Hello Crafty People!
Welcome to the first of six monthly hops intended to encourage you to use those supplies that we all have squirrelled away – no judgement here, we all do it! Each month we will have a different theme and this month is critters!! We will also have an optional, suggested supply to use and this month we have stencils!
I chose to use a new-to-me stencil from Catherine Pooler Designs but I paired it with some Hero Arts dye inks that I haven’t used in a while to create my background. (I ink blended straight onto a top folding A2 card base made from 110lb Neenah Solar White. I used three shades of blue to create an ombre effect. I love doing this through a stencil like this because it is so forgiving; if you don’t get the best of blends then that won’t be so obvious.
Whenever I stamp & colour a little image I like to do one or two extra and then I keep all of these in a little tub on my desk; this makes for a great source when making cards quickly. The only trouble is that the number of images living in that tub gets higher & higher, so in the interest of using supplies we have stashed I had a look in there for a critter and found this cute little puppy that I coloured a couple of months ago!
I knew I didn’t have a sentiment that I wanted to pair with it already stamped, so I had a look through my stash and I came across this absolutely PERFECT sentiment from Picket Fence Studios.
I embossed it in Opaque Bright White Superfine from WOW! onto a piece of dark blue cardstock that I found in my scraps tub. I balanced out the sentiment with two white gel pen lines and popped the strip up on adhesive foam tape. I added the puppy at the end of the strip, using wet glue where he is sitting on the raised bit and a couple of foam adhesive squares to support the rest of him.
It felt good to have this come together as quickly as it did; I’ve been feeling a bit creatively dry over the last week but this worked as a jump-start for me!!
As well as using this card for my Blog Hop entry, I’m submitting it for this fortnight’s challenge over at Aud Sentiments. We don’t have a DT image for this one so we are all using something from our stash. I hope you will join us in submitting a card to our challenge.
? Next up on our Collected Crafty Collabs hop is the wonderful Martha so please do go and show her some crafty love!!
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- Neenah Classic Crest – Solar White 80lb*
- Neenah Classic Crest Solar White – 110lb (*Use code natashapapertree for 10% off)
- Deep Blue Heavyweight Card stock from Papermill Direct
- Simon Says Stamp – This Is The Life stamp & Die set
- Picket Fence Studios – Seriously. Literally. Always
- Catherine Pooler – Pop Art Dots stencil
- Hero Arts dye ink – Shades of Blue mini ink pad set
- Blending Brush from Amazon
- Versamark ink
- WOW!Embossing powder – Opaque Bright White (superfine)
- Arteza Foam Adhesive tape
- Scrapbook Adhesives foam squares
- Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
How cute! Great card, Tasha ?? Also what a great way to use up your stash!
Thank you!!! ??
I love the simple background and how CAS this is. Perfect
Great design, Tasha! I love the ombre ink blending, and that dog is so cute.
Thank you very much!! ??
Wow, your card is so freakin’ cute! Love the sweet doggie and he is beautifully colored! I especially love that you saved him from the stash of colored but unused images. I’m sure he’s happy to have found his forever home on your card ? Great ombre background too, Natasha! Thanks so much for your help today and I’m so happy you joined my little hop group! Can’t wait to see your next project… new subbie here!
Thank you so much Karen!!! ?
I’m so glad you had me!! ?
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Your card is so adorable. I love that little puppy and the background is so fun. What a cute card that anyone would love to get.
Thank you so much!! ?
I love how this card came out! Using one of your elements from your tub of spares was such a great idea! I just started one of those recently. I’ll have to remind Myself to dig into it sometimes!
Yes!!! Mine started off so tiny, and then just grew and grew ?
I’m determined to shrink it back down!!!!
Oooohhhh…I might even set myself a challenge to use something from in there on every CCC Hop card I make!!! ??
Absolutely adorable card!! I have one of those tubs too and I’m now inspired to dig it out!
Inspiring people makes my heart happy! ?
So I’m so glad that you want to dig out your own tub now and i can’t wait to see the results!!! ?
This card is super cute Tasha! I love that puppy, and I agree that the sentiment is perfect to go with him! I love the colors too. ?
Thank you!!!
I love that Picket Fence sentiment set it was one of those times when you see a stamp set and feel like it was made specifically for you!!! ??
I love how this turned out! So glad it kicked started the creative flow again!
Thank you!! ?