Some Rubber Stamping

Hiya bloggers :)  

It's occurred to me that most of my stuff of late all seems to be die-cutting, and there's so many beautiful clever dies out there now that I've got myself wrapped up in the process, and that I seem to have neglected my old love, the rubber stamp!



Inverted rubber stamp...

(below) Brilliance ink colouring applied direct to stamp 

(Below) Mostly Lavinia stamps, Greeting from StampCamp and black glitter on the Lavinia poppies.

RECIPE
Echinacea Inverted rubber stamp
Poppy card is made from Papermania Stamp set
The last card is mostly LAVINIA STAMPS apart from the bottom right image (cannot recall the name)

Many thanks for the visit - take care xxx

PCS Acorn Pocket Gift Box

Hiya Blogging friends.
Here we have my latest sample using - September - 2012 - "Autumn - Amidst"
An amazingly simple template from our super clever Melanie was used to make this adorable gift box. It came together so easily (I'm sure because of the clever design)

RECIPE
Template from Paper Crafters Sampler
Flowers from my stash are embellished with punched shapes by Woodware, and a blob of dimension paint from a Viva Decor Paper Pen
 The die-cut ivy by Marianne
And using DP from K&Company Classic K Baily to make the main body of the box.

Have you had a peep at the  Paper Crafters Sampler BLOG? You'll find such inspiration to get crafty.

Many thanks for visiting my blog - Take care xxxxx

Pilgrim Harvester Hat (Container)

Hiya fellow Bloggers :)
What a clever container we have for the OCTOBER 2014 PCS TEMPLATE
It's a container that can be used either way up because there's 2 separate openings :) and very handy for gifts, treats, nuts, in fact any number of things.

                                           Here, my sample is shown using it for potpourri

                                           And the other way up using a chunkier potpourri

                        Here we have the elements used to create different looks to the project

                                                       The flower wreath used as a lid

The gift tag

                                                                       Unadorned

RECIPE

For the flower wreath I made a circlular frame using Nesties and topped it with...

Spellbinders Aster Flower Topper die set

The smaller leaf is from the Sizzix Flower-poppy die set

And the Large Fern Punch from Leone

For the 'with thanks' tag

I added Spellbinder Cattails die-cut

Thanks so much for popping by and do pay PCS a visit to see more

White Christmas

Higher bloggers :)  A slow week for me with many internet/email/blog issues; sorted now but it's taken me days to get it right. But did manage to find time for a quick A6 card...No greeting as the way my week was going, I may have messed it up on the last leg so quit while the going was good!

Recipe
Embossing Folder # Rays # Tim Holtz # Ranger
Frostyville Border # Memory Box
Marrianne Reindeer Creatables Die LR0179

Many thanks for the visit, I'd love to hear what you think of it - take care xxx

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My Little School Desk - My Sample from PCS August 2014

Another nifty box template from Paper Crafters Sampler - Summer - August 2014 - Welcome Back to School. I've decorated the removable desk lid with inspiring quotes and used inside of the desk for pencils but, of course, it's a gift box so fill with whatever!
Please don't look too closely at the feet of MY desk legs! I didn't follow the instructions correctly and made them too big but, Melanie has added 3d instructions that show a duff like me how the assembly should go :oops:
That said, I'm still very pleased with the result

               The message is basically "Work hard at school and the world is your oyster!!!"

I like the way Melanie has enabled the creation of a trough for implements or whatever!

I've used my desk base as a box for pencils etc

RECIPE

 Paper Crafters Sampler - Summer - August 2014 - Welcome Back to School. 

WINGS - Kanban clear stamps

STAMPED BACKGROUND - Papermania Chronology (a free set from ???)

DREAM QUOTES - Stamp Camp - S424

WING QUOTES - Stamp Camp - S423

Many thanks for stopping by, 

Please link back to PCS Blog for more inspiration

Memory Box Catalina Wreath used to make an Aperture

Good morning bloggers :)
Well after trying to post this project in the early hours of this morning I had to give up (and go to bed :lol:) due to losing internet connection.
It's still playing up this morning, is it down to the blustery weather?

So perusing through Pinterest recently, I happened upon THIS different way of using the Catalina Wreath Die and so of course I just had to try it out.

Using a blank cardstock to fit a chosen card blank, I die-cut the wreath in the centre, removed the die-cut so as to sponge the colour on before resiting it and secured with DST.
Stamped my greeting from JustRite (Christmas Inner Thoughts - CL-04625) onto matching cardstock and placing behind the aperture with foam fixings.
A second cut was made from which I snipped off a few flowers to add as dimension.
Finally, finishing off with Cosmic Shimmer white PVA managing to apply some tiny blobs on the smallest stem buds.

I'm pleased with how this one turned out with no faff and pretty speedy to create ;)
Credit goes to SMITTEN for the inspiration!

Many thanks for stopping by Diane xxx