CAS Sympathy Card

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

I do like making CAS cards in general but they are particularly good for these hard to make Sympathy cards.

I used a stamp from the Penny Black You & Me stamp set (30-285) with Versafine Clair inks in blue and brown and added a sentiment from the Big Sentiments - Sympathy stamp set (Inspired By Stamping) in black.

It looks simple, it sounds simple to make and yet it took me an age to find "THE" placement that would make it just so...

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Your turn now... do hop to the Allsorts blog, admire my teamies makes and upload your project for the chance to win 2 prizes of Oakwood Direct, 3 stencils, A5 stamp set and coordination Butterfly stamp and die set. You can enter up to 5 times and worthy entries will earn a place in the Top 7. 

Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield   I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, 

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Shades of blue

Hello crafters, 

Today we have a new theme for our Allsorts challenge, "Shades of Blue", chosen by Liz. You can also enter with the Anything Goes option. up to 5 times! My inspiration make is this tag all in blue bar the matt: 

I did all my stamping first, using different colours of Versafine ink.
Stamps are all Lavinia: 
Oak Leaf Flourish (LAV760)
Fantasea (LAV721)
Bulrushes (LAV003)
Forest Moss (LAV857)

I then created the background, also with Versafine Clair inks using a smoothie. The moon (a simple circle) and the boat were masked to preserve the lightness.
I added a few strokes of pastel pencils to anchor the bulrushes and represents ripples in the water.
The base and the black mat were die-cut with the #27 Tag It Yourself die set by AALL & Create  

Hop over to the Allsorts blog to see all the DT inspiration and upload your projects. There are two prizes of Lavinia Stamps and stencil (photos not to scale) to be won!

Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield   I am entering the Addicted to Stamps, Polkadoodle, 

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#815 Close to nature

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

My inspiration is a scene I made using some stamps never used before!

I used an oval polymer plate (like a Gelli plate) to ink my background with inks and Brushos powders.

After stamping the bird and the scene (Simply Cards & Papercraft Issue 237) in black Versafine, I added white pastel pencil and some gel pen to the snow areas and the bird's feathers.

Finally I die-cut my scene with the AALL & Create #33 Splodazzlers and added a rectangular mat.

Hop on to the Allsorts blog to upload your project for a chance to win three prizes of A5 stamp sets from AALL and Create 

 

Thanks for coming by,
 Craftyfield   I am entering the Addicted to stamps, We Love Stamping, 

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Matching pairs

Hello crafters,

We have a new theme this fortnight at Allsorts, "Matching Pairs", you can also enter with an Anything Goes option. I have chosen to make a bag and matching tag with some gorgeous and very old papers!

If like me you have a plethora of paper that you cannot bear to cut into, this project is for you!

To make the bag I followed Nigezza's tutorial here. The tag I die cut (partially) from another piece of paper of the same paper. 

Supplies: 

Paper: Chatsworth by Paper Artsy

Sentimentally Yours:  Essential Sentiments SYC007.

Die set: AALL & Create #33 Splodazzlers

Hop on to Allsorts and upload your make for the chance to win 2 prizes of Lavinia Stamps. You can enter up to 5 times and worthy entries will earn a place in the Top 7.

Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield   

Make most of the dies

Hello crafters, 

Today is my debut at the Allsorts challenge blog! 

I have entered their challenges many times over the years, made the Top 5 and won prizes on several occasions and now as the stars aligned I am joining the Design Team!

The theme this fortnight is Use Dies (or Anything Goes) chosen by Sarah.

My card is based on a fancy shape and I have used the instructions from Sam's blog. 

 

Supplies:
Baubles: stamps and dies set Studio Light Essentials (BASICSDC17)
Snowman: Sizzix/Tim Holtz Winter Wishes set (666717)
Centre Snowflake halves: Cards & Crafts for Christmas 2019 

Snowflake border: Die-cutting Essential Issue 58

Leaves and holly from Sizzix Christmas Shadow box set (663611)

Papers from magazine.

First the pop up card is prepared by scoring and cutting following the template. 

Then it's a matter of cutting the paper to fit each panel, of course you can choose to leave some blank to save some time or to keep it more "clean".

This is my first card with that shape and, as it is rather time consuming, not one I would do often but for Christmas, to stand out from the crowd it's perfect

Side and top views:

Hop on to Allsorts and upload your make for the chance to win 3 prizes of Oakwood dies and coordinating stamps. You can enter up to 5 times and worthy entries will earn a place in the Top 7.

Thanks for coming by,
 Craftyfield       I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Polkadoodles                                                                and Simon Says Stamp Monday challenges