Cheers

Good morning all, Friday at last, and today is our last day of blogging, for now anyway. We will still continue to follow the blogs we love, and still use Pinterest to share our cards, and for lots of crafty ideas. You can follow us here: pinterest

Today is my son's 28th birthday, and as he is partial to the odd glass of a well known stout, as we all are!!! I thought I would make him this card.

The idea came from the little Toucan included in the June 2019 My Monthly Hero Kit, from Hero Arts. As soon as I saw him, I remembered the Guinness adverts with the toucan, so decided to give it a go.

I stamped him with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and then coloured him with Copic markers, then I cut him out with his matching die.

For the glass, I used one of the coffee cups from the August 2018 Hero Arts Kit, I cut this from black card, and then again from white card, then cut the white one down to just sit at the top of the glass.

I wrote my sentiment on the laptop, and printed a harp image using the Laser jet printer, then foiled them with the Minc Machine and Rose Gold Foil. I cut the sentiment with an MFT Fishtail Banner Die, and added the rest of the sentiment in black card using M & C Boutique Alphabet Dies.

I hope you like it, take care and have a great weekend.

xxx

Coffee and Friends

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good weekend. Today's card uses the My Monthly Hero Kit from August 2018.

I stamped my images and then coloured them with Copic markers, before cutting them out with their matching dies.

For the background I used a brick effect stencil with Distress Oxide Inks, which I think were Antique Linen and a touch of Tea Dye.

I then cut the panel out with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements Die, and added my coffees on top using foam adhesive on some for dimension.

Then I stamped one of the sentiments from the kit using, Simon Says Stamp Emboss Ink, and heat embossing it with gold embossing powder.

Then I added it to an A2 note card and popped a few matte gold sequins on to finish.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

A hug in a mug

Good morning all, and happy Halloween, I hope you are all having a good week so far.

Today's card was another that I made using the Hero Arts, My Monthly Hero Kit from August 2018. I love this kit and have used it to make quite a few cards now.

I used a circle stencil to add Distress Oxide inks to plain white card, using Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserve. Then I cut the panel out with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die.

I stamped the images using Tuxedo Black Memento ink, and coloured them with Copic markers.

Then I used the MFT Zig-Zag Stitched Circle dies to cut a mat for the mug to sit on.

I added a simple sentiment and popped it on to a white note card, then added a few drops of Holiday Cheer Nuvo Glitter Drops to finish.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Anniversary Cafe

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week so far. Today's card is one I made for an anniversary using the August 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit, from Hero Arts.

I used the main background die and cut it from white card, blue card, textured card, and a striped paper. Then I cut a frame around the white version with a Stitched Rectangle die from MFT stamps.

I used the off-cuts from the blue and patterned pieces to fill in the window and the canopy, then I added the off-cuts from the textured pieces to fill in the wall area at the bottom, behind the table and chairs.

I coloured the rest of the white images with Copic Markers and then added a small piece of black card to the sign, and stamped a simple sentiment onto black card with Versamark ink and white heat embossed it.

I popped the whole thing onto a light Kraft note card and added the sentiment on foam tape for a bit of added dimension.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Sending you a latte love

Good morning crafty friends, I hope you are having a good week so far. Today's card was made for my niece's anniversary last week. I love stamp sets that are versatile.

This card is made using the August 2018 My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts. I stamped my images on to white linen card using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, and then coloured them with Copic Markers. 

I used the coordinating dies to cut the cups out, and then did the background. For this I took some of the smaller stamps from the set and stamped them with Ground Espresso Distress Oxide Ink, Barely Beige and Khaki Simon Says Stamp Dye inks, onto Kraft card.

I cut the background out with a large Stitched Square die, and put this onto a 5 x 5 white note card. 

After arranging my cups on the front, I stuck them down with glue and foam tape for dimension. 

Then I white heat embossed one of the sentiments onto dark brown card, and placed it on the bottom of the front panel to finish.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx 

Hope you perk up soon

Good morning all, and happy Monday. I hope you have all had a good weekend. 

Today's card is one I made during a play session with the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit for August 2018. I wanted to make a get well card for my daughter-in-law, who recently had surgery, and she's a huge coffee lover, so this fit the bill perfectly lol. 

I stamped the cups on to plain white and textured white cards, and coloured them with Copic Markers. Then I cut them and the steam out with their matching dies.

I stencilled a 5 x 5 card blank with a coffee bean stencil that came with Issue 177 of Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine, using Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink. Then I cut out a circle using an MFT Stamps Zig-Zag Stitched Circle die, and woodgrain paper, to represent a table top. 

I used a sentiment from the same magazine stamp set as the background stencil, and white heat embossed it onto black card.

Then I added my 'table top' and mugs using foam tape, and then finished it off with a tiny puffy heart sticker.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx