Veggie Wheelbarrow Birthday

By
This fun card came about from a sketch challenge I took part in with some fellow docrafters, the theme was food and/or drink.  At first I was really stumped as the sketch had so many layers and elements but once I got my head around that and decided to go with mainly vegetables I was quite pleased with how it turned out.


Seed Packets were stamped with brown ink on a panel of kraft card and just the vegetables highlighted with colouring pencils.  My focal image was going to be the wheelbarrow and I've cut around one of the handles to leave that outside the main topper square to add interest.  Promarkers were used to colour the wheelbarrow, cabbages, carrots, leeks, flower pot and eggs.  It was then quite straight forward to cut a slit in the top of the wheelbarrow and on the flower pot so the veggies could be slotted in and arranged. Used some self adhesive magic mesh for one of the layers so as not to cover up all of those fun birds (chickens maybe?!) on the patterned paper and added three die cut ovals for eggs and some white fencing.


This was the sketch we followed

I've used - 6x6 white card base
Papermania Kraftstax
Papermania Seed Packets stamp
The Works birds patterned paper - Passion for Vintage pack
Mag freebie stamps Wheelbarrow, Vegetables, Flower Pot, Sentiment
Promarkers; Sue Wilson Fence die; Magic Mesh





Thank you for visiting - I'd love you to leave a comment if you have time - Steph x

Comments

  1. EmmaTTuesday, 03 July, 2018

    Gosh you did well to pull off that sketch layout, alot of elements to think about. Fantastic card, ideal for any gardener. Thank you for you visit last week, yes thank you with the help of a blog buddy have sorted out the emails again for the blogs! Hope you are enjoying the weather, its busy hay making down here at the moment. Hugs Emmax

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thank you for taking a moment to visit ... I read and appreciate every comment you have time to leave. Steph x

Popular posts from this blog

Birthday Wishes Cake

By
Image
Made my own mixed media background panel for this birthday cake card with inks, stencils, stamps, glitter paste, stencil butter and embossing powder.  You might have to zoom in to see the sparkle and shine.  A favourite three tier cake with chocolate sprinkles ... yum! For the background I started by blending two DO inks onto white cardstock.  Repeatedly placed the mandala stencil on top, spritzed with water and dabbed off with paper towel to create a faux bleach effect.  Glitter paste and stencil butter was applied through parts of the seed head stencil.  Embossing powder was sprinkled over the top of the stencil butter and heated once dry.  Random stamping with various inks. Three tier cake die cut from scraps of pearlised card for the layered toppings (white layer was an embossing folder scrap) and similarly inked card as the background panel for the bases which have stencilled white heat embossed wavy lines.  Added a birthday wishes word banner die in white pearlised card backed wi
Read more

Musical Crossword ... Paper Players #387 Musical Challenge

By
Image
Set myself an additional challenge this week to combine a crossword stamp into the current  Paper Players #387 Musical Challenge  ... easy really just write the names of some instruments into the squares!  I also wanted to try the Retiform (grid) inking technique again and this is the end result. The crossword stamp was inked and embossed first before sponging distress ink along the edges of my paper masks to create several shaped areas into which I stamped musical instruments and notes using grey and black inks.  Finished off with an apt "Just a note to say ... " sentiment. I've used -  5x7 card base Scattered Straw DI on Claritystamp Theuva card Papermania Musical Instruments stamp set Papermania Mr Mister Crossword stamp Hobbycraft sentiment stamp Magazine musical notes stamp Thank you for visiting - I'd love you to leave a comment if you have time -  Steph x
Read more

Have A Tweet Day

By
Image
Occasionally I pop into one of my local charity shops as they often have some craft items donated, found a grey rubber stamp set for £1 with images that would compliment my stash so just had to be bought.  The stack of books and swirls are from that set which I've paired with some Funky Fossil items. Started with a piece of designer paper for a ready made background.  I love the sun peeking above the rolling hills in this magical mysterious place ideal to place a focal image in the foreground.  Stack of books and the fun quirky bird stamped, fussy cut and coloured with a mixture of watercolour paints and colouring pencils.  Swirls and sentiment stamped and white heat embossed on the background.  Bird's legs stamped on the background and feet on the top book before adhering the focal images with 1mm foam pads.                    I've used - 120x170mm white card base to fit a B6 envelope Funky Fossil Dreamscapes paper pad Funky Fossil The Tweets stamp set Sheena Douglass A Li
Read more