Sprinkled With Love

 Hi there, and welcome to August!

Isn't it just crazy how quickly time is going by, even though we aren't able to do anything of much!

I've been spending the majority of my time in my own garden, weeding and mulching and with my bees and now finally the Monarchs are here - much later than last year! For August my header is the Passion Flower and for the first year I've got fruit growing! I am hoping that the little green fruits will ripen - apparently they take 70 to 80 days to mature, so if the summer stays through September, I should be good.  

So on to my card, which is for the August challenge over at Christmas Crafts Creations and this month we want to see Animals! I hope you take a look at the inspiration from the Design Team.

I'm sure you all have something you can use to join in the fun with us. Remember to include the Challenge badge when you do!

My good camera broke two weeks ago and so I had to take my card process photos with my phone and now I am having a heck of a time trying to download them to this post, so I'm afraid I am not going to be able to do my usual step by step tutorial, but the good thing is, that it happens to be quite simple.

I stamped the little image and sentiment, both from the Inky Antics Cocoa and Cinnamon Baking set, with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink, using the stamp platform. 

I colored the sweet little pup using my old Stampin' Up Watercolor pencils. The image was die cut with Tutti Dotted Nesting Squares. Keeping the dot (sprinkles) going - I found some freebie designer paper that I had received with a magazine and used that as the background layer. Layered to red card stock and then to a white base, the pup was popped up with mounting foam and then I gave the icing, his nose and his hat some sparkle using Fresh Snowfall Nuvo Glitter Accents. You can't see it very well in the photo, I know, but it looks cute IRL!

A little red and green "baker's" twine was tied around the card to finish it off. I hope you you like my little card and that you will come join us this month.

Here is a list of the products that I used:

Inky Antics: Cocoa and Cinnamon Baking

Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink

Tutti Designs Dotted Nesting Squares

Sparkle embossing powder (EP107)

SU Watercolor Pencils

Nuvo Glitter Accents Fresh Snowfall

Magazine Freebie DP

Foam Mounting Squares

Green and Red Bakers Twine

I'd like to Join in the following challenges:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #41: Use a dog

Christmas with the Cuties #40: Christmas Animals

Holly and the Ivy Challenge Blog #76: AG

Crimbo Crackers: Challenge 213: Anything Goes

Till next time, stay safe!

Shona

O Holy Night!

Hi there, and welcome to July! Isn't it just crazy how quickly the time is going by? My July header is one of the fun flowers in my backyard that has just started to bloom - Crocosmia.

My card today is for the Design Team of Christmas Crafts Creations and our theme for July is to include a Christmas Character! 

My card this month includes six Christmas characters - Mary, Joseph, Jesus and the three wise men!! I chose to use the Inkadoo stamp set O Holy Night for my card. I used three of the images on the outside of the card and I used the verse and the angel on the inside.

I brayered a 3" x 6 1/2" piece of glossy white cardstock with the Soothing Sunset ink pad to created my sunset background.

The three stamps were arranged in the stamp positioner and then stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.

In order to dry off the ink,  I added Sparkle embossing powder and heat embossed, this gave the images a bit of a sparkle too.

This panel was added to a piece of purple cardstock which was then layered to a white card base. I used orange and white baker's twine for the ribbon across the top to finish the card off.

I hope you've enjoyed my share today? I also hope that you will upload a card to the Christmas Craft Creations Challenge. There is a fun little stamp set to be won this month. All Christmas characters are welcome! Pop over to the challenge and check out who the other designers have used as additional inspiration.

Below are the items I used to create my little Christmas scene:

Inkadoo stamp set O Holy Night (⅚ stamps)

Big and Juicy Ink Pad - Soothing Sunset

Brayer

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Sparkle Embossing Powder (EP107)

Orange and White Baker’s twine

I'd like to join in the following challenges today:

The Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge #75: Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #514: AG with Christmas option

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #255: Christmas in July + A sentiment

Krafty Chicks Challenge #515: Anything Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge: N & O are for?

Till next time - stay safe and happy stamping!

Shona

Oh Christmas Tree

Hi there, and welcome to June! My header for June took a while to catch, but finally one of my little bees posed by the Catmint out in the yard as it collected nectar.

