Saturday, 27 May 2023

Smash Your Stash Challenge

 Morning and last Saturday of the month so time for the Smash Your Stash journal page  challenge with my blogging friend Vicki who makes brilliant journal pages and cards so please check out her blog too.

The prompt this month is flowers so I used stamps from two sets of  AALL&Create   stampsand a textured stamp from Creative Expressions,quite liked this so even used the same design for a card too.The background was a mop up page in my Pink Frog journal.



challenges-----

Use your stuff-technique/stamping

try it on Tuesday-keep it simple----------TOP 5

lil red wagon-flora/fauna

Pennys challenge-ATG

Double D-flowers

crafty catz-ATG/flowers

creative fingers-ATG

pink gem-ATG------------------------TOP 3

inkspirational-mood board

polka doodles-ATG

a place to start-ATG 

613 Avenue Create-ATG/flowers-----------------TOP ROCKER

crafty calendar-anything but square

art journey journal-flowers 

a perfect time to craft-ATG

classic design-ATG

allsorts-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated 

Carol x x x

44 comments:

Elle-Jeanne said...

Prachtige kaart Carol.
Ik hou van de mooie achtergrond.
En de prachtige bloemen.
Groetjes Elle-Jeanne

Chris said...

Fabulous journal page Carol- stunning flower and background stamping- you're right it's a great design for a card too.
xx

*Vicki* said...

Wow, this is absolutely gorgeous, Carol! I'm really falling in love with these stamps from AALL&Create! Your stenciling with the image and the soft background colors are perfect! It would make a fabulous card too, of course! Thanks for the great inspiration every month my friend!

Gina said...

The magic of a "mop up" background...gorgeous XXX

Beebeebabs said...

Love your card - another great creation!!!

Lynne said...

Lovely colours for your background against the black Carol. A great design x

meg said...

A beautiful background in gorgeous soft colours and a wonderful array of background stamps with a gorgeous focal image

Julia Aston said...

Lovely layering of colors with your two collage stampings! Thanks for joining us at Inkspirational! Julia xx

Valerie-Jael said...

Wonderful journal page, and perfect for Aimeslee's challenge at AJJ. So nice to see you and Vicki joining in, thanks! Hugs, Valerie

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

What a wonderful design for your page Carol. Love the delicate colours that show everything off beautifully.
Faith x

Rainey's Craft Room said...

I love the background for this lovely stamp Carol, a fab journal page.
Lorraine

HilaryJane said...

Great journal page Carol. Love the colour too xx

Chrissy said...

Gorgeous page Carol, love the stamps and textures and the soft blue, beautiful.

luv CHRISSYxx

Leslie Miller said...

I like it, too! Your stamping is perfect for your journal page as well as for our flower challenge at Double D. Thanks for playing along with us! I actually remembered to do a mop up recently thanks to you. Speaking of mop up, that's my job today.

My name is Erika. said...

You are the stamping queen Carol. This page came out amazing. I love the little bits of blue and green in the background. And the black images all work together great. I am glad you decided to join us this month at AJJ for AImeslee's challenge. Thank you. I hope you join us next month for your using up your stash art too. Have a lovely rest of your weekend. hugs-Erika

My name is Erika. said...

And thanks for joining us at TIOT also. I forgot to say that.

craftytrog said...

A beautiful page Carol! x

Gerrina said...

It looks so beautiful and balanced! Great page! Enjoy the weekend!

Carol L said...

Wonderful colors and design for your page, NJ!

Christine Alexander said...

Gorgeous card, the touch of colour is perfect ♥

dutchess said...

Great colours and design Carol a really great page…
Hope you are well xxxx

Freubelmina said...

What a beautiful page you made, I love the flowers and the color you used xx

KarinsArtScrap said...

beautiful card with a great background Carol

gr karin

StephW said...

Beautiful journal page, love the soft mop up background & bold stamping x

Janette said...

You have to make a card like this Carol, to good to miss, love it.xx

Pia S said...

What a super look created with different stamps and stencils. Artsy, yet elegant with a clean feel. Also, thanks for joining our challenge at Try it on Tuesday!

Elkes Lebensglück said...

Beautiful journal page!
Have a happy sunday, Elke

aussie aNNie said...

Carol, classy and stunning colours you and your stamping are amazing. xx

Jean said...

Love this Carol, great colours in the background , the blue green makes it pop !

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Really beautiful and elegant, great work with your stamps! Love the colours choice, it adds sweetness!

Imke said...

Thanks for entering our "Flora or Fauna" Challenge @ Little Red Wagon with this beautiful card, Carol. I hope we see you back again soon.

Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE

Aimeslee Winans said...

Carol!! I'm thrilled that you and Vicki have played with us at AJJ this month! I do love your stamped collage quite a bit. I really wish I could get over my thinking that A&C stamps are too expensive for me. I don't have even one. Lots of bloggers are using them right now. But instead I go through my old stuff because I have too dang many stamps! LOL I'm suddenly remembering, Carol, how you were going to end all this crafting. Was that a year ago, or two? But then you got to feeling better and stronger and back into it better than ever. I'm so happy that happened! Big Hugs and thanks again for linking this up at AJJ Happy new week to you, xoxo

Darlene said...

Oh Carol, this is just awesome! Beautifully done! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
Co-Owner
DOUBLE D
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

Mia said...

What a beautiful journal page, Carol! Thank you so much for entering our challenge at Try it on Tuesday. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
Regards,
Mia
Designer for Try it on Tuesday
craftartista.blogspot.com {My Blog}

Sabina said...

Gorgeous journal page. Thanks for joining us at Polkadoodles.
Sabina DT

Dee's Craft Room said...

Loving this Carol, really lovely journal page - the stamp is especially gorgeous.

Dionne xx

gwen70 said...

Beautiful journal page Carol love the stamp xx

Rainey's Craft Room said...

Popping back to thank you for joining us at the Allsorts Challenge.
Lorraine

Liz said...

Beautiful journal page, great design. Thank you for joining in the Allsorts Challenge this week. Good luck!
Liz xx

Mervi said...

Fabulous page!
Thank you for sharing at Allsorts;-))m

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I can see why everyone goes ga ga over those AALL and Create stamps. This is striking and beautiful. I love how you only colored a portion of the background and left the focal iimage in black. It is really amazing.

This is a stunning entry for Aimeslee’s theme at Art Journal Journey, Carol.

Chana Malkah said...

Great card, Carol! I love AALL & Create Stamps, but they are too expensive for me. I have a few that I should start using. You always do such a fabulous job using them in your projects! You have an amazing eye for composition!

Thanks for sharing at 613 Avenue Create!
Hugz,
Chana

Lisa said...

Fabulous collage card! I love that blue. Really eye catching.

Brenda said...

What a wonderful mix of shapes, such a great feeling of texture. Your mop up page is amazing!