Scrappy Doo

Welcome back.

Today's card is made entirely from scraps I had left on my desk!

I inked up several backgrounds a while ago using Distress oxides and didn't use this one.  I dug around for a feature and found the Happy die cut and the puppy, so decided they would be my focal points.

I found a stamp that matched and white embossed it on white card, which I inked over in black.

The striped piece was created using a black Copic on white card and was just big enough to edge the background.

This took no time to make and helps cut down the amount of paper on my desk (but only a tiny amount :o)

Hope you like it.

TTFN Jude xx

Wood Pallet Background

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week. Today's card is one of the ones that I made for family members to send to my brother for his birthday last week.

I used one of our recently new background stamps called Mini Scenery Multi Grain, by Winnie and Walter. I stamped it twice onto plain white card using Versamark ink, and then heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

Then I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Weathered Wood to blend across the top of the embossing. This gave it a lovely worn look and I really love the colour blue/grey.

I decided to team it with a couple of Lawn Fawn dogs from their Critters at the Dog Park set. I didn't stamp them this time, just cut the silhouettes out of dark grey card.

The balloons are cut using the WPlus9 Whole Lotta Happy dies, and softly coloured with Copic markers. Then I used white string on the balloons and a tiny piece of red string to tie them together. 

I finished the card off with a heat embossed simple sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Happy Birthday set, cut with an MFT Stitched Banner die.

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

xxx

Shaker Polaroid

Good morning crafty friends, I hope you have all had a nice weekend. We have had a busy and very dusty one, thanks to an orbital sander and a dining table that needed refinishing lol. But it does look good now 😊.

Right, today's card was an attempt at a bead shaker, and while I like the style, I am really not happy with my little pug !!! A bit too heavy handed on the colouring poor thing 😳 which I didn't notice until he was securely behind the acetate, but never mind.

I used MFT Blueprints Dienamics for the frame and MFT Grassy Edges for the layered grass.

The pug is from the Lawn Fawn set called Critters at the dog Park and the bee and sun are from the Lawn Fawn set called Hello Sunshine.

I stamped them all with Memento ink in Tuxedo Black and Cocoa, then after colouring the little dog I cut them out with their matching dies.

For the background I used white card and very lightly blended Tumbled Glass Distress Ink over it, to make a sky background.

I added everything together and then mounted the acetate and frame on foam strips, just leaving a small gap to pour the seed beads through. Then I sealed the gap with a final piece of foam strip.

I added the frame to a white linen card blank and then used a sentiment from the Lawn Fawn set, Scripty Sayings.

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

xxx

Felt fun

Good morning folks, hope you have had a good week and are looking forward to a nice crafty weekend. I cannot believe how long ago I made this card, it's been sitting at the bottom of the draft list since last June 😲, It's only that Jude keeps moaning at me to get rid of the ones I'm not going to post that I remembered it was there lol.

I made this card for my great niece, when she turned 1. It was totally over the top, using lots of felt, but she loved it, and spent ages touching all the felt pieces. lol.

The little girl image is from a magazine freebie called My Best Friend Designer Stamps. I stamped her with Tuxedo Black Memento ink, coloured her with Copic markers, and then cut her out by hand. 

I lightly inked a sky background with distress inks, and then cut a sloping hillside from plain green card.

All the little felt flowers, the dog, bee and the ladybird, came in small craft gift sets from John Lewis, which my daughter-in-law had got for me a couple of Christmas ago.

I used white card to cut a picket fence using a Diesire die from Crafters Companion, and then stacked up all the flowers and felt pieces with the coloured image on top.

I stamped the dog bowl and ball using a Lawn Fawn set called Critters at the Dog Park, then added a few stamped butterflies and a Lawn Fawn Scripty Sentiment to finish it off.

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

xxx

Silhouette Critters

Good morning all, sorry for the late post, I totally forgot about the blog this morning. I blame the post holiday blues lol. We got back on Wednesday and now that everything is unpacked and the washing is nearly all done, I just want to go away again ;o))

Anyway, today's card is one I made a couple of weeks ago, after seeing something similar on Pinterest. 

I used the Lawn Fawn Critters at the Dog Park set and cut the dogs with dark grey card. Then I used the same grey card to make an A5 card base.

I used black and white card to make the layers and a large dot embossing folder for the white panel.

I cut the circles with 2 different sized punches. I used the 1 3/4 inch and 1 1/2 inch EK Success punches for this.

I layered everything together and then used a greeting from the Lawn Fawn Party Animals set and heat embossed it with Ranger Fine Detail Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder.

Then I just added a few tiny silver gems to finish it off.

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

xxx

Unforgettable birthday

Good morning, I hope you are all well. I have scheduled some posts for while we are away, so hopefully they will work. 

For this card I did a soft ink background using Tim Holtz Distress Inks, then used an idea I saw on Pinterest for the dogs and presents.

The one I saw on Pinterest had used bigger presents and smaller dogs lol but I went with what I had.

The presents are cut with Stitched Square dies from MFT Stamps and I inked them with the same distress inks as the base and added Washi Tape and stick on bows.

The dogs are from the Lawn Fawn Critters at the Dog Park set and are cut out with their coordinating dies. I then coloured them with Copic Markers.

I used a sentiment from a Mama Elephant set called Ella and Friends and I embossed it with Liquid Platinum embossing powder.

Then I added it all to a 7 x 5 card blank and dotted around a few sequins.

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

xxx

Critters at the dog park

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week. Today's card is one I made a few weeks ago, for my Nephew's birthday. 

I can't share the ones I have been making this weekend, as they haven't gone to their recipients, yet!. So they will have to wait a couple of weeks. But never mind I have quite a few cards already made and sent that I haven't shared yet. 

Anyway, for this I used the Lawn Fawn, Critters at the Dog Park, stamp and die set, and coloured the images with Copic markers. 

I used an MFT Stitched Circle and inked it with Distress Inks in Crushed Olive and Tumbled Glass. Then I arranged the images on it and raised the dog on foam pads.

I used a couple of shapes from an MFT Blueprints set for the large banner and sentiment base, and a Clearly Besotted stamp and die set for the Birthday sentiment, which I stamped with Teal Zeal Memento Ink. 

Then I had fun making a stamped background, using some of the stamps from the set with London Fog Memento Ink, and then a few of the tennis balls in the Teal Zeal.

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

xxx

Puppy love

Good morning, hope you are all well and having a great week. Yesterday was my eldest grandson's 10th birthday, and this is the card I made for him from me and his grandad.

I used the lawn fawn set called Critters at the Dog Park, I stamped them with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then coloured them with Copic markers. 

I used the matching dies to cut them out and then used a large flag banner from an MFT Stamps Blueprints set for the background. 

I used Memento Toffee Crunch ink to stamp the paw prints and Memento Cottage Ivy ink for the grass. 

I set it all on a gold background and then on a cream 6 x 4 card blank. 

Then I stamped a sentiment from a Simon Says Stamp set called Birthday Bits, with Versamark ink and then heat embossed with Wow Bright Copper embossing powder. Then I added the die cut Grandson from Britannia dies to finish it off.

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

xxx