Silver Anniversary Card using Tina's Mandala Stamps

For my third sample using Tina's Mandala stamps from Claritystamp, I kept things clean and simple and decided on a silver and black colour palette.  The stamps heat emboss beautifully even though they are quite large.

Grunge Journal Page

It seems ages since I joined in with one of the monthly challenges over on Mission Inspiration, despite my many Quarantine Quickie tags.  This page follows the June prompts.  The theme was Grunge It Up, the suggested colours Brown, Burnt Orange and Patina Green and the suggested prompt words were Distressed, Rustic, Decaying, Shabby and Neglected.

Masculine Card using Tina's Mandala

A second masculine card using one of the new Tina's Mandala stamp sets from Claritystamp.  This time I used a stamp board shape as a starting point.

Uplifting Card using Tina's Strength Mandala

The new mandala stamp sets designed by Tina Cox for Claritystamp make beautiful cards, whether simple or intricate, masculine or feminine.  I started with an uplifting card in masculine colours.

Catch A Falling Star: A Tag

This is a very belated attempt at the July challenge over on Tag It Tuesday.  The four prompts were 1) Use a stamp in at least three places, 2) Use something you print, 3) Add a pocket and 4) Add aluminium foil.  As you can see, I managed to fit all four prompts onto my tag.

For prompt 2 I added some printed book text from Romanian play onto a #8 manilla tag, sealed it with matte medium, dried and trimmed the edges.

Next, I gave it a coat of white gesso to knock the text into the background.

For prompt 4 I used the largest Clarity nested oval picot die with aluminium foil and added it to the left side of the tag, trimming the excess.

To create a pocket for prompt 3, I stamped the Clarity New Design Club stamp #91 onto a piece of stencil card in Twilight Versafine Clair ink.

I gave the pocket a denim look by colouring it with Faber-Castell Polychromos (143, 144,151, 247).

Next, I fussy cut the pocket and added it to the bottom of the tag.

Having used a stamp once, I stamped twice more (prompt 1) using the star stamp from the Dee's Friends Patience A5 stamp set in Golden Meadow Versafine Clair ink.

Then I coloured the stars and the button on the pocket using Faber-Castell Polychromos (185, 184).

I added the word 'star' using Word Chains 11.  Stamping in Twilight Versafine Clair ink and heat embossing with clear powder.

I added the first part of the quote using my Dymo Letratag.

To finish, I added some details with a dark blue fine liner and some alcohol ink to the aluminium foil to give it more of the feel of a moon.

WOYWW 586: My Storage is Breeding

Firstly, apologies for not visiting many desks last week, by the time we got back from our last minute short break last Friday I had a large number of samples to make ready for posting today.  I also cannot comment on Wordpress blog posts - sorry.

My desk this week shows a lovely array of hand made birthday cards that I received at the weekend.  The large one at the back was from Eva and is a beautiful craft themed Groovi card.  Thank you to everyone who took the time and trouble to send a card and for all the lovely birthday wishes.

Eva made it over for our last play date of the holidays yesterday afternoon - as you can see she brought more home made chocolate chip cookies and her Groovi stuff.

Look who else I caught up with last week.  Julia (keeper of desks and organiser of all things WOYWW related) kindly did some last minute gallivanting and met up with my hubby and me near to Salisbury where we had been for the day last Wednesday (most appropriate).  We were glad to get out of the rain, although Stonehenge was particularly quiet when we visited earlier that day.

On Thursday we spent the day in Bristol, where the weather was the complete opposite of the previous day. 

We headed for home on Friday, calling at IKEA where hubby bought me some additional storage for the shed as my birthday gift.

The extra DVD storage unit and trolley have made a big difference to the state of tidiness in the shed.  All my loose stamp sets have now been arranged and labelled in the extra unit and the wall hanging unit which was difficult to get into has been removed and replaced with the extra trolley.  I will be extra good visiting this week to make up for last!!! Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

Ideas Using Texture Stamp Backgrounds

Claritystamp have brought out a few collections of Mixed Impressions Texture stamps in the last year.  They make the perfect background for cards for all occasions and an be layered up as well, if you wish to add texture to an art journal page.  All the projects that I am sharing with you today have been previously showcased on my blog, but I thought you would like to see them in one place.

Using the Grunge Dots and Spots set from the first collection (see HERE).

A card using similar colours, but the Rust Grunge set (see HERE).

Another masculine card using the same stamp set as the journal page (see HERE).

The same focal image looks completely different against a brighter background - this time using a texture stamp from one of the nature collections - Floral (see HERE).

A different silhouette against the newer Woodland Walk Nature background (see HERE).

A change of colour with the Ocean Swirls Texture stamps creates a more feminine feel (see HERE).

The same stamps look completely different used in small sections through a stencil (see HERE).

The Innocence Texture stamps compliment the character stamps designed by Dee Fitzsimmons (see HERE).  The possibilities and permutations are endless!