We Love Stamping - Guest designer

Hello again friends; I'm back with my second post for today (and another late post oops!).  I am delighted to be a guest designer over at We Love Stamping challenge this month.  Their theme this month is winter; so feel free to create anything that inspires you when you think of winter time.  

I was originally working off an inspiration mood board but the team decided to change the theme to just winter so my card fits either way thankfully.  I actually used a digital image for the first time in ages and although I always used to use digi images I don't enjoy using them as much as clear stamps these days but I can understand the cost and flexibility they give.  I hope you like my card:

A closer look at the images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by printing out my digital image onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured it with Promarkers and added some white gel pen highlights.  I added some stickles glitter to the 'snow' so that it would glisten.  I fussy cut the image around the border.  In my original inspiration photo there was a squirrel and bunny so I stamped one of each and again coloured them with Promarkers before fussy cutting them out.  I found some dark green patterned paper so cut it into strips and added them directly onto my 5" x 7" card base with double sided tape.  I adhered the image panel on top with foam tape.  I also added the squirrel and bunny with foam squares.  I stamped and die cut the Merry Christmas sentiment and added that with foam squares.  I didn't add any embellishments as I felt there was lots going on already.  For the inside I coloured the top part of the digital image (a failed print that came out the wrong orientation lol) and coloured it with Promarkers.  I added a strip of patterned paper behind it and added it to a white panel, adding a red strip above it. This was matted onto a dark green panel.  I stamped a sentiment in black ink in the centre.  The panel was then added to my card base with double sided tape.  A very traditional card but perfect for an older friend this Christmas.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas 

AAA Colourful challenge - colour board #10

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - Christmas

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist happy holidays (any holiday)

Christmas With The Cuties challenge - sparkle and shine (I used stickles glitter glue)

Creative Inspirations challenge - Christmas animals

Creative Moments challenge - winter 

Creative Friday challenge - any animals

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured animal

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - Christmas

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - Christmas & other winter holidays

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG/springtime

Merry Little Christmas challenge - Anything Christmas goes

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed 

Pearly Sparkles challenge - Christmas 

Stamping Sensations challenge - AG option winter (supplies listed at bottom of post)

The Four Seasons challenge - ATG winter

The Dream Factory challenge - Christmas option funny cards

Tic Tac Toe challenge - #261 - sparkle/free/red and/or pink

Try It On Tuesday challenge - traditional Christmas

I'm sure this will be a popular challenge and I can't wait to see what you all come up with.  I would like to thank Brenda and all the team at We Love Stamping for asking me to be a guest designer and I would suggest you go and check out their amazing creations too.  

Have a wonderful day everyone; I appreciate you stopping by.  

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

LOTV - Christmas scenes post box digital image

LOTV - woodland fairies clear stamp (for squirrel and bunny) - stamp store currently closed

LOTV - verses clear stamp - stamp store currently closed 

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Gina K Designs - holiday floral bundle (for sentiment)

Gina K Designs - jelly bean green ink pad

Echo Park - dots & stripes 6x6 paper pad Christmas collection - retired

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available

dark green card from stash

Ranger - crystal stickles glitter glue

We Love Stamping challenge - reminder post

Good morning lovely friends and happy Saturday.  As you may remember I'm a guest designer this month for the We Love Stamping challenge and today I get to share the second card I made for their 'vintage' theme.  As I made a masculine card the first time around I decided to make a feminine version this time.  I didn't have anyone in mind when I made this card so I just went with the flow.

Here is my card:

A close up of the image:

I decorated the inside:

I somehow managed to get ink on the back of my card so decorated that too to hide it!

I began by making my own 5" x 7" card base from a dusky rose colour of card.  I stamped my image onto some pretty patterned paper using a brown ink pad and distressed the edges with a slightly darker brown ink.  There were already some pink highlights in the paper so I added some extra pink highlights to her dress and the flowers with a rose pink ink pad.  I also added some stickles to the flowers for some sparkle.  As this panel was only patterned paper I added some scrap card behind for added stability.  I cut a panel of kraft card and used an embossing folder to add some texture before inking the edges with a dark brown ink pad.  I added this panel to my card base with double sided tape.   I cut 2 postcards from another sheet of patterned paper, distressed the edges with the brown ink and added them to the embossed panel with double sided tape. I also fussy cut some roses from the patterned paper and also added them to the card base with double sided tape.  I die cut the mini ticket die from cream card and distressed it with the rose pink ink pad.  This was added to the left side of the panel with double sided tape.  I added the image panel with foam tape in the centre of the card.  I stamped, lightly coloured and fussy cut the butterfly, added some stickles and placed it on the left corner of the image panel with a foam square.  I die cut 2 buttons from kraft card, lightly inked them with brown ink, threaded them with some natural twine and added them to the top right and bottom right corners with a foam square.  Finally I stamped the sentiment in brown ink, used the matching die to cut it out and lightly inked it with the rose pink ink.  I added this to the bottom left corner of the image panel with liquid glue.  For the inside I took a panel of cream card, distressed the edges with brown ink and stamped my sentiment in the centre.  I added a strip of the patterned paper to the bottom and added another button and a postage stamp that I cut from the same paper that the postcards came from.  This was adhered to a kraft panel and added to my card base with double sided tape.  I realised at the end that I had gotten some brown ink onto the back of my card so took another piece of the patterned paper and covered it.  The paper wasn't quite big enough so used another matching piece and added a strip of kraft card to cover the join.  As I said before, vintage is not really my favourite theme but I think it turned out ok. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - birthdays

Allsorts challenge - ATG (happy 15th birthday Allsorts!)

