A few more ideas....

Hello!

Thank you for your positive response and feedback to our new stamp sets which were released for sale yesterday - you can see the launch post here and there is still time to comment to be in with a chance of winning the entire release!

I wanted to share a few more ideas with you - as you can imagine, I have been making a lot of samples with these new sets.....

You don't always need to use the focal images from the Adventure set - here I just used the feathers and a sentiment:

I shall link up at Less is More where the challenge is a one layer card and off centre stamping.

The Adventure set also plays well with so many of our other products at www.funkyfossil.co.uk including our mdf artboards, mdf stag and tree elements and our stencils.  Here I used Retro Starburst, Messy Rainbows, In to the Wild and Birds in Flight.

I shall link up at Simon's Monday Challenge where we are making pieces of home decor.

And finally I wanted to share another card made using Blooming Birthday.  I love the clean florals on this set and repeat stamped them on a DL card.

Here are the products that I have used today:

 

 

 

Check them all out in store at www.funkyfossil.co.uk.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sarah x

Alcohol Lift

Hello!

I enjoyed playing along with this month's theme at the CAS Stencil Challenge where we are using alcohol inks/lift techniques with our stencils.  Here is a second card that I have made using an alcohol ink background in shades of blue.

I used alcohol lift ink through my Messy Rainbows stencil to create the wavy effect and added a watercoloured whale from my Whale of a Time stamp set.  

I shall link up at Simon's Monday Challenge where the theme is Life on the Ocean Waves and also at CAS Mix Up Challenge where alcohol ink/lift is the featured technique.

This is a great technique and another really fun way to use stencils!

Thanks as always for stopping by,

Sarah x

Watercolour Whales

Hello!

I had a piece of card on my desk that I had used to mop up some distress inks from my craft mat and decided to use it as a watery background for a couple of playful whales from my Whale of a Time stamp set.

I watercoloured and cut out each of the whales - they are a nice easy shape :)  I also added some inking through my Messy Rainbows stencil to add a bit more of a wavy feel to the watercolour background.

I shall link up at Simon's Monday Challenge where this week's theme is Life on the Ocean Waves.  I shall also link up at Seize the Birthday without the optional topping of sunshine and at Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge without the optional twist of wings.

Here is what I used to make the card:

  

Both the stencil and stamp set are available to purchase in my store - www.funkyfossil.co.uk

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

New Stamps!

Hello!

I have a couple of posts this week to introduce you to four new stamp sets which I will be releasing for sale on Friday at 6pm (GMT).  There are a mix of styles in this mini release from the super cute illustrations by Kimma from LePetitMarket to gorgeous doodle style designs by Maggie Molloy.  I hope that you will see something for your summer crafting :)

The first set that I want to feature is Whale of a Time.  These fab whales are full of character and fun!

Here are a couple of cards:

I have combined this whale with my In The Flow stencil and, of course, the stamp set had to have a few punny sentiments to make you smile!!  I shall link him up at Seize the Birthday without the topping and also sneak in for a final entry at The Male Room Challenge where anything goes :)  I will also join in for a second time at AAA Birthday Challenge.

This cute fella has been combined with my Messy Rainbows stencil and another punny sentiment.

Here is the A6 stamp set:

I hope you like it!  If you head over to my shop and sign up as a subscriber to the newsletter, there will be a special offer on the new release for subscribers on release day - www.funkyfossil.co.uk

I have lots more to share with you over the course of the week so I hope that you stop by again soon!

Sarah x

Quirky Lightbulb

Hello!

I hope that your week is going well :)  I am just popping in with a fun card that I have made to play along with the current challenge at Less is More where the theme is water.

I have inked up my new Lightbulb Aperture stencil and combined it with my Messy Rainbows stencil to create this card:

I thought that the messy rainbows looked like waves so decided to create a ship in a lightbulb scene!  The lovely ship is from Waltzingmouse Stamps (discontinued) and it is combined with a sentiment from Stamplorations.  The bulb is inked with Peacock Feathers and Tumbled Glass distress oxides.

I shall also link up at Simon's Monday Challenge where we are using something new.  The lightbulb stencil is a new item in my store - www.funkyfossil.co.uk.

   

Thanks for stopping by :)

Sarah x

Birthday Rainbows

Hello!

While I was on holiday I coloured up these cute unicorns from Clearly Besotted and paired them with my Messy Rainbows stencil:

I partially inked through the stencil on a piece of leftover card that I had used to mop up some watercolours. I thought that they looked like clouds and added a few of the unicorns to the design.  The birthday sentiment is from Clearly Besotted too.  I shall link up at Seize the Birthday where the current topping is rainbow and at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where Anything Goes.

On this card I coloured some texture paste light pink and pasted through the Messy Rainbows stencil and a circle aperture.  Do you think it looks a bit like candyfloss?!  The unicorn is leaping towards the rainbow :)  I shall link up at AAA Cards where we have a sketch challenge:

The stencil is available in my Folksy store:

I hope you like my rainbow unicorns :)

Thank you for stopping by,

Sarah x

Making Waves

Hello!

I have a new stencil to introduce to you today - my messy rainbows stencil is great for bright and bold backgrounds.  When I used it in conjunction with some green and blue colour bursts it made me think of waves:

I sprinkled colour bursts over the stencil, spritzed with water and blotted quickly.  I did that a few times to get the depth of colour that I wanted without too much 'bleed'.  Once dry, I die cut a square out of the centre of the panel to create a frame and added the cute whale and sentiment from Mama Elephant.  I shall link this up at Happy Little Stampers July Watercolour Challenge which is Anything Goes (without the optional twist of birthdays).  I shall also join in at AAA Cards (just in time) where we are using a frame on our designs.

I used the central panel as a background for this fab porthole die from MFT and the same Mama Elephant set.  The porthole is layered up several times to create a bit of dimension.  I shall link this up at the July CAS challenge at Happy Little Stampers where the theme is Animals.

Here is the stencil that is in my Folksy shop:

Thanks for stopping by :)

Sarah x