camping – Stamped Smiles

Hello friends! We have now started the Fall season over my way and although the weather has been quite unpredictable, I am looking forward to the temperatures dropping and pretty Fall colors outdoors. I have just now started seeing some slight changes in some of the foliage.

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So now let’s get back to some Fall crafting! I’ve made a birthday card for a guy that likes to go camping and eat smores by the fire….

I think this turned out so fun! I have used an older STAMPtember collaboration set from My Favorite Things and not sure if it’s last year or before that…but fell in love with the camp critters in the set! (This year’s STAMPtember collaborations will be fun to play with too! Stay tuned for some makes coming up with those!)

I have ink blended a panel in blues for a night sky and splattered some white over it for a starry look. I stamped and colored all the images and cut them out with the coordinating dies. I die cut a very dark green panel with a grass border die and attached it over the blue night panel that was layered onto a white A2 side folding card base. I tucked in and attached all the pieces over the grass and behind it for the scene and then even added some shadow with a marker under some of the images. I white heat embossed the sentiment from the set and then the celebrate banner was attached at the top. Lastly, I’ve added some Stardust Stickles over the flames from the fire.

How about you? Do you like to camp? Eat smores? Enjoy Fall weather? I like all of the above of course! Thanks so much for stopping in today! Hope you’ve been inspired or gotten smile!

Challenges:

Make My Monday – Create Your Own Background (starry sky)
Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – Anything Goes
Creative Fingers – Anything Goes
Love to Craft – Anything Goes
Allsorts – 4-legged Friends or Anything Goes
Passion for Markers – For a Man or a Boy (colored with Copic markers)

Hello friends! Hope you’re having a great week so far! Today, I have some cards I made for my GDT month at Inky Stamper using washi tape! I have loads of washi tape because I have a “squirrel moment” when I see it and think how pretty…and it’s not that expensive and easy to craft with and whatever excuse I can come up with!😁 Then it sits around unused!

This is why I’m glad that the “Washi Tape Challenge” came up for this month in the InkyStamper Inkspiration FB Group! You just need to use at least 1 Inky Stamper product and your washi tape…any you have! I decided to go for 2 cards:

For both I cards, I took a scrap piece about 4.25″ x 5.5″ of black cardstock and covered it diagonally with 3 different types of washi tape. One was from the Inky Stamper Doodlebug Lily White Swiss Dot washi tape, another from some metallic shiny silver washi tape and another from some clear sparkly washi tape in my stash. The white turned up almost grayish over the black and the clear sparkle turned up differently as compared to it on the crab card in the background over white cardstock. I thought it was cool the different looks I got with it.

I then decided to use some dies to cut it out with and then cut the remainder in different sized strips for my cards as well so I wouldn’t have to waste the rest of it…

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For this card, I took a “hello” die from my stash and cut it out of the washi tape piece I created on the black cardstock piece. I then cut out the “negative” sentiment with a rounded corners rectangle die and layered another piece of black cardstock behind it that was cut out slightly larger and popped up over an A2 card base that I’ve also layered with more of the washi tape strips I cut out from the left over. I added this cute kitty from the Inky Stamper Cat stamp set along with the sentiment at the bottom. I thought it would be fun to add a couple of paw prints at the bottom in white ink from the Inky Stamper Dog stamp set. Lastly, I thought it needed some Doodlebug Twine too!

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And for this card, you see that I’ve taken the die cut “hello” sentiment from above and added it to the crab’s claws to hold up in the air…so fun! I still had a couple more left-over strips from above and added that to the top and bottom of the scene I’ve created on this card.

So, for the scene, I’ve used the cute Inky Stamper Crab stamp set along with the sentiment at the bottom. The sparkly looking “sea” in the background comes from a couple of different glitter washi tapes I had in my stash. I then used a border die cut to cut it out to go across the card front. Die cut some waves for the sand and tucked in all of the stamped and colored elements over a stenciled cloud background. I added this card front scene to an A2 sized black card base.

How about you?! Do you hoard your washi tapes? I sure had fun playing around with it making these cards and I think it’ll be fun to sit and play some more with it as I have so much of it! I think it was fun to die cut too!

Just wanted to share some projects with you I’ve made this past weekend from a Craft Camp that I went to with Inky Stamper. We made lots of fun projects: (click on photos to enlarge!)

First photo shows a fun keychain made with a special knot technique that was new to me! The flamingo accent is from a shrinky Dink! The wood slice is stamped and sponged with ink. I put a magnet on the back of mine. The second set of cards was made from a stamp set received in the camp kit from Anthony’s Paper Craft (new to me store) and the last set of cards is a brand new Inky Stamper Flamingo stamp set with an interactive card and mini card! Had lots of fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Really hope you’ve enjoyed my washi tape cards and you can come join in the challenge with us this month! Have an amazing crafty day!

Challenges: