Allsorts of creatures great and small

 A favourite challenge is Allsorts, and this time the theme is “all creatures great and small”.

It just so happens I’ve been using some old SU sets for some younger members of the family,

and here is one of them showing a large animal with a very small one…

I’ve used a new SU set for the frame, Tile Garden, a new embossing folder Swirls of Magic

on two tone paper, lightly sanded, and an old set Elephant Parade, all from SU.

Elephant, mouse etc lightly coloured with blends.

Challenges:

Allsorts #857 (all creatures great and small)

Sweet Stampin  (use a die cut)

MyNBUS #90  as I’ve used new EF & die set

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Harbour side…..

 Today’s cards use the SU Waterside Retreat papers.

First up lots of fussy cutting, and two die cut nets, with a left over sentiment label from the SU kit.

I like the simple layout of this one that I cased from somewhere ….

The next one uses more of the papers, with some die cuts from Seasonal Layers, and Sunset Coast, SU.

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Fiddled with the Beach Huts

 Today’s card is a beach scene using a die set I’ve had for ages from Gummiapan.

I love love love beach huts, always dreamed of owning one,

but here’s the next best thing, making some. 😃

The dies are quite small, and initially I was going to colour them.

I found that too tricky to keep neat as there’s lots of teeny details.

Out came some scraps of card, die cut a few of each hut, then snipped them up,

and glued them on….believe it or not, it was a tad easier than colouring, and you know I like to fiddle!

Then to make the beach I rummaged and found Timeless Textures from SU had a possibility….

I stamped in crumb cake, then blended some ink to colour it, not going quite to the edge.

I then made a mask to ink blend the sea.

I’d left a bit of white at the shoreline, then added white highlights of sea foam with a gel pen.

I left it blank so I can personalise it.

Taking the never before used huts to

MyNBUS #89

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House-Mouse flies a kite

 I’m using another wooden stamp for this one,

House-Mouse Flying your way….

I stencilled the sky, then stamped and fussy cut the image.

I contemplated masking it, but it would have been even more difficult,

plus I like how the image pops more this way.

I did use some scraps on the back, instead of foam pads to raise it a little.

Challenges:

House-Mouse & Friends #472  (add ribbon or string (There’s both in the image 😃) or AG!)

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Thoughtful Journey Sympathy

These are not anyone’s favourite card to make, but possibly one of the most important…

I used an SU paper aptly named Thoughtful Journey.

It’s beautiful so I just added some Irridescent discs, and a sentiment.

I mounted it onto a coordinating pinky purple base, even though it looks more red.

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50th Anniversary is gold

 I used an old wooden stamp for this one…

Penny Black Furry Embrace, which I coloured with blend pens.

For friends 50th Anniversary, so I framed it in gold.

I didn’t want to spoil it with a sentiment,

so I decorated the inside, and cut some heart “confetti “

We Love Stamping has a theme this month, “Summer Blooms”,

so I’m hoping this fits the bill.

Penny Black has a challenge “wings”, but as cats don’t have any, luckily they accept Anything Goes.

I couldn’t resist entering the Addicted to CAS #315 Anniversary theme!

I hope it’s CAS enough 🤞

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No snow here on the beach

 Today’s card was sparked by 52christmascardthrowdown’s challenge,

where they’ve asked for Christmas cards with no snow.❄️ 

I immediately thought of a beach scene, as I’ve been making beach cards recently.

This is what came to mind…a favourite Penny Black, Margaret Sherry wooden stamp “Chill Day”.

Luckily I had a scene prepared in my stash, so I stamped the image on it, then stamped it again on white card** so that I could colour it and fussy cut the main elements.

I also used SU Beach Day for the palm trees, seagulls and a few details stamped on the sand.

The sentiment was in my stash from when I occasionally do batch making,

which definitely saves time especially for Christmas cards.

Challenges :

52cct Christmas without snow

Snippets Playground #539 as I used white “snippets” **, and green and brown offcuts for palm trees

Peace on Earth #118  inspiration board

Pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge anything goes

Krafty Chicks challenge  #833 Christmas 

Jingle Belles rock Masculine merriment

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