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.

Dufex pictures and fancy triple fold cards

 Ok so I can't remember what this fold is called and usually I don't use it because there are so many spaces to fill but coming across some old sheets of dufex images that could be coloured with permanent markers I thought the two would fit together well.

Having done the basic fold and cut this card can be used in 2 ways - 1 that ends up with a triple fold card and the other that can be placed inside an A5 card. For the second card I also used a Woodware edger punch since I still have 2 left to sell along with a number of cassette  punches to go with them.

I also used this idea for my grandson's birthday card - although I had to use a variety of toppers here to fit the sports he does.

Frame embossing folders

 I picked 2 frames from the Presscut range for using in this month's workshops. I have coloured them in with different products - some turning out better than others but on the whole I preferred the Craft Artist mica magic with the smaller wreath and inks with the poppy frame. The bunnies were also used here and other ideas for Easter and other occasions.

Bunny Cards

  I thought I'd save the rabbit stamps till March ready for Easter if needed although they can be used for anything. A lot of last month's ideas with the dogs and cats could be used with these stamps but here are a few more ideas.

A few more ideas are on my next post where I used them with some new embossing folders.

stencils

 It was fortunate that I prepared the dogs and cats for Februarys workshop in December because I then broke my wrist and couldn't do much so as an alternative for February I picked some of the stencil cards I prepared last year but which we didn't use. My idea being that we would just use inking methods - as on top of board but in sorting out this week I came across lots of other ideas. I have lots of stencils so techniques can be applied to any of them if you have done these before