Autumn is coming

Hello crafters!
I am feeling inspired by the fast approaching Autumn season with the changing colours of the Autumn leaves... My starting point for this card was a fairly recent die-set that I bought especially for Autumn makes!

I first inked the background with Distress inks and pieces of card for the shape of the hills.

I stamped all the elements of the scene before die-cutting with the inside mat of the Woodsy Vibes die  set.
I die-cut the frame from brown cardstock and die-cut an additional piece for the leaves side of the frame from multicoloured cardstock I had prepared with Distress Oxides .

Then all that remains to do is to stick down everything on the card base, a sunny orange coloured  piece of card.

I have to say I have been using AALL & Create die sets, for nearly every card I make recently, and I think it's because these sets are big enough to serve as base and have unusual shapes.  

Supplies:

All stamps from Lavinia

- Scout LAV859

- Moon LAV431

- Tree scene LAV219 

- Forest Moss LAV857

- Forest Mushroom LAV564

- AALL & Create #93 Woodsy vibes die set

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Birthday Car

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

The focal image is from the Old Crock set (BK-HA008) from Butterfly Kisses.

I coloured it with a mixture of coloured pencils and alcohol markers.

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Hop over to the Allsorts challenge blog to see all the DT inspiration and upload your projects. There are two prizes of 2 stamps sets pictured below for a lucky winner!

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 Craftyfield   I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge

Marcie on a night out

Hello crafters!
For you today I have another inspiration make for our Country View Challenge held in the Facebook group. This month the theme is "Silhouettes" hosted by Carol

My tag features Lavinia's Marcie (LAV 916) who is taking a sabbatical from witchcraft until October... 🤣 

All she needed to do was hang up her hat and broom! (I wiped off the ink from these areas before stamping).
My base is AALL & Create paper #9 Tarnished Wonders, inked with Distress and Distress Oxide Inks.
I also stamped Small Pine Trees (LAV 836), Mini Seed Head (LAV30) and Mini Fairy Lantern (LAV 588) which Marcie is now holding to light her way to a fancy soiree.

Lavinia's moon was too big for my tag so I just reserved a portion of a circle top left and added white with Distress Crayon in lieu of a stamped moon.

To create the glow around Marcie I used pastels and white gel pen add a few details to the tag.

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To enter the challenge, hop on to our friendly group here and upload your project to the challenge album. You could win the Tim Holtz inspired bundle pictured below from the Country View Craft shop.

Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield       I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, 

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Butterfly Box

Hello crafters, 

This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Ellie is "I spy B". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme.

For my make I chose Butterfly and made this box:

The focal image is built up with AALL & Create #113 Washi Tape "Nostalgic Post" , and matted on Paper Artsy Chatsworth paper.

The box itself is made with the Shadow Frame Box die set by Tonic.

For finishing touch I added a butterfly die-cut with Sara Signature Country Lane Swirled Butterflies by Crafters' Companion, which doubles up as a lid pull.

 

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Hop over to the Allsorts challenge blog to see all the DT inspiration and upload your projects. There are two prizes of coordinated stamps and dies pictured below for a lucky winner!

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

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Flower and Butterfly

Hello crafters, 

Another feminine card with this stamp from Crafty Individuals, sadly missed since the closure of their rubber stamp business.

Supplies: 

- CI-521 'Fragile Butterfly' (Crafty Individuals)

- Dye based brush markers (to stamp with)

- Coloured pencils (the blue of the butterfly)

- AALL & Create #91 Film Drip

- Cream and black cardstock

Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield   I am entering the Addicted to Stamps, 

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Cup of roses birthday card

Hello crafters, 

a blast from the past today! I pulled out that lovely STAMPlorations floral stamp to make a birthday card.

I stamped the image with white pigment ink and coloured with pencils on Kraft paper to get a no-lines effect. 

Supplies:

- A Cup of Roses (STAMPLorations)

- AALL & Create #87 Quirky Post die set

- Sentiment die from the Everyday sentiments set (also STAMPLorations).

- coloured pencils

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 Craftyfield   I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, and

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Santa is coming to town

Hello crafters!
Today I have a first inspiration make for our Country View Challenge held in the Facebook group. This month the theme is "Silhouettes " hosted by Carol . 

I am not normally one for making "Christmas in summer" but it seemed appropriate as I haven't had the chance to use the  Sizzix/Tim Holtz Vault Christmas Magic die set (666718) very much so far.

I used paper from my stash for the sky and ground.

