Here I am ‘springing’ in with my first DT post for March with the theme of ‘Spring’ (spring into spring) as chosen by our lovely team member Vicky.
The challenge is open worldwide and you can join the group here where you will find information on how to enter:
You must use products from brands that Country View Crafts stocks and please list them in your entry. You can enter 5 times each month with different projects. We’ve got a fabulous £20 prize voucher that one randomly selected winner will win this month.
Some of you know that I’m on a road trip currently driving around the UK. I’ve got a small (ish) craft kit with me so that I can still craft.
For each place we stay at, if it’s pretty good accommodation I’ve been leaving a ‘thank you’ postcard when we leave. Trust me, not everyone has got one. Haha.
Anyway, I’ve been using flowers for my postcard focal and therefore they translate to Spring for my project this month.
Using some bought ‘plain’ postcards, I used Distress Old Paper and Antique Linen Mini inks to create a ‘stained’ looking background by smooshing the cards into them on my craft mat. I then blended Distress Vintage Photo Mini Ink around the edges with a Tim Holtz blending tool.
I added a postage stamp from Tim Holtz Idea-ology postage set and then using the Crafty by Toni Correspondence set, I ‘franked’ the stamp and added the word ‘postcard’ to the middle top.
This set also has address stamps in it so I used one of those stamps for the address.
I used a couple of my Tim Holtz flower sets, stamped with Black Soot Archival Ink as the focal image and then coloured each one with Distress Watercolor pencils.
I added with a ‘thank you’ from my stash as I went along.
It’s a nice way to say a thank you to someone for their service or for a kind deed. Too often we’ll complain but not as quick to say thank you. I hope I’ve delighted many staff and owners on our road trip with my little postcards.
I hope you like my idea for Spring and may give this a go yourself.
You can find my full process on my blog here
And don’t forget to join in our challenge this month. Looking forward to seeing your entries.
Thanks for checking out my blog.
Have a great day.
Hugs
Carol xx
Products used: (if anything is out of stock, you can always contact Brenda to see if she can get it in for you).
Crafty by Toni A5 Stamp Set -CBT0018
(I used the set CBT0013-Crafty by Toni A5 but it’s out of stock - this one is good to use too).
Tim Holtz Botanical Collage CMS447
I also used Tim Holtz CMS401 Flower Shop
Distress Watercolour Pencils
Distress Minis Inks and Oxides
Tim Holtz Idea-ology
