Di over at Pixie's Crafty Workshop has invited me to Guest Design and offer up a prize for the new challenge in the Snippets Playground. I had a hard time deciding what to offer up but decided to go with something representing one of my other crafty passions - knitting.
The prize is a set of matching stamps and dies - Hero Arts "Knitting" and "Knitting Frame Cuts".
Do lots of you have a stash of white and cream snippets? I sure do. There is always a pile like this on my craft desk, mostly created by cutting cs down for square cards:
I made two cards using some of the stamps and dies and using up some of the snippets of white cs.
I used the same stencil for both backgrounds but on the first card I did a stencil monoprint (see the video tutorial here) with a couple of shades of blue Distress inks, and on the second I lightly and somewhat randomly coloured through the stencil with turquoise and purple Distress inks and my blending brushes.
The images are stamped and coloured (with Inktense watercolour pencils for the first card, and regular coloured pencils for the second), then I die cut the coloured image and a second one out of more snippets, glued the two together for more dimension and added to the background.
Please note that the sentiment "Sweater weather" is not part of the prize.
Please come and join us over at Pixie's Crafty Workshop for a chance to win this set of stamps and dies.
Supplies:
Stamps - Hero Arts Knitting, unknown "Sweater Weather" sentiment
Ink - Archival Jet Black, various shades of Distress blue, purple, and turquoise
Paper - white and black cs, mixed media cs
Size - 4.75" square and A2
Accessories - Hero Arts Knitting Frame dies, Inktense watercolour pencils, regular watercolour pencils, Tim Holtz knitting stencil
Love your sweet knitting card designs, Susan. Your watercolor and regular color pencils coloring is wonderful. Love your stencil monoprint background on your 1st card and your random light stenciled background on your 2nd card. All your knitting image are perfect for knitters like us:-) I always seem to use snippets on almost all my cards. I must play along with your challenge, my friend. Love and Hugs...Nancy
ReplyDeleteP.S. Congratulations on being Pixie's Guest Designer, my friend...Hugs..
DeleteTwo great cards to showcase this prize - loving the stencilled 'fairisle' background.
ReplyDeleteThat stencil is so perfect for those cute images! I love the clean print you achieved with stencil monoprinting. Also congratulations on being guest designer. Great cards.
ReplyDeleteI love the kitties so much. What a great set that is. Your cards are both so cute and the backgrounds are so pretty.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on being Guest Designer at Snippets. If I was a knitter that would be the perfect set :) Great use of the stencil for the background, it really reminds me of knitted sweater. Both cards are fabulous.
ReplyDeleteLoving how you used the stencil on both of your fabulous cards Susan. Many congratulations x.
ReplyDeleteTwo adorable cards Susan. Love the wonderful prize you've provided for Pixie's! The knitting stamps and dies are adorable. Congrats on being their Guest Designer! xx
ReplyDeleteBoth of these are adorable and perfect for anyone who likes to knit, Susan! Congratulations on being Guest Designer at the Playground! And yes, I too have a lot of white and cream snippets!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the Guest Designer spot at Snippets, Susan! I didn't know knitting was one of your craft passions.
ReplyDeleteBoth stencil monoprint and two-tone stenciled backgrounds are fabulous, and perfect for the pretty images. The pencil coloring gives the card warm and cozy feelings.
Hideko xx
Two gorgeous cards you've made and very generous of you to offer this prize too.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your GDT, Susan! Your cards are just adorable. How I wish I could knit, Jo x
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on GD. 🎉🎉🎉 These are adorable and feature the prize beautifully. The stencilled knitted background is perfect!
ReplyDeleteI thought I'd commented Susan - oopsie. As you know, I adore these cards and also your generosity in donating the prize. LOVE the background! Thank you so much for being the Playground's Guest Designer.
ReplyDeleteHugs
Di xx