The end of an era

I'm here today for a bittersweet occasion.  My lovely friend Abi, who took over Sweet Stampin' with Fabulous Fi some years ago, is moving on.  Life has changed a lot for Abi since we joined the Sweet Stampin' blog and she's now a (very young) granny with a hectic lifestyle.

I'm really happy and honoured to have been asked to return to Sweet Stampin' as a GD for today to wish Abi all the very best. 

The challenge theme is week is Sparkle and Glitz and here's what I made

I die cut a coverplate panel from Altenew woodgrain paper.  This paper is really quite thin so I use a couple of layers.  I then stamped and die cut some layered florals from Wplus9 and MFT and arranged them in a loose bouquet.  

For the Sparkle and Glitz I covered the flower centres with clear Wink of Stella and added sequins which I also painted to add a bit more glimmer.

I used a Clearly Besotted die to cut the word "friend" from gold cardstock and adhered this using Ranger Multi Medium Matte.

Hope you can play along this week at Sweet Stampin'.  The DT have made the most gorgeous projects to celebrate all that Abi has done for the blog over the past years, so if you have a moment, do check them out.

Tracey xx

CaSS and a Happy Accident

Another month gone by and another epic fail in my mission to try and post more regularly!  Hey ho.

I'm here with my DT card for Christmas at Sweet Stampin' as our latest challenge starts today.  As always, our theme is Anything Goes at Christmas, so feel free to use your Christmas stash to make anything you like.

My card this month came about via a bit of a happy accident...

The original plan was to stamp the image in light grey ink but I obviously hadn't managed to clean off all of residue from some Versafine black I'd used previously.  The result is a darker grey which I then painted with clear Wink of Stella.

The sentiment is from a Wplus9 set that was part of a Simon Says Stamp collaboration.  I wish I could remember who makes the image stamp - it's foam rubber, so Hero Arts or Penny Black? Stampendous?  Do let me know if you recognise it.

I hope you can play along with us at Christmas at Sweet Stampin' this month - check out the fabulous inspiration projects the CaSSettes have made. Only a month and a few days to go until the big day!

Tracey xx