Beautiful day

Hello and thanks for joining us today.

Continuing my theme for this week, I have another card made using a scrap piece of Hunkydory card stock.  This one has a floral theme which I thought would pair wonderfully with the Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Day stamp set.

I stamped a sentiment from the set in magenta Archival ink but I wasn't fond of the finish.  To save the piece I over stamped using black StazOn and this makes the pink look more like a shadow.  I'm still not 100% happy but I can live with the finished piece.

I took a butterfly from the Simon set and coloured it with Copic markers.  I used colours which were similar to those in the background piece.

As all I had was a strip which wasn't large enough for a card front, I added some rose glitter washi tape to the card base and popped the floral piece up on foam.

I think this helps the card look more finished.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

Cornflower Poppies

Good morning all, I hope everyone had a good weekend, and a good start to the week.

Today's card was made with the Clearly Besotted Pure Poppies stamp and die set. But for something a bit different, I decided to stamp the poppies using blue inks. So they are more Cornflower Poppies lol.

I used Altenew Crisp Dye Inks, from the Deep Blue Seas set, to stamp the poppies on to white card. I masked and stamped until I was happy with the bunch, and then added in the stems with Altenew Inks from the Tropical Forest set.

I stamped a couple of the poppies onto a separate piece of card, and die cut them, to raise them on top of my panel.

Then I cut the panel down to fit an A2 note card, and used striped Washi Tape down each side as a background.

Then to finish it off, I stamped the sentiment from the Altenew Family Matters set, in matching inks.

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

xxx

Mini stamped tree

Hello and thank you for joining us today.  I'm back with another Christmas card.  Unfortunately this didn't turn out quite as I envisioned, but it's okay.

I took several very small images from a stamp set on  last month's Creative Stamping magazine.  I then masked a simple Christmas tree shape and filled the area.  Once it was filled I coloured the images with Copic markers.

Once I had a tree I masked it off and stamped my sentiment in a pale grey ink, across the whole image.  At the very top I used red Versafine ink and then finished off the tree with some red Nuvo drops.

The bottom of the tree had a stand but it didn't look very good, so I covered it with some silver washi tape and a red banner with a silver strip.  This is the bit I'm not fond of and if I do it again I will leave off the stand.

See you again on Friday.

TTFN Jude xx

Yellow Freesia

Good morning folks, I hope you are having a good week so far. Today's card is using the beautiful Fresh Freesia stamp from Altenew.

For quick and easy cards, this stamp is so useful, as it can be made into a card for any occasion just by changing the sentiment. On today's I decided on a "just a note" card to send to a friend.

I stamped the flower onto plain white smooth card using Tuxedo Black Memento ink, then coloured it with Copic Markers, this time sticking to yellow flowers.

Then I cut the panel down to fit on an A2 note card, leaving room for a side strip of Washi Tape.

This Washi Tape is by My Minds Eye, and is part of the Chalk collection. I love this pretty leaf pattern and thought it went really nice with the bright yellow card and flower.

Then I just added a few black sequins to finish it off.

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

xxx

Fresh Freesia

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week. Well after weeks of missing mojo, I finally think I am getting a spark back. I did manage to complete 2 cards this weekend, with the help of a new Altenew stamp set called Fresh Freesia.

I love how simple and pretty this stamp is, and it comes with a few different sentiments so you can use whichever is most appropriate.

For this card I stamped the flower and greeting on watercolour card and then coloured it with Zig Clean Colour markers. I brought up pictures of freesia on line to get some colour combos from, and I loved the red and yellow ones, and I think the watercolour gives them a nice soft look.

I added a piece of seldom used Washi tape down one side and mounted the panel onto a deep red card blank.

Then I just added a few orange and red sequins to finish it off. 

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

xxx

Relax its your birthday

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week. I'm now off work for the rest of the week so today we are taking all of the kids to the cinema. I'm not quite sure what we are seeing yet as there is some dispute over it lol. But I'm sure we will have a good time whatever it is. 

Right, today's card was made using the free gift from a recent issue of Papercraft Essentials.

The set came with a slim embossing folder which I used on the side and a few different pineapple and crown stamps with coordinating dies.

I used a 7 x 5 card blank and embossed straight on to it down the left side. Then I added a strip of thin yellow Washi Tape.

For the card front, I used one of the smaller pineapple stamps and stamped it with Memento Dew Drop Inks in Dandelion and Pistachio.

Then I used a couple of the different larger stamps and cut them out with the matching dies. 

I layered them over the top of the smaller ones using foam tape, then I stamped one of the sentiments in the top corner with black ink and it was all finished.

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

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

Altenew Layered Roses

Good morning all, are you having a good week? I hope so, and I hope you are getting some good weather wherever you are.

Today's card is made using those beautiful Layered Rose stamps and dies from Altenew. I still can't believe that these were free on the Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine.

We have been wanting to try some Altenew stamps for a while now, but every time we see some they are out of stock!!! But these ones are lovely. I had a little play with different inks and different colours, but really loved the blues.

I used an A2 card blank and then layered white card on the front. Then I used some blue flowered washi tape along the top.

I grouped the roses together and then stamped the leaves and cut them out. Then I arranged them around the flowers.

I used one of the greetings that came with the set and cut it out with an MFT banner die from a blueprints set, and then finished the card with a few sequins from Lucy's Cards, this mix is called Robin's Egg.

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

xxx