Inspired by Autumn

Hello crafters, 

This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by yours truly is "Autumn".  This can be inspired by the season (crops, grape harvest, fallen leaves etc..) or just the warm colours. As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

With Autumn mushrooms are to be found amongst the fallen wet leaves and this is my inspiration for this tag:

The focal image is Counting Toadstools by Crafty Individuals (CI-574) stamped in grey ink and coloured with pencils.

The background is Distress Ink Oxides, splattered with water.

I used the AALL & Create #27 - "Tag It Yourself" Die set to cut both tag shapes.

I am linking to the Simon Says Stamp Monday and Tag-Along (and ATCs) challenges.

My second project is all about the warm colours of Autumn rather than any motif of the season:

I stamped the Sunflower from the Sunflower Bee stamp set (Julie Hickey JH1019) twice and dies-cut it twice with the matching die set (JHD-CUT-007) to create my sunflower. I used an orangey-yellow to stamp on a light yellow piece of card and added colour with pencils to add a 3D effect. I also shaped the flowers with a ball stylus.

The paper background, from the Paper Artsy Chatsworth pack, has some green in it as well as oranges and brown but does look fairly flat in the photo.

Both paper and brown card mat have been cut with the AALL & Create Climbing Woods die set (#77). 

Finally I added the dictionary definition, a piece of honeycomb die-cut and the bees stamped, die-cut and coloured with pencil (all stamps from the same stamp and die set).

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Sympathy Card

Hello crafters, 

This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Gail is "Sympathy/Thinking of You". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

The focal image is a Vintage Stamping stamp inked in Versafine Clair, the sentiment is from the Big Sympathy stamp set (Inspired by Stamping).

I cut the base and mat with the AALL & Create #106 Layers of Air.

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Shedding light on the moon

Hello crafters, 

This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Brenda is "All creatures great and small". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

I created a scene inspired by the idea that "the moon is made of cheese" according to a famous English proverb, a favourite of Wallace and Gromit.

Obviously the mice are checking this out....

I first stamped the moon and masked  it before applying Distress inks in blues and greens.

Removing the mask I then stamped the mice and leafs before applying ink for the glow of the bulbs.
Fanciful as the electric cables are not plugged in but... 

All stamps are from Lavinia:
- Moon (LAV431)

- Double Trouble (LAV963)

- Berry Leaves (LAV577)

 

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 Craftyfield   I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge

Gorjuss Embossing

Hello crafters, 

This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Lynne is "Emboss, heat or dry". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

The focal image and sentiment (a not so funny pun) are from the White Rabbit stamp set (Gorjuss/Docrafts GOR 907112) coloured with alcohol pens.

My background is white vellum embossed with the D'vine Cuttlebug folder and coloured with pastel.

To affix it to the tag I used heart shaped brads.

Both navy and white mats were cut with the AALL & Create #27 - "Tag It Yourself" Die set 

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Wild Flowers Love

Hello crafters, 

This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Sarah is "Colours of Summer". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

The focal image is "Cow Parsley" from Imagination Crafts. After a failed experiment with inking the stamp with Gelatos I switched to Distress Oxides, applying different colours of ink.

Cow Parsley are a favourite of mine so I selected the sentiment (Blooming Buds from STAMPlorations) because it featured wild flowers.

I used the second largest die from the AALL & Create Climbing Woods die set (#77) to cut the mat.

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 Craftyfield   I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge

Seaside Tag

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

Seaside being one of my favourite theme, I enjoyed putting together some of my many sea inspired supplies...

I started by applying gesso to my tag and sticking some snippets of Stamperia paper (Arctic Antarctic) on top. 
Next I stamped 3 motifs from 2 Crafty Individuals sets (Seagull and seaside: CI-397 - Call of the Sea, bottom right: CI-272 Seaside Treasures ).
The Dymo words are stamps from the Retro Beach set by Rubber Dance.
Finally, I placed my chosen the rub-ons from Stamperia as the focal images.

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 Craftyfield   I am entering the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday, 

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Using stencils as background

Hello crafters, 
This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Donna is "Use stencils". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

My inspiration card uses stencil as a background, no need of designer paper!

The stencil is from the mini stencil 39 by Tim Holtz, used with Distress inks.

The stamps and matching dies are from the Visible Image 99% Chance of Wine set. I inked the stamps with different colours of inks and coloured the bottle with pencils.

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 Craftyfield   I am entering the Polkadoodles challenge

Dimensional Blooms

Hello crafters, 

This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Ellie is "Blooms/Birds/Butterflies". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.
Blooms are favourite for any occasion so I decided to have another go at creating realistic-looking pom pom dahlias:

I used Spellbinders Pom Pom Dahlia and Ladybugs Etched Dies s4-1317 to create the focal cluster and the Everyday Sentiments from the STAMPLorations set.

The whole is matted on an embossed panel with the Sizzix/Tim Holtz 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder (665734) and a green cardstock mat.

I think I need more layers in my pom pom (The darkest flower has 3 layers of each size of flower, 15 layers in total) to get the fully rounded effect, but I have to say it takes a lot of time to form each petal with stylus and tweezers! 

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 Craftyfield     I am entering the Addicted to stamps & more and 

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Growing Garden

Hello crafters, 
This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme is "Anything Goes  From the Garden". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

Here's my inspiration make:

This theme led me to use old stash, which always makes me feel good!

