New stamps and dies in the house!

 Over the last two days I've had two orders arrive.... one from my local online store -Krafter's Cart and one from Altenew.   I had won a gift voucher for watching a Facebook live and I decided I need a new stamp, stencil and die set - Build a Flower Grand Carnations and a cover die - Zero Waste 3D cover plate.   And in my Krafter's Cart order I got the Altenew Fresh Dye Inks - Frosted Foliage cube set and a Concord and 9th sentiment die set.  And one more order from Scarpbook.com which should be delivered in the next few days.  

I started work early this morning so finished at 3.30 and when hubby brought the parcel in around 4.15, I went straight into the craft room.   And here is what I did.... inspired by the inspiration sheet in the stamp set. 

I stamped one of the carnation bouquets in a dark grey ink  and used the matching stencils to colour layer with Altenew Wistera, Hydrangea and Ultra Voilet inks and Silver Sage, Jade and Eucalyptus Fresh dye inks.  Once I had finished blending the ink on, I restamped the image to make it a bit crisper looking.    I then die cut it out...(slightly unaligned - but okay) For the background I used the background stencil from the set and the Silver Sage ink to add some to part of the panel.  I then used the darkest green (Forest Fern) to splatter the background.   I stamped one of the sentiments with the same dark grey ink - stamped three times to get a crisp clear look.   A few silver sequins and it was done. 

I'm entering this into The Flower Challenge - Use your Latest Stamps or Dies. 

And into the NBUS challenge - first time using the stamp, stencil and die set. 

I so enjoy having new stuff in the house.  I really want to play and not work.  But got to work to pay for the play!