Sunday, 13 April 2025

Double Frame

Hello crafters!

Today I have a first inspiration make for our Country View Challenge held in the Facebook group. This month the theme is "Use a frame(s)" hosted by Sue . There are so many ways of adding a frame to a card... drawing with inks, adding glitter/foil on double sided tape, die cutting frames with 2 sizes of dies etc... 

For my first make I created my frame with Lavinia stamps:


I stamped the cottage first using several colours of ink and masked it before stamping the path.
With the focal image in place, I added my frame by stamping the Fairy Lantern repeatedly around it and coloured them with pencils.

For good measure I added an actual frame that I had intended to cut with 2 sizes of a die set but had to hand cut using all the maths I could muster!

Supplies
- Honeysuckle Cottage Stamp (LAV 687)
- Mini Fairy Lantern Stamp (LAV588)
- Fairy Path Stamp (LAV246)
- Versafine Clair inks
- Coloured pencils

***********
To enter the challenge, hop on to our friendly group here and upload your project to the challenge album. You could win the bundle pictured below of a Crafty by Toni stamp set and a pack of 49 And Market die-cut elements from the Country View Craft shop.




Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield       I am entering the Stamping Sensations challenge 

Saturday, 12 April 2025

Masculine card with stencils

Hello crafters, 
This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Val, is "Stencils/Masks". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

In other news there is a new monthly challenge for tags and ATCs lovers Tag-Along (and ATCs), first challege starts 1st of May.

My stencil inspiration:



The background is a Gelli print I made with a DIY stencil by die-cutting numbers into a piece of card with the ALL & Create die set #33 Numberama (in black) and bits from the #39 Infinarty set. I also used the Ledger (TCW267) from The Crafters Workshop (in white) and Imagination Crafts (MA241) stencils.

I used Paper Artsy for the paints and with the stencils, Prima Heavy gesso (white) and DecoArt Media black gesso.
 
The focal image is AALL & Create Car from the #77 Climbing Wood die set, which I die-cut in pearlescent green (I was going for a metallic paint finish). I added some silverware with foil to the bumper and other accessories.

I cut the Gelli print and a mat with the set #33 Splodazzlers.

Finally I added a clip and a label, both die-cut with the #30 Taggletastic set, also ALL & Create. [Yes I'm a bit obsessed with their dies...] 

Hop on over to the Allsorts challenge blog to see all the DT inspiration and upload your projects. There is a prize from  From Lisa Horton Crafts, Pansy Corner layering stencils with coordinating die and embossing folder as well as a prize of two AALL and Create stencils.... for 2 lucky winners!
 



Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield   I am entering the Addicted to Stamps & More and Creative Artist challenge