Fusion Pattern Paper Stamping Foxes

My local craft club has challenged us to use all the bits we've collected from each other, but not put on a card. I was admiring a friend's gorgeous use of corner stickers, when she handed me a sheet and told me to use them on a card and bring it next time.  This is my first time using stickers and I'm quite happy with the result (Not a patch on my crafty friend's card though!)

I've played along with the Fusion Challenge combining the sketch with the pinks, greys, silver and distressed look. The layer of vellum puts me in mind of the draped cloth in the picture as well. I usually use the stamp without the foxes, so when I was informed that the birthday girl is a big fan of foxes, I was delighted to colour up these furry little creatures for Stamping Senations October Challenge.
I've used two different patterned papers for the Lawnscaping Challenge and all clear stamps to join in with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

Challenges:
Fusion #19: Pink Power {Honorable Mention}
Lawnscaping Challenge #67: Pattern Paper Craze
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Use a Rubber or Clear Stamp
Stamping Sensations October Challenge: All Creatures Great and Small

Supplies

Stamps: Gorjuss Little Foxes, Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABCs, Year Two
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen, Stormy Sky

Dies & Punches etc: Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABCs Lawn Cuts, Simon Says Stamp Happy Die, Hero Arts Sizzix Dot Swirl embossing folder

Paper: White & silver card from stash, Vellum, Crate Paper Maggie Holmes

Highlights: Glossy accents, Stickles, silver corner stickers

Colouring: Promarkers, Flexmarkers

 

Happy Friday and have a good weekend!

Dotty CAS(E) Wplus9 Mood

I couldn't wait for Wplus9's Pretty Poinsettias release, so I had a go at making my own using Fresh Cut Florals. I tried to echo the shape of the flowers in the Monday Mood Board #21 and pick up the red, green, white and gold colours from the board. 

I've use CTS #48 by N@ Ali and a dotty swirl background by Hero Arts with dotty gold liquid pearl flower centres. Seems I'm going dotty for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

I've stamped the larger double leaf from Fresh Cut Florals three times for the poinsettia petals and three times for the leaves, then fussy cut and layered them.

This is one of my World Card Making Day creations, I'll post some more when I get/make the time. Hope you we're able to get creative and had fun yesterday!


Challenges:
CAS(E) this Sketch #48
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: We're going Dotty
Wplus9 Monday Mood Board #21

Supplies

Stamps: Wplus9 Fresh Cut Florals
Ink: Tsukineko Versamark, Memento Rhubarb Stalk, Bamboo Leaves

Dies & Punches etc: Hero Arts Sizzix Dot Swirl embossing folder

Paper: White and gold card from stash

Highlights: Gold liquid pearls, gold embossing powder

Enjoy the week ahead and happy crafting!

Craft Dash CAS(E) Favourite

The front of this card took 6 minutes 52 seconds. This is in part due to the CAS(E) sketch I followed. Having a sketch to work with is such a great way to focus and speed up the creative process, you have an idea where you're going from the start. Then Paulina's colour palette help me have all the correct colour supplies ready. I had every thing laid out: my dies, ink pads, stamps on blocks, patterned paper pad, washi tapes, Stickles, Promarkers and guillotine. I used a count down because if I had any time left I wanted to stamp the inside with a custom sentiment to make sense of the bee. For the inside, I lined up my letters one by one with the bee and its trail, inked in blue and brown stamped and got to colouring. Then I realised I had forgotten to stamp the second Z. The buzzer sounded just as I lifted my block from the upside down Z I'd stamped in my haste. So 10 minutes inside and out!

I like the higgledy-piggledy look of this sentiment as if it is buzzing! No time for glitter inside or corner rounding, but that's the nature of the challenge. I can't believe how excited I felt to have finished inside and out as the buzzer sounded. Even though I was slapping my letters together haphazardly, Smitty's ABCs by Lawn Fawn still managed to stay relatively straight. I normally line my letter stamps up so carefully and I just love how Lawn Fawn design their alphabet stamps: perfectly spaced with multiple common letters (Well, how many times will you be under time pressure and need two Zs??)

Challenges:

10 Minute Craft Dash #25

CAS(E) this Sketch #44

Lawnscaping Challenge #65: Use your Favourite Supplies [Lawn Fawn stamps & dies, Washi tape especially woodgrain and Stickles]

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Stay Tuned, Gnome Sweet Gnome, Smitty's ABCs
Ink: Memento Summer Sky, Rich Cocoa, Hero Arts Butter Bar

Dies & Punches etc: Lawn Fawn Scalloped Circle Stackables

Paper: White card from stash, Lawn Fawn Daphne's Closet Petite Paper Pack

Highlights: Stickles, We R Memory Keepers Yellow Washi Tape

Colouring: Promarkers, Flexmarkers

Glad you could drop by, I had fun getting this ready and hope you enjoyed your visit.

Windmill

Card #2 for today

This card uses Sketch Saturday #267 rotated 90º, paper pieced windmill (otherwise known as a pinwheel) by Lawn Fawn (Lawnscapings Challenge) and Polka Dot patterned paper and die cut (CAS-ual Fridays Challenge). My stamping smudged and as I kinda liked it,  I decided to make it intentional and rolled as I stamped the next few swirls. Glossy hearts accentuate a sentiment and cover up inky smudges! The windmill is on a spring so you can flick it with your finger, it's surprisingly addictive.

Challenges:
CASual Fridays CFC109: Polka Dots
Lawnscaping Challenges #62: Paper Piecing
Sketch Saturday Week #267

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Cruising Through Life

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Dies & Punches etc: Memory Box Contempo Circle

Paper: White card from stash, Lawn Fawn Bright Side Petite Paper Pack

Highlights: Glossy accents, gold liquid pearls, Papermania card spring

Hope you enjoyed your visit today and see you soon.

Bundle of Joy

I've based my colour scheme on the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger & used the Lawnscaping Challenge #61 Sketch. I've mirrored the ric rac ribbon with my chevrons in orange, yellow & green. There's a slight ombre/rainbow effect as I left some orange ink when I stamped the yellow, cleaned the stamp for yellow, left some yellow to stamp with the green and finally stamped with the green. I love the black wrap on the embroidery thread so had to include a deep black frame for my image plus some kraft card to hold everything together like in the trigger picture.

Fun, fun, fun with lots of dimension, fussy cutting and masking tape diecut clouds. Sequins are used as a highlight on the bundle of joy, for wheels on the pram and as flowers with black enamel dot centres.

There are 7 layers of card, 8 if you include the sequins on top!

Instead of the banner in the sketch, I've had a go at a washi ruffle. There is a lot going on in this card, so I love the see-through lightness of the washi as compared to a solid banner.

Challenges:
Lawnscaping Challenge #61: Sketch
Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger: Scene in Tangerine
The ABC Challenge: Q for Quite a Few- Lots of Layers [7 layers of card, 8 including sequins]


Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Plus One, Home Sweet Home, Chevron backdrops

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, Shaded Lilac, Hero Arts tide pool, butter bar and orange soda

Dies & Punches etc: Lawn Fawn Circle & Scalloped Circle Stackables, Home Sweet Home, Memory Box Puffy Clouds, Dovecraft Corner Punch

Paper: White, black & kraft card from stash, Lawn Fawn Bright Side Petite

Highlights: Glossy Accents, Black Enamel Accents, Stickles, Sequins, We R Memory Keepers washi tape, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

Colouring: Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon :)