Funky Fossil Designs "Take Three Challenge" for December 2025

On Facebook, I saw the Funky Fossil Designs "Take Three Challenge" for December with the prompts of:  Tag, Bird and Colour Palette, so decided to make a tag with this brief.  A screen shot of the post from the Fun With Funky Fossil group of Facebook is below. (shared with the approval of Sarah Gray, owner of Funky Fossil).

For my tag, I used three shades of Distress Oxide Inks (Bundled Sage, Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet) to cover a white tag.

I then lay the Funky Fossil Designs "Broken Mosaic" stencil over the tag and applied a further two colours of Distress Oxide Inks:  Seedless Preserve and Mowed Lawn through the stencil.

I stamped the bird, part of the Funky Fossil "Birdsong" stamp set using Versafine Clair "Monarch" purple ink.  I then stamped it again on to white card and fussy cut the stamped image.

Next I used "Villainous Potion" Distress Oxide Ink through the Funky Fossil "Fly Away" stencil.  Next, I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" through areas of the Funky Fossil "Between The Cracks" stencil.

I then splattered white paint over the surface of the tag.  Finally, I glued the fussy cut bird on to the tag then added white dots of Ranger Enamel Accents.

Funky Fossil "Birdsong" card

 

I've been using stamps and stencil from Funky Fossil Designs to create this card.

I used a stamp from the Funky Fossil Designs "Bird Song" stamp set.  I stamped it in the bottom left corner of the card, using Versafine Clair "Medieval Blue" ink, then stamped it again on a post it note, cut it out and popped it over the stamped image on the card blank to create a mask. While the ink was out, I stamped the sentiment "soar" whick is from the same stamp set.

I positioned the Funky Fossil "Scribbles Stencil" over the card and very lightly, using a Funky Fossil Design Stencil Brush to apply three shades of Archival Ink.  I used Pink Peony, Garden Patina and Shadow Grey. I lifted the stencil then splattered "Slate Grey" coloured Posca Pen to give a bit more interest.

Once the splatters were dry, I gave them a burst from my heat gun, I removed the mask and started to colour in the bird image.  I used four shades of Distress Oxide Inks:  Salvaged Patina, Weathered Wood, Stormy Sky and Faded Jeans colours.

Funky Fossil "Birdsong" Anniversary Card

I've had another play with "Birdsong", one of the new Funky Fossil Stamp sets, released yesterday.

For this card, I have used the gel plate to create the background.  I've used two Funky Fossil stencils, "Overlapping Ovals" and Doodle Border with Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" and "Glamorous".

I then shaded the area with "Picked Raspberry" Distress oxide ink and edged the card with Versafine Clair "Glamorous" pink ink.

I stamped the birds (from the "Birdsong" stamp set) and the sentiment (part of the Funky Fossil Small Print stamp set) on to the prepared background, and then repeated the stamping on to plain white card, using Versafine Clair "Blue Belle" ink.

I used a white Posca Pen to add splatters across the surface of the card.

I painted the birds stamped on the white card, in "Peacock Feather" Distress Oxide ink and a metallic silver pen.  I then cut the bird images out, inked the edges and adhered over the stamped image on the card.

Finally, I covered a small area of white card with Versafine Clair "Glamorous" pink ink and then used a small heart shape punch to cut the heart, which I then adhered between the birds.

Funky Fossil New Stamp Set "Birdsong" Preview 4

Here's another sample I have made using the fabulous new clear stamp set from Funky Fossil Designs called "Birdsong".

For the background of this card, I have used the Funky Fossil "Abstract Flowers" stencil with three shades of Distress Oxide inks:  Carved Pumpkin, Festive Berries and Mustard Seed.

I stamped the two bird images on to white card and then coloured them in using Distress Oxide inks, applied with a brush.  I then cut out the bird shapes and adhered on to the prepared background.  Finally, I used some gold Stickles to add a bit of sparkle to the central areas of the flowers.

Funky Fossil New Stamp Set "Birdsong" Preview 3

As you may have gathered I can't stop creating using the new Funky Fossil Designs clear stamp set called "Birdsong".  

For this card, I have used the Funky Fossil "In The Clouds" stencil with the Funky Fossil "Round Tree" stencil for the bush area, both coloured with Distree Oxide inks.

I stamped the bird and the sentiment in Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink.  I then stamped the bird in the same ink on a piece of white card, and heat embossed the image using Wow! clear embossing powder.  I coloured the bird using Distress Oxide Inks and Posca pens.  Cutting out the bird shape and adhering on to the card.

Funky Fossil New Stamp Set "Birdsong" Preview 2

Here's another sample that I have created using the fabulous new Funky Fossil Designs stamp set called "Birdsong".  

For this card, I have teamed the "birdsong" stamp set with another new Funky Fossil product called "Leafy Circle" which is a die and is on a sheet of the the brand new Funky Fossil paper called "Patina.  So this is new, new, new!

To create this card, I started with a base of a sheet of paper from the new Funky Fossil "Patina" paper pack.

I used the script stamp from the Funky Fossil "Musings" stamp set, stamped in Wow! clear embossing ink and sprinkled with Wow! Oceanic embossing powder and heat set.

I die cut two of the new Funky Fossil "Leafy Circle" and adhered together to make a stronger die cut.  I then coated the die cut with Wow! clear embossing powder, sprinkled Wow! "Mistletoe Magic" embossing powder over the wreath die cut and heat set.  I then adhered the die cut on to the card base.

Next I stamped the bird from the Funky Fossil "Birdsong" stamp set on white card, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I immediately sprinkled the stamped image with Wow! clear embossing powder and heat set.  I coloured the bird image with Distres Oxide inks applied with a brush, then cut out and adhered the bird on to the card.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment, also part of the the "Birdsong" stamp set.

Funky Fossil New Stamp Set "Birdsong" Preview

It is Day 2 of sharing with you another fabulous new clear stamp set from Funky Fossil Designs.  This set is called "Birdsong" and is definitely already a favourite of mine. 

I was really happy with the clean design of this card.  For the background, I used the Funky Fossil "Swallows" stencil. I then die cut a circle in a piece of card and lay the outer area of the die cut over the "Swallow" stencil and filled the area with "Mermaid Lagoon" Distress Oxide Ink. after removing both stencils, it left me with a lovely circular image of the birds.

I stamped the bird on to the card using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.  I then stamped the same image on to a small piece of card using the same ink and coated the stamped image with Wow! Clear Embossing Powder and heat set.

I painted the bird with a selection of Distress Oxide inks, cut out the image and then adhered it on to the card base/