How are you doing friend?

I really love playing with this badger from Crafty Purple Frogs The Sett stamp set and cropping it to just his face and neck gave me this idea. The sentiment is from the Heffy Doddle Close at heart sentiment set.  For the back ground I masked off the bottom of the card and then used the Heffy Doodle Circles of life stencil, Time for Tea beautiful blender brushes and distress oxide ink to add some interest and colour to the back ground. I coloured the badger with spectrum noir tri-blend pens and put him on some foam pads to give a bit of dimension.

 This was such a quick and fun card to make. I hope you are all OK and having a good week so far?

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Dream valley - Anything goes 

Make my monday - Clean and simple

Dare 2 be Artzy - Anything goes

Lil patch of crafty Friends - Anything goes

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Amy xx

Dancing is magic

 I so wish I could dance. I love music and seeing how some lucky people can move to it so seemingly effortlessly is mesmerising to me. This pretty little fairy is from the new Sweet November Stamps release. There is also an Insta hop going on this weekend where you can win her and the rest of the release by hopping along. 

I have coloured this little cutie Odette with spectrum noir tri-blend markers and used the sentiment that comes with her. I then did some ink splattering over the background using Altenew Pinkalicious and Fresh lemon crisp dye inks before adding just a touch of texture and sparkle with some Nuvo drops. I wanted to keep this little 4x4 card quite CAS to really show her off :)

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Gem of a challenge - Anything goes

Allsorts - A stamped image

Catch the bug - Things with wings

Crafters castle - Anything goes

Crafty calendar - Feminine

Di's digi challenge - All about B's (ballerina)

My time to craft - Make it Feminine

The fairy and the unicorn - Anything fantasy goes

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Hi Gnomies

 There is a new release from Sweet November and it has just hit the Sweet November shop for all you US people and the Crafty Purple Frog store for any UK/ this side of the pond peeps :D 

There are Gnomes, fairies and awesome scene builder stamp sets in this their biggest release yet. Not only that but for this weekend only you can join in with an insta hop for the chance to win the entire release!! I am lucky enough to be part of the hop (find me @craftypurplefrog) and it is open to everyone worldwide. Be sure to pop over if you want to see some more of this release in action.

For my project I have combined a few of the stamp sets to create this little box. I wanted to do something a bit different to a card and thought I would also try out my neglected Posca pens. So the whole thing is coloured with poscas :) 

The scenery in the background if from the Horizon lines spring stamp set, The mushrooms including the adorable mushroom house is from the Gneal and Gnorah stamp set and the sentiment is from the Gned and Gnina stamp set. I really love the way that you can mix and match all these sets to create some seriously cute scenes. 

I hope you like my little offering and join us in the insta hop. Good luck to you if you do. It starts at 4pm today UK time.

I am entering this box for the following challenges:

Cardz TV - Anything goes

Colour crazy challenge - Anything goes

Crafty creations - Anything goes

The male room - Not a card

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Pretty Pansy

 

How gorgeous are these "Pretty Pansy" stamps from Altenew??  I really love the way these layer up to create a pansy which has so much of a punch. I don't know about you but I really love seeing all the little pansies show up each year :D  For these ones I have used dew drops, aqualicious and teal cave a touch of Maple Yellow Altenew crisp dye inks and black Memento ink for my pansies.

I wanted to give the back ground some interest so I stamps some more of the leaves all over it in firefly and Grass field Altenew crisp dye ink. Then added a little shine by splattering some Nuvo Wild Olive mica mist. The sentiment is from the Altenew Build - A - Flower: Dahlia stamp set.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Creative Fingers - Anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. - Anything goes

Gem of a challenge - Anything goes

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Altenew Academy

In case you haven't seen yet not only do Altenew do incredible crafting supplies but they also offer online classes! They have a whole section called Altenew Academy where you can find a range of classes to inspire you. Here is one of makes I have put together for the All about layering 2 class which right now are free. They go through the basics of whole to line up your Altenew layering stamps and then how to add them together to make some stunning and beautiful projects. 

For this card I used "Peony Bouquet" stamps along with Soft Lilac, lavender fields and deep iris Altenew Crisp dye inks for the flowers. For the leaves I used Firefly, grass field and Shadow Creek Altenew Crisp dye inks. In the background I used some of the Altenew washi tape. I added a touch of texture and sparkle with a few nuvo drops. The sentiment is from the build - a- flower: Dahlia stamp set. I have layered some of the flowers up on foam pads to add a bit of dimension.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Catch the bug - Anything goes

Challenge up your life - Flowers

Crafters castle - Anything goes

Crafty Calendar challenge - Feminine

 

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Quinn and her boots

 It is still a little chilly here so I felt drawn to colour up this cutie Uptown Girl Quinn and her boots. I coloured her with Spectrum noir tri-blend brush markers. I kept the rest of the card very simple to show her off and added just s touch of sparkle with some Nuvo drops. 

I hope you are all having a good week so far :D 

I am entering this card for the following projects:

The sisterhood of crafters - Anything goes

Through the craftroom door - Anything goes

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

A perfect time to craft - Anything goes

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Fabulously floral

 I have been really enjoying playing with some Altenew goodies over the the last couple of days. I love the way the layering stamps make it so easy to create a realistic shading effect on the beautiful blooms. 

This is the first card I have finished using the "Build-a-flower Dahlia" stamps. 

I stamped a few of the flowers following the layering guide using Pink diamond, Pinkalicious and Rubellite Altenew crisp dye inks. Then layer stamped the leaves using Firefly and then Grass field. The co-ordinating dies made these really easy to cut out so I could then play around moving all the pieces until I was happy with the way it looked. The sentiment is also from the same stamp set and I used the new distress ink colour Kitsch Flamingo oxide spray and Nuvo's Wild Olive mica mist to do some ink splattering over the card before I drew a border and stuck my flower/ leaves down. To finish it all off I added some sparkle with a few Nuvo drops.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

 A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

The crafters Cafe -  Anything goes

Colour it! Create it! Show it off! - Anything goes

Cards galore encore - Anything goes

My besties international - Anything goes

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Amy xx