Masking welly boots

 Hi there, I’m getting my roller skates on to get into the

Snippets Playground before the gates clang shut!

Here’s my homework……

I set myself the challenge of the masking technique, and got out some old sets….

so old they had matching punches too! Not that I used them much with this card

I stamped the boots, then stamped them again on a sticky note,

Carefully cut it out, so I could use the positive and negative.

Covered the boots to stamp the brolly, 

then replaced the mask with the negative aperture to stamp the flowers.

I had to separate the boots so I could stamp flowers on one boot at a time.

I then used some scrap paper to make a sun (punched a circle),

then covered that to ink the sky, using another scrap to ink the ground.

I then used another scrap so I could ink through the umbrella (similar to the boots).

Phew, I hope Sarn has got some bacon sarnies left when I turn up at the treehouse!

I’ll have to apologise to miss Di for throwing some snippets in the bin that were, shall we say, 

a bit soiled, and therefore I couldn’t take a pic!

Do visit the Snippets Playground and join in the fun,

I think there’ll be a new challenge tomorrow too.

Have a super day

Lesley

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Thanks for taking the time to visit, and leave your comments. 

Two fruity...........

 Hello there..........sun is shining this morning (rare event these days!)

so I'm sharing a couple of sunny fruity makes using Under My Umbrella.....

I found this fruity paper in my stash, double sided 

so the plainer side is sooooo good for coordination and contrast.

I stamped and fussy cut the umbrellas and "sun", then stamped the handles on a white die cut,

once I'd worked out positioning......which could have been better :)

and added some gems. 

Having lots of snippets (like you do) I wondered what the wellies would look like.....

used scraps for layers, die cut three white stitched rectangles,

then stamped the wellies AND flowers AND leaves on some more snippets, and fussy cut.

Those flowers and leaves are are tiny, but I love fussy cutting :)

The welly soles looked bland so I added blend pen to highlight

As I used lots of snippets, I'm entering the Snippets Playground HERE

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #403

and the Allsorts Challenge Blog HERE with this theme...

****Anything with Happy Bright and Sunny Colours****

Wishing you a bright and sunny day!

Lesley

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Rainbow Over My Umbrella

 Sunshine and Showers bring Love's Flowers...........and Rainbows.

I was inspired by this challenge, and a couple of classes I attended virtually.

Only recently acquired this retiring set, thinking I wouldn't use it much......

couldn't have been more wrong!

Working with a stencil, and a hand made one, I messed about a bit with inks and Blend pens,

as you can see below....

I cut out my favourite part of the rainbow, and used other bits to stamp the umbrella and flowers on.

I then stamped rainbow coloured rain drops, coloured in bits of the sentiment and fussy cut it......mainly because I mucked up the first one!...............

I also positioned the umbrella to strategically hide some rain drops and the odd splodge!

So, as so often happens, this evolved with a mixture of inspiration, frustration, and happy accidents.

I may add some sparkle to the rain drops........but fear I'll mess up again!

Enjoy your day

Lesley

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