Explore the World

Hello!

I wanted to play along with the fab challenge over at Less is More - particularly as this is their 9th birthday month :)  The challenge is tiny and few which was quite difficult.  Although I like white space I found it really difficult to use minimal supplies!

This is the card that I made:

I simply masked a circle and inked it with blue and green inks so that it looked a bit like earth before stamping a few of the small elements from our Adventure stamp set.  And it is a one layer card!

I hope you like this CAS design.  Although there are some large focal images and sentiments in the stamp set, there are smaller elements too.....Adventure

The challenge is sponsored by the amazing Uniko too.....they are celebrating their 8th birthday this month :)

Thanks for stopping by, Sarah x

More CAS cards

Hello!

I have been having fun this week playing with some of our new stencil designs which are now available in store at www.funkyfossil.co.uk.  There are designs to suit male or female cards, CAS cardmakers and mixed media fans!  Here are a few that I have made which are more CAS.

First up is this lovely bold Protea bloom.  It is a quick way to make a card front - add a sentiment and your done! 

I simply inked the flower with distress oxides and added some splatters.  I shall link up at Simon's Monday Challenge where there is a Floral Frenzy. 

Next up is our new Grid Stencil and Micro Squares.  These are fab for adding layers and interest to cards - particularly male designs. 

I simply inked through the grid in pale blue and green, fading out from the centre and stamped the image from our Adventure stamp set over the top.  I love the way that the grid is showing through the stamped image!  I did also use the micro squares as part of the fade out but they are hard to see on this picture.....

I shall link up at Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge where the theme is positive.  I think that the Adventure set has a really positive vibe!

I inked through the grid and the micro squares on this card front varying the colour and fading towards the card centre before adding some stamped elements from the Adventure set again.  

I hope you like these new stencils....

 

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

AAA Birthday Challenge

Hello!

Happy Monday and welcome to a new challenge over at AAA Birthday :) Our theme this month is Cute:

I think that our new Quirky Owls stamp set is super cute and made this one layer card with some masking and inking:

I shall also join in the fun over at Seize the Birthday where the theme is All Creatures Great and Small and at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where Anything Goes.

I look forward to seeing your cute birthday cards.  Check out the inspiration from the amazing AAA Birthday DT too :)

Here is the stamp set that I have used which is available to buy now from www.funkyfossil.co.uk.

Sarah x

All loved up!

Hello!

The build up to Valentine's day must have got to me this year as I have added a few more heart based stencils to the shop this week and have made the following cards with them....

First up I used our new Heart Lines stencil with That's Crafty Texture Paste (which we also sell in store now too!) on kraft card.  I simply added one of the cute pugs from Pugs and Hugs and a punny sentiment :)  I shall link up at Time Out where we are being Affectionate and at Simon's Monday Challenge where the theme is Loved Up.

On my next card I have used our new Quirky Owls stamp set along with the new Sweet Hearts stencil.  I sprayed through the stencil with That's Crafty Flat Matte Spray in Rose.  It is a lovely colour.

I shall join in at Simon's Wednesday Anything Goes challenge with this card.

Here are the products that I have used today:

 

  

Thanks for stopping by!

Sarah x

More Adventures.....

Hello!

The challenge at Time Out is to make something inspired by an item of clothing from your wardrobe - it is such a cool idea that I had to play along :)  I used our new Adventure stamp set to make this card:

The mountain and treeline are inspired by one of my t-shirts:

I have made another card using a sentiment from the Adventure set combined with our new Angel Wings stencil:

I inked through the stencil with blue distress oxides and brushed a light dusting of perfect pearls at the top of wings.  I white heat embossed the sentiment on some dark blue card and added that to the card.

I shall link up at Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge where the theme is Wings.

I hope that you like these cards.  Here are the products that I used which are available to buy at www.funkyfossil.co.uk:

 

Sarah x

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

Funky Fossil Release Day and Giveaway!!

Hello!

Finally, our five new stamp sets are available for sale at www.funkyfossil.co.uk :)  Hopefully this release has a stamp set for every taste and style and you have been inspired by our preview posts this week!

There are 3 A6 stamp sets - Quirky Owls, Blooming Birthday and Serenity:

And 2 A5 stamp sets - Adventure and Scandi Home:

 

We want to celebrate the release with a giveaway of all 5 sets to one lucky person drawn at random from comments left on this and the DT blogs/insta feeds.  You have until midnight on Wednesday 29 January to leave a comment :)

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

I have used one of the fab focal images from Adventure along with our Distressed Diamonds and Splatter stencils.  I also made my own washi by stamping the swallow images on to some mop up rice paper.

This card features images from Scandi Home white embossed on grey with one of the corner stamps creating the patterned red background.

Here is Serenity which features the yoga silhouette against an alcohol ink circle with the cosmic symbols stamped in pale pink in the background.

I haven't even got time to show you more of the cards that I have made with Blooming Birthday and Quirky Owls as I want you to be able to check out the inspiring makes from the DT.  They have created such beautiful projects with these stamps:  

Jane Taylor 

Sam Squires  

Shona Chambers 

Cornelia Wenokor 

Natalie Seddons 

Remember, every comment that you leave will increase your chances of winning the whole release!

I would love to know which of the sets are your favourite - leave me a comment to tell me what you think :)

Sarah x