Monday and the start of a fresh, new week

Morning readers, 

I've a make to share with you today ....... sometimes you just see "schtuff" that takes your imagination. I was trawling through the Craftstash website when I saw Hazel Eaton's card made using a set of stamps I was recently given ... I thought "I'd like to have a go at CASE-ing that" so I have .... her original is at the bottom of my materials list

My CASE'd C6 card

Smooshed and stencilled

I added background stamping -the original had
stencilling but I don't own a suitable stencil!

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, C6 card and matching envelope
• Card in white and deep green, for my card front, insert and matting
• Snippets of card in white and deep green, for my sentiment panel
• Unbranded nesting circle dies, to cut the layers for my sentiment panel
• Using Distress Ink in bundled sage I "smooshed" my background and let it dry .... I used the same ink, with a makeup brush, to apply colour through my Dylusions stencil (DYS34216)
• Background sentiment (Crafters Companion "Festive Phrases") stamped using Versamagic sage ink
• Using my new stash from Hazel Eaton (for Julie Hickey DS-HE-1054 - Aug 2023 - NBUS) I stamped the trees and stag using Brilliance Thyme and Versafine Clair nocturne inks
• Hazel Eaton sentiment (for Julie Hickey DS-HE-1055 - Aug 2023) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• I gave the sentiment panel a spritz with my Tsukineko shimmer spray (not shown below, as it was a sparkly afterthought)
• Finally, I gave the card front a spritz with my Crafters Companion Spray and Shine, to protect the water based inks

Hazel's original

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

1. NBUS - challenge No. - USE NBUS
2. HLS - September STENCIL challenge - ANYTHING GOES
3. Stencil Fun - September challenge - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) FALL
4. Scraps of Life - September Rudolph Day challenge - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
5. Peace on Earth - challenge No. 48 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES

And an Artist Trading Card, measuring just 3½" x 2½"

My finished ATC

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of card in grey and white
• Aall and Create image (from set #23 - 2023 - also NBUS as it happens) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink and sentiment (from set #630 and NBUS too) stamped using Versafine Clair morning mist ink
• B&M glitter pens used to colour the lightbulbs
• Using a makeup brush I applied Memento Bahama blue ink around the white snippet before overlaying my Clearly Besotted cloud stencil and applying clouds using the Bahama blue ink

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

1. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - challenge No. 214 - ANYTHING GOES
2. 613 Avenue Create - September challenge - ANYTHING GOES
3. Corrosive Challenge - challenge No. 9 - ANYTHING GOES
4. We Love Stamping - September challenge - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) TREES/LEAVES
5. Night Owls - challenge No. 29 - ANYTHING GOES