Eclipse stencil who knew!!!

I thought I had lost this card when my camera stopped working, but then I found them all and inadvertently deleted this…. sometimes I wonder what I’m thinking lol.

I love a good eclipse and never thought to do it on a stencilled background before but I really like it. I bought the sloth image in May last year at a craft fair and knew who I wanted to use it for too.

I might have to make more of this design, when it’s freshly made I remember the trials and tribulations of getting my vision to translate to the card in front of me, six months out though it all seems easy lol.

Distress oxide spray for the win

I have been using my Cricut more and more and since I joined a monthly in person craft group where we use our machines I have been inspired to make even more things. 

I wanted a bauble for the images to sit on and my first thought was my cricut, I designed the bauble myself and even added the snow layers. Even the sentiment was created in design space, I do like the print and cut option but I wish it was more of a true black.

I wanted the background to look like it was part of the Christmas tree so I used distress oxide spray in rustic wilderness. I made about 60 backgrounds and used the entire bottle, I even managed to drip the spray all over my cream kitchen chairs….thank heavens it is water soluble and it came out without leaving a mark. Originally I was embossing the background with a spellbinders folder but I soon realised once the spray was added you couldn’t tell it was embossed so I dropped that stage.

I loved the sprays and couldn’t believe how easy and quick they were. I would recommend a plastic box to spray them in as the cardboard I used become very saturated and I think that is what caused the drip onto the chair. I have bought another bottle of the rustic wilderness and I might have to get more colours too.

Cory in Circles

I can't believe I am still using images from July/August 30 day colouring challenge, it is such a fab idea though and I am hoping to take part in each one.

I bought this stamp in person, very unusual for me as i mostly buy online, but I was at an Expo in Orlando and it called to me so I bought her and a friend but she won't get used until next year. I like finding images and knowing who I will use them for.

I've used retired products again on this card, both the moonlight paper pad and blackberry bliss card stock are no longer available, I do hope that Stampin up bring back some of these colours as this is the only purple I have like this and its gorgeous, almost black and luxurious looking.

Ingredients
Image : "cory" Rubbernecker Stamps
Sentiment : "label maker" from mft stamped in "bright buttercup" from Papertrey Ink
Paper : ""moonlight" stampin up
Card :"crumb cale" and "blackberry bliss (retired)" both Stampin up and "bright buttercup" Papertrey ink
Dies : Crealies inside out circles and Blueprints 15 from mft

Copics
Skin - E11, 00, 000
Hair - E57, 55, 53
Trousers - E44, 43, 42, 41
Jacket - RV69, 66, 55, 63
Top - Y38, 35, 32