Christmas Kickstart Challenge

Hello!

Today I am excited to be joining Jo at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge as one of her Christmas Elves :)  I am sponsoring the challenge and will be giving away 3 stencils of the winners choice from my store Funky Fossil....

The theme for the challenge which runs until 21 October is Woodland Creatures so, of course, I had to use my Woodland Wishes stamp set to create this card:

I simply inked up my Birch Tree Forest stencil in soft greys, stamped and coloured the sweet fox and rabbit, cut them out and added them to the design.  The sentiment is a die cut from Card Making Magic.  

I shall also link up at Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge where the theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of twinkle.

I hope you like it!  I look forward to seeing what Woodland Creatures you have in your stash for Christmas cards :)

Thank you to Jo for inviting me to be one of her Guest Christmas Elves - it is a real honour!

Here are the products that I used to make this card:

  

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

New DT and Discount :)

Hello!

Amidst all of the excitement of introducing you to our fabulous new DT yesterday, I forgot to post a card that I have made for the current challenge over at Less is More where the theme is Typography.  This seemed like the perfect excuse to make a card with my Fa La La stamp set which has bold Christmas sentiments:

I simply white heat embossed the sentiment on to dark blue card and die cut a circle.  I softly inked my Poinsettia stencil in the background in shades of blue distress oxide.

While I was here, I wanted to share some more amazing creations from the new DT.  Each of them has a 15% discount code on their blog or insta account which you can use at checkout before midnight on Monday :)

Jane from Purple Jet Loves Crafts

Sam from A Crafting Niche

Shona from Twine Around

Cornelia from Fun Stamping

Natalie from Momma Sedds

I am so grateful to these talented ladies for taking the time to make beautiful things with my stamps and stencils.  Here are a few of the products used above:

    

 

Remember that you can get 15% off until midnight on Monday!

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

New Stamps Available!

Hello!

We finally have the 5 new stamp sets available to purchase in my online store - www.funkyfossil.co.uk AND there is 10% off everything in store this weekend when you use the code FUNKY10 at checkout :)  

Here are one or two more cards that I made with images from the new release:

I masked a circle and stamped the trees through the aperture to create a background for these two woodland cuties.  I shall link up at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where the theme is CAS.

Here I simply coloured and stacked the Wild Things on top of each other and combined them with the Banners and Bunting stencil and Random Rectangles stencil.

I stamped a loose wreath around the sentiment from Fa La La.  I shall link up at Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge where anything goes without the optional twist of jingle bells.

Remember that there is also a giveaway running this weekend which you can take part in by commenting on this blogpost and telling me what your favourite set from the release is.  The giveaway closes at midnight on Monday, 26 August.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sarah x

Giveaway!

Hello,

Before my 5 new stamp sets are available for purchase tomorrow morning I wanted to run a little giveaway to find out which are your favourite designs.  Leave a comment saying which is your favourite set below by midnight on Monday, 26 August and I will pick a winner at random to receive that stamp set and 3 stencils of their choice :)

Here is a quick reminder of the 5 sets that are being released:

Wild Things and Woodland Wishes

  

Fa La La and Folksy Christmas

  

Abstract Beauty

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

  

I really hope that you like the stamps in this release.  Remember to leave a comment below saying which is your favourite to be in with a chance to win it!

Sarah x

Woodland Wishes - new stamp set

Hello!

After yesterday's safari theme of the Wild Things set, I have gone much more wintry with the set that I am introducing today.  Woodland Wishes once again features the whimsical illustrations by Le Petit Market but these woodland creatures are wrapped up for winter.....

Here are a few examples:

I stamped and masked the trees from the set along with the bottom of the panel in order to create an inky sky with distress inks. I splattered that with water for a starry effect and lightly coloured the trees in.  The lovely deer is coloured with pencils and cut out.

I have shared this card already and it features the sweet fox in a CAS layout simply coloured with pencils.

Here is the set which will be available to buy from www.funkyfossil.co.uk from Saturday 24 Aug at 9am (UK time).  I hope that you like it!

Stop by tomorrow for the introduction of two new stamp sets!

Sarah x