Happy Birthday 2 Char

Good morning all, are you as glad as me that it's finally Friday? I am sooooooo looking forward to the weekend, and hopefully some crafty time.

Today's card is another that I made for our great niece's birthday on Tuesday. This was derived from an idea on Pinterest, and adapted to suit the supplies I have.

I used the WeR Memory Keepers, small Alphabet Punch Board to cut the number 2 from stripey card.  I put the number straight on to the card front and then added the rest of the design around it. 

The bird is from the My Favourite Things, Things With Wings set. I stamped it on to patterned paper and then cut it out with the matching die. I also cut it out a 2nd time on to plain card, then glued them both together. 

The Banner at the top is from the Lawn Fawn Bannerific Stamp and Die set. I stamped the Avery Elle sentiment with Black Tuxedo and the banner with Angel Pink Memento ink.

Then I added Char at the bottom using the Concord and 9th Sophisticated Script stamp set, and finished the card off by stamping small flowers from the Things With Wings set all over the background using a few more colours of Memento Ink - Dandelion, New Sprout and Rosebud.

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

xxx

Have a Magical Day in Fairyland

Good morning all and welcome to the start of another week. And for us another run of birthdays, starting with my great niece Charlotte Rose who turns 1 today. So happy birthday princess, hope you have a lovely day. xxxxx

Today's card is one I made for my granddaughter last week for her 8th birthday. I used the Lawn Fawn Fairy Friends set, along with a few bits and pieces from my leftover stash.

I cut the fairies out using there coordinating dies and coloured everything with Copic markers. Then I added clear Wink of Stella to the fairy wings to make them sparkle.

The tree and birdhouse are from the MFT Stamps set called Things with Wings. These were already cut and left over from a previous card, so I coloured them up and added them to the scene.

The big toadstool was sent to me when I bought some craft items online. It must be well over a year ago, so I can't remember who sent it, but it is lovely and fits right in on this card.

I added the grass cut with MFT Stamps Grassy Edges die and then hung the 8 from the tree to finish it off.

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

xxx

16th Birthday

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

Today's card is one I made for a colleague at work. She wanted something for a young lady's 16th birthday, but, the only thing she could really say that she liked was one of our local football teams. Easy then lol.

Anyway, once I knew which team it was I came up with the idea of the owls as they are their mascot, and I used the clubs home and away colours.

I used an embossing folder for the background and then stamped the name with the Concord and 9th Sophisticated Script stamps. 

I used the Simon Says Stamp Happy Birthday circle die for the sentiment and then coloured two owls from the MFT Stamps Things with Wings set.

The balloons are from a WPlus9 set called Whole Lotta Happy, and the numbers are from an MFT Stamps die set .

I added silver string to the balloons and numbers and then added the whole thing to a 6 x 6 card blank. Then I finished it off with a few clear dew drops.

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

xxx

Watercolour background Hero Arts flowers

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good weekend and managed to squeeze some craft time in.

Today's card is made using that lovely set from the March My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts. I really, really love this set and wish I could get more of them. But unfortunately the UK customs charges just make it too expensive.

Anyway, I used watercolour paper for the background and did a wash and splatter effect with Jude's Gansai Tambi Watercolours.

I stamped, cut and coloured all of the flowers using Copics and some metallic watercolour and arranged them in a group on top of the watercolour background.

Then I used some leaf stamps from the kit and stamped them under and around the flowers and coloured them with watercolours. I also added a few little bees too.

The birdhouse die cut is from an MFT set called Things with Wings and I just happened to have one laying around on my desk leftover from a different card. 

So I added that and a simple sentiment to the front and then added another to the inside to finish it off.

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

xxx

From Owl of Us

Good morning all, hope you are having a good week. I made this card last year but only got around to posting it today. 

I needed something for a lady at work who was leaving the team, so I looked on Pinterest for inspiration. I saw a card with the saying "from owl of us" so went with that. 

The large owl is a Papermania stamp. I stamped it with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then coloured it with Copic Markers. Then I did a bit of paper piecing over its wings and the circles on it's tummy.

The smaller owls are from the MFT Stamps, Things With Wings set, again stamped with Memento Ink and coloured with Copics. 

I used paper from a Trimcraft paper pad called What A Hoot. Then I made up the sentiment with some Molly Moo stamps and the Lawn Fawn, Finlay's ABC's dies. 

I had one little owl left over so I popped him on the inside. 

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

xxx