Shopping our Stash #461 - Something beginning with the letter S

Hello lovely crafters

Happy New Year and I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. That's all that over for another year. 

I'm pleased and excited to say that I have joined the DT at Shopping our Stash. There are different challenges every two weeks with the focus on using what you already have in your stash - old favourites or things you had forgotten you had. Which is perfect as we consider the state of our planet and how we should consume less. 

The first challenge of 2022 is: Something Beginning with S - hence the Snowdrops!

Other stamps I found but didn't use this time- skates, scissors, stitching, sunflowers... We look forward to seeing what everyone chooses. Hop over to the blog to find plenty of inspiration. 

I was sure I wanted to use this Snowdrop stamp to make a card for my Mum's January birthday.  They are such determined little flowers and hopefully will be pushing their way through soon. 

I tried a few inky ideas which didn't really work as I wanted the Snowdrop flowers to be properly white, not splashed with other colours. In the end I just stamped and painted them with watery inks. 

I chose this sentiment as you can be sure she will have something flowering in her garden every day of the year. Then finally I added 3 tiny birds around it. 

Snowdrops, greeting and the tiny bird from an old Creative Stamping set plus a bird from another set. 

The frame is a snippet of cream paper . You don't need every colour of paper. (No you don't).  I just coloured round the edge with a Pro marker. 

I'm also adding this to the January NBUS challenge as I have never used this sentiment before in spite of having had the set for several years! Shocking.

Thank you for visiting, enjoy your day. x