A Quick Monochrome Card

Sorry...... it's yet another Stamp Soup sample! This was another one made for the Create and Craft TV launch. It's super simple and yet (I think) really effective.

I've simply used the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation stamp impressions to create the flower, added a couple of leaves and a stem and then stamped the sentiment. The image has then been matted and layered onto some silver glitter tape and black card.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks - anything goes
Crafty Girls - anything goes
Crafting by design - anything goes
Inspiration Destination - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
Artistic Inspirations - anything goes
613 Avenue Create - anything goes
Amusing Challenges - anything goes

Simple Tile Card

This is a really simple tile card. I'll be honest it didn't start out as a tile card but I made a mistake with it and I didn't want to or have time to bin it so I did the best I could with what I had!

The flowers and background have been created/coloured using Stamp Soup and Distress Inks. I've then cut the image into squares and heat embossed each square before mounting onto white card.

Thanks for dropping by today.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything goes
Lemon Shortbread - Anything goes
Stampart - Anything goes
Through the craft room door - Anything goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes
Colouring in scrapland - Anything goes

Gorjuss Girl Mini Matchbox Surprise Card

As some of you know I love the Gorjuss Girl collection from Docrafts but rarely seem to find time to play. Well I had a little time to play and decided I'd try my hand at making a mini matchbox card.

I think I'm quite please with the results and will definitely be making more of these.

I might use a standard depth large matchbox though as it's a bit of a squash to fit everything inside.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes
Crafting from the heart - Anything goes
Craft your passion - Anything goes
Our Crafty Corner - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything goes
Card and Scrap - Lace
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes
Sparkles Monthly Challenge - Make It Girly

Some "bunny" stop me!

Groan..... yep it's more stamp soup today!

I showed this little bunny off in a previous post and explained that if you were new to stamping or not confident with masking that you could simply stamp the individual elements and layer them up. This is exactly what I did with this bunny. I think it's just as effective as one layer stamping - what do you think?

That's it for me today. Have a fabulous Easter Sunday and enjoy eating those eggs that the Easter Bunny left this morning!

Thanks for stopping by.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge - Easter
Challenge Up Your Life - Bunnies
Crafting with dragonflies - Easter
Let's Colour Linky Party 6 - Anything goes
Artisitic Stampers - Springtime
Just Keep On Creating - Anything goes
Lets Craft and Create - Easter

More soup? Today it's Chicken....

Well chick actually! For those of you who haven't got a clue what I'm talking about, it is of course yet another make using the fantastic Stamp Soup collection from Polkadoodles.

Today's offering is this little chick card which was really quick and easy to make. You'll have to excuse the colouring and the card itself.... it was my first attempt at using Lyra Pencils on Kraft. I think I've decided I'm not a Kraft kind of girl to be honest!

I used two different stamps to create the chick. If you check out this post here you will need to use the stamps that I used for the head and feet then simply add a pair of eyes, a little beak and legs and the jobs a good un!

Hopefully you're not too bored with seeing the projects made with this collection? I'm truly loving playing with the collection and seeing what variations I can come up with!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz - Stitching
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Jo's Scrapshack - Anything Goes
Morgan's Artworld - Anything with wings
4 Crafty Chicks - Less is more
Hanna and friends - Easter
Addicted to Stamps & More - Anything goes
Stampotique - It's all about birds (sdc237)

Hoppy Easter!

Happy Easter to you all! Can you guess what I've been playing with again? I bet you can't....OK I bet you can! Stamp Soup..... I can tell you my mojo hasn't been this fired in a loooonnnnngggg time!

I'm still not making floral projects (although I do have a few in the pipeline as well as a few TV samples that I've yet to show you) as I'm having way too much fun seeing what else I can easily create with the stamps.

Today I'd like to show you a stamped bunny complete with carrot. Now I've done this using lots of masking but if you aren't sure about masking or are new to stamping you can easily create the bunny simply by stamping out the individual elements, cutting them out and layering them up (I'll show you another card which has been done this way tomorrow). I've cheated a bit on this and used punched butterflies (even though you can make some adorable little ones using the stamps) as they were an after thought and I have a few Easter cards to make.

I thought I'd stamp each of the individual elements so you can recreate the bunny if you wish.

Right that's it for me today.

Thanks for stopping by.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Brown Sugar - Easter
Crafting with friends - anything goes
Crafty Catz - Stitching
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
Jo's Scrapshack - Anything goes
PDE Linky Party - Anything goes
Simply Papercraft - Anything goes
Double ClickSkittles - Bunny, basket or egg
Little Red Wagon - Easter
Inky Chicks - Easter

Stamp Soup - Things are getting a little prickly!

Just a quickie from me today. I thought I'd show you another of my samples using PolkaDoodles Stamp Soup Collection. This was super quick and easy and is intended to show that the stamps are not restricted to flowers.

I used the leaf stamp from the Lavender Tea set to create the hedgehog (I'm actually kicking myself now as in my haste I totally forgot to ground the little guy). The border was stamped using the "beautiful" sentiment from the Lemonade Fizz set and one of the mini flower stamps from Lavender Tea.

I hope you like him and can see the potential in these unique stamps.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire

PS you can buy the stamps separately or as part of fantastic value CD and stamp set. I've provided direct links to the value set.

I'd like to enter this project into the following challenges:
Everybody Art Challenges - Anything Goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes/cute critters
Stampart - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes
Elliebelle's Creative Moments - Creatures/Critters
Penny Black Challenge - Feature a creature
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
Craft Stamper Magazine - Anything goes