Spring has Sprung challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

Wonderful, spring is finally here.

We have a nice spring challenge.

I made you a birdhouse with the Los Coast Designs stamp "Megans Christmas Bird".

Well you will think, but isn't that a Christmas stamp?

That is true, but with some adjustments you can change that.

I simply replaced the lights with blossom flowers.

So you see that you can use a stamp for several things. 

I Used:

LCD Megan's christmas bird.

LCD crackle background.

Folkart acrylic paint, toasted vanilla.

A dark brown water-based pencil, i used Derwent inktense.

Soft pink paper.

Soft green, brown and dark green paper.

colored pencils.

Distress oxide Saltwater taffy, Wilted violet and Dusty concord.

Ink on 3 pad.

Enn cutting pliers for small flowers.

Dies of a branch and leaves and a egg.

A green and purple fine line marker.

Stazon Timber brown.

White acrylic paint to splatter.

Dryed green moss.

To start, stamp Megan's christmas bird with the Ink on 3.

Color the bird as you like or as the example.

Cut out the bird and branches, but you can cut back part of the lamp.

We will glue the flowers on that later.

We are now going to paint the house, it is a nice soft yellow color that looks a bit old.

When the paint is dry, we draw lines with the dark brown inktense pencil.

These should be the wooden planks.

Go over the lines with a damp brush of water to blur them slightly.

With the crackle background,

 we stamp here and there a piece of the stamp with Stazon Timber Brown.

Now we die cut the large branch from brown paper.

We also die cut the small leaves with light and dark green.

And dont fotget the little pink blossoms. 

Use the green fineliner to draw the veins on the leaves.

And the purple fineliner for the flowers.

Glue the flowers and leaves on the branches.

Now for the egg.

Color a piece of paper with the Distress oxide Salt water taffee.

Add a layer with the wilted violet.

But smudge this a bit.

Now stamp over it with the crackle background.

Die cut now with the egg shape die.

Make the edge of the egg darker with the Distress oxide Dusty concord.

Splatter some white paint over the egg.

You can now glue everything in place.

Don't forget to add a bit of moss as a nest.

I love the spring look this little house has.

Now for the challenge, the team hopes you will join.

We are curious what you make for beautiful spring cards,

 or tags or something completely different.

It's entirely up to you, as long as it's stamped on it.

So click the link and join the fun and you might win new stamps.

# 159 "Winged things" challenge at lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps. Printers tray.

Today my contribution to the LCD/CV challenge "Winged things".

I made this printers tray (20x30cm) for a stamp friend's birthday.

It contains quite a few stamps, but I especially like the butterflies.

Here's a list of what I used and a brief description.

 Winged girl.

Girl with curls.

Long swirl.

Florish large.

Butterfly set.

Pieces of calligraphy.

Pieces of architecture.

Spike and Lucy. (only the girl)

Ledger background.

Party words.

Sentiment from Carmens Veranda, 

Just when the caterpillar.

Distressink

Broken China

Twisted citron

Fossilized amber

Rustic wildernis

Rusty hinge

Black waterproof ink.

For the frame, i used acrylic paint in the same colors.

For the spletters some white and brown paint.

Pencils for coloring.

White gellpen.

Nuvo aqaua shimmer for some glitter accents.

I first drew the frame on paper, so I knew exactly where the compartments were.

This makes it easier to determine where which stamp will be placed.

First I sanded the frame and painted it in various colors.

When that is drying I smeared the ink with water on the paper.

Then I stamped the stamps, 

The big butterfly of the Bitterfly set I stamped each wing turned left and right.

And I glued the 3 small butterflies loose so that they have depth.

Then I stamped the background around the stamps. 

Color the details with the pencils.

You can finish the it of with a white gel pen.

Don't forget to do some stamping on the edges of the frame as well.

Just splash the white and brown paint and you're done.

make a small Happy birthday tag and bind it to the foil giftrap.

I hope you enjoyed it and that you will soon get started for our challenge. 

You can win new stamps, so come and participate. 

The challenge runs until the end of this month.

Good luck.

#151 Use at least 3 stamps challenge.

                                                                        Hello dear stampers,

                                                            Today 2 houses for the house, lol. 

I had 2 pieces of wood and sawn houses from them.

I found the sentiments Geluk (happiness) and Liefde (love) so suitable for these houses.

Because that's what we all want, a house full of happiness and love.

It was a present for my daughter, so I chose the Dutch sentiments.

But LCD also has these stamps in English, here is the link.

Now the description of how the houses are made.

What I used.

Dictionary stamps dutch.

Dictionary stamps englisch.

Shrubbery

More Bugs.

Stazon Jett black, white acrylic paint, beige/brown markers.

First I painted the blocks with white paint.

It doesn't have to be neat, I wanted it to look worn.

When the paint was dry I sanded the edges with sandpaper.

Then I stamped the shrubbery stamp with the stazon.

Then I stampd the bees and I masked them.

Stamped the text on it.

I gave the bees some color with the beige and brown markers.

And really, that was all.

Easy and yet such a nice result.

Have you also made something fun with 3 stamps or more?

Show us and join the challenge until September 15th. 

It may even be stamps from other brands.

Here is the challenge link, and here you will find the rules for the challenge.

Hope you will play along and maybe you are the winner of some gorgeus rubber stamps.

The houses are joining the challenge at:

countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/

Een huisje voor kim haar huisje.

Sinds kort woont mijn dochter samen met haar vriend, hartstikke leuke en gezellig.
Dus dit huisje voor ze gemaakt, Paul is hovenier, dus heb ik een klein tuintje voor hem gemaakt.
En Kim is dol op allerlei vrouwelijke zaken, dus voor haar een paspop en schoen.
Ik heb de achtergrondjes bestempeld met Memento Luxe, fantastische inkt hoor.

Het is voor mij iets heel anders dan mijn gewoonlijke stempel werk, maar vond het heel leuk om te maken.