Brand new from Sweet Poppy Stencils ........

Happy weekend ........

I hope you've had a nice week and that you're enjoying your Sunday.

If you're a Sweet Poppy Stencils fan then you've probably seen that the first release of 2022 went live on their website at the start of the week.  If you've missed it, then check out the link below to see the fabulous brand new stencil designs and, some gorgeous new stamp sets.  

https://sweet-poppy.com/product-category/new-products/

I've been busy in the craft room, playing with the new designs, so over the next week or so I'll share some of the samples I've made.  If you follow the Simply Sweet Poppy Stencils Facebook page then you may have already seen some.

There's something for everyone I think in the new collection ...... gorgeous background designs, beautiful apertures/frames, stunning florals and, one of my favourites .... the new Tree of Life Circle

At 140mm x 140mm it's the perfect size for creating cards but, from the minute I saw it I thought it would make a gorgeous piece of artwork to frame ..... what do you think?

Really easy to do, some simple mat and layering and you have a beautiful piece of home decor.

I placed the stencil on a piece of white cardstock, and gently sponged gold metallic ink though the design.  I added a little bit of Gathered Twigs Distress Ink here and there to add some shading

I then stamped the two hearts in red, and made it look as though they were hanging from the tree using a black fine liner.

I added the perfect sentiment from the Sweet Poppy stamp set Friends (the hearts are from the same set) and then framed the finished piece, first by edging the design using a gold leafing pen,

and then matting and layering with black and white card.  A box frame from that well known, inexpensive homeware store that we all love turns it into a beautiful piece of home decor.

It's been a busy week here, what with birthday celebrations starting it all off, Burns Night on Tuesday at our favourite restaurant and then this evening we've got friends coming round for a poker night.  We've ordered shushi too which means I don't have to cook which is even better.

Thanks for popping by ...... enjoy the rest of your day.

Cheerio until next time ..... 

Supplies:

Stencils: Tree of Life Circle (Sweet Poppy Stencils)

Stamps: Friends A6 stamp set (Sweet Poppy Stencils)

Inks: Delicata Metallic Ink - Golden Glitz; Distress Ink - Gathered Twigs; Versafine Clair - Nocturne; Adirondak Dye Ink - Cranberry

Other: Black Fine Liner pen; Black and white cardstock, Gold Leafing Pen; White Square Box Frame

First post of the day .......

Happy Friday .......

I may be away from my craft room but ......... it's still a busy day on the Blog!

First up today is a little reminder about the Craft Stamper Blog challenge. We've already had lots of fabulous entries but there's still loads of time left to play along.

The theme is Anything Goes .... as long as there's stamping on there somewhere.
Check out the Craft Stamper Blog for full challenge details and all the rules.  When I say 'all' there's not many!

On to some inspiration for you now ...... fancy a Christmas card?

I must confess I did look at Christmas cards in the shops this week ..... didn't buy any though, well not yet anyway!

This design was quite simple to do .... a mix of snowflakes, and a couple of different ink pads and you're away.

I stamped the snowflakes randomly onto a piece of white card using a silver and a gold metallic ink

Once these were dry, I stamped the large snowflake with Versamark ink and heat embossed with gold
You can see that my snowflakes do overlap in places, this creates the look of depth and layers

I splattered some gold and silver ink onto the background

And finished off with a festive sentiment

and a sprinkling of chunky white embossing powder

Don't forget we have a challenge sponsor ..... the fabulous  RubberDance stamps

And the challenge winner (randomly chosen) will receive a stamp set of their choice .... nice!

Thanks for popping by ..... enjoy the rest of your day and have a fab weekend.
I'm off on my craft retreat later today so mine's going to be a good one!
First though ....... it's a spot of Christmas shopping and lunch out with hubby .... Ho! Ho! Ho!

Cheerio until next time