AAA Birthday Challenge #15

Hello!

Well July has begun and it is time for our next challenge at AAA Birthday :)  This month we are going 3D!

I have made a fun birthday card with the cute bee from Bees Knees on a spring to give him some wobble.  I have used our Banners and Bunting stencil to add a party feel!

I hope you like this happy card and I look forward to seeing what 3D creations you make.  The AAA Birthday DT have produced some fabulous designs!

Thank you for stopping by,

Sarah x

Introducing Cupcake Crazy

Hello!

**I just wanted to start by confirming that we are open for business - I run Funky Fossil from home - cutting and packing orders myself.  As long as the post office remains open we can still dispatch orders.  Your custom means a lot to me!**

We are sharing our new stamp release which will be available to purchase from Saturday, 28 March.  As always it is an eclectic collection of stamp sets which offer a mix of quirky, abstract and elegant designs - I am very excited about them!  Today's set was designed by Kimma Parish from Le Petite Market.  We love her illustrations :)

Cupcake Crazy is great for lots of occasions - it is a fun and celebratory stamp set.  Here are a couple of cards that I have made with images from the set:

I coloured two of the cupcakes in and cut them out - paper piecing the wrapper.  The background is made using our Lots of Hearts stencil.

I watercoloured this cupcake and used a glimmer pen on the icing along with glossy accents on the heart.  I cut it out and combined it with a stencilled background using our Bunting and Banners stencil.

I shall link this card up at Time Out where they are celebrating their 6th birthday - it is such a fab challenge - congrats to Sandie and the wonderful DT :)

Here is the stamp set:

The fabulous DT have more great designs to share with you......

Jane Taylor at https://purplejetlovescrafts.blogspot.com/

Sam Squires at https://acraftingniche.blogspot.com/

Shona Chambers at https://twinearound.blogspot.com/

Cornelia Wenokor at https://fun-stamping.blogspot.com/

Natalie Seddons at https://www.instagram.com/momma_sedds/

We will be back tomorrow with details of more new stamps to share so be sure to visit again!

Sarah x

AAA Cards

Hello!

It is a very cold and wet weekend here so I am playing in my craft room....I wanted to take part in the current AAA Cards Challenge where we are creating CAS cards along the edge.

I used our Banners and Bunting Stencil to create this card:

A little bit of Tumbled Glass distress ink shaded at the top of the card and coloured texture paste over the bunting to give a bit of dimension.  The sentiment is from WPlus9.

I do love this stencil - I often reach for it to finish off a scene or as a focal point on my cards.  You can buy it from our store - www.funkyfossil.co.uk.

I hope you like the card - it was a nice change from a christmas card :)

Sarah x

CAS Stencil Challenge

Hello!

I am delighted to be taking part in this month's CAS Stencil Challenge as GD :)  Our host is Julia and the technique that she is introducing is to use baby wipes to lift colour from your stencil designs.

Here is a card that I made with my Banners and Bunting Stencil:

I simply inked the background in Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick and Spiced Marmalade distress inks, place the banner stencil over the top and pounced through with a baby wipe to lift some of the colour.  I kept going down the card panel and then layered a couple of inked banners over the top to add depth to this CAS design.  The sentiment is from Uniko.

I hope that you like this design and check out the other inspiration by the fab DT!  

Here is the stencil that I used:

Thanks for stopping by!

Sarah x

A CAS Card

Hello,

I just wanted to share a quick CAS card that I have made with my Banners and Bunting stencil.  I keep using this stencil as it is very easy to create simple cards for lots of occasions....

I inked up the banners with distress inks, overlapping them as I went.  The sentiment came free with a magazine.

I shall link up at AAA Cards where we are making quick CAS cards with the optional twist of summer and at Happy Little Stampers August CAS challenge where we are using a third of the card.

Have a great day!

Sarah x

Banners and Bunting

Hello!

I have a fun new stencil to share with you today - Banners and Bunting has 4 designs on it.  They make really quick and easy cards :)

Here is one that I made using the bunting:

I shall link up at Inkspirational where we have an inspiration photo featuring Banners and Balloons and at CAS on Friday where the challenge is to use a stencil.

Here is another card made using the star banner repeated in a rainbow of colours:

I shall link up at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where we are making our own backgrounds.

Here is the stencil which is available to purchase in my store - www.funkyfossil.co.uk:

Enjoy the rest of your weekend :)

Sarah x