Simple Cards

Hello!

I hope that you had the chance to spend some time getting crafty over the weekend!  I made a few cards for some of my fave challenges.

First up I have tried to follow the CAS sketch at AAA Cards and made this card without the optional twist of winter birthdays:

I masked a strip on the kraft cardstock and used That's Crafty paste over the Confetti Hearts stencil and combined it with this loved up pair of Chubby Unicorns.  The sentiment is from WPlus9.

Here is the sketch:

I have obviously turned it upside down!

Next up I wanted to play along with CAS Stencils Challenge - I can't believe that it is their first birthday already!  Congrats and thanks for keeping us inspired with your creative ideas for getting the most out of our I masked a strip on the kraft cardstock and used That's Crafty paste over the Confetti Hearts stencil and combined it with this loved up pair of Chubby Unicorns.  The sentiment is from WPlus9.

Here is the sketch:

Next up I wanted to play along with CAS Stencils Challenge - I can't believe that it is their first birthday already!  Congrats and thanks for keeping us inspired with your creative ideas for getting the most out of our stencils.  This month we are using new stencils on our cards and I wanted to share a card using our new Folk Floral Panel.  I think that it looks lovely and crisp with the dark pink texture paste:

I shall also link up at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where the theme is Something New.

Here are the products that I used on these cards:

  

They are all available to buy in store at www.funkyfossil.co.uk :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Dream Big

Hello,

Just a quick post to share a card that I have made with our Chubby Unicorns stamp set and the Confetti Sprinkles stencil.  I am starting to build my stash of all occasion cards now that we are nearly finished with christmas card production for another year!

I thought that this little lady would work perfectly for the challenge over at Time Out where the word inspiration is:

It also works well for Simon's Wednesday Challenge where it is party time.  You can't have a party without confetti!

I hope that your christmas preparations are going smoothly and things aren't getting too frazzled.  I am off work for 2 weeks now and am planning to get lots of crafty time :)  Whatever you are doing, I hope you have a wonderful time!

Here are the products that I used on this card:

  

Sarah x

New DT announcement!

Hello!

I have been excited to share the news with you that Funky Fossil now has a Design Team and they are super talented.  I am very lucky to have such great friends and crafters supporting my little stamp and stencil business!

Let me introduce you to them and some of their wonderful designs.  Head over to their blog or insta account to see more inspiration - they each have a discount code to share with you :)

Jane Taylor from Purple Jet Loves Crafts: 

Shona Chambers from Twine Around:

Cornelia Wenokor from Fun Stamping:

Natalie Seddons from www.instagram.com/momma_sedds/

Samantha Squires from A Crafting Niche:

Aren't all of these samples gorgeous?!  Do check out their blogs and insta to see some more inspiring makes and access their discount codes.  The products that they have used are:

      

 

Thanks for stopping by, Sarah x

Sweet Dreams

Hello!

I am popping by with a sweet card that I have made using my Chubby Unicorn stamps and elements from my Love is in the Air and Rainbow Words stencils.

I simply inked Cracked Pistachio through a circle aperture and then added clouds in Evergreen Bough/  I coloured the sleeping unicorn with pencils and inked through a word from the Rainbow Words stencil in Hickory Smoke.

I shall link up at Time Out where the theme is relaxation (without the optional twist of one layer)

Thanks for stopping by!

Sarah x

Unicorn Birthday

Hello!

I didn't want to neglect my sweet chubby unicorns after playing with the pugs and whales all week!  I decided to use them to make a card for the birthday challenge over at AAA Cards where they are celebrating 5 years of the challenge - a great milestone :)

I combined the unicorn with a new die collection from Paula Pascual called Bright Rosa which is available to buy at Craft Stash.  The dies are bold and contemporary.....I shall be back for more!

I shall also link up at Seize the Birthday for a third time for anything goes and at Simon's Wednesday Challenge.