The sentiment is an old stamp, also from my stash, and I added some iridescent stars with So Soft paint in White Pearl for some shine with the Tim Holtz Mini Layering Stencil 43 (THMST043)

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To enter the challenge, hop on to our friendly group here and upload your project to the challenge album. You could win the Tim Holtz inspired bundle pictured belowfrom the Country View Craft shop.

Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield       I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge  

Mother Elephant

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

The focal image is Imagination crafts Art Stamps inked with Kaleidacolor "Vineyard" inkpad.

The sentiment, stamped with the same inkpad is from the Rubber Dance set Retro Beach.

The background paper is from a Gorjuss pack, die-cut with the AALL & Create #78 Roadways Vistas. matted to black card, die-cut with the matching die in the same set.

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Hop on over to the Allsorts challenge blog to see all the DT inspiration and upload your projects. There are two prizes of Lavinia Stamps, stencil and Stampscapes pictured below for a lucky winner! (photos not to scale)

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 Craftyfield   I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday and

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All aboard

Hello crafters!

Today I have a first inspiration make for our Country View Challenge held in the Facebook group. This month the theme is "The Great Outdoors " hosted by Jane. 
For my second inspiration I pulled out my most recent Lavinia stamps Double Trouble (LAV963)

I started with a base of white card die-cut with AALL & Create #27 Die set "Tag It Yourself"

I did the stamping first as I needed to know where to leave out "the light", all with Versafine Black ink. As well as the mice, I used these other stamps used (all Lavinia):

- Bulrushes (LAV003)

- Fantasea (LAV721)

- Mini Fairy Lantern (LAV588)

- Forest Moss (LAV857)

I used Elements inks and Distress Inks to colour the background adding ripples in the water with a white crayon. The black mat is the matching die from the same "Tag It Yourself" set.

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To enter the challenge, hop on to our friendly group here and upload your project to the challenge album. You could win a a fabulous Paper Artsy floral stamp set designed by Alison Bomber.

Thanks for coming by,
 Craftyfield   I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday,

                                                       Tag-Along (and ATCs), We Love Stamping and 

                                                       Stamping Sensations challenges         

Layered Flowers

Hello crafters, 
This fortnight, the Allsorts challenge optional theme, chosen by Lynn, is "Pretty Flowers". As usual, you can also enter with an "anything goes" theme. My flower inspiration is a beautiful set by Altenew consisting of stencils and stamps:

The flowers and leaves are built up in layers with several shades of dye ink using the stencils of the Altenew Dynamic Duo Blooming Branch Stamp and Stencil set. The stamens are added with the stamps as is the sentiment.

 I die-cut the image and the matching mat with the AALL & Create #91 Die Set - Film Drip.

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Hop over to the Allsorts challenge blog to see all the DT inspiration and upload your projects. There are two prizes from AALL and Create an A4 and an A5 stamp set pictured below for a lucky winner!

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 Craftyfield   I am entering the Stamping Sensations, and 

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Mad as a box of frogs

Hello crafters!
Today I have a first inspiration make for our Country View Challenge held in the Facebook group. This month the theme is "The Great Outdoors " hosted by Jane.
For my first inspiration post I upcycled a box.

I started by painting the sky with Paper Artsy Fresco paints, chosen for their matt aspect. I faded out the sky to the green of the box which I left unpainted so I could stamp on it. I added clouds and painted the pond again with Frescos.

The Bulrushes is a Lavinia stamp (LAV003) and although I originally used the Forest Moss set, also from Lavinia (LAV857), to stamp the rocks, I ended up painting them with acrylic paints as they didn't look right.




The focal point is of course the frog, sat on a mossy "bench" resting on rocks. All of these and the flowers on the right are rub-ons from Stamperia's Hidden Grove collection. 

Until now I hadn't used rub-ons in creative ways and I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the design and how easy they are to blend into one's creation. [New ones have been added to my wish list...]

To finish I applied DecoArt Raw Umber paint with a sponge to create a border. 

How cute is that frog!!!

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To enter the challenge, hop on to our friendly group here and upload your project to the challenge album. You could win a a fabulous Paper Artsy floral stamp set designed by Alison Bomber.

Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield),       I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Monday, 

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For a child

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

The stamp is My Favourite Place (CI-449) from Crafty Individuals. I used Archival grey ink to stamp it and masked the figures before stencilling the background with the Visible Image Strobes stencil.

For the colouring I used pencils.

Hop to the Allsorts challenge blog to see all the DT inspiration and upload your projects. There are three Saturated Canary and one House Mouse stamps" pictured below for 2 lucky winners!

 

Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield       I am entering the Addicted to stamps  challenge