Birthday kitty

Happy Friday!

Today I'm back with a birthday card for my granddaughter, who will be 7 on Sunday.

Happy birthday Keira Grace!

I made this card for her uncle to send to her.

I started by adding squeezed lemonade and wild honey distress oxide inks to a piece of white card.  I then stencilled over with the same colours.

I cut a layer from yellow card and added the inked piece in the centre.  To this I adhered a cat from the Cuddly Critter set by Simon Says Stamp.

The card base looked a little bland against this panel.  I stencilled the same pattern using antique linen ink before sticking the yellow panel to it.

I cut a balloon stencil from red card and added a gold number 7 using the starlight number die from MFT.  The cat is holding the balloon with some gold thread.

I like my sweet little kitty with her balloon.  What do you think?

TTFN Jude xx

Simon Says Stamp August kit

Hello friends

Jen is away at a wedding so you have me again today - aren't you lucky? 😆

My card was made using two stamps from the SSS card kit for August.  This set is called 'Best Ever'.

I stamped using Memento Nautical Blue ink on to pale blue textured card to create the bottom banners.  I used the MISTI as I knew I would need to multi stamp to get a crisp image on the textured card.

I have some cuddly critter images stamped, coloured and cut in my stash ready for when I need one.  All I had to do was add black liquid pearls to the eyes, nose and paws, then give him a light coat of shimmer pen.

The parcel image was cut twice in dark blue and twice in light.  This way I could mix up the colours and layer them for dimension.  To finish I added a coat of shimmer pen to this too.

I added a dark blue matt behind the panel then adhered it to a standard 5.5 x 4.25 card blank.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

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

Bear Hugs

Good morning all, today is my very special nephew's 23rd birthday. Yes Jude's youngest is now 23. Gosh that must make her really really old 😜. Anyway, this is the card I am sending him, as hugs, especially Panda hugs, play a very special part of Joe's childhood, so he will appreciate it. 

The cute Panda and Koala are from the Simon Says Stamp Cuddly Critters Set. I heat embossed them with white embossing powder and then shaded them slightly with a white pencil, a Versamark pen and clear Wink of Stella.

I cut them out with their matching dies, and used an MFT background die to cut the yellow 'sun and rays' layer.

I then went for a plain white backing card and a black note card.

As I couldn't find a stamp to say what I wanted, I whipped this one up on the PC. Very simple, a black circle with white text and then cut it out with a 1 1/4 inch EK Success circle punch.

I raised the bears and the sentiment on foam pads, and then added a few black and silver sparkle enamel dots to finish it off.

Hope you like it, and Happy, Happy Birthday Joe.

Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Cuddly cat

I scheduled this post before my operation so hopefully that went well and this will post properly!

For my birthday Jen and the family bought me some stamps and dies I have been wanting for a while - Cuddly Critters from Simon Says Stamp.  I finally got round to stamping and colouring some of these adorable little chubby animals.

I decided to make this cute cat the focus of my card and kept the rest very simple.  I used my Gansai Tambi watercolours to create the background and mounted it on a lilac card base.

The balloons are a cut with a Paper Smooches die and stamped with mini messages from Mama Elephant.  I then added glossy accents to them.  I was a bit heavy handed with this and they took ages to dry!  (Note to self: be a bit more sparing with the glossy accents lol!)

They did turn out quite well though.  I used some twine to create strings for the cat to hold.  I then sliced around his paw and stuck the tails underneath, so he can hold them tightly.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx