Sunday 24 November 2013

Craft Barn - Alpha Challenge - S

The fortnightly Craft Barn Alpha Dictionary challenge is nearing the end - this time we are set "S" of which my dictionary had lots of options... so I've chosen one and used a few others along the way!

so my main word is "season" and I used a set of Hero Arts stamps and stamped each of them in distress ink on a piece of white card (bundled sage, mowed lawn, rusty hinge and iced spruce seasonally!)

 I painted the background with lilac Kaisacolour paint, and stencilled a border round the page using dusty concord distress ink.  I cut the images into squares with some squiggly scissors and setting some of them at a slant on my page... ok, it's getting silly now! (I did spare you the colours!)


close up of winter!

This was a quick, fun one to do!

Can't wait to see how many different S's there are!


*edit*  seeing your comments I thought I'd clarify things about these stamps - they are a set, of 4 all slightly different stamps - look closely and you'll see Spring just has leaves, Summer has flowers, Autumn the leaves are falling and Winter, it's snowing...
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16 comments:

  1. Laura24 November 2013 at 14:30

    Love it :)

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  2. TwinkleToes2day24 November 2013 at 20:01

    Super :o)

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  3. Unknown24 November 2013 at 20:18

    Lovely page Helen. xx

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  4. Julie Lee24 November 2013 at 20:20

    What a gorgeous little stamp and how beautifully you've coloured the image. Great journal page. Julie Ann xx

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  5. BJ24 November 2013 at 22:15

    Oh far too quick but thankfully your FB entry nudged me as we have been away this weekend so I've been busy. Great page. BJ

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  6. Words and Pictures24 November 2013 at 22:28

    As a complete tree-lover (IRL and on stamps!) this ticks so many boxes for me... I love the stamp and your alterations of it to create your seasonal variations. And that stencilled border looks fab.
    Alison xx

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  7. Scrapmate26 November 2013 at 14:25

    I love this set of Hero Arts stamps. The stencilling round the edge is really pretty. Looks like you caught the S bug too.

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  8. Elaine26 November 2013 at 15:04

    Great idea to use the same stamp for each season - love it!

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  9. Anonymous26 November 2013 at 20:58

    Oooh, that's lovely! Fab colours & the border looks great.

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  10. Pat28 November 2013 at 12:49

    Nice set of stamps and a lovely treatment.

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  11. Shilpa Nagaonkar29 November 2013 at 05:22

    magnificent idea of using same stamp of tree for different seasons. Beautiful choice of word.

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  12. Unknown2 December 2013 at 20:43

    Love your page and I really like the effect of that border. Hugs Frea

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  13. Maggie6 December 2013 at 15:41

    Great pages and with a favourite stamp of mine which I still don't own!!

    MaggieH

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  14. Sylvia6 December 2013 at 19:12

    Wonderful tree stamps, just right for your wonderful seasons page.

    Sylv xx

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  15. Craftyfield7 December 2013 at 09:13

    Great page, love the stencilled border. "S" was such a treat with all the choices possible!

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  16. Jools Robertson7 December 2013 at 15:22

    Beautiful colours and a really lovely way to illustrate the season

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