Positivity 🌺🌼

I mentioned in a recent post that I had bought a craft magazine in WH Smith (or whatever they now call themselves!) which turned out to be a sale bundle with more goodies inside than anticipated. It included an Altenew stamp, stencil and die set - now I really like some of the Altenew designs, but for some reason have never purchased any! Anyhoo, after I made a previous card with the set, I discovered an Altenew challenge blog so I decided to have a go. Only my focal flowers are Altenew, so I hope that’s ok!

I cut a 5 1/2” square of stamping card, and stamped two flowers. I then watercoloured around them using Elements inks in a dabbing and stippling motion (this idea was inspired by a card I saw by Anne Young in the Tracy Evans FB group). I stamped the flowers again plus two more onto separate card, and coloured with Zig pens, then fussy cut and set aside. I added some random background script stamping to the main panel which I heat embossed white, then some 2nd generation green background letter stamping. I attached the flowers to form a spray, then added a stamped and heat embossed sentiment panel. The card was matted onto a black border and 6” square card blank, and finally I added some sparkle to the flowers and faux gold spatters.

Stamps: Altenew Dynamic Duo - Always Smile; Tracy Evans TE11 Background Elements, TE16 Artsy Alpha/Numbers; AALL & Create #533 Bring On the Sentiments;

Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Olive, Lime Punch); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Shady Lane); Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; Versamark, WOW Opaque Bright White embossing powder; Spectrum Noir sparkle pen; Posca pen (gold).

Challenges I would like to enter:

Ally’s Angels #97 - Anything Goes

Altenew Inspiration Challenge (August) - Photo Inspiration

Beautiful Blossoms #32 - Anything Floral Goes

Classic Design Challenge #8 2025 - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore #138 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Creatalicious #292 - Anything Goes 

Creative Crafters #91 - Anything Goes

Creative Crafting Uncles #68 - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams (August) - Lots of Layers

Sisterhood of Crafters - Card of Encouragement

Word Art Wednesday #712/713 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,

Layered Stencilling Fun

Hi everyone, I haven’t been around for a couple of weeks, as last week we had a little holiday in Whitby, and before we went I was both rushing around and synonymously not too well, so time has flown by! Anyhoo, I’m back now from what was a really lovely break, so I thought it was about time for a crafty session while the holiday laundry whirrs in the background!

I recently bought a craft magazine in WH Smith - the first time I have done so for quite a while - and only when I got it home did I discover it was actually a bundle of 2 old (Spring 2025) magazines and contained a stamp, die and layering stencil die set by Altenew that I hadn’t even known was in the package! I’ve never used layering stencils before so I thought I’d have a go - here’s the result.

 I stamped the flower 3 times onto snippets of white card, then coloured by blending Elements inks through the layering stencil to build up colour. I topped this with Spectrum Noir sparkle pen, cut out with the matching die and set aside. I die cut a stitched square, then stencilled two leaf sprays using the layering stencil, blended pink ink around the edges, and matted onto a 6” square card blank. I added some white Posca highlights and attached the die cut flowers, stamped the sentiment and added a few dew drop gems to finish.

Here is an angled picture to show the sparkle.

Stamps: Altenew Dynamic Duo - Always Smile; Visible Image Birthday Sentiments;

Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Pink Elephant, Violet Chalk, Flying Fig, Pine, Olive, Pixie Green); Versafine Clair (Nocturne); Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen (clear); Posca pen (white);

Tools: Altenew layering stencils and die - Dynamic Duo - Always Smile; Hunkydory Moonstone stitched square die;

Other: Crafter’s Companion dewdrop gems.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Beautiful Blossoms #31 - Anything Floral Goes

Crafty Catz #699 - Anything Goes

Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (July) - Use a Stencil (2nd entry)

Creative Moments #272 - Use a Die Cut (2nd entry)

A Cut Above (July) - Anything Goes with a Die Cut

Die Cut Divas (July) - Birthday (2nd entry)

Girlz & the Art of Letters #6 - F is for …

(Flowers, foliage)

Heart’s Quest Celebrations of Love #7 2025 - Birthday (3rd entry)

Inkspirational #346 - Birthday

Just Us Girls #785 - Stencil Week

Let’s Craft and Create #221 - Use a Hand Punch or Die

Outlawz Monday Greetings (July) - Happy Birthday (2nd entry)

Paper Funday #78 - Anything Goes with option Fun With Stencils (2nd entry)

Seize the Birthday #310 - use Your Favourite Colour

(Pink)

Tic Tac Toe #275 - Tic Tac Toe

(Stencil / Birthday / Square Card)

Triple B (July) - Birds, Butterflies and/or Blooms (3rd entry)

Word Art Wednesday #708/709 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

That’s all for today. I’m not getting a lot of time for crafting at the moment due to one thing or another, but hope to be back before too long.

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,