Watch the Birdie...

Here's a card I made from some scraps - one of my favourite things to do as you never know how it's going to turn out!


The bird is from a Fiskars set and the leaves are from one of the Basic Grey Limited Edition sets:



Thanks for looking!

Helen

What! Leftovers again!...

That's what my youngest cries in disgust when I start digging in the freezer and produce lots of unlabelled, unidentifiable dishes for dinner! Actually, if I'm honest, my cooking doesn't taste that great first time round!!!

Well, in this case I've used some leftover card that just wasn't quite right for the project I was working on and challenged myself to make something with it. I like doing this as anything goes!
It started with some dried sprayed card that I'd spritzed with water only to find that different types of spray inks react, well, differently! The pinky colour was Adirondack ColorWash Cranberry and spread a lot more than the Creative Notions Colour Sprays. I was left with a bit of a mess, so overstamped and coloured in some Sketchy Flourishes from Inkadinkado to try and pull it all together:


Then I cut it up. This first card uses Papermania Chatsworth stamps. I quite like this, but only so so:


This second card uses Kelly Panacci stamps Twit Twoo - love these. I also used some of the new Basic Grey Basics paper and the brown seems to work much better with the background card:


I added a little corner treatment to finish it off. I've still got enough to make an ATC.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Houses from scraps

Two ATCs using the scraps from the Crafty Individuals house stamp project:



I used the paper I'd been stamping off onto for the backgrounds and then added some book text to finish off.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Beside the Seaside...

I couldn't resist using the new seaside stamps (CI-272) from Crafty Individuals to make a beach hut. It uses one of their little boxes to which I've added a front out of mountboard.Here's the front:


I made the seahorse by stamping into some Cosmic Shimmer UTEE crystals (Lapis Black) with some gold powder rubbed over the top.
This is the inside of the front:


Here's the box part:
The seagulls hold the beaded thread/wire in place.

And here's the whole inside:


I've used CI papers, Adirondack Paint Dabbers, corresponding Adirondack inkpads.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Happy hessian...

Now these cards use the same set of Crafty Individuals stamps, but have a totally different look.
I was playing with the Bouquet Kaleidacolor inkpad and brayered it 'every which way but loose' across some glossy white card and then stamped the images, cut them out and layered them onto some of the same. The background card is coloured with some of the new Distress inkpads. I added touches of white pen to highlight:


This second one is made in the same way using up some of the scraps. I've also woven some lime green wool through the hessian because I liked the texture:



Thanks for looking!

Helen

If you go down to the woods today....

...you won't find teddy bears but you can see my card using some more of Crafty Individuals new stamps, this time the trees from the Memory Lane set (CI-273):


Very simple - I've stamped on old book paper and coloured with pencils. The brads sort of crimped up the ribbon which I quite liked.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Crafty Individuals Memory Lane...

Have you seen these new stamps (CI-274) that Crafty Individuals have just released?

One of the row of houses reminded me of Dutch gable houses - right down to the little bicycle outside the door - so I stamped in a sort of Delft blue with red and white, the colours of the Dutch flag.

I've stamped and masked the houses in this first card in Cloudy Blue, all except for the one in the middle which is in Chipped Sapphire. I've added the text in Barn Door and splatters of both colours over the background (that's because I got a splodge of red ink where I didn't want it!!!)


For this second card I've used the same colours but stamped, watercoloured and cut out a whole row of houses. I've added the house with the red door to draw the eye in. The background's the same, except the words are in blue.



Thanks for looking!

Helen