' ' ' 'Crafty Endeavours: Wildlife in my garden

Friday 13 July 2018

Wildlife in my garden

Today I'm showing my second inspiration piece for the Country View Challenges on the Summer Garden theme, hosted by the lovely Jane.


I was sure I had taken pictures of the work in progress but I guess I was too involved and completely forgot!

Still, the techniques involved in this CAS card are simple, just time consuming.

I first masked with torn paper a band of my base card and stamped my Badger (Lavinia) with Versafine black ink. Then I masked the badger and applied Distress inks to give a meadow impression fading the colours upwards from green to blue and dark to light.

I stamped the larger wildflower stamp at the bottom (Gorjuss - The White Rabbit stamp set) and the smaller (Flonzcraft - Grass and Meadow Borders) at the top using a mixture of inks and colours. When I removed the masking I added some Linen Distress ink on the badger to knock off the stark white as it looked odd.

There you have it, another wild garden for me but completely different to my first Mixed Media feel card.

You still have over 2 weeks to enter our Country View Challenges, plenty of inspiration from all the teamies and the chance to win a £ 20 voucher to spend on some lovely goodies...

Thanks for coming by,
I am entering the Allsorts, Lost Coast Designs,  Craft Stamper, That's Crafty, Fashionable Stamping, Stamping Sensations challenges.

22 comments:

  1. He's certainly a lovely Badges isn't he Christine, mine is sadly little used still but you have showcased him beautifully here. And we do indeed have a set of them in our top paddock, shy fellows and we don't see them often. Many thanks for joining us at Allsorts and Stamping Sensations ;In my Gardewn' themes.
    B x

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  2. Lovely project! Thank you for sharing with us at Allsorts and good luck in the challenge.

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  3. Perfectly gorgeous Christine! I am glad that I am in good coming about becoming so wrapped up in creating that the step by step photos go amiss! You have explained it so well no photos are needed anyhow. The badger is beautiful I think it is one of the few Lavinia Stamps I don’t have! You have created such a pretty meadow for him to wander along in. Xx

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  4. This is really beautiful Christine, and I love how you've made your clean but definitely not simple design. Have a very happy weekend, Sue xx

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  5. I love that ripped paper strip and your meadow scene is beautiful. Very cool badger. Thanks for joining the fun at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. Hugz

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  6. A lovely card Christine, great background and the badger is fabulous.
    Thanks for sharing with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges,
    Avril x

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  7. Moi j'adore et ce tampon est du plus bel effet dans ce champs de verdure. D'ailleurs je crois que je l'ai.
    Bonne soirée. bises

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  8. You already know how much I love this Christine, thanks so much for sharing with us at Lost Coast Designs, Sue xx

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  9. This looks fab ..... I love the inky panel, great masking. Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper challenge xx

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  10. Love this card simple and delicate, perfect for summer xx

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  11. What a great CAS card, Christine!!! And I just love the technique how you created the colourful middle part!!! xx

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  12. Je la trouve adorable cette carte !...
    Il faut que je joue plus avec mes Lavinia moi aussi, et que je m'amuse à créer de petites scènes... Comme toi, j'adore. Et ça peut faire bien sûr l'objet de cours et ateliers très sympas.
    Bisous, bon dimanche.

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  13. A beautiful creation! I love it! I wish we had badgers in our garden. Thanks for entering it for the 'In our Garden' theme at Stamping Sensations this month, and Good Luck!

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  14. Thanks for joining the Lost Coast challenge. I like the CAS card you have made. The badger is so cute.

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  15. Wow that is super gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations.
    Pinky

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  16. Fabulous make Christine, love the Badger image and how you have created the scene.

    Thank you for sharing with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.

    Warm crafty hugs from Shirl x x x
    ShirlsArtwork.

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  17. Now it's my turn to leave a comment, lol.

    Your CAS makes are always amazing you always make them look simple but as we all know they are probably the hardest to do.

    Warm crafty hugs from Shirl x x x
    ShirlsArtwork.

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  18. This is stunning, Christine! I love the little Badger and the meadow looks fabulous.
    xx

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  19. You did an amazing job with your background. Thanks for sharing with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenge!

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  20. So wonderful , love the grass meadow and your colors, :-)
    thank you for adding them to That`s Crafty Challenge - DT, Dorthe

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  21. So sweet :)
    Thanks for joining in with us at That's Crafty!

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