Inkspirational Challenges - Paint Splatters

Our new challenge at Inkspirational was chosen by Nonni, and she wants to see paint splatters.  I always admire how Nonni uses paint splatters on her beautiful floral cards. So I hope she won't arrest me when she discovers that , strictly speaking, my splatters are ink rather than paint. 

I used a Kanban flower stamp and Mama Elephant sentiment.

I'd like to enter:

Dragonfly Dreams  flower 

A Spoonful of Sugar...

This weekend, crafting has been the spoonful of sugar that's helped the (lockdown) medicine go down!

At Twofer , the challenge is to use a rain or umbrella stamp and I did spend some time thinking about this, looking at various stamps etc until this unmounted Mary Poppins stamp (Lost Coast , I think) came to mind.

My first card was inspired by the sketch and 'it flies' theme at AAA Cards . I stamped the top half of the stamp in pink and then printed a computer -made sentiment over the top.

I'd also like to enter this card into:
Always Fun  cas

For my second card I stamped the rainbow(Clearly Besotted) and city (Concord and 9th) and created a rainbow background effect using Distress Ink pads. I stamped Mary Poppins over the top and then embossed 'magical' (cut from a MFT sentiment) in white ep. (This was quite nerve-wracking after all the time I'd spent on the rainbow - things do quite often go wrong for me when I try last minute sentiment things!) Finally , I stamped 'birthday wishes' in a tiny font at the bottom.

I'd also like to enter:
Little Red Wagon  Mix em up - I used stamps from five different companies on this one!
As You See It 
Stamping Sensations  rainbow

The Library Challenge - A Child's Garden of Verses

The new challenge at The Library  is A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson. As a child, I received this book in my Christmas stocking and I still have that copy , although it's very ragged! I spotted a copy of the same edition in a charity shop and few years ago and bought it, but for some reason I haven't thrown out my old copy! 

For my card, I used an image from A Day for Daisies , coloured with Promarkers and paper-pieced, then stamped a birthday sentiment. 

I'd like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps 

Fab and Funky  birthday 

Seize the Birthday 

Time Out 

CD Sunday Plus  used digi from ADFD

Bunny Kisses

Here's a spring card for any occasion or none. All the stamps are from Sugar Pea Designs (yes, some masking WAS involved!) , except the sun which I think was a Craft Stamper freebie.

I'd like to enter:
Handstamped Sentiments 
Inspired by 
Shopping Our Stash  sun
Pearly Sparkes bunny
Craft Rocket  furry friends
Sugar Pea Designs 

Panda and Kite

Despite it being a beautiful sunny day, I've been struggling to photograph this without shadows, strange colours etc. But I mustn't grumble - I have a garden to enjoy during lockdown and all my friends and family are well .

I made this card to enter several challenges. The panda is Wplus9 and the kite and tail are October Afternoon. I doodled the spots and stripes on the kite and some ground for the bear to stand on. 

I'd like to enter:

The Paper Players 

Less is More

Casology

Little Red Wagon Mix em up 

AAA Birthday 

CAS on Friday black, white and one other 

Red, White, Kraft

Here I stamped a big Hero Arts background stamp in white ink on a kraft base. The sentiment is from Hero too and the deer was cut on the Silhouette.

I'd like to enter:
Christmas Kickstart 
Watercooler 
Fezziwig Festive Frolics 
Christmas Craft Creations 
Krafty Chicks 

Library Reminder - Egg Drop

I made another card for the challenge The Library, this time inspired by the eggs in the title.
I used stamps by Neat and Tangled and the big eggs were cut from patterned paper.

I'd like to enter:

My Time to Craft

Sparkles Forum

Give a crafter a cookie 
Watercooler 
Addicted to Stamps 

Hope

Had some fun today playing with Brushos, and made this card inspired by the rainbow pictures children are putting in their windows.

I'd like to enter:
Always Fun 
Fab n Funky 

Inkspirational Challenges - Spring

The new challenge at Inkspirational is......

For my DT card I tried to create a feeling of freshness and space by using the white below a die-cut word to take up the middle of the card . (I was given this die-cut with some others a long time ago- were they from you, Nonni?) Then I stamped and paper-pieced the little birds perched on top. 

I'd like to enter:
Sisterhood of Crafters
Pearly Sparkles
Sweet Stampin 

Oh My Gostrich!

Do you ever buy stamps because they seem a bit unusual but then have no idea what to do with them?

My ostrich set by Wplus 9 has been sitting uninked for far too long while inspiration escaped me. But the other day I challenged myself to use them and just decided to use highly unrealistic colours!

The sentiments are from the same set as the ostrich and the banner is by Mama Elephant.

I'd like to enter:
Happy Little Stampers - CAS
Alphabet Challenge 
Double D 
Krafty Chicks