Two for the Gardener

Hello hello :)

I have another couple of cards to share, this first is based on a notebook cover I made for a craft sale a few months ago.... I love the water-coloured square backgrounds for each image and it seemed natural to arrange them on a square card base...

These Altenew stamps are just lovely for a spot of loose watercolour and staying on the plant theme I have been playing with some new Flora & Fauna succulent stamps, another new favourite company me thinks and they can be found at Seven Hills Crafts here in the UK now 😉

I have used a mixture of paper-piecing, Copic colouring and plain ol' stamping to make this little collection and used the Octagon greenhouse for a Terrarium 😊

That's all from me... time for bed!!

Thanks for stopping by 😊

Jenny x

Stash used:

Beautiful You - Altenew

Sentimental Birthday - Winnie & Walter

Succulents, Octagon Greenhouse die - Flora & Fauna

Distressed patterns - MFT

Playing with Plaid and Vegtables

Hi there, sticking my head up above the summer holidays again (said whilst waving hand!)

Yep, I have a couple of cards to share again today and funnily enough both would be suitable for guys again.... I seem to subconsciously gravitate towards this genre!!

I have at least three plaid builder stamp sets but it took until Waffleflowers latest release to have a go a stamping out my own pattern... I say my own but its actually heavily influenced by this photo on Pinterest.  To give that white fleck in the solid stripes, I first stamped the Scattered Surface background from MFT in Versamark on the card panel .... I did it twice with a 90° turn in between.

The versamark ink sort of resists the dye ink and gives the impression of a material texture, I also used the diagonal striped stamp in the set to add more pattern detail. I didn't use the Misti for this stamping... I found it easier to use acrylic blocks...

 Now for the veggie card... in honour of National Allotment week (14 - 20th August)

I had fun stamping out this pattern, its a cute Lawn Fawn set which takes on a different feel if you don't use the little faces on the veggies...

I did use the Misti for this one... it makes re-stamping the solid images easier so you can add extra shading with darker ink colours. I just love all those bright colours :)

Who wouldn't love a card full of veggies... it's almost one of your 5-a-day :)

Stash used:

Plaid Play - Wafflerflower

Scattered Surface Background - MFT

Across the Card -Neat & Tangled

Rooting for You - Lawn Fawn

Quote Tag Dies - Paper Smooches

Thanks for stopping by

Jenny x

Lemons or Coffee??

I know... strange title but you'll see why when you see my card. This one is for the August challenge over at Seven Hills Crafts, we have a colour challenge and I was inspired by the citrus colours and photograph in the first colour palette...

After water-colouring the lemons I didn't want to stamp the sentiment inside the fruit so I selectively inked and embossed some of the words then searched on Pinterest for an alternative ending.... oh there are some great choices that made me laugh but I went with this one...

Now that's more like it :) 

I hope you can join us, all the usual details and gallery can be found here.

Stamps used:

Berry Good - Avery Elle

Bella Letters - Mama Elephant

Perfect Blend - Neat and tangled

The Perfect Blend - Sugar Pea Designs

Thanks for stopping by :)

 Jenny x