My fellow honeys and I have got together again and have been creating with another crafty bundle. So, once again we bring you...
One of the gang puts together an envelope of the same secret crafty bits and sends it to each of us, and we then get creative with it. This time it was Hazel's turn to supply the kit. The other fabulous honeys who take part are:
Sarah Platt - Sazzle Dazzle Crafts
Sarah Gray - Funky Fossil Designs
Shona Chambers - Twine Around
Anita Bowden - Neet & Crafty (That's me!)
Hazel named her kit 'Going Up' and this is the happy mail we received...
Kit contents:
Stamped images: Gerda Steiner Designs, STAMPlorations, Bella Stamps
Dies: MFT, Clearly Besotted, Spellbinders
Patterned paper: Stampin' Up!
Yellow twine and gems
Card One
I coloured the koala images from the kit with ProMarkers and fussy cut them out. I used a piece of cardstock die cut using Fluffy Cloud Borders by Lawn Fawn as a template to create a cloudy background on my card base blended with Distress Ink in Peacock Feathers. I die cut a circle aperture from some green cardstock and stamped Clearly Besotted's Mini Leafy Accents in VersaMark around the aperture. The koalas and green panel were adhered in place, and I then die cut two of the sentiments from the kit and adhered these on 3D foam.
Card Two
I covered my card base with a piece of blue patterned paper which has a mottled effect (it's been in my stash forever!), so I thought this would give a good impression of sky. Along the base I added a piece of cardstock die cut using Fluffy Cloud Borders by Lawn Fawn, which I also stamped with a sentiment from Clearly Besotted's Shine Bright set. The sun die from the kit I coloured by blending Distress Ink in Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade, and I adhered this to create a scene, along with the two die cut clouds, also from the kit.
Card Three
On a panel of white linen cardstock I lightly blended a background with Distress Inks in Wilted Violet and Mermaid Lagoon. I then splattered with water to add some detail. I took a butterfly and the 'make a wish' die cuts from the kit, sprinkled these with Brushos in Purple and Turquoise before spritzing with water and leaving to dry. I adhered the die cuts to the linen panel and popped it up on fun foam, then finished by adding the gems from the kit to create the butterfly trail.
Card Four
I've not coloured with my ProMarkers for ages and certainly need more colours, as well as more practice! I wanted to pair the girl image with the patterned paper in the kit so coloured her in some co-ordinating colours. I adhered a strip of the balloon paper to the card base and overlaid two white panels popped up on foam, one stamped with a sentiment from Clearly Besotted's Sentimental Type set. I fussy cut out the girl and adhered her across the panels. I then finished off with one of the die cut balloons from the kit, blended with Peach Perfect ink by Altenew
Card Five
For my final card I wanted to use more of the die cut balloons from the kit. I watercoloured these with Zig markers and I'm really pleased with the shading. I gently blended some Milled Lavender Distress Ink through a Diagonal Stripes stencil by MFT to add some interest to the background. I die cut the sentiment from the kit using a stitched oval die by Lil' Inkers. All the elements were popped up on 3D foam but I felt it needed something more so I stamped the little star clusters from Uniko's Balloon Bash set in silver pigment ink.
Challenge entries:
CASology - Week 255 - Fly
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stencil It
So there you have it, five very diverse cards using different techniques too...go me! :D
I'm now off to have a mooch around my fellow honeys' blogs to see where this kit took them. Follow the links above if you want to do the same.
I'll be back in a short while with the details of this coming week's challenge at Less is More.
