I Spy With My Little Eye #27

Hi everyone, the year really is flying by! It’s June already and the third Wednesday in the month again, which means that it’s time for another I Spy With My Little Eye... challenge over at Ellibelle's Corner.  Thanks so much to everyone who joined in last time - please do check over on Ellie’s blog to see if you are one of our top picks. 

I chose the challenge theme this month, and it is

I Spy With My Little Eye 

*** Vintage Vibes ***

Please don’t forget to pop over to Ellie's blog to see her fab creation and link up your entries here.

Here’s my card for the challenge.

I have had this pretty vintage style Woodware stamp for quite a long time but had never inked it up before, so I thought now was the time! I cut a 6” x 4” piece of white stamping card and created a smooshed background with a mixture of Distress Inks and Elements. I don’t use my Distress inks very often as they are old and not very juicy, but I think they give a softer more vintage look than the Elements, which are generally much more vibrant. 

I stamped the image using Versafine Clair in Portobello, which I also think is an ideal shade of brown for vintage-style projects. I then die cut the panel using a stitched rectangle die, and added some soft background stencilling using Distress Oxide. I stamped the image again onto separate card and coloured the flowers, snail and butterfly using Distress Watercolor pencils, added some extra shading to the flowers with Zig pen and white Stabilo pencil, and added some sparkle with my Wink of Stella. I then fussy cut them out and set aside. I smooshed some ink onto another snippet of white card and stamped the sentiment, cut out,  rounded the edges with a punch then edged with brown ink.  

 I die cut a stitched rectangle mat from brown card stock, attached the base panel and then attached to a 7” x 5” card blank. Finally I attached the fussy cut pieces and sentiment to the base image and added a couple of pieces of washi tape and a teeny heart gem.

I couldn’t help but notice while making this card that my Gemini cutting plates are on their last legs  - they have been looking very bowed for some time - but now the die cuts themselves look quite rippled and don’t really lie flat! I’m going to have to try to straighten them out, otherwise here comes yet another crafty expense!

Stamps: Woodware Garden Snail; Lou Collins Typography (sentiment);

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet); Distress Oxide ink (Scorched Timber); Lavinia Elements ink (Soft Cygnet); Versafine Clair (Portobello); Distress Watercolor pencils (Kitsch Flamingo, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Picket Fence, Peeled Paint); Kuretake Zig Clean Color Watercolor pen; Stabilo pencil (white); Wink of Stella (clear);

Tools: Hunkydory Moonstone Duo-Stitched Rectangle dies; That’s Crafty! Dinky stencil - Reverse Honeycomb Background;

Other: washi tape from The Range.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps and More #495 - Die Cuts and/or Stencils

Beautiful Blossoms #30 - Anything Floral Goes

Crafty Calendar (June) - Add a Sentiment (2nd entry)

Creations In Pink #82 - Anything Goes In Mainly Pink

Creative Artiste #116 - Anything Mixed Media Goes (3rd entry)

Daisy Chain #97 - Birthday (2nd entry)

Die Cut Divas  (June) - Colour Challenge (use at least 3)

(I have used the pale beige, 2 shades of pink, brown and a hint of green)

Dragonfly Dreams (June) - Use One or More Butterflies (2nd entry)

Ellibelle’s Garden Party #4 - Anything In or From a Garden

Heart’s Quest Celebrations of Love #6 2025 - Birthday (2nd entry)

Make My Monday #254 - One or More Butterflies

Moving Along With the Times #179 - Birthday (2nd entry)

Neglected Stuff (June) - Use Your Neglected Craft Supplies

Night Owls #49 - Stencil / Punches / Die Cutting

Outlawz Monday Greetings (June) - Any Greeting with a Floral Image

Shopping Our Stash #550 - A Stitch In Time

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Fur, Feather and/or Flowers

Triple B (June) - Birds, Butterflies and/or Blooms (2nd entry)

Try It On Tuesday - In the Garden

We Love 2 Create #6 2025 - Anything Papercrafting/Mixed Media Goes (2nd entry)

Word Art Wednesday #704/705 - Anything Goes

The I Spy Challenge will end on the Sunday before the next challenge starts at 23:59 US Central Time - so this time that is Sunday July 13th, and the next challenge will begin on Wednesday July 16th.

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,