Colour explosion for Inloveartshop

Today I am reviewing a stencil and a leaf die from  Inloveartshop, And as an extra bonus for you guys, there's a discount code for you at the end of this post.

I used the layering stencil with three colours of Distress Ink - Mustard seed, Picked Raspberry and Peacock feathers - the blending creates more colours which gives a really nice effect. I loved how crisp the lines turned out, none of the ink bled under the stencil. Could be skills, could be good material 😉 After it was dry I sprayed a homemade mist made of water and Perfect Pearls to get a shimmer.

I then inked and misted some white cardstock with Peacock feathers before die cutting the leaves. It comes in a set of four dies and I was set on using the Monstera leaf die but these ones actually turned out better. Some crinkled up flowers with pearl brad centers finished off the creation. 

Irregular shape stencil:                              Leaves dies:

                

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And the discount code ( 15 % off) if you want to pick up some craft items of your own is:

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Designing for Inloveartshop

I have been asked to use and review some products from Inloveartshop, an online craft-supplier. And as an extra bonus for you guys, there's a discount code for you at the end of this post.

The first thing that I will show you today is a Christmas card 🎄, totally valid to make them in July 🕶️. I didn't plan it when I made the background, using the flower mask and distress ink Weathered Wood but it felt a little Christmassy so I added the winter scene stamp and a Christmas sentiment and it worked out really well. A good example of using craft supplies in ways they weren't necessarily aimed for.

Flower stencil:                              Christmas Elk and Pine stamp:

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And the discount code ( 15 % off) if you want to pick up some craft items of your own is:

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  I'll be back tomorrow with another creation.

🍭Allsorts - flowers all over 💐

This week at Allsorts Mervi has set the theme to 💐Flowers all over💐. A very suitable theme for this time of year, and to give you some extra time to create - and the DT some well deserved vacation - this challenge will last for two weeks. 

I made a gift bag with a vase of flowers on the design paper and with some extra flowers to decorate with. The little clothes pin, to close the bag, has the same design paper to match. I traced the sentiment with a brown pen to make it show more.

For a lucky winner we are sponsored by Chocolate Baroque with this gorgeous stamp:

Limited edition Fragrant Honeysuckle stamp

🍭Allsorts - I spy something beginning with B 🔠

This week it's Brenda's turn to host the challenge and she chose I spy something beginning with B. She has had that theme before and I always enjoy it. This time I came up with: B for Butterflies, Bloom, Brown, Button and Bow.

I made an envelope card using white cardstock as a base. With a patterned stencil and by distressing the edges I got the old look I was going for. The die cut butterflies are coated with a pearl medium, so are the hand made foamiran flowers. I only buy white foamiran and colour the flowers with distress ink to get the nuance I want. And the medium, iridescent medium from Winsor&Newton, is my go to thing for making things sparkly. It's easy to add to colours or mix with water and the bottle lasts forever.

Our sponsor this week is Chocolate Baroque with this wonderful limited edition stamp:

🍭Allsorts - Summertime 🌞🕶️⛱️

It is once again my turn to introduce this week's challenge at Allsorts. And since we're entering the month of July I thought it suitable to set the theme to Summertime 🌞🕶️⛱️. 

I made a gift tag with die cut flowers, cat tails and butterflies. It's a bit different to have the flowers fairly flat cause usually when I use the daisy die from Sizzix I put at least two flowers together and curl the petals a lot but this worked fairly well also 🌼. Looking at the photo I regret not using a more brown cardstock for the cat tails to make them pop but they're securely glued on so it can't be remedied 😇

For a lucky winner we have a gorgeous stamp from our sponsor this week:

                                          

Chocolate Baroque is a small independent art and craft company, based in the historic market town of Barnard Castle in County Durham in the North-East of England and is owned and run by Lesley and David Wharton. 

Lesley will be sharing a new and very exciting collection of stamps on Hochanda TV on Tuesday 7th July at 10am and 3pm, these are something really different and you won't want to miss out.

We design our own range of natural rubber art stamps from Sue's hand drawn originals, complemented by old original drawings and typography from Lesley.  The rubber stamps are made in house, by David, to our very exacting quality standards. And nothing gets past his eagle eye!

Allsorts - So cute

This week at Allsorts the theme is So cute, an easy one :) I used this old Magnolia image, coloured with Distress ink Broken China and Pumice Stone and I put some Diamond Stickles on the wings to make them shine a bit extra. A bunch of flowers and nothing extra since I love the colour of the background paper and wanted it to show. The center of the daisy is bright orange in original but that was not what I was going for so I painted it with white acrylic. 

And our sponsor this week:

Chocolate Baroque is a small independent art and craft company, based in the historic market town of Barnard Castle in County Durham in the North-East of England and is owned and run by Lesley and David Wharton. 

We design our own range of natural rubber art stamps from Sue's hand drawn originals, complemented by old original drawings and typography from Lesley.  The rubber stamps are made in house, by David, to our very exacting quality standards. And nothing gets past his eagle eye!

                                                 
                                                 Chocolate Baroque Swirl Flower

🍭Allsorts - Pets🐶🐱

This week at Allsorts Ellie chose the theme 🐹 Pets 🐰, so let's see those projects featuring our furry friends. I chose the adorable dog Patch from Lili of the Valley, coloured with distress ink Frayed Burlap and placed it on a die cut background that I coloured with a mix of Distress ink Tumbled Glass and Perfect Pearls. The colours went well with the vintage note paper and the turqouise bow. The die cut notes are glossed to get some extra texture. 

Today is my grandson's third birthday so celebrations are in order. And four days later it's his little brother's first birthday. Bad planning from the parents I would say ;)

Allsorts - embossing

This week at Allsorts Kath set the theme to Embossing, wet or dry. 

So I made a white card with white butterflies 🦋, and embossed some swirls in the corners. The butterflies are from Ebay, the swirl stamp is a favourite from Stempelglede. The jury is still out on the golden pearl-dot on the butterflies 🤔 but it's dry now so it can't be helped :) 

Postal service is still sparse in the UK so no prize to be shipped this week.