Stamps and Leaves

Good afternoon fellow crafty bloggers.

The first Friday of the month marks a new challenge over at  STAMPlorations.

Here is my inspiration card for this months theme-

and our theme, if you can't guess is -

My background is created using the ARTplorations stencil Leaf Prints using Pamellia's homemade embossing paste. (see here for recipe)

I went for a slight twist and probably used a little more talc and less paint! My stamps are all from a Stamp Club set -Blossom Overture, the large rose. I used Copics to colour the roses but I used DI in Mown Lawn to colour the leaves. I replaced the stencil once the paste was fully dry and inked through with a sponge. I used a MFT peirced rectangle die for the small mounts and added some ribbon scraps on the opposite corners. 

As usual Shery is offering the following prizes:-

Winner (voted by the design team)

 2 stamp sets (3" by 5") if you use STAMPlorations stamps, 1 stamp set if you don't

+ guest designer spot in a Sketch Challenge

Top picks 3 digi stamps 

+ the option to be a guest designer too in the next monthly Challenge if you will use  STAMPlorations digi stamp (to be provided ) OR if you already have STAMPlorations clear stamps.

All winners and top picks will receive a personalized guest designer badge that they can display on their blogs, as well as a STAMPlorations guest designer watermark.

Frequent Players Spotlight. Play in all 3 challenges for the month for entries to the random draw. Prize is always going to be a stamp and stencil pack valued at $10.

So no excuses not to have a go and join in.

Pop over to the DT's blogs for more inspiration and info on their designs and check out our fab GDs.

Gerrina GD

Jerrie GD

Joy GD

Becca DT

Laura Jane DT

Sari DT

Tenia DT

Wei Wei DT

I'm joining the fun over at -

Seize the Birthday - AG with full toppings!

Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting and for all the lovely comments you have left. :)

Stencils and Stamps

Good afternoon crafting friends.

Today is the start of a new monthly challenge over at STAMPlorations and this is my card for your inspiration.

Can you guess the theme, well it's -

Well I had a great time playing with the new stencils from Shery and for my card I used the Leaf Print stencil along with my favourite Bloom Sketches Daisy stamp.

 I stamped the daisies then embossed using white embossing powder then coloured them with a w/c effect using DIs and then used the stencil to create the foliage by applying DI with a sponge. The happy birthday is stamped using the Sentiment Builders-Happy set. I mounted the top panel on a very slightly larger black one then on an A6 white base.

As usual Shery is offering:-

Winner

(voted by the design team)

prize: 2 stamp sets (3" by 5") if she used our stamps, 1 stamp set if you don't

+ guest designer spot in the May Challenge

Top picks

prize: 3 digi stamps 

+ the option to be a guest designer too in the May Challenge if you will use  STAMPlorations digi stamp (to be provided )OR if you already have STAMPlorations clear stamps

All winners and top picks will receive a personalized guest designer badge that they can display on their blogs, as well as a STAMPlorations guest designer watermark.

Frequent Players Spotlight. Play in all 3 challenges for the month for entries to the random draw. Prize is always going to be a stamp and stencil pack valued at $10.

So no excuses to have a go and join us this month.

Pop over to the DT's blogs for more info on their designs.

Milla GD

Becca DT

Laura Jane DT

Sari DT

Tenia DT

Wei Wei DT

I would also like to join in the fun over at -

Virginia's View

Mixed Media Card Challenge - (no birds for me)