Today I have another double-post Sunday as I'm delighted to be guesting with the team over at AAA Cards again for their new 1+1 challenge:

I chose 'animals' to go with my 'on the farm' central circle and I decided to revisit an old favourite, Peekaboo Farm, which is perfect for this challenge. Take a look at what I came up with:

 Here's the low-down on today's card:

 My card features a cow and horse as my chosen farm animals, peeking over the drystone wall. I stamped the wall first in two stages onto a piece of white cardstock, then added the animals into the gaps and coloured with my Blends. I decided to pop this section up for a little added dimension, so after cutting it out (without leaving a border as I usually do because I wanted it to blend into the scene) I positioned it onto my base (without gluing) and stamped the clouds and sentiment in place. I then masked the clouds and used my blending brush that I use for light blue to lightly colour the bottom portion of the background to add a little colour to the sky, then I removed the masks and added on the panel with dimensionals:

With all those neutrals there isn't much in the way of colour on this card and you do have to suspend reality a little as far as the cow's pose is concerned (I've seen horses rear up, but never cows, although happy to be corrected if anyone out there has!), but otherwise, this makes for a cute CAS card. 

Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Today I'm sharing a card that was inspired by a few current clean and simple challenges:

Over at AAA Cards they are asking us to create a design that is both along the edge and represents your country. Since I am Welsh I considered daffodils, but settled on one of the other things that my homeland is famed for - take a look:

Yes, a Welsh lamb! Perfect for the animal challenge over at Addicted to CAS and the code word 'Fluffy' over at CASology too!

Here's the low-down on today's card:

A Welsh Lamb - The 'Peekaboo Farm' stamp set was perfect for today's card: I extended my brick wall to run along the edge of the base of my card, with the lamb peeking over the top. The eagle-eyed amongst you will see this is a slightly doctored image - the lamb in the stamp set has horns, but since I wanted the emphasis on 'fluffy' I thought I'd remove them. I fussy-cut my lamb, minus the horns, and popped him over the wall using a couple of glue dots:

Take 5 - This is a great #simplestamping card that uses only five key supplies: white cardstock, black ink, a stamp set and my watercolour pencils that I used dry - perfect for a beginner. I'm generally prefer my Blends markers for colouring as I like the more saturated colour they give, but since this is a (largely) one layer card, I went with pencils to avoid the issue of colour bleeding through to the reverse of my cardstock. On closer inspection I think my pencil blending needs a little work, but it was nevertheless fun to create - I might have to make another card to practice my technique!

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

PEEKABOO FARM PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH) (£16.00)

TUXEDO BLACK MEMENTO INK PAD (£5.50)

BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (£7.75)

WATERCOLOR PENCILS (£15.00)

WATERCOLOR PENCILS ASSORTMENT 2 (£11.75)