Monochrome Filigree Butterfly Card

I used a second set of the small butterfly wings stamps on a flat card.  This time in monochrome.

Small 3D Butterfly

For this sample I combined the new Butterfly Wings stamps with the 3D die cut that they were created to coordinate with.

WOYWW 721: Counting Down

 Only two more working days to the Easter holiday including today and I am intending to be rather lazy.  Happy WOYWW everyone and welcome to my contribution to the weekly get together courtesy of Julia at Stamping Ground.

You can see from my drawing journal that I am nearly half way through it.  There are enough pages for 6 months worth of drawings so I will definitely go for these Seawhite journals another year.

I wasn't going for a tree drawing 2 days in a row.

I had previously drawn the more obvious response.

I do need to make a birthday card for my sister next Wednesday so I had better get going on that. I visited the opticians yesterday and was finally able to order some proper reading glasses.  Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

Sunshine on Kraft

 I can never resist the combination of black, white and kraft card.  Here I used one of the new Bijou SHAC stamp sets to create a pretty card.

Front and Back Card

The sentiment in this stamp set from Clarity was the inspiration for this wrap round card.

Garden of England Film Strip

I enjoyed combining various techniques to create this card using the Garden of England stamp set from Clarity Crafts.

Fun Experimental Tag

The prompt this fortnight over on Tag Tuesday is Your Favourite Theme.  I like experimenting, the colour green, book paper and leaves and flowers so thought this tag fitted the bill perfectly.

I started by covering a #8 manilla tag with a page of Romanian text, drying and trimming.

I started adding leaves using the #2 stamp in the Skeleton Leaf 3 way overlay tile stamp set from Clarity Crafts.  I stamped the leaf three times in Versamark ink and heat embossed the images in clear embossing powder.

Next came the experimenting with Oxide sprays.  I chose Cracked Pistachio and Peeled Paint and sprayed them both lightly onto the tag, drying the ink with my heat gun.  Before spraying, I gently shook each spray bottle from side to side, like ringing a bell.

I spritzed a little water over the tag before adding more of the Cracked Pistachio.  I also added a light mist of Twisted Citron Distress Spray Stain.  As the oxide sprays dry to a chalky finish, mixing in one of the original spray stains added patches of vibrancy.  Once again, I used my heat gun to dry the tag thoroughly.

I wondered how the Distress Archival inks would work over the Oxide sprays.  I took the same stamp as before and stamped it multiple times in Peeled Paint Archival ink, then went over the top with a little Vintage Photo around the edges.

I went round the edges of the leaves and the tag with a white gel pen.  The gel pen produces quite a subtle effect over the Oxide sprays.

To finish, I added one of the Tim Holtz quote chips.

Rainbow Butterflies

Clarity Crafts have brought out some lovely stamps which coordinate with the 3D butterfly dies.  They can also be used on flat cards as seen in my first sample using the collection.

Let The Sunshine In: A Wreath Card

Loving the new Bijou versions of some of the SHAC stamps previously released in a larger version from Clarity Crafts.  Stay Happy And Creative.

WOYWW 720: Just Over A week

 Welcome to my weekly contribution to WOYWW thanks to Julia at Stamping Ground for keeping things going.  Hope you are feeling better this week.

Sorry there is not much of interest on my desk today but I can't show you what I am working on yet.

Jess

Milly

We had the grand kitties to stay while the boys were off gallivanting in Moldova and Croatia for a few days.  They were really good and we had no issues with the new carpet.  They are back home now so no need to worry about letting them out by mistake.

I can't believe I reached day 80 in my #dailydrawing2023 challenge yesterday.  Only a week and a half until the Easter holidays now.  Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

You Make My Dahlia

 
I had fun creating a small card using the Dahlia SHAC Floral Panel stamps and my newest Distress colour.

Snowdrop Panels on Designer Card

For my final sample using the Snowdrop SHAC Floral Panel stamps, I combined them with Clarity Designer Petite card.

Dahlia Diagonals

I used one of the new aperture mats from Clarity as a backdrop to these Dahlia Floral Panel stamps.

Pretty Snowdrops

I had fun combining these lovely Snowdrop stamps from Clarity with the circle aperture mat.

Daily Drawing Challenge 2023: Latest Progress

 Half way through month three and still going strong.  Hard to believe nearly a quarter of 2023 is done.  I am still going strong with my #dailydrawing2023 self imposed challenge.

The latest prompts that I am suing for this month.

Keeping it simple - especially on work days.

I went with an alternative response.

Anyone who has read the Chalet School series of books by Eleanor M Brent-Dyer will know where I got the inspiration for this one.

Obvious but easy.

The style rather than a more literal interpretation.

Another obvious reponse.

Simplest one yet.

A jail break seemed obvious.

Fairly straight forward.

Otherwise known as an overpot.

Two similar prompts to finish.