Hello Baby

Good morning folks, I hope you are all well. The hubby, Jude and I have a few days off work this week, to sort out the loft etc. I am hoping that we can finally get the rest cleared and taken to the charity shops or the rubbish tip. It does feel good to be getting rid of some of the years of collected rubbish, but I am hoping to for a bit of rest and craft time too, but we'll see lol.

Anyway, today's card is one I made for a friend of my son and daughter-in-law's who had a little baby boy last week.

I used the Deer to Me stamps and dies from Clearly Besotted. I stamped and masked to make my little scene, and then coloured it with Copic Markers.

Then I cut the scene out with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Square die and matted it with a piece of dark blue card.

The patterned paper is from a Studio Calico 6x6 pad, and I used a 6 x 6 card base to layer it all on. 

Then I used the Lawn Fawn Owen's ABC's to stamp and die cut the baby's name and date of birth.

I used Memento Dew Drop Nautical Blue ink to match the card and cut them out with their matching dies. Then I just added a little bit of clear Wink of Stella to the clouds to finish it off.

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

xxx

Hoppy Birthday

Good morning all, I hope you are fit and rested after the weekend and looking forward to the new week. I'm hoping you are as I know we are not! Working all week and then working on the house and garden all weekend, does not make for happy bunnies on Monday mornings lol. 

But never mind, I do have happy frogs for you instead ;o))

These little fellas are from a Studio Calico stamp set that came with a kit. I stamped them with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and then coloured them with Copic markers.

I used the hat from the Mama Elephant Three Amigos set and the bow tie from a Lawn Fawn set called Critters at the Dog Park. I think it makes them look quite dapper, lol.

Then the sentiment came from a Hero Arts set called Animal Messages.

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

xxx

Wishing you bunnies

Good morning all, hope you are having a good week. Today's card is one I coloured doing the Kathy Racoosin 30 day colouring challenge. If you haven't seen it, head over to The Daily Marker blog and take a look. 

I used the WPlus9 'Wishing You' stamp set and watercoloured with Distress Inks. 

I used Cracked Pistachio and Salty Ocean for the background and then Hickory Smoke and Spun Sugar for the bunnies.

Then I stamped a few stars and hearts that come with the set using Versamark ink and heat embossed them with Ranger Liquid Platinum Fine Detail Embossing Powder. 

I added the sentiments using a black pigment ink and then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. 

I mounted the front on to a 6 x 4 pale green card blank and added a couple of strips of black dotty Washi Tape to either side. Then to finish it off I added a few black dotty sequins from Studio Calico.

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

xxx

Note cards

Morning all.  Monday again and hopefully a productive week ahead.

I have been participating in several challenges throughout February and have posted many of these on my Instagram account (@mycraftcave).

For day 21 of The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge hosted by Kathy Rac, I created an A4 background using distress inks and a selection of stamps.

The stamps are from Clearly Besotted and Studio Calico. 

After stamping everything I used a water brush to gently colour the roses and purple flowers, then Copic markers for the butterflies.

I cut the sheet to fit four note cards then added a matching sentiment and matt.

Hope you like them. 

TTFN Jude xx

Silver Butterflies

Good morning all, hope you have had a good week and are looking forward to a crafty weekend. 

This card is one I made for a friend of my Son's to send to his mum on her 60th Birthday. 

I started by designing a corner floral arrangement with my Silhouette software. Then I printed it with the laser printer and foiled it on my Minc machine, using silver foil. 

I used a soft grey card as I wanted to keep to a very simple colour palette. I cut the card down to fit an A5 card blank and matted it with black card.

Then I stamped a sentiment using a mix of Simon Says Stamp and Studio Calico stamps, and heat embossed it with Ranger Fine Detail Liquid Platinum embossing powder. 

I stamped and embossed the Sizzix butterflies on white vellum, and then cut them out with their corresponding dies. Then I added the Mum banner to the bottom and finished the card off with a few silver sequins.

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

xxx

Yappy birthday

Good morning all, well if all has gone to plan and this post has scheduled correctly, Jude and I will be getting ready to leave Ibiza today to return home after our week away. Boo Hiss ;o)) But hopefully we are nice and rested and ready to get back into things at home!

Today's card is one I made for my son-in-law Ian for his birthday last month, after I saw one very similar on Pinterest here. I used the Lawn Fawn Critters at the Dog Park stamp set and stamped one of the dogs three times on to a piece of light blue card. 

Then I coloured them with Copics and die cut some little party hats from the Lawn Fawn Party Animal set to go on their heads. 

I used the MFT Stamps Cloud Stencil for the background and inked through the mask with Versamark ink, then I heat embossed it with white embossing powder. 

I layered the card with a couple of different mats on to a 7 x 5 card blank and then added a sentiment from a Studio Calico stamp set. 

I wanted a punny sentiment so I crossed out the H and replaced it with a die cut Y from the Finlays ABC's die set also from Lawn Fawn.

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

xxx

Happy Birthday Friend

Good morning all and Happy Friday. By now hopefully Jude and I are laying in the sun somewhere in Ibiza! But whether sunny or not, it's a week away from work and all the pressures of normal life lol. 

Today's card is very very similar to one I made last week, but as I liked it so much I decided to do a very similar one for another friends birthday which was a couple of days earlier. 

I used the MFT bike die cut from thick grey card and then three different Washi tapes laid diagonally. 

This time I used a 7 x 5 card blank and used the turquoise as the accent for the paper layer. 

The friend stamp is from a Simon Says Stamp, Flowers on my mind set and the happy birthday is from a Studio Calico stamp set. Both are stamped with Jet Black Archival ink. 

I added a few flowers to the bike, this time using more blue and a small piece of gypsophila.

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

xxx

Foxy Shaker Card

Good morning all, hope you are having a good week. 

Today's card is the one I made to send to my great niece Keira Grace for her birthday on Wednesday. 

I used the new Party Animals set from Lawn Fawn for the fox, birds and balloons, and coloured them all with Copic markers.

I added Glossy Accents to the balloons to give them a bit of shine. 

The toadstool paper is from a Studio Calico Kit, and I thought it went nice with the animals.

I used the pocket shaker card technique again. This time cutting down a CD wallet to fit behind my arched aperture. I stuck the cut sides of the wallet together with my tape runner and filled it with sequins from a Studio Calico set. 

I used plain white card for the front and then used an MFT Dienamics shape to cut out the arch. 

The Happy Birthday is stamped with an old wooden stamp that is still one of my favourites and still gets used all of the time. 

I put it all together on a 6 x 6 blank card base and then added the number 4 to finish it off. 

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

xxx