Oval box with teddies

Let me show you my oval wooden box I have made with the stamp of the Crafty Individuals: Two Teds. They are so adorable!

Card for baby boy

A few days ago I had received Jen Long's Stork stamp set from the US. So today I have made a boyish version of welcome baby card or baby shower card.

What I used:

Sizzix stamp set, Stork Announcements by Jen Long (660566)

Creative Expressions, Onesie die by Sue Wilson

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Handwritten Celebrate by Tim Holtz (660215)

Crafty Individuals, Two Teds stamp

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Vintage Lace by Tim Holtz (657481)

Ranger Distress inks and markers

With my card I would like to join the Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp blog: Spread your wings

Greeting card with teddies and butterflies

I few days ago my order has arrived from the Crafty Individuals. One of the stamps was this sweet pair of teddies: the Two Teds.  I imagined that they were a brother and his big sister. So I made a little card from them. 

I coloured them with Ranger Distress Markers. For the edges I used not just the Ranger Distress Gathered Twigs ink pad but after I added some Ranger Distress Picket Fence Paint too.


I was so happy when I realized that the PaperArtsy has the same shape of butterflies which are on my embossed background (it's from the Sizzix Butterflies&Flowers embossing folder sets by Stephanie Barnard). The butterflies stamp is from PaperArtsy Eclectica Kay Carley 02. 


The words from Tim Holtz ChitChat Sticker Book.

With this card I would like to enter the following challenges:

Frilly and Funkie - All In The Family

Craft Stamper Magazine TIMI Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Shabby Chic

Crafty Individuals - Minis Challenge


I hope you like it! Happy crafting!

Umbrella man in April shower - hanging

I bet you know exactly that spring/summer weather when the sun is shining but somewhere on the horizon there are gathering rainclouds and everything becomes grey. I wanted to visualise this when it's raining but the sun is still shining.

I created a 14x18 cm board from a chipboard. I gessoed with 3 layers then I applied different colours of chalk crayon. I spritzed the surface to blend the colours. 

First I stamped  with Ranger Archival Ink (Coffee) then with Ranger Distress Embossing Ink for the Ranger Distress Embossing Powder (Peeled Paint).

I inked the edges with Ranger Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs).

And below you can see that I put tiny drops from the Ranger Glossy Accents all around the surface to create raindrops.

What I used:

Crafty Individuals, Summer Meadow (CI-385)

Crafty Individuals, Winter Trees (CI-209)

PaperArtsy, Eclectica, Kay Carley 01,02

Sizzix  Bigz Die, Umbrella Man by Tim Holtz (657189)

Tim Holtz Core'Dinations, Kraft Core Nostalgic Paper

Ranger Distress Embossing Powder (Peeled Paint)

Ranger Distress Ink Pad (Gathered Twigs)

Ranger Distress Embossing Ink

Ranger Glossy Accents

chipboard, wire

chalk crayons

With my board I would like to join the following challenges:

The Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp blog: April Showers Bring May Flowers

The April Challenge of the Craft Barn Blog: April Showers

A Vintage Journey: Spring is in the air

Craft Stamper Magazine, TIMI Challenge: Spring Flowers

Canvas with umbrella man

The February challenge theme on the Country View Challenge blog was chosen by Sue. She wanted us to make projects with backgrounds we would like to: MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND 

For this challenge I have made a canvas with Tim Holtz umbrella man. 

Lately I have seen a beautiful black and white wintry photo which was my inspiration. A very talented young Hungarian photographer, Klára Rajnai made this picture. Beautiful, isn't it?

Now here is my tutorial.

First I took a 18x24 cm canvas and although this was a pre gessoed canvas, I still put another layer of gesso.

I tried my cutouts on the canvas.

I painted the canvas grey. Actually, I tapped the grey acrylic paint with a sponge onto the canvas.

I stamped trees on the canvas with StazOn black ink.

When the stamping was not perfect I made the corrections with black acrylic paint.

After I misted my background with white acrylic paint and with a sponge. For this I used Amsterdam white paint because there are hardly any pigments in it but for this misting this is perfect :-)

Then I glued the cutouts onto the canvas. For this I used Tacky Glue Transparent Glue.

Then I mixed my Schmincke white acrylic paint with some water and with a brush I started to spritz the paint. When it was dry I put a layer of Schmincke acrylic medium to protect my canvas. And it was ready!

Don't forget, you can join this challenge to show us your lovely background! At the end of the month you can win a £20 voucher! Happy crafting!

What I used:

Sizzix Bigz Die, Umbrella Man by Tim Holtz (657189)

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Iron Gate by Tim Holtz (658711)

Sizzix Framelits Die and Stamp Set, Holiday Joy by Tim Holtz (659376)

Stampers Anonymous, Winter Sketchbook (CMS 094)

Crafty Individuals, Winter Trees (CI-209)

Victorian style Christmas card with girls in the snow

Here are my newest card that I made with using one of the fabulous stamps from the Crafty Individuals. I love this stamp with the image of three girls walking in the snowfall under an umbrella. 

With this card I would like to enter to the following challenges:

Winter Frost of the Crafty Individuals

Winter Wonderland of the Fantasy Stampers

What I used:

Crafty Individuals, Winter Wonderland CI-399

Stampers Anonymous Stamp, Mini Holidays 3

Penny Black Stamp, A Wonderful Christmas 4116H

Ranger Distress Embossing Powder (Princess Gold, White)

Ranger Distress Markers

Winter wonderland - greeting card

Let me show you my card what I have made with my newly purchased stamps: Winter Wonderland by Crafty Individuals and Winter Sketchbook by Stampers Anonymous.

Sorry, I have just one picture about the making:

With this card I enter to the challenge of the Crafty Individuals blog - Winter Frost.

What I used:

Winter Wonderland by Crafty Individuals - for the girls with umbrella

Winter Sketchbook by Stampers Anonymous (CMS094) - for the tree

Sizzix Framelits Die and Stamp Set, Ornaments 3 by Hero Arts (658277) - I just simply cut into two pieces the Season's Greetings sentiment

acrylic paints (light blue and white) for the background (sky and snow)

Ranger Distress Markers - for colouring the girls and the umbrella

Ranger Distress Ink Pads