Funky Fossil Designs New Stamp Preview - Find Your Rainbow

Funky Fossil Designs are releasing five fabulous new stamp sets this Saturday, 27th June at 9am.  Funky Fossil will also be on Hochanda TV the same day at 3pm.

This is a card that I have made using the new "Find Your Rainbow" clear stamp set.  For this card, I had the Covid19 pandemic key workers in mind.  I stamped the rainbow using various shades of Versafine Clair inks.

I used the Funky Fossil "Fierce" word stencil for the word "Brave" coloured with "Wilted Violet" Distress Oxide Ink.

I used Distress Oxide Ink "Mustard Seed" ink through the stars in the Funky Fossil "Rainbow Words" stencil.  I then coloured the edges of the card in the same ink.

Finally, using Versafine Clair "Glamorous" ink I stamped the words, which are part of another Funky Fossil Designs new stamp set called "Small Print".

Funky Fossil Designs - Hochanda TV April 2020 - Set 3 #1

Sarah of Funky Fossil Designs will be on Hochanda TV on 4th April at 1pm with a selection of lovely goodies.  This is a card I have made for the show.

I've used the Funky Fossil "Abstract Beauty" clear stamp set for this card.  Stamping the face, then the flowers, the butterfly over the eyes and the one by the flowers, all stamped in Versafine ink.

I used a selection of Distress Oxide Inks to colour the image, using a gold glitter Sakura Gelly Roll pen o the butterflies.

I added the  "Brave Beauty" words using "Wilted Violet" Distress Oxide Inks through the Funky Fossil "Fierce Words" stencil.  Using the same ink, I added the butterflies through the Funky Fossil "Butterfly Flurry" stencil.

Funky Fossil Designs - Hochanda TV April 2020 - Set 3 #2

Sarah of Funky Fossil Designs will be on Hochanda TV on Saturday 4th April with a selection of goodies.

I used two shades of Paperartsy chalk paint for the background, starting with a wash and building up the colours of the stripes.

I used the Funky Fossil "Abstract Beauty" stamp set, stamping the flowers and the head in Versafine "Smokey Gray" and Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" ink.

I cut around the flowers and the face and then painted the flowers using Distress Oxide Inks.  I then adhered them onto the background.

I used Versafine Clair "Blue Belle" ink through the "Butterfly Flurry" stencil and the "Fierce Words" stencil.  I used a Signo glitter pen on the eye and lip area

Funky Fossil - Adventure Tag

Over the weekend, I made this tag using an assortment of Funky Fossil Design stencils and the "Adventure" stamp set.

I started the tag by tearing a couple of pages from an old Welsh hymn book and sticking sections on to a plain tag.  Once the glue was dry, I covered the printed text with two shades of Distress Oxide Inks:  Salty Ocean and Cracked Pistachio, leaving some of the yellowing pages from the book showing.

Using Versafine Clair "Twilight", dark blue ink I stamped the main image, which is from the Funky Fossil "Adventure" clear stamp set.

Using That's Crafty "Black Texture Paste" and the Funky Fossil "Fierce Words" stencil I added the words "Wild" and "Beauty".

I then used the Funky Fossil "Micro Dots" stencil with the "Blue Print Sketch" Distress Oxide ink to create the dotty look.

I used the Funky Fossil "Retro Starburst" stencil with a silver texture past to create the stars, edging them with a black fine liner pen.

I added the words "Explore" and "Adventure" , both are part of the "Adventure" stamp set.

I added sparkle to the water and to the stars by using a selection of Posca pens, Signo glitter pens and Sakura gelly roll pens.

Funky Fossil Designs January 2020 New Stamp Set Preview - Adventure

Funky Fossil Designs have got five new fabulous clear stamp sets being released at the end of the month. Here's a sneak peek of one of my makes using the "Adventure" set.  This set along with the other four will be available to purchase on their web site from 9am on Saturday 25th January 2020.

I used Distress Oxide Spray Inks in two shades (Cracked Pistachio and Faded Jeans) to create the background colour of this card.

I stamped the main image, birds and sentiment in Versafine Clair "Twilight" ink, I edged the inner section with the same ink too.

For the adventure banner across the bottom left corner, I used the Funky Fossil "Fierce" Stencil, again with Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink.

Bon Voyage Card using the Fierce stencil from #FunkyFossil

This is one of my first Design Team makes for Funky Fossil Designs:https://www.funkyfossil.co.uk/

To celebrate being part of the Funky Fossil new Design Team, Sarah has generously provided a discount code that I can offer to you.   A 15% off coupon code to be used from now, till midnight on Monday 23rd September 2019.  Quote the code "FFSAM15" to claim the reduction.

A couple of weeks back, I had assorted colours of Distress Ink left on my glass mat.  I hate just to wipe it away with a cloth, so pulled out a page from an old hymn book, the page was very thin and yellowed in parts.  I swooshed the page through the ink on the mat, picking up most of it on the page, hence the mottled coloured background.  It has sat in my stash of backgrounds since, but it was the first one I thought of when I decided to use the word stencil.

I used the Funky Fossil Designs "Fierce Stencil" to create the words.  I used low tack masking tape to hold the background and stencil in place, using a blue Distress Oxide Ink in the shade of "Chipped Sapphire" and a blending tool to colour in the words.  I inked the edge of the coloured background with the same ink.

I mounted the coloured background onto Kraft card (it's a bit like a recycled brown type of cardstock) and then inked the edges of that before I mounted it onto a dark blue background.

Using Versafine Clair "Twilight" shade of dark blue ink, I stamped the words "Bon Voyage" using a Woodware "Bon Voyage - ADS105" set, in two corners