Never Chuck Your Rejects Away

Hiya! Sorry if you're bored of JOFY trees by now, but after running out of failed Oxide backgrounds to use, I found a failed Brushos creation. It was a beautiful heart from Indigo Blu, embossed in pewter, and I'd tried to create a lovely background with Brushos, but it just looked rubbish. It had been sitting in the Disgrace pile for a while, and I'd forgotten about it until I'd started hunting around for use-able rejects. I stamped the JOFY trees onto it, trying to get as much of the stamp positioned on the embossed design. The ink wiped off where the embossing was, but as the stamp is a scribbly pattern it didn't really matter that some of the design was lost. I used a glitter gel pen and some Nuvo Drops to bling it up a bit more, and I really like the result!

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Sisterhood of Crafters: 'Let The Sparkle Fly'
Paper Players:

Ingredients:
JOFY stamp set 57
Brushos: Emerald Green, Cobalt Blue, Yellow Ochre

Nuvo Drops: Silver Lining

Gelly Roll pen: Clear Star

Found Some More Rejects!

Hiya! After getting a bit over-excited with my new JOFY stamp set working so well with some discarded experiments with Oxides, I dug around for some more disasters. I found a larger piece of card with a failed Oxides experiment. It was one of my first attempts, when I'd only got 2 blues and 2 browns (when Oxides were new and out of stock everywhere, and these were the only colours I'd managed to snaffle at the NEC Hobbycrafts show back in March), and although you can get great results with just those colours, I just hadn't. I'd maybe used too much water, not enough ink, the card was too big... but it was just too dull to use as a background. However, I managed to stamp my new JOFY trees 3 times onto the card, and I love the result! I used the glitter gel pen again, and some Nuvo drops, silver on two of the cards, and gold on the other.

OK, I know they all look pretty much the same, but they are unique little snowflakes to me, so I'm going to bore you with all three of them. You've been warned. You can just look at the first one if you like ;)

I'm entering this one in the Simply Create Too challenge: 'CAS'

I'm entering this one in the Creatalicious challenge: 'Anything Goes with Optional Blue & Silver'

I'm entering this one in the My Time To Craft challenge: 'Paper Piecing'


Ingredients:
JOFY stamp set 57
Distress Oxide Inks: Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Faded Jeans, Broken China

Nuvo Drops: Pale Gold, Silver Lining

Gelly Roll pen: Clear Star

Reject Oxide Trees

Hi! I got a new JOFY stamp a few days ago, and as I'm rubbish at colouring I was looking around for other options. I found some of my reject Distress Oxide experiments which were too murky or just not right for what I'd originally had in mind for them. I stamped the image onto the card, and again on one of the oxide rejects, then cut out the trees and pots from the rejects and paper pieced them onto the card. I used a glitter gel pen to colour the star and some of the details on the trees and pots, and then added Nuvo Drops to brighten the rejects up and add a bit of dimension. On the darker rejects, I used a white Uni Posca pen to brighten up the trees in places, and add some contrast. Here are my reject trees (I was going to call them Cock Up Trees, but it put me in mind of dogs marking their territory, and went for Reject Trees instead...):

I'm entering this one in the Curtain Call challenge, for the Cider colours:

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

House of Cards:

HLS CAS:

I'm entering this one in the Moving Along with the Times challenge: 'Trees'

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps:

Unicorn Challenge: 'Anything Goes'


Ingredients:
JOFY stamp set 57
Distress Oxide Inks: Wilted Violet, Walnut Stain, Black Soot, Peeled Paint, Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade

Nuvo Drops: Pale Gold

Gelly Roll pen: Clear Star

Uni Posca pens: White, Gold

Christmassy Distress Oxide Skies...

Hi! I've finally made a start on my Christmas cards! I've made 10 reindeer cards, creating the sky with Distress Oxides, and then layering die cuts. I used Nuvo Drops for eyes. I wanted to take a photo of all 10 cards together, as each sky is different, but there's not enough room on my desk, and to anyone but me they probably all look the same... So here's a pic of my favourite one, and a few pics of some of the others!

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Always Fun: 'Watercolours'
CAS Watercolour:

Challenge Up Your Life: 'Die Cuts'
Allsorts: 'Blue and Brown'
Deep Ocean: 'Inspired by a Song / Movie' - obviously Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!


Here are some of the others:

Ingredients:
Distress Oxide Inks: Broken China, Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet

Echo park Christmas Reindeer die set

Winter Scene die

Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Squares die set

Nuvo Drops: Ebony Black

Had to buy a stamp set.. I'm blaming Less Is More...

Hiya! The current Less is More challenge is stamp layering, and although you can do that in various ways, I've used it as an excuse to buy a stamp set that I have been drooling over for quite a while... Here are a couple of cards I made with the new set. Completely wrong season, but I love blossom! I added Stickles to the blossoms for a bit of sparkle.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Less is More:

Creative Inspirations: 'Sparkle'
Watercooler Wednesday: 'Feminine Anything Goes'

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Color My Heart: (My light grey is a bit too dark for the challenge - it's the lightest I have!)

Crafts Galore: 'Anything Goes'

Ingredients:

Altenew stamp set: 'Under the Cherry Blossom Tree'

Adirondack ink pad: Cranberry
Stampin' Up! ink pad: Tip Top Taupe

Archival ink pad: Watering Can
Artistry ink pads: Moon Crater, Cotton Candy

Stickles: Star Dust

Cat in a Tree Notelets

Hi! A friend of mine asked me to make a set of 6 notelets for her to give as a gift to her friend, She loves cats and trees, so I used an image of a cat in a tree! I created the background with ink dusters to create a night sky. I'm thinking of adding some Stickles to the leaves and wildflowers to add a bit of shimmer, but I'm not sure. Probably ought to ask if she likes sparkly things first!

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Just Us Girls: - the photo inspired the rich jewel-like colours and texture of the sky

AAA Cards:

Always Fun: 'Halloween' - I'm not sure if this is spooky enough for Halloween, but a black cat in front of the moon makes me think of Halloween!


Ingredients:
Cat in Tree image from Vectorstock
Wildflowers from Lavinia Stamps

Adirondack ink pads: Sail Boat Blue, Butterscotch, Cranberry
Stampin' Up! ink pad: Perfect Plum
Artistry ink pads: Indian Jamun, Pampas