Wee Floral Swirls on Kraft

I decided to work on Kraft card and use one of the Earth Element Card toppers for this card using the new Wee Floral Swirl Stencils.

Animals: Real or Imaginary

The prompt over on Try It On Tuesday is Animals Real or Imaginary so I thought these cute miniature cats and dogs would fit the bill.

Die cut a topper from Clarity stencil card using the largest nested hearts die.

Lay one of the abstract layout stencils across the topper and blend Kitsch Flamingo Distress in through the apertures.

Add touches of Picked Raspberry Distress ink, also using a Clarity stencil brush.

Stamp some of the Miniature Cats and Dogs images onto the topper in Black Soot Distress Archival ink.

Stamping directly onto the front of a 7” x 7” black card blank, add I and animals in Versamark ink. Heat emboss with silver embossing powder.

To finish, add the topper to the front of the card.

Wee Floral Swirl Stencil Panel Card

For my second sample using the Floral Swirl Wee Stencils, I went with a panel card.

Embossed Birthday Floral Swirls

I love the new selection of Wee Stencils from Clarity Crafts.  I used the Floral Swirls set for my samples.  This was my first.

WOYWW 892 / 112: Four More Working Days

Welcome to the weekly sharing of desks which is WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?), the brainchild of Julia, who kindly entrusted it to me to continue after the first 15 years of togetherness.  Please feel free to link up your desk and visit others' - we are a friendly bunch. 

My desk shows my affirmation cards and one of the new Clarity mugs I bought at the Open Days to go with the one gifted to me by Barbara.  The earliest I can share my latest samples is tomorrow and the only other project I completed recently was a wedding card for a colleague, so that can't be shared yet either.

It is my final Awards' Evening tonight!  The performance at York went really well last Thursday although I was totally pooped on Friday.  Recorders again on Saturday with another group and then u3a rehearsal on Tuesday - it will be a musical week.  I am also doing a handover with my successor on Monday so retirement (II) seems closer than ever.

Wishing Julia a belated happy birthday for yesterday.  Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

Woodland Scene

For my final sample using the Tree Canopy Scene stamps from Clarity, I used one of my backgrounds from one of their fantastic workshops.

Rainbow Hares

I couldn't resist using my favourite rainbow colours with one of the cute hare stamps from Barbara's Tree Canopy Scene stamp set.