A very quick reminder about the current Crafty Boots “Out With the Old and In With the New” Challenge.
I have made a card using a recently retired paper, along with a gorgeous new stamp set called “Sheltering Tree“.
Why not make a project for our challenge? We love to see what you come up with 🙂
Happy stamping!
Chris
Today I am using some new goodies on a card inspired by the current sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.
I have used a new stamp set called Moon Lake, which I can see is quickly going to become another favourite.
I have combined this lovely image with some of the water paper from the Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper Stack (on page 40 of the Occasions Catalogue). Â I think that paper looks so real, I just want to dive and have a swim!
I’ll be back again later with another project.
Happy stamping!
Chris
I have been playing with some new goodies today, and thought I would make a card for the current challenge at The Male Room.
The theme is New Beginnings!
The card uses two new products, both from the Occasions Catalogue, the “Adventure Awaits” stamp set, and the Bow Builder punch.
Just a quick post, but back with more shortly!
Happy stamping!
Chris
I am a little late with my post for the newest Crafty Boots challenge, as we had a couple of severe storms here yesterday which had our internet out for quite some time. Â But all is well, and so here it is……
This fortnight, our challenge theme is “Something old, something New”. Â I have chosen to use some “old” stamp sets and dies, along with some “new” papers from our Sale-a-Bration catalogue, and I have made 2 children’s cards.
Both cards use the new “Irresistibly Yours” Designer Series Papers from the Sale-a-Bration catalogue, as a background. Â I have then coloured the paper using inks and an aqua brush. Â While this has made the paper quite wet, it does dry well, and can be straightened easily if it warps, by placing under a large book or similar. Â I, however, was trying to get them done quickly and so didn’t give them enough time to dry well before making up my cards, and so they are still a little warped around the edges.
Here are the cards, one at a time:
As you can see, the ink colours the background, and allows the glossy pattern to emerge. Â In the case of the first card, the glossy pattern is the dots.
I have kept the cards simple to allow the background colours and patterns to be more of a focus. Â The glossy pattern on this card is the small stars.
This is a great challenge which you could interpret in lots of ways, so why not make up your own project using “Something old, and Something New” and share it with us at Crafty Boot Challenges. Â We love seeing what you come up with.
Happy stamping!
Chris
Winter Wonderland is the theme this week at Crafty Boots Challenges.
I know a lot of people in Australia think it’s wrong to have Christmas cards made with winter themes and snowmen, but I think a lot of us have friends and relatives who live in other countries where it is snowing at this time of year. Â I know I do. Â So I have made a couple of “snowy” Christmas cards.
This first card uses the Lovely as a Tree stamp set – an oldie but a goodie, especially when it comes to snow-laden wintery trees. Â I have stamped everything in Versamark ink onto some Silver Foil and heat embossed with White embossing powder, then layered the Silver Foil onto some white cardstock. Â Simple, but effective. Â And it’s flat, no bulky bits that stick out, so can easily be posted off without Mr Postie getting cranky!
The second card is again, predominantly white and silver, this time the trees have been stamped in Silver ink, and the cute little bird from For the Birds stamp set, has been stamped in Memento ink and coloured with Blendabilities.  I think he is off to decorate those silver trees. 🙂
And in other news, we have a couple of cheeky new members of our family….. here is one of them trying to “help” me type up this post 🙂
Happy stamping!
Chris
Hopefully you have started making some Christmas cards by now, but if you haven’t you can always make one for the Crafty Boots Challenges! Let’s see some Christmas cards! 🙂
Not sure what happened with this photo, everything looks crooked and wonky! Â Maybe it’s because Santa is stuck in the chimney……..
Anyway….. my card uses the very cute Get Your Santa On stamp set, and has been coloured with…. yes, you guessed it, Blendabilities! Â The stamped white layer has been punched using the Confetti Stars Punch (love it!) and then layered over some Gold Foil. I think Santa must be scattering some gold star dust as he comes down the chimney.
I do hope you will join us this week at Crafty Boots Challenges, and show us some Christmas cheer!
Happy stamping!
Chris
I whipped up this Christmas card very quickly earlier, using one of the card bases and some elements from the Everyday Occasions Kit, which you can find on Page 196 of the current Annual Catalogue.
The card is the same as one of the pre-designed cards, and to make it “Christmassy”, I have just punched out a tree, and a star, stamped a sentiment, and there it is….done! Â Very quick! Â The Christmas tree is punched out of the Under the Tree DSP, and the “Merry Christmas” comes from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set.
Happy Stamping!
Chris
Continuing on with our current Star theme at Crafty Boots Challenges, this week I have a masculine card to share with you.
I know a lot of people find masculine cards difficult to make, to be honest though, I really enjoy making them, and I know a lot of men enjoy getting lovely handmade cards, just as much as the ladies do 🙂
The background of the card uses some Sahara Sand cardstock which has been run through the Big Shot inside the Alphabet Press Embossing Folder.  I have then sponged some Basic Grey ink over the raised areas.  The stars have been cut out using the Stars Framelits, and the birthday greeting comes from Itty Bitty Banners stamp set.  Just a couple of small finishing touches – some Candy Dots which seem to be getting used a lot at the moment, and some paper piercing around the stars.
I do hope you will pop on over the the Crafty Boots Challenge Blog and check out all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the Design Team, and why not make a starry project to share with us? Â We would love to see it!
Happy stamping!
Chris
A bright and cheery card today, using the sketch from this week’s Mojo Monday sketches:
A little bit of colouring today, I have stamped the image from For The Birds stamp set, and coloured it using both Blendabilities and Markers.
The layers of patterned papers are both from the Motley Monsters Designer Series Papers, and other than lots of layers, that’s pretty much it! 🙂
Happy stamping!
Chris
This week’s Just Add Ink challenge is this great sketch:
For my card, I have used just the leaf stamp from the Kinda Eclectic stamp set, along with some markers in different colours, to create the lovely autumn coloured background.
I stamped a couple of extra leaves and then fussy cut them and placed them to frame the sentiment, along with a couple of Candy Dots.
I like this sketch, maybe I will make a Christmas card as well 🙂
Happy stamping!
Chris
Dot Dot Stamping Designs 