KraftiKards : August 2023

Tuesday 29 August 2023

Coming into land

Hi everyone

Just a quick one tonight before heading to bed to watch some TV. I am into Vampire Diaries at the moment (second time round lol)

I am struggling to put scenes together at the moment and I think I will need to sort out my room so I can think straight. I have bought and bought continuously and not used the best part of them. I think I m going to have to watch more You tube. So for this one I have used my ever faithful and comfortable ones to try and kick start myself to use the newer ones

Note the meeces are behind the trees watching intently

Anyhow for this one I used Card-io stamp sets mini tall trees, breezy day, peaceful place and watersedge

hill mask

Elements inks Della blue, violet chalk, midnight blue and mulberry

Painted the tree trunks using the midnight blue

Versafine clair Nocturne

Black sharpie

No sentiment as unsure who I am giving it to and for what reason

Thank you for visiting me really appreciate it

Elaine xx

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Monday 28 August 2023

Simply Poppies

Hello all, great to see you here visiting me today

I put this together using my favourite flower stamps. I adore poppies but my garden does not like to grow them for some reason or other

The Lavinia stamps I used are Group poppies, Orchard grass, Flutterby mini and heartfelt verses

Element inks Olive and Della Blue

Orange and red Kuretake watercolour pens

Versafine clair Morning mist and nocturne

Grey fineliner

Spectrum noir sparkle pens purple, dark and light pink

Nuvo Aqua shimmer glitter gloss

Stickles

Orange posca for the splats

Black sharpie

Thank you for coming on over to see me

Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

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Sunday 27 August 2023

Little touch of Midas

Good day all, hope you are well, If not I send my love and hugs to you

For this one I used Lavinia stamps Fairy charms, Large reindeer, flora set, Fox set 2, Orchard grass, Birch, Moon and Birds

Element ink Graphite

Distress oxide black soot and lost shadow

Versafine clair Nocturne and glamorous

Silver gel pen

black fineliner

Gold posca for the orchard grass

Holographic glitter

White pastel pencil

Complimentary envelope

Thank you so kindly for visiting me today, really appreciate it

Elaine xx

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~~Try it on Tuesday lets go Outdoors 01/09 2/3 entries~~

Friday 25 August 2023

In harmony

Hi again

I wanted to make a card before heading to bed. I fancied using my favourite Lavinia fairies

I used Lavinia stamps Mae, Fairy foragers, Harmony, Bell flower mini, Bell flower vine and Whimsical Hares

Versafine clair nocturne

Elements ink Della blue and olive for stencilling, shading and painting the flowers/leaves

silver posca

silver gel pen

Glitter posca pens blue and violet

Stencil flower spray

white pastel pencil

Nuvo aqua shimmer glitter gloss

black fineliner

Thank you for being here with me

Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

~~Happy little stampers August stencil challenge 01/09 unlimited~~

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~~Try it on Tuesday lets go Outdoors 01/09 1/3 entries~~

Thursday 24 August 2023

Wishes

Hello all, hope you are well

I wanted to use Everlee so out came the flora stamps.

I decided to make another card with the center part clean and white splitting the design but this time I wanted Everlee's legs to be part of the white space

I used Lavinia stamp sets Harmony, Orchard Grass, Everlee, fairy foragers, Wodland fern, Bluebell and Star blossom.

Versafine clair Purple delight, Rain forest, warm breeze and Nocturne

Elements ink Violet chalk

Arteza watercolour pens

Yellow, orange and white pastel pencils

Lavinia stencil Flower spray

Stickles

Holographic glitter

Thank you for visiting me

Elaine xx

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~~Happy little stampers August stencil challenge 01/09 unlimited~~

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~~Beautiful blossoms flowers 2/6 entries 0109~~

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Sad occasion

Hi all

I was requested to make this and wanted it to be kept simple. So I did as far as I could manage. I think we all struggle to make these.

For this I used Lavinia stamp Lillium and sentiment from Heartfelt verses

Versafine clair Nocturne

Lavinia flower spray stencil

Elements Graphite

Blue Kuretake pens

Gold gel pen and Holographic glitter

Gold and black posca pens for splatters

Complimentary envelope

That is it, real short one this time

Thank you for visiting

Elaine

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Monday 21 August 2023

Fun through the trees

Good morning all, hope you are well on this Monday morning.

