Autumn Walk Hanging

Here is my make for a couple of  September challenges at two of my favourite places which I haven't managed to play at for too long.  Craft a Scene and A Vintage Journey
As I'm touring in Norfolk and Lincolnshire as we speak I had to make the little grey cells work hard as I  only had very limited supplies with me.   Edit: I'm Home  now. I tried to post this while away gave up after wifi signal was so poor wouldn't let me upload anything!!!!  I have emailed my entry to Craft a Scene but will now add link there hope this ok with them.

The stamp I have used is a Sheena Douglass stamp from her new Country Christmas set so it is meant to be a winter scene...... so to alter the look I first inked up some white  card with distress inks (I never leave home without them) in  autumnal colours, dried marigold, rusty hinge and mustard seed, stamped in archival black and coloured in the couple with distress inks and water....... mown lawn and rusty hinge, also adding extra colour where needed.  I like it when a stamp can be used for more than it was designed for makes me use them more.
I also had a some spellbinders die sets  in the "van" left from another trip......no wonder I can't find anything. ?......... :))  I cut lots of leaves in white card and also orange green and kraft which I inked before taking out of the dies using same colours as before.
I cut up a piece of packaging and embossed a Kraft piece of card with a bark effect embossing folder going over the embossing with vintage photo and rusty hinge to highlight the bark effect, which I then stuck to the packaging to make my hanging sturdier.  The black card was cut using spellbinders and main image was attached to this.  I also found some string after a rummage in the "van" and used this as my hanging loop and also tied several strips into a knot and frayed them out.
I was pleased how my hanging turned out having limited supplies certainly makes you focus more and  proving a stamp isn't just for Christmas lol.

Thanks for looking


Ingredients
distress inks mown lawn, dried marigold, rusty hinge black soot mustard seed.
stamp Sheena  Douglass
Archival black ink, Kraft card and various colours of card for leaves
Spellbinders dies

 

At the Lakes

Firstly thank you all so much for the congratulations and comments on my Big Bird March Tag 2014, which has had a whopping 395 hits...wow.   I was and still am beyond thrilled that Tim picked it as a winner, I clicked the link 3 times before I believed it was me!!!! lol.

My latest make is an Anniversary card and it fits in well with the April challenge at Craft a Scene Hills and Mountains. Also a few other challenges I have listed below and with some hints in italics as you read on.  
Stamps used are Sheena Douglass from the range A Little Bit Sketchy, this has to be one of my favourites from that range  as I love the little boats, also this scene reminds me of the new beginnings of Summer, with hopefully those lazy hazy crazy days of summer (song by Nat King Cole) to follow.

I have used 2 stamps and placed them with enough space to form a Lake.  Stamped in Archival Ink coffee and water coloured  with distress inks which I mixed together in some cases making my own shades, I've listed them all below.  The sky I embossed with a cloud embossing folder which I had in my stash, I like the textured effect this gave.  Finished scene was mounted onto cream card and then dark brown.

I would also like to play at
Country View Challenges - New Beginnings (new season)

The Artistic Stamper - embossing and texture (clouds in  sky)
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - pick a stamp
Fashionable Stamping Challenges #70 favourite technique (Stamping and Watercolour together)
Allsorts challenge blog - No Flowers

Thank you for looking
'till next time


Ingredients:
Distress inks used: vintage photo, walnut stain, weathered wood, stormy sky, peeled paint, crushed olive, dried marigold.
Stampin' Up: Sentiment stamp, Card: cream and chocolate chip
Nena super smooth card Crafters Companion

Secret Garden

S is for................... Secret which is my chosen word this time for the letter "S" in the Alpha Dictionary Challenge at The Craft Barn, a quick and simple page.  I was running out of time as challenge ends on Sunday and as we are nearly at the end of the challenge I simply couldn't miss one now as I have kept up all the way through, some weeks I have finished my page just under the wire!!

 A little bit Magical Stamp set Sheena Douglass and distress inks, vintage photo, walnut stain, forest moss, pine needles were used to make this Secret place, I adore this set  and this is the first time I have inked them up.

Off to have a look at the other entries while I have time, thank you to everyone who stops by my blog and spends time leaving me lovely comments I really appreciate it and enjoying reading them.

Dare I ask how your Christmas preparations are going................hectic here  this time last week we were away for the weekend, then visitors for a few days,  they have gone home now so today is the first chance I have had to play, Christmas shopping to finish and baking to do..............not sure when I will be back.........

'till next time
bye for now

Dusk to Dawn................

..............and a challenge

It has been a very dull rainy day today just the day for getting inky so taking my inspiration from this
photo

 

 

and with the challenge at Craft a Scene - Dusk to Dawn in mind , a few of my favourite stamps, a little imagination,  I got very inky and made a card.....

 

 

Distress inks were used to create the background onto super smooth white card firstly a light layer of wild honey then used a mask for the moon and reapplied wild honey until I was happy, also at this point I lightly sprayed with water and dried with heat gun.  Dusty concord was used for the bottom of the card getting darker towards the bottom, I stamped the hills (listed below) also in same colour, flowers and grasses stamped at the bottom in black archival, I wanted these to be in the shadow so using more dusty concord and black soot I darkened the edges.  Tree branches were stamped in Black Archival and my favourite little owl was embossed in black.  This was then mounted onto a piece of black card which I distressed the edges before adding to orange card and mounting onto card blank.

 

Thanks for looking

'till next time

 





Ingredients

Stamps Sheena Douglass A Little Bit Sketchy Highland Silhouettes and Grasses Silhouettes

Inks Distress and Archival