Spellbinders Colorful Expressions Blossom card

 

Hello everyone, 

I always find this a funny old time of the year. The clocks have changed, and we have darker evenings, so the days seem shorter even though it's the same number of hours. I am someone who tends to want to hibernate until spring, but I also love crisp, sunny autumn days when the trees are displaying their wonderful colours, and leaves are crisp underfoot. I like to spend more time crafting and reading, and this year, I want to try my hand at crochet if I can find someone to teach me. Do you notice changes like this, and have you any plans to learn something new over the autumn/winter?

Anyway, welcome to the new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. This time, we are looking for creations using die-cuts and/or stencils.

I came up with this card using dies

Spellbinders recently had a sale, and I snapped up the Colourful Expressions Blossoms stamp and dies. I'm not in their club, but this was a good opportunity to try their stamp of the month from a while ago.

I stamped and coloured the lovely flowers, then die-cut them with the matching die. I rooted through some old supplies and found the Pinkfresh Studio Braided Tag die offered a good mat for the background. This die cuts a hole at the bottom, so I covered that with my sentiment made with a Betterpress plate and die-cut. I will add this to my cards that can suit several occasions, depending on what I stamp inside.

The design team has lots of inspiration for you over on the ATSM Blog and we'd love you to join in with us this time.

I'm off to play at

Triple B Challenge November - blossoms

A Cut Above Challenge :November - use a die cut

hA Place to Start November - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #265 - anything goes 

Dragonfly Dreams November Challenge - feminine

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Carol x

Spellbinders Daisy Trio card

 

Hello everyone, I hope you are all well and getting some crafty time to yourself. We are starting a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More, and this time you can make a design for any occasion.

 

I created a card with a general sentiment on the front, allowing me to add a more specific sentiment inside to match the occasion.

I die-cut a rectangle of white card and used a Betterpress Plate called Daisy Trio by Yana Smakula.I used the coordinating stencils to add the colour, and finished off with the die-cut sentiment which is from the Pinkfresh Studio My Favourite Sentiments Pressplate. 

We're in chaos at home with a refurbishment of our bedroom happening next week. I can't believe how much stuff was tucked away in that room! We've had to empty it completely because it needs to be replastered, and all the stuff is now scattered around the house. I feel a decluttering session coming on lol!

I'd like to play along at

Cut it Up Challenge #336 - add a sentiment

Creative Inspiration Challenge #29 - anything goes

Triple B Challenge August - blooms

Creative Inspirations Challenge August - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x