Feeling Festive

Hello!

I am still working on christmas cards....is it just me or does the clock speed up at this time of year?!  Here are three that I made over the weekend.

I inked up our Holly Wreath stencil a couple of times and added some extra foliage from the Fa La La and Joy stamp sets.  I die cut a circle inside the wreath.  I heat embossed the sentiment in copper and cut it out so that it looks as if it is hanging from the wreath.

I shall link up at Time Out where the theme is Merry and Cheerful.  

I stitched around a die cut frame on this card to highlight the gold embossed sentiment from our Fa La La stamp set.  I shall link up at Simon Wednesday's Challenge where the theme is Traditional Christmas.

Finally I went with black and gold for a dramatic look:

I went over our Simple Scallops stencil with gold glitter paste and added the sentiment.  I shall link up at Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge without the candy cane twist.

Here are the products that I used to make these cards:

 

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Giveaway Winners!

Hello!

I hope that your week is going well.  I am just popping in to announce the winners of the October release giveaway :)  Thank you for your comments and support - they are much appreciated!

Each member of the Design Team has picked a comment from their release day post at random and they are as follows:

Jane picked CardsbyMaaike
Natalie picked Betty_j28
Shona picked Denise Bryant
Cornelia picked Katie Ann Brooks
Sam picked Sue from Silly Moo Crafts
I picked Marlena M

Congrats to all of you and thanks again for leaving a message :)  I shall be in touch shortly to ask the winners which of the new stamp sets they would like to receive.

Here is a little reminder of the stamp sets that we released earlier this month:

 

  

See you again soon,

Sarah x

Release Day!

Hello!

Today the 4 new stamp sets that we have been showcasing from Funky Fossil are available to purchase.  They offer a mix of cute and quirky and classic along with Christmas and all year round.  Hopefully you will find something in here that you like :)

  

  

To celebrate the release, myself and each of the DT have a stamp set to giveaway from the new release of the winner's choice.  All you have to do is comment on this post and on each of the DT's blogs or insta accounts by midnight (UK time) on 26 October to be in with a chance of winning.  There is also 10% off everything in store for this weekend only - until midnight on 21 October when you use the code OCTOBER10 at checkout :)

I have a few cards to share with you using these new stamps:

The Sew Lovely set inspired me to stitch a frame.  The sewing machine is coloured with pencils.

It is easy to mask elements of the Plant a Garden set to create scenes.  The plants fit nicely in to the plant pot too!  The images have been watercoloured with distress inks.  I shall link this card up with the encouraging theme at Time Out as I think the sentiment is a really positive one and also at Inkspirational where the theme is Mask given the masking that I did with garden images.

I wanted to create an effect of the northern lights for the penguins on this card.  I created a watercolour background inked through the Shards stencil and went back over it with clear sparkle medium.  

Check out the gorgeous designs by the DT....they have made some absolutely stunning cards to inspire you further.

Shona:

Jane:

Sam:

Nat:

Cornelia

Do pay them a visit and leave a comment to be in with a chance of winning one of the stamp sets from this release.  I would love to hear what you think of it :)

Sarah x

October Release - Festive Penguins and Joy!

Hello!

I am excited to say that I and the DT can finally share details of the 4 new stamp sets that will be available to buy from Funky Fossil at 9am (UK time) on Saturday, 19 October :)  Today we are focusing on the two christmas themed sets from the release which again feature the wonderful illustrations of Kimma Parish from Le Petite Market and of Maggie Molloy.

 

                                 Festive Penguins                                          Joy

I have made a few examples:

This sweet penguin has been combined with my Birch Forest stencil to create a wintry scene.

I have combined the sentiment with the bauble from Folksy Christmas which has been stamped in the background to create a patterned paper.  I love how these two stamps coordinate :)

However, the talented DT have much better designs to share with you which give a flavour of the different looks that you can get with these stamps....

Cornelia 

Jane 

Natalie 

Sam

Shona 

We will be back tomorrow with previews of the other 2 stamp sets from the release ahead of the products going live on Saturday complete with giveaways!

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x