It's a Girl

Good morning all, and happy Friday, I hope you have had a great week. Today's card was one I made when my daughter was having Willow. In the end this one didn't get used, but it's a nice one to have on hand for work colleagues etc.

I had seen something similar on Pinterest using a stocking die to make a baby boys card, so I looked through my stash to find something I could use.

I found the perfect thing in my Christmas stash, the Lawn Fawn and Simon Says Stamp Merry Christmouse set. I used one of the dies from the set to cut the stocking from cream and pink striped card.  Then I paper-pieced the stripe on top of the cream to look like little baby booties.

I cut a white card panel using an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die, and heat embossed a greeting on to this using the Avery Elle City Celebrations stamp set, and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink.

I added fun foam to the back of the panel, and tied a piece of ribbon around the top. This was just a small piece I had left over from a few years ago, which says it's a girl! 

Then I added this on to a pink mat, and used some paper from the stash as a background, before adding it all to a white card blank.

Hope you like it, take care and have a great weekend, and I'll see you next week.

xxx

Mother's Day Carnations

Good morning crafty friends, I hope you are having a good week so far. We are off work this week as it's half term for all of the grand kiddies now, so we are off to the cinema today, and hopefully out for some fresh air tomorrow.

Anyway, today's card is another that I made for Mother's day last week. I used the Carnation Signature Die from Joanna Sheen, and cut them a few times from white card and then just the top once from a yellow card.

I stacked the die cuts together with Nuvo clear glue, and then cut the petals out of the yellow flower to sit on top of one of the white ones, just to give it a pop of colour. 

I arranged my flowers towards the bottom of a green side-fold note card and then cut off the excess stems.

For the sentiment, I stacked a couple of Mum die cuts from Crafter's Companion onto a piece of white card, and then stamped the rest of the message using the Avery Elle City Celebrations stamp set. Then I matted this with yellow and green card and added it to my note card.

A very simple card to make, but I love the effect of those stacked white flowers on the green card. 

Hope you like it too. Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Exotic Tulips for Mother's Day

Good morning all and happy Monday or April Fools day, I hope you have had a great weekend. As it was Mother's Day here in the UK yesterday, today's card is the one I made for my mum.

I used the Altenew Exotic Tulips stamp, Die, and Mask set, which is so lovely. I love the fact the masks are included so you don't have to make your own to stamp bunches of flowers.

I stamped the leaves with Prickly Pear and Fern Green Blendable Dye Inks from Wendy Vecchi, then the petals with the same make of ink in Poppy and Red Geranium. 

 To finish off the petals I added a little Cosmic Berry Crisp Dye Ink from Altenew's, Rose Petal set.

I cut the panel to size using an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die, and placed the panel on to a plain red card blank. Then I added a few clear dew drops and a simple Mother's Day sentiment from Avery Elle's City Celebrations set, to finish.

Hope you like it, take care and have a great week.

xxx

Hip Hip Hooray - Happy Birthday

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week. Today's card is very bright and cheerful and made using a combination of different products from different companies.

That chubby little Koala bear is from Simon Says Stamp, Cuddly Critters set. I stamped him with Versamark ink on to orange card, then heat embossed him with white embossing powder. The shading and highlights are added with white pencil, Versamark pen and Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen.

I made the background panel using one of Uniko's, background builder stamp sets. I used a couple of the different circles and stamped them with Tim Holtz Distressed Oxide ink in Spiced Marmalade.

Then I added some Nuvo Pearl Drops in Ripened Pumpkin and Crystal Drops in Silver Moondust.

 I cut a frame using an MFT Zig Zag Stitched Rectangle die, and put it in the middle of my background. Then I raised the outer edge on foam strips and added the Koala to the middle. 

To finish it off I used a sentiment from the Avery Elle, City Celebrations set, heat embossed with clear embossing powder, over the Distressed Oxide ink.

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

Thanks

xxx

Bunny Love

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week. Today's card is another that I made for Mother's Day at the weekend. I tried a new technique that Jennifer McGuire had released a video about last week, and it worked out OK.

That cute bunny is from the Some Bunny set from Uniko stamps. This was another of the sets that I was lucky enough to win in an Instagram giveaway. 

I stamped the image with Versamark ink and then heat embossed it with white embossing powder, on to a dark purple card. Then I used my Spectrum Noir white pencil, a Versamark ink pen and Wink of Stella Clear sparkle pen to add the accents to the image.

I'm certainly no artist, but I do think it ended up OK, but if you have the Prismacolor pencils, it may blend a little better for you.

The panels and sentiment were cut out with Tonic Studios Scalloped Rectangle dies, and the sentiment is from the Avery Elle City Celebrations set. I again stamped it with Versamark and heat embossed in white.

I used a plain white note card and added the image by raising it up with fun foam. Then I added a darker border around the image using my Versamark and Wink of Stella pens.

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

xxx

Mothers Day Flowers

Good morning all, I hope you had a lovely weekend, and for those of you that are mums, mummies, moms, mothers, mamma's or whatever other name you are known by - I hope you had a very happy mothers day. 

I had a lovely weekend and was very spoilt. On Saturday the 'mummies' in our family were treated to a delicious afternoon tea by my son and daughter-in-law, who arranged it all the way from Cambodia! Then on Sunday, everyone gathered at ours for a delicious Sunday lunch cooked by my husband Alan. 😋 Needless to say a thoroughly enjoyable but not exactly slimming friendly weekend lol. 😉

Anyway, on to the card. As you can see this card is using that gorgeous Fresh Freesia stamp again from Altenew. Apologies that the pics look a little hazy, but can you believe that is sunshine??? I know, in March. I only realised how hazy they were when I uploaded them to the PC !!!!

I stamped the image using Archival ink and then watercoloured with Zig Clean Colour markers. This time trying to replicate the lovely soft purple freesia that has the hint of yellow in the middle, which I think is the colour that mum had in her bridal bouquet.

I stamped one of the sentiments from the Freesia set directly on to the card panel. Then I stamped the Mothers Day greeting using the Avery Elle City Celebrations set, and Grape Jelly Memento ink, on to a plain piece of card and cut it out using an MFT Stamps Stitched Banner die.

I used stitched rectangle dies by Crealies, to cut out the white panel, and the purple background and then mounted the front with fun foam to raise it up.

Then I added the whole thing to a mid-green card base and it was all finished.

Hope you like it, mum did. Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx