Allsorts Challenge #678

Hi everyone,

It's Saturday so it's time for another weekly Allsorts Challenge. Thanks so much to everyone who entered our special 13th birthday challenge last week and made it such a success .. it was great seeing all your entries.

This week Mervi has chosen the theme and it is

*** Anything but Birthdays ***

After last week's mega prize haul, we are now back to normality ... which means that we have just the 2 great prizes on offer!! They are...

a Paper Boutique 8" x 8" Sunflower paper pad

and

a Tattered Lace Cut 'n' Emboss - Sweetpeas

Here's my card for this week.

Having recently got this adorable Lavinia fairy house stamp in order to make a new home card for my oldest friend, I found I was able to get my money's worth as we also have a new set of neighbours, so I decided to make them feel welcome with a card. It isn't as elaborate as my first card, but I'm still pleased with how it turned out.

As this is a tall image I decided to make a 7*5 card which is very unusual for me. I was inspired by a Lavinia tutorial (which I can't now find) to place my house inside a stencilled oval - I used my Press to Impress oval stencil to place my stamp, then stamped it and coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I then masked the house and replaced the oval stencil so I could sponge a distress oxide background - grass and sky. I then stamped my various flowers, fairy charm, birds and dragonfly with various colours of Versafine Clair, and dotted some Posca pen flowers around the base of the house. I finished off by matting the image panel and stamping my sentiment, and attaching little house number stickers to the front door.

Stamps: Lavinia Harrietas House, Fairy Charms, Garden Poppy, Bluebells, Silhouette Foliage Set, Birds, Fairy Bugs; sentiment - Woodware;

Media: house - Promarkers and Flexmarkers; background - Tim Holtz Distress oxide inks (Rustic Wilderness, Mowed lawn, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean); Versfine Clair (Nocturne, Charming Pink, Warm Breeze); Versafine (Majestic Blue); Posca pen (pink); Posca sparkle pens (pale pink, yellow);

Tools: Large oval stencil - Crafts Too Press to Impress.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps and More #430 - Die Cuts and/or Stencils

Classic Design Challenge #5 2022 - Anything Goes (5th entry)

Crafty Calendar (May) - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

I ❤️ Promarkers #511 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks #613 - All Occasions

Love To Scrap #155 - Anything Goes

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies #2221 - Anything Goes (3rd entry)

Passion for Markers #642 - Special Anniversary Challenge - Spots and/or Stripes

(Spotty roof and dotty flowers around base of house)

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes (3rd entry)

Word Art Wednesday #545/546 - Anything Goes (3rd entry)

Hope you can join us this week, and I look forward to seeing your entries. Don't forget to visit the challenge blog to see more fab inspiration from the rest of the team. Thanks for visiting.

Hugs,