DV #162 Use a Stamp or Digi

Good afternoon from a gorgeously sunny Hampshire!

Our challenge today, from Dream Valley, is to add a stamp or digi image to your project. We are sponsored by All Dressed Up Stamps and I have used one of their fabulous images, Springtime, for my card.

I coloured the image with copics, adding some small touches of glamour dust to the flowers, and also to the wings of the bees, which I stamped and diecut.

The background, and the patterned diecut, Sue Wilson’s Double Pierced Circles and Spellbinders Grand Decorative Circles 1, surrounding the image I created myself with Broken China, Cracked Pistachio and Wilted Violet Oxides. In order for the image to stand out from the background, as I used the same sheet and it was blending in to the background I added it on foam pads.

The final mat and corners are a turquoise mirri.

I am entering this into:-

Crafty Creations - #348 Anything Goes
Crafty Friends - #65 Birthdays
Crafty Gals Corner - #137 Punches and/or Dies
Creative Moments - #125 Anything Goes
Crop Stop - August Challenge Link Party #31 - Use Anything from the Crop Stop Store
Make My Monday - #53 Lazy Days of Summer
Making Memories Craft Challenge - #8 Anything Goes
Moving Along With the Times - #52 Things Beginning with the Letter B (Bees and Bunny)
My Creative Scoop - Monthly Link Up #25 Anything Hand Coloured Goes
Scrapy Land - #72 Anything Goes with a Brand of Die that Scrapy Land sell
Stamping Sensations - Aug: Anything Goes

CCM #194 Under The Sea or At The Beach

We have been having a Summer break at Crafty Cardmakers, but we are back to day with a still summery themed challenge of either Under the Sea, or At The Beach.

I started with the background which I created on my A4 Gelli Plate, by brayering on some Fresco paint from Paper Artsy in three different ‘sea’ shades of blue. I used a Tim Holtz Texture tool to scrape through to give the impression of movement in the water, and also dabbed some cling film over it in a few places to add to the movement.

I stamped a few fish and bubbles, a seahorse and a rock for one of my mermaids to sit on, along with some seaweed.

My mermaids are from Hunkydory and I stamped them onto white card and coloured in their skin and hair, and then re-stamped their bra tops and tails onto shimmer paper, and paper pieced those over the top. One mermaid has a small gem for her necklace and the other has three in her hair.

I diecut lots of Sheena Douglas Floristry and Magnolia Seaweed dies in the same shimmer paper as the tails, but in twi different shades of blue/green. I also diecut several strips of a Marianne die that has lots of little fish on it, in three different shades of the shimmer paper, plus in a lovely frosty linen look paper and scattered them around.

The bottom of my sea is a combination of some glass round gems and prills. My Mermaids were added on foam pads to give dimension.

I am entering this into:-

A Bit More Time To Craft - #50 Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft - Aug: Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge - #16 Anything Goes
Crafty Friends - #64 Anything Goes
Create and Inspire - #65 Anything Goes
Eclectic Ellapu - Aug: Anything Goes
Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - #64 Anything Goes
My Creative Scoop - Monthly Link Up #25 Anything Hand Coloured Goes
Pammie’s Inky Pinkies - #1734 Anything Goes
The Artistic Stamper - Aug: Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge - #8 Aug: Anything Goes
We Love 2 Create - #16 Anything Mixed Media Goes

DV #161 Christmas Animals

It’s really chilly today, considering it’s Summer, so it’s appropriate that our challenge at Dream Valley is Christmas Animals.

We are sponsored by both Crafty Ribbons and also Di’s Digi Stamps.

My image came free with a magazine and is by Adam Pescott, at least I think it is. I coloured it with copics. The turquoise mirri was in my stash as was the snowy background papers which I have been trying to use up for years! The tree diecuts are Doohickey dies from Magnolia.

No idea where the sentiment die comes from, nor the snowflakes. as I put them down after cutting and they upped and disappeared!.

I am entering this into:-

Christmas Card Challenges - CCC #19 Optional Blue and White Snowflakes
Craft Rocket Challenges - #40 Animal Kingdom
Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge - #346 Anything Goes
Crafty Hazlenut’s Christmas Challenge Extra - Aug: Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges - #398 Monochromatic
Dragonfly Dreams - Animals
Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Aug: Anything Goes
Jingle Bells - Peace on Earth
Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge - #79 A Festive Sentiment
Sweet Stampin’ Chrismtas - Aug: Anything Goes
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - #12 Anything Christmas Goes
The Merry Christmas Challenge - #29 Anything Christmas Goes