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist for a lady

Craft Rocket challenge - flowers

Creative Inspirations challenge - feminine

Get Creative challenge - ladies only

Make My Monday challenge - florals

Moving Along With The Times challenge - flowers

Papercraft challenges - flower power

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - use patterned paper

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - all about the ladies

Triple B challenge - use birds, blooms or butterflies optional mood board

Unicorn challenge - for the girls

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Brenda and all of the DT over at We Love Stamping challenge for having me as their guest this month and for leaving me such lovely comments.  I had a fun time making my cards and it definitely took me out of my comfort zone.  

I hope you will have a chance to check out the challenge and look forward to seeing your creations in the linky.  Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Kanban - A6 floral frame stamp (from a very old kit from QVC)

Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 4 (for buttons)

Gina K Designs - Wonderfully Made (for butterfly)

Gina K Designs - Fancy phrases & matching die (for birthday sentiment)

Gina K Designs - birthday cheer (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - warm cocoa, dusty rose, dark chocolate

MFT - mini ticket border die (retired)

Vintage 6"x6" paper pad (? from Home Bargains)

Spellbinders - branching out embossing folder

Lidl - Crelando 270gsm coloured card

Versafine Clair - acorn ink pad

We Love Stamping challenge - guest designer

Good morning lovely friends; I hope you've had a great start to your weekend and of course the added bonus if you live in the UK is an extra day off tomorrow for the Bank Holiday (apologies if you have to work).  The sun was actually warm and shiny here yesterday so fingers crossed it appears today; although we can rarely string two days together at the moment. 

I am delighted and honoured to be a guest designer over at the We Love Stamping challenge this month so I'll be sharing a card today and also another card in two weeks time.  The theme for this month has been chosen by Lynn and is 'Vintage'.   There are some fantastic prizes up for grabs courtesy of Lisa Horton Crafts.  

Now I have to admit that my heart sank when I read the theme as vintage is not really my thing but hey that is what a challenge is all about isn't it.  I used the opportunity to make a birthday card for my Father in Law for this first card and I was really happy with the finished result.  

Here is my card:

A close up of the image:

Of course I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the car image onto cream card with a brown ink; I cut it out, inked around the edges and also distressed the edges with a edge distressed (which I did to most of my edges).  I stamped the map background in the same way and again inked and distressed the edges.  I used a newspaper style patterned paper for my background and added that to my card base with double sided tape.  The postcards were cut from a piece of patterned paper, inked and distressed along with the circular piece.  The tickets were cut with two different types of dies and again inked with various colours of ink.  I stamped one with a coordinating sentiment.  The letters were die cut from brown card and stacked 3 high for some dimension.  I stamped the happy birthday sentiment with brown ink onto cream card, inked and distressed and cut out with a sentiment strip.  The hardest bit was figuring out placement on the card and I have to say it took me a good while of moving and changing my mind before I came to the final result.  Most things were added with double sided tape except the car image, sentiment and circle embellishment which were added with foam tape and the DAD letters with liquid glue.  For the inside I used the same newspaper patterned paper for my background, I stamped a postcard onto cream card and again inked and distressed it.  I die cut a few more tickets and stamped my sentiment into the centre of a cream rectangle which was inked and distressed.  Everything on the inside was adhered with double sided tape.  I think it is the perfect card for an older gentleman and although I went a bit mad with the inking and distressing I think it turned out ok. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Alphabet challenge - C is for cars

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist happy birthday

Crafts Galore Encore challenge - ATG

Crafty Calendar challenge - ATG

Cut It Up challenge - add a sentiment

Daisy Chain challenge - boys/men

The Male Room challenge - trains, planes and automobiles

As I said I will be back with my second card on the 18th May.  I hope you can play along with the challenge and I cannot wait to see all your vintage projects in the linky.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thank you so much for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Car Stamp - from Amazon (was a set of 4 stamps)

MFT - little letters die (retired)

MFT - mini ticket strip border (retired)

Indigo Blu - map background stamp

Whimsy Stamps - ticket sentiments & friendship ticket sentiments stamps (retired)

Gina K Designs - flowing florals (for happy birthday)

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiment dies

Woodware Stamps - one for the boys (for inside sentiment)

Hunkydory - essential paper pack - vintage newsprints

Gina K Designs - ink pads: sea glass, jellybean green, fresh asparagus, dark chocolate, warm cocoa

Versafine Clair - acorn ink pad

Lidl - Crelando 270gsm coloured card (available in store)

Postcard stamp - unknown brand

Heidi Swapp - edge distresser (discontinued)