For this one I decided to use sepia tones so lots of varients brown and beige pencils and pens

The Lavinia stamps used are Fairy Foragers, Forest Inn, meadow mushroom, mini meadow mushroom, Fairy fir tree small and large

Pinecone Versfine clair

Elements ink Truffles

Brown pencils and pens

Holographic glitter

Feather leaf stencil

Brown sharpie

I am so pleased you are here with me today

Hugz Elaine xx

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~~My time to craft Christmas 67 August Christmas trees 01/09 maxed~~

Sunday 20 August 2023

Wintery feeling

Hi all yes it is me back again

For this one I used Lavinia stamps Magnus, Large reindeer, wild hares, Brodwin and Fairy fir tree 2.

Elements inks, mermaid, confetti, della blue, vilet chalk, graphite and mulberry

Nocturne versafineclair

white pastel pencil, black fineliner and heaps of stickles for snow and trees

Black shapie for the edge of card

White posca pen for the snowfall

This card is 8x8 inches and has been made for the teams Manager, well one of them,

for Christmas so there is room for us to sign. Only 3 more to make :(

Thank you for popping in

Elaine xx

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~~Classic Design 8 August anything goes unlimited 01/09~~

~~A perfect time to craft August anything goes unlimited 28/09~~

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Beautiful blossoms

Hi all Happy Sunday

I have loads of chores to do but hey my craft room beckoned due to a simplistic design so I thought 'why not' So here I am

For this one used Lavinia stamps, Cherry Blossom, cherry blossom tree and Pipin - I just adore him so much

I used Pincone Versafine clair

Truffles Element inks for Hill and grounding using cut paper

Pink glitter posca pen

Flourish Stencil

Complimentary envelope

That is it, no huge long list, minimal of everything lol

Thank you for dropping in, love to see you again sometime soon

Hugs Elaine xxx

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Snowy scene

Yes it is time for another fabulous challenge over at Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge and we have this beautiful moodboard to follow and jerk our creative imagination

For my card I chose deers. trees and of course snow. The front tree is from Lavinia stamps the other trees, Santa and his sleigh and of course the deers are by Card-io stamps. The sky was created using purple, red dark blue and black versacolor ink pads.

Can't wait to see what you come up with so please come join in the fun with us over at Peace on Earth Christmas .

Elaine DT

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Saturday 19 August 2023

Life life, have fun

Hi all me again.

I decided to make another quite clean and simple card, by that I mean not my usual over crowded design. What spurred me on was a background I made a couple of days ago.

Background was made by spraying the leftover ink on my feather leaf stencil after another project, and placed it down on card. Got this idea from Jo Rice. Pattern is always random. I quite like this one so it did not end up in the bin lol.

Lavinia stamps Meadow Mushroom and Whimsical hares

Elements ink Mermaid

negative stencilling using left over ink on Feather leaf stencil

Black fineliner

white pastel pencil

turquoise sharpie for edges

Lavinia sentiment sticker covered using mermaid ink to tie in with the design

Complimetary Envelope

Thank you for visiting me again today - really appreciate your company

Hugz Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

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Shine the light

Hello to you all

I decided to try to use up some scraps of card and guess what ended up cuttin up more card for a matt underneath the image. Oh well next time - maybe, perhaps!!! I needed a simple design to try to gain some of my mojo back to think of ideas and I think I may have one in the pipeline lol.

For this one I used the following Lavinia products/stamps

Feather Leaf stencil

Stamps Fairy Foragers, Pipin and Meadow Mushroom

Elements inks Sahara and Confetti

Versafine clair Nocturne

Yellow. orange, white and black pastel pencils

black fineliner

Pink and purple glitter posca pens

Holographic glitter

black sharpie

3 shades of brown beige kuretake pens for mushroms

complimentary envelope

I think that is it.

Thank you for coming on over to visit me, really appreciate your company

Hugz Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

Classic Design 8 August anything goes unlimited 01/09 best technique winner

~~A perfect time to craft August anything goes unlimited 28/09~~

~~DL.Art July anything goes 01/08 1 entry per day~~

~~My time to craft #514 stencilling 01/09 2/3 entries~~

~~Patties Creations 209 anything goes 01/09 1/3 entries~~

~~Craft Rocket challenge 106 animals 01/09 maxed~~

~~Creative Inspirations 6 anything goes 01/09 1/2 entries~~

~~A place to start-ATG leaves and or trees 06/09 /8 entries~~

Thursday 17 August 2023

Starry sky

Hi all

Just a quick stop by today to post this card of which I started making a few weeks ago and never got round to finishing - today is the day lol

Lavinia stamps Harmony. Forest flower, Fairy Foragers, mini stars Group poppies

Flourish stencil

Elements Lime Punch and Della blue

Holographic glitter

Yellow and white pastel pencils

Versafine clair Nocturne

Red and Orange Kuretake pens

black sharpie

Nuvo Aqua shimmer glitter gloss

Thank you for visiting me

Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

~~Classic Design 8 August anything goes unlimited 01/09~~

~~A perfect time to craft August anything goes unlimited 28/09~~

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Wednesday 16 August 2023

Sepia Christmas

Hi all

I have not posted for a few days as had no mojo to think up new ideas so to kick start myself I decided to make a real simple card, well not so simple 3 attempts lol. I decided to make a smaller version of one I had made previously but slightly different

I used low tack tape through the middle

For this I simply used Lavinia stap Fir Tree 1.