Today, I have my June card for the Design Team of Christmas Craft Creations and this month we were asked to feature Christmas 

Trees:

Three 2 1/2" strips of Tear-ific Tape were stuck down to green cardstock. Two of the slimmer tree were die cut and one of the fuller tree from the Sizzix Woodlands die.

I then taped a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Super Adhesive Sheet to a piece of white cardstock and then took off the protective backing.

I placed the bigger tree in the middle of the sticky rectangle and then applied Sparkling Snow glitter to the rest of the sticky surface.

The protective backing was then peeled off the tree and the two slimmer trees were placed to the sides of the larger tree. This left some of the tree on the side "floating", giving a little dimension. Misty Isles glitter was then applied to the sticky surfaces of the three trees.

I die cut the panel with the Memory Box Cross Stitched Frame Borders, keeping the sides of the trees above the die, so they wouldn't get cut off.

I die cut the sentiment from green cardstock using the Tonic Oh Christmas Tree die and cut it out.

A piece of mounting tape was stuck to the back of the "sentiment" and Sparkling Snow glitter was applied through to the sticky surface.

The tree panel and the sentiment were mounted on to a lighter green cardstock. This was then attached to a white card base and a piece of light green organdy ribbon was tied around the side to finish off my card. Below you can see all the sparkle!

Here is a list of the products that I used in my card today:

Sizzix Woodlands (660978) 

Memory Box Cross Stitched Frame Borders 

Tonic Oh Christmas Tree

Super Adhesive Sheet

2 ½ “ Tear-ific Tape

Misty Isles Glitter

Sparkling Snow

Mounting Tape

Organdy Ribbon

I hope this has inspired you to play along with the June theme of Christmas Trees in the Christmas Craft Creations Challenge. Pop on over and see the other inspiration from the Design Team.

Take care and till next time - stay safe,

Shona

Holly Season's Greetings

Hi there and welcome to May! I've been missing for a while, between the kitchen renovations, and then battling with families of raccoons up above the garage, where I normally stamp! So, needless to say, I've not been doing much of anything up there! We caught another two on Friday night in have-a-heart traps, but there are probably more to be caught!  The pest control ran out of traps!!

Thankfully the weather has started to get really nice, tonight is the last of the frost warnings and I am looking forward to planting my annuals on Thursday!! In the meantime, my perennials have been keeping me amused. Columbine, such a dainty and beautiful plant is my header for May.

Anyway, on to my card today, which is for the Christmas Craft Creations Design Team.  

This month the theme is:

Of course, I couldn't make up my mind what die to use, so I ended up using 4!

I began with die cutting the Tutti Holly Panel from green cardstock.

Sticker paper was attached to the back of the panel and then I added Cherry Sparkle flocking.

Then I stuck a piece of 2 1/2" Terrific-Tape down on white cardstock and cut it out with the Spellbinders Mega Oval Large die.

The Winterland Holly was cut from the same green cardstock.

The Tonic Season's Greetings sentiment was then cut from red cardstock and both of the dies were arranged on top of the sticky oval.

The remaining sticky surface was then applied with Snow White Flocking.

The front panel was taped to a red card base and then the sentiment was added with mounting tape. A few self-adhesive rhinestones were added for the holly berries.

Below you can see the dimension and fuzziness of the flocking a bit better!

Here is a list of what I used on my card today:

Cottage Cutz Winterland Holly

Tutti Designs Holly Panel

Tonic Season’s Greetings

Spellbinders Mega Oval Large

Sticker Paper

2 ½” Tear-ific Tape

Cherry Sparkle Flocking

Snow White Flocking

Self Adhesive red rhinestones

I hope you've enjoyed my share today?

Please leave a comment and then head on over to the Christmas Craft Creations blog where you can see all the other Designer's creations and then upload yours to the link. All you need to do is use a die cut!! How easy is that?

I'd like to join in the following challenges:

The Holly & the Ivy Challenge #71: Anything Goes
Unicorn Challenge Blog #54: Use Dies
MLCCB #22: Anything Goes
CHNC Challenge Blog #489: Include a tree (Holly)
Crimbo Crackers Challenge #210: Use a Die Cut
Fezziwigs says anything festive goes Challenge #10

Stay safe everyone!

Shona