Wednesday and some more "virtual" crafting makes ...

Morning readers,

Well, the makes are real (not virtual) .. I SHOULD have spent last weekend crafting with some pals but Covid-19 put paid to that. We all had the same stamp set and we set ourselves the project of crafting with them at the weekend, like we would have if we'd been able to get together ... there was a show and tell video session at the end of the weekend! I made a few things with mine and shared some ATC's and a card in my post of Monday. Today I've a few more makes to share with you ....

My card

And this close up should show the sparkle

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White C6/A2, 250gsm card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of Paper Mill intense red, cut to mat
• Stamps used: StudioLight SL363, TCP S.5845.CL and 222647
• Inks used: Memento tangelo and rosebud, Versafine Clair tulip red and nocturne
• Stardust stickles

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. A Perfect Time To Craft - challenge No. 6 - ANYTHING GOES
2. Lost Coast - challenge No. 100 - CELEBRATE IT
3. Through The Craft Room Door - June 2nd challenge - ANYTHING GOES

And now for some more mail art using the same set ..... this time I thought of it ahead of time so haven't actually addressed the envelope ..... IMHO this is proving to be quite a versatile set. If you look carefully at the stamp set you will probably have realised that I cut this block of squares (seen on my envelope) from the rest of the image as I thought I would get quite a bit of use with it separated.

My C5 envelope

Materials used:

• White C5 envelope
• Post it, cut to size, for the average (in my writing) address panel and positioned on the envelope
• Stamps used: background set 222647 and a wood mounted "you've got mail" stamp which, sadly, I can't read the name of the manufacturer!
• Inks used: Versafine Clair morning mist, Memento dandelion, tangelo and rosebud

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Crafters Cafe - challenge No. 244 - ANYTHING GOES
2. A Bit More Time To Craft - challenge No. 117 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Arty Diva's - challenge No. 23 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Art Sandbox - June challenge - MAIL ART
5. Lemon Shortbread - challenge No. 121 - ANYTHING GOES

And now for an ATC ..... using the very last image from my challenge set of stamps .... the splatter image, along with the three leaf image which was a recent birthday gift, first time I've had the opportunity to ink it up!

My colourful Artist Trading Card .... started off as a monochrome project
but I was powerless to resist the pull of the Sharpie!

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of leftover card in white and black
• I stamped the Paper Artsy stylised leaf (from ZA37 .. my NBUS) twice, using Memento tuxedo black ... on to the snippet of white card and also on to a post-it, which I then fussy cut out the leaves and placed over my image on the white snippet
• Using an Aldi stencil brush and placing my That's Crafty brickwork stencil (TC001) I applied Memento grey flannel ink
• Unknown manufacturers reference 222647 splatter also inked using the Memento grey flannel ink, overlapping my leaves - the splatter is the very last stamp in the set to see ink - WOO HOO! I've inked every image!
• After removing the masks I used Sharpies to colour
• CardzTV sentiment (from "Just Saying") stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink - I used dimensional foam tape to add to my ATC
• Stardust stickles used to bling up the darker stripes on my leaves
• White Signo Uniball gel pen to doodle my border

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. My Time To Craft - challenge No. 433 - USE A STENCIL
2. NBUS - challenge No. 15 - USE NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff!)
3. Stamps & Fun - challenge No. 369 - NATURE or FLOWERS
4. Simon Says Stamp - Monday challenge - MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND
5. Crafty Sentiments - June 2nd challenge - ANYTHING GOES

And a recent walk around a park not far from home, it was so nice for hubby and I to be able to go out in the car together - first time since mid March!!! We had planned somewhere different (and even closer to home) but the parking lot was heaving - people had to queue to just turn around and come back out!

How lovely to see a proper dovecote too

And this area complete with the clock!

And, with the slight lifting of lockdown regulations allowing us to meet up to six people but from only two households and outdoors, we were delighted to meet up with friends, socially distanced, recently - allowing us to celebrate their wedding anniversary with them

Happy Anniversary peeps