Elements ink Sahara for the surround

Versafine Clair oinecone for the trees

Brown sharpie on all layers

Sentiments stickers 2 and wiped over using the pinecone as originally blue

PS I have not sorted a matchin envelope, am awaiting a new delivery

I think I may make a batch of similar cards nearer the festive season

Thank you for coming on over to see me today - love to see you all

Hugz Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

~~Classic Design 8 August anything goes unlimited 01/09~~

~~A perfect time to craft August anything goes unlimited 28/09~~

~~DL.Art July anything goes 01/08 1 entry per day~~

~~Creative Aunts-anything goes~~

~~A place to start-ATG leaves and or trees 06/09 4/8 entries RISING STAR~~

~~Ally's angels anything goes 16/09 2/3 entries~~

~~Jingle Belles Pine Christmas tree or branches 01/09 2/3 entries~~

~~Most magical time of the year 11 Christmas 01/09 3/6 entries~~

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Saturday 12 August 2023

Festive glitter magic

Hi all

Hope you are all well and if not feel better soon

Today I fancied a glittery magical festive card

Anyhow here is the list of ingredients

Lavinia stamps Fircone branch, Christmas charms, wild hares, and Quinn

Mini pound stamps, of course from Lavinia, holly, pinecone, lamp and stars

Red/yellow Kuretake pens

Grey linen card

Brown matt and cream card blank

Elements ink Truffle

Versafine clair Pinecone and rain forest

Circle mask

orange and brown fineliners

brown sharpie

stickles

holographic glitter

Thank you for visiting me today

Hugz Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

~~Classic Design 8 August anything goes unlimited 01/09~~

~~A perfect time to craft August anything goes unlimited 28/09~~

~~DL.Art July anything goes 01/08 1 entry per day~~

~~Creatalicious Challenges 264 AG 14/08~~

~~Creative Aunts-anything goes 31/08~~

~~A place to start-ATG 06/09 3/8 entries~~

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Friday 11 August 2023

Faith, Hope and Happiness

I recieved my latest batch of Lavinia stamps this morning whilst working from home and was just excited to get them out and play but alas had to get my work done first.....Not fair lol

Of course I ripped open the packaging and delved right in. I had seen a tutorial on you tube by Tracey Dutton, the lady that owns and creates all these beautiful stamps. Anyhow I just had to create her design and I loved it. I have shared it with our Mental Health Forum meetings in which I help to facilitate at work twice a week.

The mantra Faith, Hope and Happiness was for all of the 193 people who joined our meeting. They loved it

For this one I have used Forest cap mushroom, woodland fern, bluebells, flora set, Magic surrounds us and blessings.

Lavinia stencil Pods

Elements inks Lime punch. olive and graphite

Versafine clair Nocturtne, warm breeze, shady lane and glamorous

Poscas gold and purple and a glitter posca yellow

Nuvo watercolour pencils Red, green, black and grey

Holographic glitter

Thank you for visiting me, really do love to see you here.

Elaine xxx

This has been entered into the following challenges

~~Classic Design 8 August anything goes unlimited 01/09~~

~~A perfect time to craft August anything goes unlimited 28/09~~

~~DL.Art July anything goes 01/08 1 entry per day~~

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~~Wordart Wednesday 607/608 21/08~~

~~Creatalicious Challenges 264 AG 14/08~~

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Colorful options yellow and green 01/09 TOP THREE

As you like it fave 2 colour combo green and red because of the contrast 26/08 TOP THREE

~~A place to start-ATG 06/09 2/8 entries~~

~~My time to craft 514 stencilling 28/08~~

~~Ally's angels anything goes 16/09 1/3 entries~~

Thursday 10 August 2023

Good times ahead

Hi everyone

Wow I have tried making this card and this was the fifth attempt, inky fingers, smudged stamps, you name it it happened lol. It is now making it's debut lol

For this I used Lavinia stamp set Forest Flora

Lavinia stencil Pods

Elements inks Mulberry and violet chalk

Versafine Clair Monarch

Gold and silver posca pens

Glitter posca pens, blue and purple

Stickles

Purple sharpie