Building Patterns

We had an one-stop-blog-hop post over on the Seven Hills Crafts blog and these are my two cards using the new Pattern Builder stamp set from Reverse Confetti..

This card uses the set as intended but you have quite a few options for pattern building with lots of shapes and layers. I went for a tiled look as the shapes reminded me of tile or quilt patterns. Using the Misti helped a lot with this process then I trimmed them out and arranged them at an angle on the card base.

Having played about with the shapes I could see the petals and centre to a Cone flower style of plant so I tried stamping them out in shades of yellows, oranges and purples...

The single oval shape made a good leaf and I drew in the stems with a green distress marker.

I think they make quite good stylised flower heads :)

If you haven't already, hop on over to see the rest of the DT inspiration using 

other Reverse Confetti stamps and dies... click here

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Pattern Builder, Whole Lotta Happy and Tall Blooms - Reverse Confetti

Brain Freeze

I tried my hand at making my own background pattern for this card, love the pastel stripes which I created by water colouring with distress inks to match the colours on the ice cream :)

I also water-coloured the cone and gave it a waffle effect and I had to make it a raspberry ripple flavour... not that it's my favourite but because I fancied the challenge of trying to paint it!!

You can find my DT post for this card on the Seven Hills Crafts blog here.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Sno Awesome - Reverse Confetti

Need Coffee

I love the Message Letterboard die.... this design is a total CASE of this pin on Pinterest but I knew

 it would work so well on the letterboard :)

I used a take out cup die from Lil inkers and cut the base twice to get the striped segments and coloured them with Copics :)

Thanks for stopping by :)
Jenny x

Stash used:
Letter Message Board - Sugar Pea Designs
Coffee Cozy die - Lil Inkers

Retro Games

I remember The Game of Life board game very well.... in fact we still have the original game at my Mums house which comes out on family gatherings sometimes.... Its quite interesting to see how out of date and non PC it is by today's standards !! 😉

I had to have this set from Neat & Tangled... I love the shaped board pieces and milestone occasions you can theme your cards for.... I went with a New Home card and changed the spaces to a road. The little car is a roller coaster car from a Lawn Fawn stamp set.

Talking of Retro Games... the four corner spaces put me in mind of the classic SIMON game...

You can find my DT post for this card on the Seven Hills Crafts blog here

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash used:

Life is a Game stamps and dies - Neat & Tangled

Coaster Critters - Lawn Fawn

Fireworks die - Paper Smooches