Autumn stamping

 Autumn is my favourite time of year.

I love watching the colours of the leaves change on the trees, the air become cooler, and darker evenings. Once the leaves fall from the trees, I love walking through crisp bundles of leaves and hearing them rustle at my feet.

When I saw the Simply Cards and Paper craft magazine (issue 208) at the supermarket, I decided that it would be ideal to create a set of turning into Autumn set of note cards.

To start off with I started by cutting a sheet of Clarity stencil card into 4 squares. I then chose my stamps from the set included in the magazine, the acorn bough, a couple of small leaves, and the sentiment.

I stamped the bough and sentiment with Archival jet black ink.

I then brushed the edges and corners with Oxide ink, before stamping the small leaves using the same colours to expand the bough. 

To complete the topper, using Faber Castel polycromos I coloured in the leaves and acorns, and added detail to the stamped leaves. 

I then mounted the topper onto a 5" card to complete the note card. I stamped some of the small leaves on the card. 

  I made a set of 6 which I will gift to a friend. 

Pink monochrome card

I have made this Pink card using Creata paper and the Creata butterfly stamp. I have added a pink bow which I coloured with a promarker. I used rasperry adirondack ink to shade the back ground card and the scallopped circle by spellbinders. I also used it to stamp with my Clarity word stamp. I hope you like it. I have been busy crafting a lot over the easter holidays and I have posted a few of them on Facebook at Fabulous Crafts. Thanks for stopping by.

Yesterday I completed my first aid training for Scouts. It was in a dusty scout hall in a driech East Kilbride that the course was being run by a Scouting para medic called Gareth. It seemed like a long day as I have in the deep dark past been a first aider and actually haven't forgotten what I need to do. I just hope I don't need to ever use it. Over the last couple of weeks I have been filling up my card basket as I seemed to have run out of birthday cards! I have had fun using my new Memory Box die to cut sprigs to layer up many of the new cards I have created, many of them layered with Spellbinders scalloped ovals with bible verses stamped on. I have been impressed with the results and I have uploaded photos to Fabulous Crafts on Facebook for you to have a look at. I also have been playing with my Geli plate. It was good to share the reults with Sandra when she was here last week. There are some lovely backgrounds created to go on some cards. I won tickets this week for the craft show at the SECC in March from Remnant Kings. I am really looking forward to going to see all the stalls and get lots of ideas and hopefully get a few bargains as well! Now it is time to go and read some other inspiring blogs; Barbara Grey, Genlteman crafter for starters and then we will see what else we have time for.

Jane's Crafty Bits: Feeling the Love!

Jane's Crafty Bits: Feeling the Love!

Clarity Stamp link

Christmas is nearly here! The tree is up and most of the shopping is done..... Shame I didn't get to make as many of my Christmas cards as I had wanted to, but time has run out. I will need to start my card making sooner next year particuarly as I am working more hours! Are there ever enough hours in they day to do everything that you want to do? I am off work for the next couple of weeks so I will craft away and I hope to finish some of the UFOs that I have sitting around as well as perfecting some of the things I have learned recently, including working with my Geli plate. It is so much fun to play with. As of yet I haven't finnished a card using my results, but I have had some lovely results along with some that are not what I was expecting! A few have gone in the bin as I was not impressed in any way at all. The Clarity stencils are so much fun to use and to create lovely images. I hope to figure out how to post phots of my creations from my phone so I can share what I have made. Better go and get some crafting done before I do my last tidy up for Christmas - a few birthday cards so that I have them ready for the new year birthdays! Hope you all have a peacefull Christmas spent with the people who you care for the most. Fiona xxxx

Polkadoodles and Studio 12: Miniture wonders

Polkadoodles and Studio 12: Miniture wonders