Triple Stamping

A card I made today for a card swap using the Triple Stamping technique.  I remember first seeing this style of card a couple of years ago and although it looked complicated to make, but when I found a video tutorial online I realised that it's really quite easy.

The stamps are from a Stampin' Up set, 'Bloom by Bloom' and I randomly stamped all over the white card.  The sentiment stamp is from a Happy Little Stampers set of stamps, 'Dandelion Wishes', stamped with one of the colours I used for the flowers.  All the purple layers are raised up on foam tape to add dimension.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Week 508 ~ Spring Flowers

Stamping Sensations February Challenge ~ All things bright and BEAUtiful

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #228 ~ Flowers

Noel Reindeer

It's the 25th, so the start of the February Rudolph Days Challenge.  It's a short month, so only a four days to enter the challenge.

My card today uses a recently bought die which I first saw over in the Playground.  It happened to fall into my basket when I ordered another die which I also saw in the Playground - thanks for enabling me twice, Di!  😉  The die cut used up a snippet of brown card with a Lil'inker, 'Noel Word Die'.  I added a red nose, (the waste from another die cut) and two googly eyes.  I've has the pot of eyes for at least ten years, so they are almost antique!   Two strips of washi tape finished off my card.  I'm way behind making Christmas cards this year, so I'll be making a batch of this design as it was quick and easy to make.  It will be good to use some of my many reels washi tape too.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Rudolph Days February Challenge

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #346 ~ Use snippets

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ Carols (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer)

Inkspirational Challenge # 181 ~ Use Your Stash

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #428 ~ Christmas

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ No Stamps Allowed

The Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge # 44 - Anything Christmas Goes
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #374- #375 - Anything Goes

Butterfly Challenge - A is for ........

Welcome to my new follower, Mervi of 'Leikkaan kortit' (I Cut the Cards).

The Butterfly Challenge has added an extra element of a card shape for challenges this year. This fortnight's challenge is 'The Letter A for Aperture' and on the wheel is also Amber/Almond/ Apple Green/ Acetate/Anything goes, always including at least one butterfly.  So I decided to set myself a challenge to use all the six elements, including the card shape.  There are tutorials for the card shape HERE and Mrs A has a really good tip for hiding the edges of the acetate so that it doesn't show from the inside.  My 'Anything Goes' is stamping.

I started with a red card blank and die cut a square aperture. The patterned paper has an almond coloured background and amber and apple green as two of the colours in the pattern.  The butterfly is a SU stamp from the Butterfly Gala set, which I stamped on an almond coloured snippet of card with an amber coloured ink pad, before punching out the shape.  I added a little colour to the butterfly with Promarkers and added a die cut body using a Memory Box butterfly die, before attaching to the front of the acetate.

This shows the card open, although the photograph isn't the best because of the angle of the card to keep it open and the bad light.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Butterfly Challenge #117 ~ Spin The Butterfly Wheel with the Letter A for Aperture

Stamping Sensations February Challenge ~ All things bright and BEAUtiful

Inkspirational Challenge # 181- Designer's Choice - Use Your Stash

Reach for the Stars

The Twofer Challenge this month has the theme 'Stars'.   To enter the challenge two cards need to be made using the same stamp, stencil, or die for the prompt on two different designs for two different occasions.

I don't use stencils very often, so I thought I would use a stars stencil for my cards. 

I am joining in the Twofer Challenge with these two cards.

My first card is a CAS, one layer good luck card.  The stencil was a freebie which came with a magazine some time ago.  I used an Adirondack 'Sunshine Yellow' ink pad, applying the ink through the stencil with an Ink Duster, masking off a few of the stars.  The sentiment stamp is an old wood mounted stamp I bought many years ago and it's one of my favourite stamps.  I used a yellow marker pen to add a little colour to the moon.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:
1. Less is More Challenge #389 ~ OLC - Focus On The Sentiment

2. Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #329 ~ Clean and Simple
3. A Place to Start Challenge ~ Use An Inspirational Die or Stamp

My second card has the same stencilled stars, stencilled using the same yellow ink as I used in the last card.  I die cut the circle with a Memory Box 'Stitched Circle', added a few small, green punched stars and layered on a green MB 'Stitched Circle' die cut.  The background was embossed with a Creative Espressions 'Shimmering Stars' e/f.  To finish my card, I added a strip of sentiment ribbon, backed with a thin strip of deep yellow card.

I am joining in the following challenge with this card:

1. Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ No Stamps Allowed