Funky Fossil Designs "Coffee & Friends" New Stamp Preview

Funky Fossil Designs are releasing some fabulous new products on Friday 18th June 2021, including the stamp set that I have used for this sample, using the new set called "Coffee & Friends".

I started this sample by using the Funky Fossil "Mason Jar stencil" and the "Coffee Bean Heart Stencil", using the following shades of Distress Oxide Inks: Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain, Ground Espresso, Weathered Wood and Tumbled Glass.

For the surround, I used the Funky Fossil "Carffeine Buzz Words stencil" with "Faded Jeans" Distress Oxide Inks.

I used StazOn "Blue Hawaii" ink to stamp the sentiment on to a sheet of Shrink plastic.  I die cut it into shape and pierced a hole in the top then heated.  In the photo above, you can see how much it shrank.  I placed some Baker's Twine through the hole in the shrink plastic and then tied it to the card, to make it look like the tag was hanging.

Design Team Make for Love To Craft Challenge Blog #29 (1st December 2018)

This is my Design Team make for the last challenge of 2018 for the "Love To Craft Challenge Blog" #29.  Please do pop over and have a look at all the other fab makes by my fellow Design Team members.

This month I decided to play with Shrink Plastic.  I've had a pack in my stash for longer than I care to remember, so it was definitely time to put it to use.

For all of the images on this tree, I have used a selection of Lavinia Stamps, stamped in StazOn ink.

The Shrink Plastic that I had was totally smooth and clear.  I wanted to give the ink a key, so I lightly sanded the surface with a foot file (it's like a large emery board for dry skin - it's ok, it's not been near my trotters).

I stamped the image, then die cut into ovals or circles.  I then punched a hole in the top and placed on a non-stick baking sheet and put in the oven at 130 for about three minutes.  When you take them out they have shrunken quite a lot.  You can see from the example in the photograph below:

I used fishing line to suspend the discs from the mini tree.