Postage Collage Card

 This week I managed to get some time to play and today I'm sharing a Postage Collage card that made using Waffleflower's Postage Collage die and stencil set.  This time I used the Everyday stencil.  

I used a variety of inks with the stencil layers to colour the die cut in.   It was fun matching up different colourways.  I haven't added a sentiment to the front so can used it for any occasion. 

And here is some WIP -  did some watercolouring this morning.  

Used a variety of water colour mediums - metallic paints, cheap watercolour pencils, Altenew watercolour paints, some paper piecing as well.    And then this afternoon I got two made into cards.  I'll share them later. 

Tomorrow is Father's Day here in New Zealand.   I've got my son, daughter-in-law and the two granddaughters coming for lunch.   I'm doing a roast of lamb with roast veggies.

Christmas in July at Sweet Stampin' Challenge.

 Hi.   It's time for me to share my Christmas in July card for Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog.   Yes, the challenge for the next fortnight is "Christmas in July"

Here is another card using my new Waffleflower Postage Collage die and stencil set.   This is one i inspired by a design by Vicki  Papaioannou 

The leafy background was made by using a chipboard panel of leaves through my Sizzix Platinum 6 with an embossing tan mat.  I used some green ink to rub over the raised leaves.   I added distress ink - Walnut Stain around the edges of my card stock and the panels as well as my sentiment (from a Rosie's Studio stamp set) that was matted on to some of the same embossed background that had some white ink rubbed over it.  Finished with some iridescent confetti from Nuvo.   

Do come and join us at Sweet Stampin' Challenge with your Christmas in July projects. 

Season's Greetings - Christmas in July

 One of my purchases at the recent Craft Fair was new die from Waffleflower last weekend, together with several matching stencils and a stamp set.   One of the stencils was Postage Collage Christmas.... It's an awesome die that cuts one panel of stamps shaped pieces... you can keep it whole or cut it up. 

I die cut for white card and used the stencil to add colour - then I cut the individual panels giving me a number of stamps. 

For this one, I took one of the individual stamp panels and made this card

 I used dark navy card and matted it with some red card.   Stamped the sentiment from a Rosie's Studio set was embossed with Gold powder.  One of my other purchases was a Spellbinders die - Layer Cherry Blossoms.  I used a mahogany card to make one of the blossoms - to give the idea of a poinsettia.    Finished with some gold bauble gems.  

I've got another card using one of the stamp panels schedule for tomorrow evening... my sample for Sweet Stampin' Challenge so do pop back to see how I finished that one. 

I'm entering this into the NBUS challenge as this is the first outing for the stamp/stencil die and also the Layering Cherry Blossoms die.    And also into the Christmas in July challenge at Craft Rocket Challenges 

It's time for a Craft Fair!

Today is a public holiday here in NZ - to celebrate Matariki - the Maori New Year - rising of the stars of Matariki (also known as Pleidies) and it was day 1 of SENZ - the big craft extravaganza.   My friend Suna, and I headed off to have some fun.  We had booked a class - with Scrapbook Central - using some Celebr8 chipboard leaves.... and both had lists to fulfill.  I got everything on my list - (and more!!!)

Quite the haul - including the new Waffleflower sticky mats! - both in the Misti and Mini Misti sizes. And the new Waffleflower Postage die and the matching Xmas sentiments.  Rosie's Studio had a free stamp and die for VIP entry - which we were... and $2 stamps and mini dies.  Of course after class I had to get another set of the chipboard leaves 

Here's what we made at the class

A big thanks to Chick Mitchell and Scrapbook Central.   It's an awesome design - and Chick showed us how to emboss with the chipboard before snipping it apart.   And there was a bonus instruction sheet for another technique.   When I got home I used the new sheet of leaves to emboss a few panels of different coloured card before doing some inking.  So a few backgrounds to use. 

And tomorrow I back off to do another class - this time with Krafter's Cart and using some Pinkfresh Studio washi and dies.... can't wait.   Now to find time over the next two weeks till I head off to Perth, to do some playing.