More new stuff fun....

 Over the weekend, I've managed to get a couple more cards made with my new stuff from last weekend.  

First this card using one of the panel's I made last Sunday.  

This used the Waffle Flower Duo Layering Poinsettia stencil.  Using some Berrylicous ink from Altenew together with some Lunar Paste - Silver Lining.   I cut the panel into two pieces and stamped the sentiment from Darkroom Door - stitched Christmas.  I added the panels with some 3D foam.  I wanted to add some Poinsettia and went through my stamps and decided on this bouquet on Altenew Holiday Flower.  I used the Berrylicous ink to blend on some card and stamped the flower.  I fussy cut the red flowers.  I used some of the Lunar Paste blended onto a scrap of card and once it dried, fussy cut the whole bouquet and layered the red flowers on top.  Added a dote of gold Kindyglitz for the flower centres.   Really happy how the card turned out.  

Card two is also a Christmas one - this time using a Woodware stamp. 

The stamp set is called Printable Bauble Circles - designed by Jane Gill.  It has the circles, toppers and snowflakes.   I started by making my panel background.  I spritzed a little Distress Spritz in Peacock Feathers and Fossilised Amber.  Blended some Peacock Feathers DI around the edge.  I stamped the snowflakes in Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire.  The three baubles were made by spritzing Peacock Feather Spritz for the big blue one. Stamped the big circle and added the sentiment from Gina K's Holiday Tapestry set.  Splattered with some gold Lunar paste watered down.  The medium one used some Distress ink - Peeled Paint and spritzed with Sparkle spray and stamped the snowflakes in the Peeled Paint.  And the little on was Forest Moss Distress Ink with the sparkle spray and added the snowflakes in the DI.    Added a little Peacock Feathers ink around each of the baubles and added splatters on them all. The biggest bauble was added with some 3D tape and the other two were glued directly on the panel.  Added the topper and ruled a line for the string.  There is heaps of sparkle in real life.  

Adding this to the challenge at Darnell's NBUS 

I still a couple of more stamps, dies and embossing folders to use. Next weekend is a long weekend for us so an extra days crafting! 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Craft Fair fun and lots of cards....

Yesterday my friend, Suna and I headed to a Craft Fair - FYI - For your inspiration.  It's held at Lake Karapiro in the Waikato area.  About 2 hours south of Auckland.   A long drive, but we always stop about half way for breakfast.  We left around 7.30 and with stops to pick up some lunch, for breakfast  and top up of petrol and we made it by 10.30.   We talked all the way down.  My GPS - took me a different way and we drove over the Dam - never been that way before.   

We spent a few hours looking around the stalls... spending most of my money at Krafter's Cart stall.... got some lovely goodies - and saw the Lisa Horton Interference inks being demo'ed.  Suna ended up buying three colours.  I managed to get some Andy Skinner stamps.... been eyeing them up for some time. 

On our way home we made a stop to visit our friend, Carol.  She lives about 20 mins from where the craft fair was.   We had a lovely catch up and she gave us some goodies as she is destashing. 

Here is my haul...

I got a new pick up tool - it has 4 replacement wax tips - and a pokey tool at one end.   

Today was busy with catching up with the chores from yesterday and doing the ironing this afternoon.  But managed to grab a couple of hours in the craft room and got a few projects done

First one used one of the Creative Expressions/Andy Skinner stamps I got.  This one is "Let Your Dreams Take Flight"  I made an NZ A5 sized panel - used two Distress Oxide inks (Vintage Photo and Lost Shadow) and two Distress Inks (Weathered Wood and Picked Raspberry) smooshed on a piece of acetate and added to the panel.  I die cut a piece with a Gina K Master Layouts 1 die and did the mat in dark pink.  Stamped the image onto the panel and the sentiment onto some scrap card and fussy cut it. 

My next card was a bit of mixed media.

I used the other part of the panel I made.  I stamped a La Blanche silicon stamp - Bird's Nest (thanks Carol) in some Toffee Crunch Memento ink.  Added a Kaisercraft stamp - rose and scripty one- stamped parts of it randomly over the background in some dark grey ink.   Added some 49th & Market rub-ons and washi tape stickers purchased yesterday.

Next one was using the Waffle Flower - Layered Poinsettia stencil I also purchased.   

It's a lovely duo stencil.   I did the poinsettia in soft greens and added the leaves, centre and the other little bits with Lunar Paste in Minty Fresh.  I cut it the same size as my card base.   I added a sentiment from Concord & 9th - Big on Christmas.  Love how it turned out.   

In fact I also made another panel with the stencil 

This time in red and silver with a touch of gold paste for the flower centres.   

Thanks for coming by today and if you made to here... I appreciate it. 

Mixed media textured card

 Our local swap group has a fun challenge this month. Touchy-Feely - include at least three different textures/surfaces on your card.  

I sent to Maxine and she let me know it had arrived. 

So my textures - Simon Hurley's Lunar paste (Minty Fresh) through a stencil, some netting, a die cut and embossed heart with some gold paste on it and .  The bow is some glitter card - that was sent to me by a friend,  Lastly I added a hand made 3D flower with a touch of glitter paste on it.  Even the sentiment has some texture being embossed with gold powder and two layers thick.  

Cherry Blossoms Bunch - two ways

My last order arrived - including Altenew Cherry Blossoms Bunch - stamps, stencils and die.    I made two cards this weekend using it. 

First up - used the stencil to colour it. 

I used Altenew Frosty Pink and Coral Berry for the flowers and Green Fields for the leaves. I added Honey Drizzle for the stamens. For the gold stripe I used Altenew Buffalo Plaid stencil - masking off so just one stripe used.  I also got some Simon Hurley Lunar Paste Slippery When Wet in the order, so that was what I used through the stencil.  The sentiment is from Altenew Birthday Builder set.   Added some Pinkfresh metallic gold pearls to the centres and around the flowers.   

This one is being entered into Darnell's NBUS challenge for February. 

Edited:  Thanks to Maxine - I'm adding this to the February Challenge at We Love Stamping  - stamping with optional stenciling.

For my second card I tried something different - Shimmer powders. 

 For this one I stamped the flowers and then I did some watercolouring by wetting the image and dusting with Nuvo Shimmer powders and Pixie Powders to add some colours.  I thought they woud look amazing against the black background.   I had used some watered down Lunar Paste - Slippery when Wet to splatter and smoothed some over some white card to cut the sentiment.   I layered onto some white die cuts slightly offset. 

I'm adding this one to the Altenew Inspiration challenge for February 

I'm enjoyed trying out different ways to colour this stamp set.