Craft Roulette #193

 Submission #4 - on a roll.

Interesting parameters this week.

Project - Post card, Colours - Florist shop, Element -  Globe(s),  Random - Blob(s) 

I had a busy afternoon yesterday making chocolates so this morning I popped into my craft room.  I remembered I has a Chronology Globe stamp (a freebie from a magazine a zillion years ago!) and after a little searching, found it.   I knew I had a stamp with Post card on it... an older wooden block stamp from Hero Arts and another older (discontinued) cling stamp set from Hero Arts that had some blobby stamps in it... so three elements sorted. 

 

I chose earthy browns and greens for my florist shop colours.  I stamped the globe onto some textured card stock and used some of the inks as watercolours to paint it.  I inked up the top half of the Hero Arts post card stamp and the found another Hero Arts stamp set - Discover by Lia, to stamp the green postmark and the sentiment in black ink.  The older discontinued stamp set called Brushes has some little blobby stamps.  I used the smallest one in two different Altenew green ink and then used the lighter ink to blend around the edges.  

This afternoon, hubby and I took Grace to the mall to buy a present for her Mum, Dad, sister and her dog!  We had fun trying to decide what to get everyone.  Then it was time for an icecream and a play on the mall playground before heading to the local Mitre 10 hardware store to get some plants before heading home.  She was so good and we all had a great afternoon.  The start of a new Christmas tradition!  

Getting into the Christmas spirit...

 I've scheduled this post for when I'm away.  I did two Christmas cards over Friday and Saturday - a bit of a kickstart for my Christmas stash....

And the first one is for Christmas Kickstart Challenge.   Jo and Gail set us a theme of "From My Gnome to Yours"  

I had these three gnomes stamped and cut out with my Scan'n'Cut sitting in my UFO (Un-finished objects) container.  So grabbed them and some Copic markers and this CAS card came together so quickly.  I found the dotted paper and added to the middle of the 4.25" square card.  The sentiment is from a Kaisercraft set. A bit of Kindyglitz added some sparkle.  And some dash lines and it was done.  

And my second one came about due to my buying a craft magazine.   It was from Oct 2021 - taking this long to get into the stores here. It's Simply Cards and Papercraft #222 and has a lovely die set as it's freebie.  I CASE'd one of the cards on the packaging of the die

I die cut the outline in Teal and again in white and then die cut the little other branches, leaves and stars in the magenta, green and white.  The letters were cut with the magenta card.  I layered everything together onto a panel cut with Pink Fresh Essential mini slimline die and added to a 3.25" x 6.25" card base.  I added some red gems and some Autumn Red Nuvo Drops around the card.    There were lots of great ideas in the magazine so I'm sure I'll be doing some more cards with this set. 

Thanks for stopping by.... I'll be settling into to spending time with Archie for the next couple of weeks, so I won't be posting much ... maybe the odd photo of our adventures.  

WWC 300 Tristan's Challenge: Anything Feminine Goes

Hi there - time for another challenge at Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  Tristan is our hostess with an Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist.  

 

My card is one I have sent to my swap partner as part of the Card Chain Challenge.  I got to send this one to my Die Cut Divas team mate Linda.    I used some Altenew patterned paper for my background panel. I layered it onto some white card and then onto the shimmery blue base.  I stamped my flower with Altenew's Nature Blossoms.  I used the mask to add a bit of soft pink ink for the base colour and then added the additional layers.  I used the matching die to cut out the flower and did the same with the leaves.  I took a little sentiment and stamped and die cut  with a flag ended die.  I finished with a few little gems. 

 

Come and join in the fun at  Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and check out the project from the other designers.  Then take our challenge and link up your project to the challenge post.    We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday at 5 pm Mountain Standard Time (Tuesday at 11.00 am NZ time ) to link up your project.

 

'Twas The Night Before Christmas.

 Over at Christmas Kickstart Challenge the theme is "The Night Before Christmas" 

A couple of years ago, I got a stamp set with a magazine the was called "Christmas Memories" and it had the words from the story "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" on it - so here is my card

The little mouse is part of the stamp set as well.  He's coloured up with Copic markers.  I used Gina K Master Layouts 2 to cut the centre panel and Master Layouts 1 for the mat.   

I managed to sell a good number of Christmas cards this week, so am working hard on building up my stock so I can send them off to friends and family.  

  

Our weekend starting with a visit from Grace.  Her and her Dada arrived at 8.15am on Saturday... to find Nanny and Pop still in bed!  We had been enjoying a cuppa tea in bed for arising for the day.  So happy though to see our little Princess. 

The little bike she is riding belonged to her Aunty Emma - who got it for her 1st birthday (so it's 33 years old) It's been well ridden over the years.  

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you are all well.