Monday - look out! Here comes another week!

Morning readers,

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend and that "weather" didn't spoil any plans you might have had. We were dog sitting the lovely Riddick, he's such a good boy ... aside from the fact that you absolutely cannot leave food or tissues unattended!!!

I've a make to share with you today ... a friend of mine recently purchased the Stampendous set of yoga frogs and it reminded me that I've had them for ages, so I thought it was high time I gave them an outing! Hope you like what I did with mine, Sarn. All of the images in this set make me smile which, I imagine, is why I bought them in the first place!

My C6 card

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, C6 card and envelope
• Card in white and textured sage green, for my card front, insert and matting
• Snippets of card in white and textured sage green, for my image panel and matting
• Stampendous sentiment and image (from SSC1269) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Visible Image birthday sentiment (from VIS-BEB-01) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Faber Castell polychromos pencils used to colour my image and "grounding"
• Black gel pen for my froggy spots!
• Wink of Stella clear glitter gel brush pen - just to add a hint of sparkle to the spots!
• Using a makeup brush and Memento bamboo leaves ink I applied a light layer of colour around the outer edge
• I then overlaid my Arden Creative Studio stencil (Distressed Diamonds ACSST002) and added a layer of the Memento bamboo leaves ink, taking care not to stencil over my image

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

1. Stencil Fun - September challenge - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) NATURE
2. AAA Birthday - challenge No. 77 - SNARKY
3. Critter Crazy - challenge No. 102 - ANYTHING (with a critter) GOES
4. Crafty Animals - challenge No. 98 - ANYTHING (with an animal) GOES
5. Make my Monday - challenge No. 260 - FUN WITH STENCILS

And now, a second make from me, this is becoming a thing - guess it's safe to say that my mojo is back! With vengeance!! I spotted the inspiration for this card whilst trawling the internet, the inspiration came from a project (on Facebook) from Lisa Mounsey, I've added her original to the bottom of this post. I took  her inspiration and ran with it, after all, who doesn't have more washi tape than they can possibly use?

My C6 card

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, C6 card and envelope
• Card in white and kraft for my card front, insert and matting
• Hampton Arts tree die - I don't really know how to avoid that outline indentation - any ideas fellow crafters? I also used one of the tree stamps, in Ranger Archival library green elsewhere on my insert and envelope
• Glittered washi tape in blue, pink and two different golds!
• Stamplorations sentiment (from "Holiday Artsy") stamped using Versafine Clair strawberry ink, sprinkled with WOW! Superfine clear embossing powder and heat set

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

1. Creative Moments - challenge No. 274 - TREES
2. Jingle Belles - September 12th challenge - "BABY IT'S GOLD OUTSIDE!" - well, I DID use gold washi tape so I hope it counts
3. Creative Fingers - challenge No. 307 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Allsorts - challenge No. 832 - TREES, LEAVES and/or PLANTS
5. Krafty Chicks - challenge No. 785 - CHRISTMAS

Lisa's inspirational make