Spot the dog

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

Today's card is another that I made for my granddaughter's birthday last week, this time using a Spot the Dog Stamp Set called Hello Spot. This set came free with Issue 68 of Creative Stamping Magazine.

I arranged the images and sentiment on to plain white card, and then stamped them using Versafine Onyx Black ink, and then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.

I coloured the images with Copic and Spectrum Noir markers, and then covered them with a ton of Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss Pen from Nuvo. Apologies for the awful picture, but I was trying to capture just how sparkly this shimmer pen is lol. 

Then I used an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die to cut the panel to size, and added it to a lilac shimmer note card to finish.

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

xxx

Arts and Crafts Cards

Good morning crafty friends, I hope you have had a great weekend. We haven't been up to much this weekend, but we have a busy couple of weeks ahead with birthdays lol.

Today's cards are a couple that I made from the Hero Arts, My Monthly Hero Kit, for May 2019. It features lots of different crafty images, sentiments and coordinating dies, and while I was making the yellow version for my granddaughter's 7th birthday last week, I decided to make another version and keep it for later on in the year for my niece.

I arranged the different stamps around one of the sentiments using the Misti stamping tool. Then I stamped them with Onyx Black Versafine Ink, and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.

I coloured the images with Copic markers, and then cut the panels to fit A2 size cards by using an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die for the yellow version and an MFT Stitched Rectangle die for the red one.

Then I added one to a yellow note card and one to a red note card, and voila all finished. 

I really must do this more often, make more than one card at once, as it really doesn't take that much longer once you have the idea and set-up.

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you like these cards, have a great week and I'll see you soon.

xxx

It's a Girl

Good morning all, and happy Friday, I hope you have had a great week. Today's card was one I made when my daughter was having Willow. In the end this one didn't get used, but it's a nice one to have on hand for work colleagues etc.

I had seen something similar on Pinterest using a stocking die to make a baby boys card, so I looked through my stash to find something I could use.

I found the perfect thing in my Christmas stash, the Lawn Fawn and Simon Says Stamp Merry Christmouse set. I used one of the dies from the set to cut the stocking from cream and pink striped card.  Then I paper-pieced the stripe on top of the cream to look like little baby booties.

I cut a white card panel using an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die, and heat embossed a greeting on to this using the Avery Elle City Celebrations stamp set, and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink.

I added fun foam to the back of the panel, and tied a piece of ribbon around the top. This was just a small piece I had left over from a few years ago, which says it's a girl! 

Then I added this on to a pink mat, and used some paper from the stash as a background, before adding it all to a white card blank.

Hope you like it, take care and have a great weekend, and I'll see you next week.

xxx

Baby Shower

Good morning all, and happy hump day, I hope you are having a good week so far.

Today's card is one I made at the last minute on Saturday for a surprise Baby Shower for my daughter K. The shower was arranged by her work friends, and although I knew about it for a week before, I forgot about making a card lol.

I used stamps from an older Creative Stamping Magazine, Issue 38, called Whatever the Weather. I started by heat embossing the umbrella with Versafine Onyx Black ink, and Wow Clear Sparkle Embossing Powder.

Then I added the pattern to it with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink and more of the embossing powder, before cutting it out by hand.

I cut a plain white panel using a Wonky Stitched Ellements die from Avery Elle, and added three clouds cut with the Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine set. Then I stamped the little rain drops and hearts with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.

I added the Baby Shower Sentiment, and then popped it onto a pink A2 note card.

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

xxx

Exotic Tulips for Mother's Day

Good morning all and happy Monday or April Fools day, I hope you have had a great weekend. As it was Mother's Day here in the UK yesterday, today's card is the one I made for my mum.

I used the Altenew Exotic Tulips stamp, Die, and Mask set, which is so lovely. I love the fact the masks are included so you don't have to make your own to stamp bunches of flowers.

I stamped the leaves with Prickly Pear and Fern Green Blendable Dye Inks from Wendy Vecchi, then the petals with the same make of ink in Poppy and Red Geranium. 

 To finish off the petals I added a little Cosmic Berry Crisp Dye Ink from Altenew's, Rose Petal set.

I cut the panel to size using an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die, and placed the panel on to a plain red card blank. Then I added a few clear dew drops and a simple Mother's Day sentiment from Avery Elle's City Celebrations set, to finish.

Hope you like it, take care and have a great week.

xxx

Coffee and Friends

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good weekend. Today's card uses the My Monthly Hero Kit from August 2018.

I stamped my images and then coloured them with Copic markers, before cutting them out with their matching dies.

For the background I used a brick effect stencil with Distress Oxide Inks, which I think were Antique Linen and a touch of Tea Dye.

I then cut the panel out with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements Die, and added my coffees on top using foam adhesive on some for dimension.

Then I stamped one of the sentiments from the kit using, Simon Says Stamp Emboss Ink, and heat embossing it with gold embossing powder.

Then I added it to an A2 note card and popped a few matte gold sequins on to finish.

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

xxx

Cute Robins

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week so far. Today I have a trio of little Robin's for you, using the Clearly Besotted Red Robin Stamp and Die set.

I stamped the Robin with Tuxedo Black Memento ink, and then masked him with a full stick post-it note, while I stamped the log for him to sit on. 

Then I used the sentiment from the same set and stamped it onto the panel above him. I did this three times to make multiple cards, as it was so quick and easy to do.

I coloured my scenes with Copic Markers and then added some different strips of card and patterned papers to the bottom of the panels. 

I cut one of the panels out with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die, and backed another with a black card mat cut with an MFT Stamps Stitched Rectangle die. Then I added twine, holly, and a few sequins to finish them off.

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

xxx

Poinsettia Wreath Card

Good morning all, I hope you have had a great week, and are looking forward to the weekend. 

Today's card was again inspired by different cards on Pinterest, but changed to make my own. I started by stamping the branch wreath from a Creative Stamping magazine set, onto navy blue card stock using Versamark ink.

Then I heat embossed it with Ranger Fine Detail Embossing Powder in Liquid Platinum. We have had this powder for about 4 years, and are only just starting to think about getting a new one, they really do last for ages. It is one of mine and Jude's favourite colours as it is neither gold or silver and goes with both.

 I then cut my panel out with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die, and put it on to a white card blank. The little poinsettia flowers came in one of my Wow Embossing Powder kits, and I layered them together and added a gold sequin to the center.

 Then I added a few bits of white fern leaves and mistletoe to the flower, placed a small layered sentiment in the middle and some gold stars. Then to finish it off I added some white and gold gel pen flurries. 

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

xxx