When is a daisy not a daisy?

Hello crafting pals!

I've been hunting out challenges having become addicted to the fun of thinking out card ideas. These two challenges seemed to go well together - I love that sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and the Addicted To CAS theme looks interesting...

... but the problem is that I don't have a daisy stamp. Or do I? A rummage through my small stash of stamps revealed a retired Stampin' Up Christmas set called Cheerful Tags:

See that little stamp on the bottom right? I snipped away the extra dots and was left with a daisy image! Come and see what I made with it:

The background was made by scribbling on an acrylic block with markers, spritzing with water and stamping. When it was dry, I inked up my new daisy with Versamark and stamped twice onto the background. I heat embossed with white embossing powder (yes! I have acquired a heat tool and some basic embossing powder!) and polished my daisies with a dauber.

I repeated this process on a separate piece of card, snipped the daisy out and added punched yellow centres to all my flowers. The card was finished with a stamped and cut out sentiment from Alte and New's Birthday Wishes. (This close up does reveal a bit of a dodgy ink up - oops! But my new ink pads are on their way *throws hat in the air and cheers*)

Sometimes the more obstacles there are, the more the fun these challenges are!

Daisies are such friendly flowers aren't they. Who remembers making daisy chains as a child?

Sending inky hugs,

Make a punched Christmas Banner - Artisan blog hop

Hello and a great big welcome to another Stampin' Up blog hop brought to you by our lovely group of Artisan designers from around the world!

BUILD A BANNER WITH THE NOTE TAG PUNCH
It has turned quite cold here in the heart of England so my thoughts have turned to Christmas for my own project. I'm already getting quite a pile of Christmas cards together now so how about something to decorate the house? Come and see:

This banner is perfect for hanging on a mantlepiece, a shelf or along the top of a large mirror. It's quick and easy to make using the Cheerful Tags photopolymer stamp set and coordinating Note Tag punch plus an alphabet set and a few embellishments.

The tag image was stamped fourteen times and cut out, then over-stamped with the Christmas tree border stamp before adding the letters from Stampin' Up's gorgeous Metro Type alphabet. I used a handheld punch to make holes in the tags and strung them onto some twine (borrowed from the Under the Tree Tag a Bag accessory kit - LOVE this stuff!)

You can add whatever embellishments take your fancy! My own fancy was taken with gold sequins, the beautiful Cherry Cobbler linen ribbon and greenery cut with the Bird Builder punch and tied up with Cherry Cobbler bakers twine!

It's great fun making Christmas decorations so do have a go at this banner - and let me know how you get on won't you!

READY TO HOP?
I know the rest of the team are waiting to show you their ideas too, so click the button below and hop over to see what Allison Okamitsu's has come up with this week!

BUY THE SUPPLIES TO MAKE MY BANNER NOW!
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Metro Type Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set £22.95	Cheerful Tags Photopolymer Stamp Set £12.95	Cherry Cobbler 1" Sheer Linen Ribbon £7.25	Note Tag Punch £15.50
Gold Sequin Trim £4.50	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad £4.95	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad £4.95	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad £4.95

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My son came home from school yesterday full of enthusiasm for French. They had been learning how to say that they were ill, he told me. I asked him to explain and he frowned as he tried to remember. "So, suppose you've hurt your leg," he said. "You'd say j'ai mal a la jambon." I raised my eyebrows. "Really?" I said. "You'd say that your ham hurts would you?!"

See you tomorrow,