I hope you like this bright and simple design.  The Chubby Unicorns are available to buy in my store - www.funkyfossil.co.uk.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Sarah x

 

Make a Wish

Hello!

I hope that you have had a great weekend :)  It has been a busy one so I haven't had as much time to craft as I would like but I wanted to play along at Time Out.  The word inspiration - Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground - had me reaching for my Shooting Stars stencil and my Chubby Unicorns stamps.

I inked through the star stencil with distress oxides and coloured the unicorn with pencils.  The sentiment is from WPlus9 and I added one of my MDF stars.

As it is a birthday card, I shall also link up at Seize the Birthday for Anything Goes.

And finally, I would like to link up at AAA Birthdays first challenge where Anything Goes.  I am sure that it is going to be a very popular challenge :)

You can buy the products that I used on my card in my online store - www.funkyfossil.co.uk:

   

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Rainbows and Unicorns

Hello!

I am stopping by with a very quick post to share a sweet card that I made over the weekend with my Chubby Unicorn stamps :)  Hopefully it will bring a smile to your day!

I simply combined him with a lovely MFT rainbow die and sentiment.  A bit of colourful washi tape at the bottom completes the card!

I shall link up at Time Out's current challenge as I think that this little unicorn has a playful twinkle in his eye :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Sweet Unicorn

Hello!

I hope that your week is going well :)  I couldn't help but make another card using one of the stamps from my new Chubby Unicorns set.  These illustrations by Kimma from Le Petite Market are just so cute!

I went over my Floral Background stencil with pink cosmic shimmer texture paste and placed it behind a heart aperture.  

I will link up at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where the theme is cute and for a second time at Time Out where we are celebrating their fifth birthday with cards on a birthday theme.  I will also link up at Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies.

Here is the stamp set that is available in my shop - www.funkyfossil.co.uk:

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Release Day!

Hello!

The 3 stamp sets that I have been showing to you over the past few days are now available for sale in my shop - www.funkyfossil.co.uk.  Here they are:

Chubby Unicorns, £8.50

Boho Flowers, £8.50

The Quick Brown Fox, £8.50

Here are a few more cards that I have made with these stamps:

I went full on rainbow for this little unicorn and added some rainbow stripes to his back!  The star is by The Ton and I simply heat embossed it in several colours.  I shall link up at Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge which is Special Day and at Time Out where Sandie and the fab DT are celebrating 5 years with an inspired by words birthday theme - congrats!

Here I masked and stamped to create a cluster of flowers and succulents.  I shall link up at Simon's Monday Challenge where the theme is Girly/Feminine

Finally the Quick Brown Fox is standing in the foliage that I have added with my shrubbery stencil.

I hope you like these stamps.  I have to thank Kimma from Le Petite Market and Linda from Brightwater Studio for being so generous with their talent and illustrations.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Introducing Chubby Unicorns

Hello!

I am very excited to let you know that I will be releasing 3 new stamp sets in my shop on Thursday, 14 March.   I have had lots of fun creating with them and hope that you will like them too!

Today I want to introduce you to the cute Chubby Unicorns A6 stamp set:

These stamps feature the fab illustrations of Kimma Parish from Le Petite Market who has kindly allowed me to turn them in to stamps.  I love her quirky style and these unicorns are so sweet that I couldn't resist them :)

I masked off the middle panel of the card and inked my confetti hearts stencil at the top and bottom of the card base before stamping the unicorn couple.  I have simply watercoloured them with sparkle pens.  The sentiment is from Altenew.

On this card, I masked a circle and inked my Droplets stencil in a range of distress inks.  I used the same colours to watercolour the sleeping unicorn.  I shall link this card up at Time Out where we are being unique!  Unicorns are, of course, unique.....

I have two more sets to share with you over the next few days before they go on sale.  I hope you like them :)

Here are the stencils that I have used on the cards above.  Available to buy at www.funkyfossil.co.uk 

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x