Allsorts Challenge #683

Good morning everyone, it's Saturday so welcome to another weekly Allsorts Challenge. This week Ellie has chosen the theme and it is

*** Anything Goes with option of Flora and Fauna ***

This week we have 2 great prizes on offer:

First - a die set from Highlight Crafts

and secondly ... this beautiful floral stencil

Here's my card for this week.

This is another stamp from the AALL & Create set I recently acquired from the FB Craft De-Stash site. As I mentioned previously these stamps are all absolutely HUGE, so I found myself making a C5 card which I very rarely do... in fact I didn't have any suitable envelopes to go with it!! My stamping platform was an absolute Godsend for this, as it would have been very difficult to handle on an acrylic block!!

I do have a fairly large acrylic block which rarely gets an outing, so I inked it up with 3 colours of Distress Ink and spritzed with water, then stamped it onto my card panel to create my background rectangle… indeed since I started collecting DO’s I rarely use my original Distress Inks any more, but I think I probably should !! I spattered some water onto the rectangle to distress it a bit more, then when dry I stamped my main image using Rainforest Versafine Clair. I also stamped it onto a separate piece of card and cut out the individual letters for the word "Nature" which I then glued on top of the image to add a bit of dimension. I background stamped (2nd generation) some words from the same stamp set using Warm Breeze VFC, then stamped my main sentiment in Twilight VFC. I cut and embossed my butterfly in pale gold card, then attached and bent the wings to give further dimension. I then added a whimsical sticker sentiment before matting and layering with my twine.

Stamps: AALL & Create #449 - Through The Meadows (main image and background words); #531 - Textured Florals (sentiment);

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Tumbled Glass); Versafine Clair (Rainforest, Twilight, Warm Breeze);

Tools: Cuttlebug Cut and Emboss "Butterflies"; Tim Holtz "Small Talk" stickers;

Jute twine from my stash.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Classic Design Challenge #7 2022 - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends #157 - Embossing (Wet or Dry)

Dream Valley #273 - All Occasions

Happy Little Stampers: Watercolour (July) - Anything Goes

Moving Along With the Times #144 - Inky Background

NBUS #40 - Use Your Never Before Used Schtuff

(Mine is the main focal stamp and background word stamps)

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies #2226 - Anything Goes

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes (2nd entry) - WINNER

Sweet Stampin’ - Use Numbers

Use Your Stuff #451 - Plants and Flowers

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,