...folk art Halloween Mask

 

A quick post folks, before the blog party round up tomorrow - wasn't it fabby?? sooo many gorgeous entries! Scroll down two posts if you missed it!

This is just a little doodad I made the other night when I had all my Folk Art Medallion stamps out. I had purchased some plain eye masks in a craft store with the idea of covering them in leaves at some point. I cut a stack of leaf shapes using the Folk Art Medallion cut files (available for Free here). I opened the cut files in the Silhouette programe and just copied and pasted the leaves until I thought I had enough.

I cut them all out of green cardstock - American Crafts seems to be my card of choice lately and then I stamped and stamped....I used Versafine black ink because it dries so quick and I didn't have to wait to get sticking them to the mask. I used double sided tape, extra strong, because I did not want the leaves to shift as they would have in glue.

Actually it didn't take as many as I thought it would - I used 3 different sizes of leaf and just adhered them right to the mask for a cool forest inspired folk art mask - I kinda like it!! I am trying to get ahead with everything this year, lol, so nope, it's not too early for Halloween, or indeed Christmas....

Hope it tickles!

...summer starts here

 

This is my entry to the WMS blog party in This Post

There are still a couple of hours left to enter the links close at 6:30pm my time tonight! The theme is Summertime fun....check out the details in the post below or click here.

I made a little scrappy card because summer for me is usually all about what bits of the beach I find scrunched up in my pocket later on... I'm not much of a beach bod myself but I do like to see the wee folk having fun so we go as weather permits...

Anywhoo I have a wee how-to on how to create a fast simple scene with My Island stamps and a brayer.

I used my brayer to create instant location! I was not particularly careful because careful is time consuming and I have no spare time available for consumption today.

I just inked it up and rolled back and forward about 3 rolls... think that's Daffodil Delght SU...

Inked the brayer with orange ink and rolled, more so towards the bottom of the yellow panel..

Inked brayer in brown - early Espresso SU (without washing...because that's how I roll....LOL...did you see what I did there...) with the brown ink I picked a spot about a third of the way up and sat the brayer down. I rolled it back and forward for a distance of about a quarter inch and when it had made a nice heavy brown line I rolled it on down to the bottom. Instant evening sea.

I inked the small palm tree Island from My Island and stamped it on the brown 'horizon' line that I just brayered. Done. Mere seconds of work.....

I trimmed out the image, distressed and stitched around it - I also ended up folding it up a little to make it more square to suit my card base better.

Below are the  two patterns I made with stamps for some background interest - I love that little hibiscus group from Free Spirit. Stamped it on some pattern paper and added a litttle of the blue tone via copics.

went mad with the sewing machine, but it feels like ages since I have sewn anything so...

Layered it all up and stuck it down with a little help from home made washi tape - see here for how to make some of your own.

Hope it tickles!

June Blog Party–Let’s Have a Little Summertime Fun!

Hello friends! Welcome to the June Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Party. With summer in full swing we decided that this month our theme for the Waltzingmouse Stamps June Blog Party would be Summertime Fun.   Whether it is a card, a 3D project, or even a scrapbook page,  we would love for  you to find Waltzingmouse Stamps images that demonstrate your summertime fun plans and items that remind you of all things summer.
We will follow the usual schedule for the June party as in previous months. Below you will find a schedule of beginning and end times in which you can enter your direct link to your project.  You may post to your blog, or on-line gallery, anytime you wish today, but you will need to post your direct link using the Inlinkz widget at the bottom of this post. The festivities begin right here right now, according to your location, as indicated below:

UK - 6:30 p.m. 17th June- 6:30 p.m. 18th June

USA (New York) 1:30 p.m. 17th June- 1:30 p.m. 18th June

Australia (Queensland) - 4:30 a.m. 18th June- 4:30 a.m. 19th June

Canada (Alberta) - 11:30 a.m. 17th June- 11:30 a.m. 18th June

Malaysia - 2:30 a.m. 18th June- 2:30 a.m. 19th June

Norway - 7:30 p.m. 17th June- 7:30 p.m. 18th June

The linking option will be closed after these timeframes.  Checking the links below you may click on any of the projects and be directed to any of the participants’ blogs or galleries to get a closer look at their creativity.
Although we call this a "blog party", it is perfectly fine to use an on-line gallery for your project if you don't have a blog.  It doesn't even have to be the Waltzingmouse Stamps gallery either (although you are most welcome to upload as many WMS projects as you like there).  On-line galleries such as Flickr,  Picasa or even Pinterest are all fine.
You only need to do three things:
1.  You will need to be able to link your project here, using a direct URL
2.  Your project needs to contain something directly related to the theme – color or other inspiration should be noted in your description
3.  You must use Waltzingmouse Stamps images somewhere within your design
We encourage and welcome you to grab this "party mouse" blog button (at the top of this post) for your blog sidebar, and to use it at the top of your post.
On the 20th of the month – we will highlight a few of the entries that really catch our eye and you'll be able to see those here on the WMS blog.  We give special attention to designs that  use WMS use images in a unique and creative way.
On the 20th, we will also select and announce our winner of the FREE stamp set of choice, using a random generator from those participating in the Blog Party!
We hope that you will put your own summertime fun on hold and join us for some Summertime Fun Waltzingmouse style.

...footering with Folk art

I have been footering with Folk Art Medallion stamps all week in between work/home etc and I have to say this set makes me really, really happy. Thing is my favourite bit of stamping is actualy the stamping, I love making patterns especially.

Really all I did today was stamp the pattern, the cameo lady from Cameo To Go was already lying around waiting for a good home. Very simple stamping, black ink, white ink on grey card, just playing about with elements from the set, no pressure, no deadline, love it. OOh teeny bit of sparkly ribbon for a little zing.

Hope it tickles.

...a little more...

Teresa had a fabulous card featuring the newly released sets on her blog yesterday - did you spot it? I do hope you are pinning all of these creations for future reference - the 4th will be here before you know it!