frame around the edge of the ATC.

On a plain piece of card, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black Ink, I stamps the Paperartsy/Kate Crane image, it has a reference of KCM010.  I then fussy cut it and glued it on to the ATC.

I coloured the image using Distress Oxide Inks and Posca Pens. Finally adding a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "story" to the top left corner.

The 100 Day Project 2026 - Front Cover

Now that the #the100dayproject2026 has finished, I decided to make front and back covers for my pieces.  I had already stuck two to a page as I made them, so it was punching holes in the pages and making the covers, before they were tiedied away onto the bookshelft 

I covered some white board I had that would be strong enough to offer structure for the covers.  I used some 12x12 scapbooking paper in my stash, which I think was from Stampin' Up.  I die cut the letters for "Project" and printed out the rest of the wording.  I've used very large book rings to bind the pages together.

Funky Fossil Designs "Tree Silhouette Dies" Sympathy Card

 

Sadly, time to make a sympathy card. 

I used a watered wash of three Distress Oxide Inks for the background colour, using the following shades of ink:  Weathered Wood, Shaded Lilac and Spun Sugar.  I wafted the heat gun over the surface to dry it.

Next, uisng an off-cut of white card I die cut the trees using the dies by Funky Fossil Designs "Tree Silhouette Die Set" and glued them on to the card.  Finally adding a stamped sentiment, using Versafine Clair "Morning MIst" grey ink to stamp the Clarity Stamps "Entwined Sentiment" saying "Deepest Sympathy".