Butterflies and Dragonflies

 Looking now at stamped and inked backgrounds with die cut butterflies & dragonflies.

Things seen in the Countryside using Stencils

 Continuing the countryside theme for July I looked at which stencils we could use. Stencilling can be done with pastes, dry embossing metal & glitter techniques.

 

Countrtyside scenes

 Here I have use some of the tree stamps & dies alongside some quirky sheep stamps for some of the ideas for July workshops

Flowers from Die cuts

 There are 2 sorts here. First there were the dies which made a full scene in themselves then there were the individual die cut flowers that could be used with other dies etc.

I had been asked about using gilding flakes so I have included some uses here.

Flowers from Embossing Folders and Stamps

 I wasn't going to buy any more embossing folders but loved these..

I then looked at what stamps I had left on shelf  that were also in my stash and to see how else I could use them.

 

Seaside & dolphins

 As a change from the fairies I have included the dolphin die cuts and the lighthouse stamped scene for this month's workshops. Both of these have had some of the backgrounds mentioned on my last post used with them

Back grounds with fairy dies

 Having got a few fairy diecuts  I decided to look at using them against  different backgrounds. The products I used for backgrounds were gilding polishes, pixie powders, sprays and our multibackground sheets we build up from wastes. In most cases I left the die cuts uncoloured but did try colouring in in a couple of cases.

and for those who don't want fairies I cut out the fairy from the woodland scene and replaced it by a house in 1 case and dogs in the other

Die cut Bunny

 Again I have tried a few ways with this die cut

Stamping for Spring

  I have used 2 of Nellies stamps for the first Spring cards and then a chicken from Woodware for the more funky card.

I do need to try a few extra things on the circles in these cards

Cards with new Embossing Foldes

 This month I have used 2 new  embossing folders featuring chrysanthemums and Poppies. As sual I have looked at different ways of using these

As usual I have played with different products to colour them.