I Spy With My Little Eye #42

Hi everyone, despite not doing much crafting recently, I couldn’t miss my FT make for 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. 

This month it was Ellie’s turn to choose the theme, which is

I Spy With My Little Eye 

*** Autumn in the Woods ***

A ideal challenge for the time of year, I’m sure you’ll agree - there has certainly been a nip in the air the past few days and the leaves are starting to turn. Please don’t forget to pop over to Ellie's blog to see her fab creation and link up your entries here.

We are also delighted to welcome as guest designer - Lia - so please do click on her name to visit her blog and view her beautiful creation.

Here’s my card for the challenge - I decided to make a scene using some of my favourite autumnal Lavinia stamps plus a brand new autumn sentiment I bought at Port Sunlight recently.

I cut a 14.5cm square of white stamping card, and created a focal circle using circle and hill masks, blending a variety of Distress and Elements inks to form the landscape, sky and sun. With the largest circle mask still in place I then stamped the pheasant and background trees using Pinecone Versafine Clair, and removed the mask to stamp the catkin border and the leaves (stamped in Elements inks). (Confession time … I decided on the catkin border to disguise the fact that my background trees didn’t stamp quite to the edge of my circle!) I coloured the catkins using my Castle Arts pencils which I received for Christmas last year, but for some unknown reason have never really used, then I stamped the birds. I added a sentiment and a couple of acorns in the bottom corner, then added shading with a Stabilo pencil and white Posca accents. I matted the finished panel onto copper glitter card and a card blank.

Stamps: Lavinia Pheasant, Tree Scene, Fairy Catkins, Oak Leaf Flourish, Bird Collection, Ducks, Mini Maple; Inkylicious Autumn Change;

Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Sahara, Russet Orange, Paprika); Tim Holtz Distress inks (Tea Dye, Vintage Photo); Versafine Clair (Pinecone); Castle Arts pencils; Stabilo pencil (white); Posca pen (white).

Challenges I would like to enter: 

Aud Sentiments #342 - Fall and/or any shape but a rectangle, plus a sentiment

Craft Rocket #141 - Autumn and/or Hallowe’en

Crafting Challenge (October) - Autumn/Hallowe’en

Crafty Calendar (October) - Autumn/Hallowe’en

Crafty Catz #721 - Anything Goes

Creative Crafting Uncles #82 - Hallowe’en or Autumn 

Creative Girlz Card Adventures #2 - Autumn

Creative Moments #287 - Things With Wings

Cupcake Inspirations #642 - Fall

Daisy Chain #112 - Autumn and/or Hallowe’en

Double D (October) - Wings

FarmQuest General Store #43 - Anything Farm or Country Goes

Four Seasons (October) - Anything Goes Fall

Let’s Craft and Create #236 - Anything Goes + Colours of Fall

Path of Positivity #144 - Anything Goes Positive - TOP PICK

Sisterhood of Crafters (October) - Fall

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

Unicorn #125 - Autumn and/or Hallowe’en

Word Art Wednesday #774/775 - 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 November 15th, and the next challenge will begin on Wednesday November 18th.

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,