A good reason to open a bottle of wine!!

Sorry I haven’t had time for crafting this week! However, storecupboard January is back on track today- everything from stash or recycled. I started by using a wine cork and various ink pads to stamp this background.

By making everything using the same ink pads I was able to coordinate easily. I also wanted the card not to be too girly so I went for greens, browns and a little red on Kraft card.

I had a little scrap of aida that has been hanging around for years so I thought it was time to use it. I randomly stamped the ink pads onto it and then sprayed it with some green pearlescent spray (made by putting small amount of pearlescent ink in water in a small mister).

I then frayed the edges. I wanted to keep the stamped images simple. I used small ink pads to ink them out using the same colours  as for the background.

I used darker colours for the areas that would be more shaded, 2 greens for the boots and red for the ladybirds. The stamps are Country Companions and were free with a mag.

I used the same inks with a sponge dauber to lightly ink the backgrounds and to give my hedgehog little rosy cheeks and chest and some brown shading.

I decorated the inside of the card using the cork with ink pads again and the papers were made with a sponge dauber.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges.
Stampin’ sisters in Christ- thinking of you
Paper sundaes- Saturated colours
Creative inspirations paint- something old
Smudgy antics- recycle something

7 thoughts on “A good reason to open a bottle of wine!!

  • January 14, 2012 at 11:28 pm
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    Wow, that background aida is really cool…pretty card and beautiful background creations!! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Stampin’ Sisters in Christ!!

  • January 15, 2012 at 2:30 am
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    What a clever and creative background, I never would have thought of that! Great job, the colors look so neat. Thanks for joining us this week at Stampin’ Sisters in Christ!

  • January 15, 2012 at 3:17 am
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    Cool – corks eh ? What a great idea and I love the idea with Aida – I’ve got a stash of that somewhere and you’ve inspired me to drag it out 🙂 Thank you for joining us at Smudgy Antics this week. 😀
    Ike xx

  • January 15, 2012 at 1:56 pm
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    this is gorgeous jellie.fab image and i love how you have created your backgrouund papers 😀

    xx coops xx

  • January 15, 2012 at 4:48 pm
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    What a great use of a cork! Must open a bottle of wine…now i have an excuse…i need to stamp with the cork 🙂
    Thanks for joining in our recycle challenge at Smudgy antics.
    BD x

  • January 15, 2012 at 5:58 pm
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    Wonderfully creative! Thanks for playing with our recycle challenge at Smudgy Antics this week 🙂

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