Silly Goose

Hello.
I may have blown my March budget on these silly goose dies, but..   no regrets!

After seeing all the gorgeous, flowery Mother's Day gifts in the shops, I may have got a bit carried away with the blooms and bright colours on this card. But, I had fun stamping that background, and that's all that counts, right?

Challenge

Freshly Made Sketches

• concord & 9th - silly goose dies 
• wplus9 - feathers and florals
• distress inks - carved pumpkin/twisted citron/pickled raspberry/spiced marmalade
• squeezed lemonade/festive berries/walnut stain
• altenew ink - fresh leaf
• avery elle - postage stamp die

Find Me In The Garden

Hello.
Today I'm sharing a sweet, bunny card with you.
These guys are helping themselves to the veg patch! Let's hope Mr McGregor doesn't spot them :o)

I did a little bit of masking to get those bunnies close to each other, and some more on the bench and vegetables. I admit, trying to get my brain around which parts to mask and stamp first can be tricky - so some of those veggies are fussy cut and added afterwards.

Challenge  

We Love Stamping

🦅🌳🐿️ Wildlife 🌺🐝🐟

 

or anything goes

• colorado craft company - garden therapy/rooting for you
• I think the bench stamp is Magnolia
• Copic markers

A Little Creative Experiment

Hello.
Today I decided to have a go at the 'faux cyanotype' technique, which is a bit brave for someone like me, who isn't inky  - or arty.  :o)
I'll be honest - it was a bit tricky and not totally successful, but it was definitely fun to try something so different.

I started by inking up my background with distress ink, and then adding the stamping - some in white ink and some using the same distress ink. Sounds easy, right?

If you want to see how it's really done check out the amazing cards over at Group of Cardmakers

where they've also included the links to a couple of technique videos.

• ranger distress ink - salty ocean
• hobbycraft white ink
• wplus9 - winter woodland/feathers and florals/heartfelt holiday
• winnie and walter - big bang confetti
• mft - stitched square die

Special Delivery... From The Dog

Hello.
I'm excited today, to be a Guest Designer over at the 

AAA Birthday Challenge

where the theme is 'die cuts'

This was right up my street. I LOVE using die cuts.

For my card I've used this cute pup. Yes, he's supposed to have skis, but I had other plans.
Instead of the ski poles, I've got him to carry this birthday present.

I wanted to use some more die cuts for the background, but still keep the overall look pretty simple.
So I went with cloud and grass dies, and a couple of extra presents - one is never enough!  :o)

You've got a whole month to play along and show us your die cuts.
Do you alter yours?
I'm always looking for ideas to stretch my supplies,
so I'd be interested to know how you do it.

Thanks to AAA Birthday for letting me guest design this month.
It's been fun  xxx

• waffle flower - cool pup
• spellbinders - landscape edges dies / handmade holidays (presents)
• pinkfresh studio - diagonal stitched rectangle
• distress ink - tumbled glass / twisted citron
• concord & 9th - poolside (sentiment)