The focal sentiment is the Flower Wheelbarrow stamp by (defunct) Impression Obsession inked with Versafine Clair.

The paper is a freebie from an old magazine and the die used to cut both paper and mat is the AALL & Create #27 - Tag It Yourself die set. I also used the star and hole reinforcer dies in teh set as embellishments.

Finally the sentiment is as stamp by Paper Artsy from the ELB02 set.

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Allsorts 17th Birthday

Hello crafters, 
This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Lynn is "17th Birthday", since it is Allsorts challenge Birthday! As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

I took the opportunity to make a card I am not going to send but keep as a proof of concept. 

You might have thought you recognised an AALL & Create die, released in March but you would be wrong...
I used the #91- Film Drip and after a few partial die-cuts for the burgundy mat, adjusted the tab with scissors. I die-cut the white card with the other die in the set, also with several passes to get the right proportion to the mat.

 

Whilst this did not turn out exactly like the #106 Layers of Air, I was happy to hold off buying said die-set. Still tempted though...

The focal image is Memories Collage, a stamp by Fern Studios, inked with various colours of ink.

I added the word Birthday on the tab (STAMPLorations Everyday Sentiments) and the 17th (Die'sire  Number Suffixes and Numbers) on a label created with the #30 Taggletastic die set.

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Buddly Crafts £25 store voucher. Founded in 2003, we've grown from a digital downloads store into the online craft supplies shop we are today sending out orders to our discerning, creative customers across the UK and worldwide. We stock a wide range of exciting products for card making and mixed media art carefully selected from the world’s most creative and time-tested arts and crafts brands.

Art Impressions $30 store voucher. Art Impressions is a rubber stamp manufacturer based in Salem, OR since 1987. The company began as our sole designer, Bonnie Krebs, created and sold educational stamps at craft fairs around the Northwest, now sold Worldwide.

Highlight Crafts, dies with artwork downloads. Own brand products designed in the UK and an on line store offering a fabulous variety of brands to cover a multitude of crafty techniques.

Plus, Surprise Goody Bags containing, stamps, dies and other crafty items.

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Monochromatic Tag

Hello crafters, 

Before introducing you to our new challenge, a heads up...

and to celebrate AALL & Create are offering our readers a Discount code AllsortsBD17 from AALL and Create provides a 15% discount valid from 1st May through 31st May and available on all items in their store plus free shipping on orders over £39.99.

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This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Liz is "Monochromatic". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

My inspiration make is a tag:

The background is Distress Oxides inks and Prima Bloom spray applied over the stamped and embossed Weed Love stamps from Rubber Dance.

Pieces of Arden Creative Studio "Hidden Creek Journal" PET Tape by Katie Pertiet, were added as embellishments. If it looks blurred it's because the sun creates shadows through the PET, making it difficult to photograph.

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 Craftyfield   I am entering the Polkadoodles, Lost Coast Designs and 

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Floral Hexagonal card

Hello crafters, 
This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by yours truly is "Shaped Cards". I would like to see show stoppers...but, as usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

My chosen shape is hexagonal with a floating element:

The focal image is created with Altenew Dynamic Duo Blooming Branch stamps, stencils and die.

The plant pots are stamped, coloured and die-cut with Perennials in Pots (collection Country Lane by Crafters Companion).

The paper inside the card is a freebie from a magazine.

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pictured below for a lucky winner!

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 Craftyfield   I am entering the Addicted to stamps & more, 

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In the Garden

Hello crafters, 
This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Gail is "In the Garden". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

I had the perfect stamps and dies for this one! I grabbed a bargain bundle from Crafter's Companion and thought the elements would surely come in handy at some point

The focal image is created with stamps and die from the Country Lane Garden Gateway and the flower pots are from the Perennials set, also Country Lane.
I used watercolour pencils and a wet brush for the colouring throughout.

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Finest Flower

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

Spring is flowering season for me so this is what I chose for my focal point:

I created a background with a stencil (Imagination Crafts - Drop Screen MA24) and overstamped with Calligraphic Mat 13 from the Artistic Stamper. 

The focal image is Penny Black Finest Cling Stamp (40-952) inked with marker pens to give a watercolour effect.

I added a snippet of a ruler die-cut from fabric top right to finish and the sentiment.

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 Craftyfield   I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge

Flock of birds

Hello crafters, 
This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Lynn is "Things with Wings". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

I prepared a piece of cardstock with a wash of blue watercolour, fading to white.
I then stamped several bird stamps from the STAMPlorations set "Trendy Birds 2" as well as two of the sentiments.
Finally, I used the larger of the dies in the "Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies" set (also STAMPlorations) and matted the card with black and blue cardstock.

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 Craftyfield   I am entering the Stamping Sensations,  We Love Stamping and

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Shabby Chic Tag

Hello crafters, 
This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Sarah is "Ribbon or bow". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

The base is a handmade paper which I stencilled with Distress Oxides and the STAMPlorations stencil Leaf Print, then stamped with the Crafty Individuals Crackle Background (CI-116).

The focal image is the Resting Woman by Rubber Dance stamped in a mix of Distress Oxide inks.

I added die-cuts for embellishments:

-  Doily #2 Pineapple (572792 by Prima )

-  Border threaded with ribbon (Tattered Lace )

-  Flowers from the Larger Than Life stamp and die set (Papertrey Ink)

Finally a small vellum ephemera from Arden Creative Studio and a wax seal heart finish the tag.

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 Craftyfield   I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, Polkadoodles and

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