Crafty Adventurista: June 2026

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

June DT Project 2 for Country View Crafts and Challenges - Nature

Hello,

It’s time for my second DT project for Country View Crafts and Challenges for June on Facebook.

What a beautiful theme our lovely team member Lyns has chosen for this month, Nature, and there’s been some really lovely entries already.

The challenge is open worldwide and you can join the group here where you will find information on how to enter:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

There’s a fabulous £20 voucher to be won for a randomly selected winner.

I’ve been having a bit of a sort out and I came across some background papers I made in an Alison Bomber workshop I attended last year at Country View Crafts.

They were just calling out to me to use for this project and I decided to make a few cards to have on hand.

First I cut and folded the main card base in white 309gsm card.

Originally my background pieces were created using Paperartsy Mattints and I used the Alison Bomber Paperartsy Fodder School Edition stamp set to layer in the background.

On the already prepared pieces, I used the stencil PS452 by Alison Bomber Paperartsy, using Distress Ink Hickory Smoke to give it some depth in the background too.

I edged each background with a Tim Holtz Tonic distresser tool to give it some texture, then I glued these onto the folded cards. I added a postage stamp to each one from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Postmarked Sticker Book.

Next I stamped up some berries from the Fodder School Edition stamp set with VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink on white watercolour card.

I coloured these with Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils - Festive Berries, Tea Dye, Wilted Violet, Chipped Sapphire, Mowed Lawn and Evergreen Bough from Distress Set 4.

Then I fussy these out and coloured in the inner white areas with Distress Watercolor Pencil Walnut Stain to blend into the background.

I scrunched up some cotton and glued it under where the berries were going to sit on my background. I glued down the back layer of berries and then added thin sticky back foam to lift the upper layer of berries up a little.

Finally to complete my cards, I layered a sentiment from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk sticker book onto black cardstock and placed these onto the background with a thin piece of foam tape. And here they are...

I hope you like my cards and may be inspired to make some like these for yourself and also to join in our challenge on Facebook. You have until the end of the month to enter.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Have a great day

Hugs

Carol x

Products used:

(If anything is out of stock you can always contact Brenda at Country View Crafts to see if she can order it in for you, and she ships overseas too).

Alison Bomber Paperartsy Stencil PS452

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/paperartsy---pa-stencil-452-eab-177910-p.asp

Alison Bomber Paperartsy Stamps Fodder School Edition EABF

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/paperartsy----e-alison-bomber--fodder-school-stamp-set-e-a5-on-ez-174134-p.asp

Paperartsy Mattints

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/mattints-1736-c.asp

Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Inks

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/distress-ink-pads-1907-c.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/watercolor-pencils-1598-c.asp

VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink-pad

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/versafine---clair-ink-pad---nocturne-116915-p.asp

Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Distresser Tool

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-by-tonic-studio-paper-distresser-179139-p.asp

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk Sticker Book (currently out of stock)

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/th93193---tim-holtz-idea-ology-sticker-book---small-talk-171869-p.asp

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Postmarked Sticker Book (currently out of stock)

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/th94387---tim-holtz-idea-ology---sticker-book-postmarked-174049-p.asp

Saturday, 13 June 2026

June DT Project 1 for Country View Crafts and Challenges - Nature

Hello June!

Here I am with my first DT Project for Country View Crafts and Challenges on Facebook for June.

Nature. What a beautiful theme our lovely team member Lyns has chosen for this month.

The challenge is open worldwide and you can join the group here where you will find information on how to enter:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

There’s a fabulous £20 voucher to be won for a randomly selected winner.

Already I’m seeing some awesome entries so I hope you’ll put something together and join in.

My first project is a Tim Holtz products one.

I thought I’d make use of my Idea-ology stash and put a little something together in the large display dome. I decided on a winter nature theme as here in NZ it's currently coming into winter and wanted to create a frosty scene for my sweet little deer.

I die cut some grass in white card from the Sizzix 666069 Modern Festive set and edged these lightly with Distress Ink Iced Spruce. Then I added some Distress Christmas Gritpaste SnowFall to the edges. I also added some of this to the Idea-ology Christmas Pinecones.

I gently edged the Idea-ology Toadstools with Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, added some Distress Christmas Gritpaste Snowfall and set aside. I also blended over some of the flowers from Idea-ology Bouquet with Distress Ink Iced Spruce.

Next it was time to paint my Tim Holtz Idea-ology Salvaged Deer. I painted him in layers with Distress Paint Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain, Tea Stain, Gathered Twigs and Rusty Hinge, and a little Worn Lipstick to his nose. When dry I added some white dots to his back with a Posca pen. I also added a little Distress Paint Picket Fence to under his tail and added eyes with a black Posca pen.

I painted the top of the cork in Distress Paint Rustic Wilderness (the part that would hold all my elements) then added Iced Spruce on top of this as I decided to go with the winter theme. I also distressed the outside edge of the cork with Distress Ink Ground Espresso.

From the Stampers Anonymous Tidbits CMS488 set, I stamped out the words ‘Example 3’ on thick card and cut this out.

I gave the edges a light distress with my Tim Holtz Paper Distresser tool and then I distressed the edges with Distress Ink Gathered Twigs. I punched a hole in each end with a Crop-a-dile, added an eyelet and then threaded through some string, ready to add after everything was in place.

Time to assemble the main act. I glued some reindeer moss to the top of the cork using Dina Wakley Heavy Gel Medium. Using a hot glue gun I anchored the toadstools and my deer. I interspersed my die cut 'grass' amongst the reindeer moss. I dotted about a few Idea-ology Christmas Pinecones, glueing these down with the hot glue gun too and also added some of the bouquet flowers.

I put the glass dome on top and then I added my banner with string around the cork to finish.

And here’s my June nature display dome project all completed.