Friday 6 May 2011

inchies and blogland inspiration


I cannot believe I haven`t posted anything onto my blog for this long !! Easter and all the bank holidays have got in the way of crafting for me big time. However, the children have now finally gone back to school and so today was the first time in ages I managed to actually sit down and attempt something.
Over at the Just for fun site this week the challenge is inchies. Can you spot mine ? its the tiny bee which I stamped onto a piece of stampboard. I will show you a close up

I used distress inks to colour the piece of stampboard and then stamped the bee in black versafine on top. I added rock candy distress stickles to his wings. I also want to link this post to Judiths blog
. Every week on a Friday she has a forgotten Friday post where the aim is to use stamps and stash you have forgotten about. I`ve had the stampboard inch squares for ages and have not used them till now, the same with the two stamps of the hydgrenga and bee. I`ve copied Judiths idea for the scrabble tiles except mine are paper . I really need to invest in some alphabet stamp sets as I always seem to struggle with finding ways to put on phrases that I want to. If you pop over to Judiths blog you will see where her inspiration came from and then mine in turn. Hope the next post will not take as long next time ! Thanks for visiting x Lavinia

18 comments:

  1. Hi Lavinia, this is a lovely card, I bet I've even got that Hydrangea stamp! The sequin waste is fab, and well done for being inventive with the paper squares! Thanks for joining in with me this week, Judith xx

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  2. Well done for joining in the forgotten Friday challenge. I have stampbord pieces and a set of scrabble tile embellishments lurking somehwere too along with all the other long forgotten items. It is good to be reminded of them now and again I must say. Great card by the way.

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  3. I love your little bee and he blends in perfectly with the sequin waste on the main image. A perfect little inchie!
    Thanks for joining us again at JFF - lovely to see you after the BH weekends. Hugs, Neet x

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  4. Very clever now why didn't I think of that . Great card and love your beautiful bloom.

    Marie

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  5. Love the composition of this, Vinny!

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  6. Great to see you again there were a lot of holidays and distractions in April nice to have your 'normal' routine back? Love your card and the little bee inchie is inspired thank you for sharing with us again at Just for Fun XOXO Zoe

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  7. Lovely card Lavinia. Such a lot of work.
    Regards Florence.

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  8. Lovely card Lavinia. I love the Hydrangea and the inchie is perfect. Jean x

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  9. Love your card, the bee inchie is fabulous.
    Yvonne x

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  10. Oh bless :) love the inchie bee Lavinia
    Thanks for playing with us at Just for fun
    Von x

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  11. Fab idea to use your inchie for your bee. Love how it all blends in.

    Thanks for playing along with JFF this week - Sam

    http://sam21ski.blogspot.com/

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  12. What a lovely card and great use of the inchies

    xx

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  13. This is gorgeous! Love that sweet little bee! x

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  14. Beautiful card! Love how you put everything together!

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  15. A great card - love your hydrangea stamp!

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  16. Hi again Lavinia, I have left something for you on my bloghere Jean x

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  17. Oh how canny is this buzzy bee hes so cute

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  18. Blogger has eaten your last post, and any link to bah humbug, so you may want to do it again....be a shame to lose your lovely bird!

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