Bugboo Digital Stamps: Anything but a Card

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I share an idea of what you can do with the

super cute scarecrow image that comes as a freebie

when you subscrabe to the newsletter of the

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.

Here is what I did with Oz Scarecrow: 

After printing this cute image twice, I colored it with 

my Stampin'Blends. When finished I cut out the images.

The circles are punched out and letting and decorating

are all done by hand. With a piece of waxed tread and a needle

I added the circles to the scrarecrow. The middle circle

is attached to the stick with double sided tape and another

circle at the back. The stick s also fastened with a larger circle

and double sided tape behand the head of the scarecrow.

Hope you like this idea.

I was thinking to get some small pumpkins

and add the sticks in the middle and decorate my new home.

Yes, I am going to move house soon, so hopefully I have

time to keep up with all the challenges this month.

For nowm, I added these picks into a vase:

Thanks for looking,

stay safe and

keep crafting.

 

Day 3: Coffee in the Garden

Welcome to another card on day 3 of the

Coffee Blog Hop.

So many sponsors, so many prizes to win, so don't forget 

to add your card and have a chance to win some goodies.

And if you have no coffee stamps, there are

 many freebies to grab, like this iced tea set

from Create with TLC.

For today I have something totally different.

I was inspired by pinterest when looking for

Summer ideas. I noticed lots of these signs

and came up with  this for my garden.

I have this cute sidetable in my garden where I usually

put my cup of coffee when reading.

Now I have this neat tray and sign.

I used a regular stone flower pot and painted it 

with gesso first. For the sign I used paint stirring stick

(not sure how you call these in English, but I guess

 you understand what I mean). I broke them into small

pieces before painting.

When the gesso ws dry I colored the flower pot 

and the paint sticks in all kinds of Summer colors.

Acrylic paints were used.

With a background stamp of wood grain I stamped on

all the pieces to make them look a little like driftwood.

Then  - except for the coffee - I used 

2 kinds of alphabet stamp sets to make up

the sentiment.

The sticks were added with wood glue to the main stick

and put into the flower pot that was filled with

small stones.

The sentiment on the flower pot is done with a marker

and after some practise handlettered on the pot.

I am very happy with the overall result and it

looks perfect on my table. I can''t wait to go out in

the garden again and read (or just look at the sign and 

drink coffee!).

Thank you for looking 

and have a latte creative day!

Happy Passover 2

More playing with my 

Club Scrap Cherry Blossom digital kit.

You find the kit here.

I used it also for my table decoration.

I created this label in Photoshop

and used it on the paperbags for my

flower decoration on the table.

I printed this matzoh paper and created the paperbags,

like I did here. The labels are added with foam tape.

Not only did I use the labels on the bags, also

I used it on the tray where I had the flowers stand on.

I was so lucky that my real paper kit arrived yesterday 

and I could use one of the beautiful ribbons and the

cute little flower stickers from this kit.

Wishing all of you a wonderful Passover week.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Passover 2016

And then Passover is here:

The soupis made, the matzoh balls ready,

table  nearly ready.....

So I want to wish my Jewish (stamping) friends

all over the world a very Happy Passover

and a great sederevening celebration

with all your family and friends.

For the background of this card I used a david star

embossing plate as a stencil. Worked perfectly.

Used some post it paper to cover the sides, so no

ink would come in the wrong place.

Here you see the finished background.

And here is how I made the matzot:

used a square punch and a crumbler.

Roll the squares through the crumbler

and add some vintagephoto distress ink.

Don't they look yummy?!

Oh, and I want to share the name cards for

the grandchildren.Of course they do not get a bottle 

of water. 2 jars of fruity baby  snack for the twin

boys and a fruit shoot for big brother.

I had so much fun creating my decorations this year.

The digital sentiment is by Create with TLC

and the seder plate is a rubber stamp by

  Ruth's Jewish Stamps.

Thank you for looking.

Have a very Happy Passover!

Passover decorations

Now Passover is getting so close,

I need something to decorate the table.

So I started with this potrose

and a very big glass jar.

The rose goes into the pot and now

on to decorting the jar.

I printed  some pieces of 

blue chevron lines landscape on 

lettersize paper.

If you like this too, here is the background I used.

Feel free to save this to your computer.

Then I printed a few sentiments ,that came with

the digi club of Create with TLC.

As I did not like it to be too clean and white,

I used a stencilfrom Club Scrap to make

this flower in the middle as a background.

First a green ribbon around the jar,before adding the 

sentiments. Why green:well,Passover is also a 

Spring Holiday.

For moredecorations,I stamped and embossed the 

matzah stamp from Ruth's Jewish stamps.

Then I cut them all out.

I created aboy and a girl out of the matzot,because 

I want to use them as name cards for the table. With the

grandchildren around the table I wanted to have something

that would catch their eyes.

So on the center piece it looks like this.

And the name cardsare not really cards.

I had the idea of adding the a water bottle to 

each plate and use these as the name card.

On one side you see the Pesach wish

(digi stamp from Create with TLC)

and on the other side the name of the person

who is sitting at that place at the table.

Depending on the gender on the person, it will 

be a male or female version.

Hope this gives you some inspiration for your 

table. If your (grand)children are a bit older

then mine, you could make these fun decoration 

together with them.

When all is on the table,I will add another picture.

Thank you for looking.

Have a creative day!