Snarky Cat Christmas 3

Definitely my "stamp (set) of the moment, here is another Christmas card with the Snarky Christmas Cats stamp set (CMS 416) from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous.

For this one, I took inspiration from the sentiment and imagined Santa on his way to deliver gifts to this naughty cat and changing direction after checking his list! 

Poor cat... he does looks crestfallen!! 

The card is simply stamped with BlackVersafine and Memento Rhubarb stalk for the Ho sentiment. I added colour to the hat with pencils .

The "Ho" and footprints are freebie stamps from the now defunct, and greatly missed, Craft Stamper magazine.

I do hope you are enjoying these as, yes, there are still more, many more...

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I am entering the Allsorts, We Love Chocolate Baroque, Stamping Sensations, Lost Coast Designs, Addicted to stamps and Paperbabe challenges.

Autumn Leaves

Welcome to my second inspiration make for our Country View Challenge,  hosted by Jane, who chose Leaves (The leaves are falling) as the theme.

This time I created a journal page with Autumn colours:

First I applied some texture paste and stamped into it before it dried completely with Paper Artsy ELB33 leaf stamps. Judging when the paste is ready is the most difficult and I did have a few false starts!

The texture paste I used was also an experiment, as I used the Cosmic Shinner Multi-Tex powder to make it. What is the point of making your own paste?

For me having a single pot of dry powder to make a custom recipe for a project means that I

a) need only one pot instead of  many AND

b) the product will not dry in the pot between uses because I don't use a particular product often enough.

In effect it saves me both space and money!

Once the paste had dried I sprayed lightly with water and sprinkled Brushos powders. Unfortunately I had forgotten that dye inks do get absorbed in  texture paste and when dried the colour was very much faded...:

I put plan B in motion... which means using a pigment rather than a dye (something to do with the molecular size of the particles) so I pulled out my Paper Artsy Frescos and painted on several colours trying to match the colours I already had underneath.

For the focal point I sprayed Distress Oxide in Walnut Stain, which dried out turned out grey blue, I guess this is how this colour "oxidises"... Never mind, grey could work too.

I die-cut a bunch of leaves from remnants of Gelli prints with added inks here and there.

For the sentiments I used rub-ons to spell my quote, an in joke in our family hailing, in a roundabout way, from Game of Thrones.   

Over to you now, have a look at what the DT made on the Country View Challenge blog and link up your project to the challenge for the chance to win a £20 voucher for the Country View Craft shop.

Thanks for coming by,
I am entering the Inspiration Station (the colours and Autumn theme inspired me), Simply Create Too,  Sweet Stampin', and the Alphabet challenges.

Snarky Cats Christmas 2

Did you like my Snarky cat on a sledge? Well here's another Christmas card with the Snarky Christmas Cats stamp set (CMS 416).

The card is simply stamped in either Memento London fog, coloured ink or black (the bells) and coloured with pencils.

There's more to come... I am aiming for 10 cards in the same style...

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I am entering the Allsorts, SSS Monday, Paperbabe,  and Stamping Sensations challenges.

Tropical beach Journal page

Summer is almost over and what a damp squib that was in this country! Yes, whilst some of Europe and America burned (literally in some cases), England still is a green & pleasant land!!! 

On our Country View Challenge, which this month is hosted by Jane, we want to see leaves. Well you might be thinking of the ones which fall and turn to yellows, reds and browns but... not me!  As I said, I didn't have my summer yet so I am taking you with me to the beach in this journal page.

I first created a fiery sunset with iridescent sprays (my current supply includes the older Prima Color Blooms and the new Cosmic Shimmer Airless Misters). The Airless Misters can be sprayed at any angle which makes life easier and they do not clog.  After drying, I stamped the trees which are part of the Tropical Sunset stamp (Crafty Individuals CI-497).

I added a bit of blue pencil for the sea, white accents for the waves with a Distress Crayon and a bit of pencil for the sand texture.

Finally I added my die-cut leaves from a coloured piece of card (combination of watercolour and Distress inks) and a bird (from the CI-272 stamp set)

Over to you now, have a look at what the DT made on the Country View Challenge blog and link up your project to the challenge for the chance to win a £20 voucher for the Country View Craft shop.

Thanks for coming by,
I am entering the SSS Monday, SSS Wednesday challenges.