Winter WLSC

 Hi Everyone, my second DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme of  

Winter

   

 

What could be more Winter than a snowman? So that's what I went with, a favourite happy Snowman. I stamped the snowman and made a mask of him, then stamped the stones either side of him and made a mask of them. With the masks in place, I blended the background with DO's. Then using a snow stencil to add snowflakes, added a touch of water to the ink, but it spread a little, so I added some Stickles for sparkle onto the snowflakes. Next, the stones were coloured and the snowman, adding more sparkle to the snow. I also added 3D gloss to his nose. 

 

Next, I stamped a couple of snowflakes and the sentiment and die cut the sentiment. They were layered onto a blue card which has gold through it. The image was attached to the base card following the CAS #334 sketch.

snowman stamp - Penny Black "Snowy"

stones stamp - Chocolate Baroque "Sticks & Stones"

snowflake stamps and dies - Pink Fresh Mag Freebie SCP 251 

snow stencil and sentiment - Magazine freebie SCP 182

 sentiment die - Julie Hickey

inks - Distress Oxide, mustard seed, fossilized amber, ripe persimmon, peacock feathers, chipped sapphire 

Don't forget, your image must be hand coloured. We now require At least one stamped element on entries. Those of you like us, who love to stamp, we would still love you to enter your fully stamped entry.

 

 

 This month we have Three prizes from AALL and Create, A4 sets Pheasants, Alstromeria and Key Botanicals

 

 

Important - Please read the updated Rules of the Challenge here

Spring Mid month WLSC

  Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme SPRING.

My birthday being in Spring, I love the season, to see the bulbs coming up, the leaves on the trees in their lime green (mostly) appearing, just lovely, and the sun coming out for longer, apart from the rain that is!

Anyhow, my card today has a hyacinth, we had some come and go in the garden, such joy to see them and enjoy the delicious perfume.

I embossed and coloured the background hyacinth, then die cut a frame to 3D over it. I don't have DL size dies, so I used the double cutting technique to get the die size to fit. Then stamped the sentiment with the DI to match the flower, and clear embossed it. The hyacinth was stamped and coloured in the same colours as the embossed hyacinth. I quite liked this card, but it was too thick to post, however our neighbour had her birthday a few days after I made it, and it went to her.

Hyacinth embossing folder - Lisa Horton, mag freebie

sentiment - Stamps By Me

hyacinth stamp - Pink Fresh, mag freebie 

frame dies - Craft Making Magic

inks - Distress Inks, twisted citron, mowed lawn, kitsch flamingo, picked raspberry.

 

 

Three prizes from AALL and Create, 1) Key Botanicals 2) See you Soon and 3) Hexagon stencil with Delicate Wings stamp

 

 

Don't forget, we will now require At least one stamped element on the front of all entries. Those of you like us, who love to stamp, we would still love you to enter your fully stamped entry.

 

I just want to add, THANK YOU, for the lovely messages and support from you lovely ladies, through this difficult time we are having, it really is so kind of you all, and much appreciated. I realise that many of you are going through difficult times too, many more serious than mine, and I hope you your coping mechanism is better than mine, at this time. I suppose I'm what many people will call a wimp at the moment. God give you strength to carry the load you have. I pray he helps us too. 

 

Reading some lovely words on this challenge, helps too.

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