February Elemental Inspiration | Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Good morning!

Well, we’ve rolled round to the first Friday of the month, so it’s time for a new elemental inspiration challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog, this time set by Ruth:

Lots of interesting little details in that image and I immediately had something in mind.

The photo reminded me of a Christmas cookie stamp set I have from WPlus9 that would work for a non-Christmas card too.

Card | Handmade by Natty | Sizzix Animal Portraits Dies

Stamps: WPlus9 – Cookies & Cocoa, Mama Elephant – Birthday Messages
Dies: Sizzix – Animal Portraits (r), Mama Elephant – All Prettied Up (r), Mama Elephant – Sew Fancy (r)

I knew I wanted to use the stamps to create a background, so for a change this is card made completely without the aid of my Misti.

Wow, it’s been a while!

I used my inks from The Stamp Market for the background, as the foam pads they use stamp a more solid impression without needing to re-ink and stamp again which you sometimes get with dye inks. I found it easier to use these ink pads when applying the stamp-to-pad inking technique rather than the ink-to-stamp technique you need with the Misti.

So yes, the cookies are a mix of two shades of pink plus Wink of Stella on the bit I left white.

I also wanted to keep some of the background to use in the aperture window where the bunny pops out.

I found the perfect sentiment to go with those sweet cookies in a set from Mama Elephant and added gold tape at the top and gold enamel dots for extra pop.

Make sure you check out all the wonderful ideas from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can! 😀

Happy crafting!

Mama Elephant – Birthday Messages stamps Shop at: EH \| SHC	WPlus9 – Cookies & Cocoa stamps Shop at: MISC \| SHC	Hero Arts – Infinity Nesting Circle dies Shop at: EH \| SBC \| SHC	Mama Elephant – All Prettied Up dies (r) Shop at: SHC
Mama Elephant – Sew Fancy dies (r) Shop at: SHC	Sizzix – Animal Portraits dies (r) Shop at: AZ \| MISC	The Stamp Market – Blush Pink ink pad Shop at: EH \| MISC	The Stamp Market – Bubble Gum ink pad Shop at: EH \| MISC
Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SSS	PTI – Soft Stone cardstock Shop at: MISC	PTI – Sweet Blush cardstock Shop at: MISC
Altenew – Golden Edge washi tape Shop at: MISC \| SBC	Zig – Wink of Stella glitter brush pen – Clear Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC \| SHC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC \| SHC
Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Sizzix – Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ \| SBC	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC

One response to “February Elemental Inspiration | Daring Cardmakers Challenge”

Angelnorth

February 12, 2020

Cute design, love the cookie stamps with the different angles!

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Mama Elephant – Birthday Messages stamps Shop at: EH \| SHC	WPlus9 – Cookies & Cocoa stamps Shop at: MISC \| SHC	Hero Arts – Infinity Nesting Circle dies Shop at: EH \| SBC \| SHC	Mama Elephant – All Prettied Up dies (r) Shop at: SHC
Mama Elephant – Sew Fancy dies (r) Shop at: SHC	Sizzix – Animal Portraits dies (r) Shop at: AZ \| MISC	The Stamp Market – Blush Pink ink pad Shop at: EH \| MISC	The Stamp Market – Bubble Gum ink pad Shop at: EH \| MISC
Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SSS	PTI – Soft Stone cardstock Shop at: MISC	PTI – Sweet Blush cardstock Shop at: MISC
Altenew – Golden Edge washi tape Shop at: MISC \| SBC	Zig – Wink of Stella glitter brush pen – Clear Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC \| SHC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC \| SHC
Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Sizzix – Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ \| SBC	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC

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