Graphic circles

Happy Monday and welcome to our little corner of the blogosphere :)

My card today is made using Amazing; the stamp from the March 2019 card kit by Simon Says Stamp.  This is a lovely kit and is one I can also envision making masculine cards from!  This is definitely something I struggle with.

I started with a white card base and stamped several of the images from the set, using Hero Arts inks. For this card I used a mix of blue, yellow, green, teal and grey.

Once I was happy with the background I added a sentiment from the set.  I stamped this using Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I trimmed the panel to 4 x 5.25 inches and added it to a yellow base.  I then found a matching yellow envelope to complete the card.

I love the look of this and I'm sure I'll make a few more with this set as it is very versatile.

TTFN Jude xx

Baby Boy Card

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

Today's card is one I made for a new baby boy. I didn't want to go with traditional blue, so I decided on grey and yellow for a change.

For the background I used the Concord & 9th Hugs and Kisses Turnabout stamp, and inks from the Altenew Pocketful of Sunshine and Rock Collection sets. Then I cut the panel out with an MFT Stitched Rectangle die.

I used Ella and Friends from Mama Elephant for the die-cut image and sentiment, cutting the image from a silver patterned card from Tonic. 

The little balloon is cut with yellow card using a WPlus9 Whole Lotta Happy die, and I stamped on the balloon using grey ink and stamps from magazine sets. Then I tied the balloon to the elephant using silver twine, and added the whole thing to a pale grey note card.

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

xxx

Radio times

Hello again.  I'm back with another My Monthly Hero card.

This one is made using the February kit.

This set is full of Art Deco style images which are really lovely.  For this card I only used a few of the many stamps and none of the dies.

I started by inking a background using the stencil and pumice stone distress oxide. I adhered this to a black card base.

For the focal image I stamped the old radio, surrounding it with some music notes and one of the lovely deco pieces.  I kept this very simple with muted grey and yellow Copic colouring, then matted the panel onto another piece of black card.

I gave this some dimension with foam tape and added it to the centre of the stencilled piece.

There are some really good sentiments in the kit but I stuck with a simple happy birthday on the inside.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

Have a Super Birthday

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

Today's card uses some oldies but goodies from the stash, to make quite a clean and simple card, for me lol.

I used the Clearly Besotted Caped Cuties stamps and die for my little superhero. I stamped him with Onyx Black Versafine ink and then heat embossed him with clear embossing powder. I coloured him with Copic markers, and after I had cut him out, I added him to a Zig-Zag Stitched Circle die-cut from Lawn Fawn.

For the background I blended alcohol inks in shades of blue with a little silver mixative onto Yupo Paper. Then I used an MFT Stamps Cover-plate die to cut the Sunburst layer from white card.

I added these together on to an A2 card base and then stamped and heat embossed one of the sentiments from the Caped Cuties set, then I raised my circle and sentiment using foam tape for dimension.

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

xxx

Bicycle made for two

Hello! I'm back with a couple of cards made using the January My Monthly Hero kit.

There are some lovely stamps and dies in these kits but for these cards I used just the bicycle, hearts and a small bunch of flowers.

I stamped, coloured and die cut the images and created one feminine and one masculine version of the same card.

For the male version, I coloured the bicycle with greys and kept the base very plain.  I only added two strips of card in black and silver glitter for the bike to stand on.

For the female version I coloured the bike in a pretty blue scheme and added some distress oxide behind.  I then matted this with some glitter card.

I like how a simple card idea can be made to suit different recipients with just the added extras.

Hope you like my cards for today.  TTFN Jude xx

Gold and Black Birthday

Good morning all. I hope you have had a good weekend. We have been busy as usual, but I did manage to get in a couple of hours in the craft room, so that keeps me happy lol.

Today's card is the one I made for my baby brother (39) for his birthday last Friday. I used the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit for February 2019. Which is a lovely Art Deco style kit, and as soon as I spotted the car in it I had an idea for this card. 

I cut the die cover plate with gold metal effect adhesive sheet from X-Cut, added this to a piece of black card, and then masked off the open area so I could add an inked skyline into the space. 

I used a die from a magazine to cut a small skyline scene, and then inked through the die-cut using Brilliance Galaxy Gold Dew Drop ink. Then I heat embossed the car and sentiment onto black card using a fine detail gold embossing powder from Cosmic Shimmer, and added these to the card with foam tape. 

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

xxx

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit

Friday at last!

Hello and thank you for joining us.

I'm using another Tonic craft set for my card.  This one is set no 14.

I made a birthday card using this set for our 'baby' brother who is 39 today 😄  

This one is from his nephew, Joe. Happy birthday John P!!

I cut three of the bunny die from various gold card stocks and stacked them together.  I made a panel of brown card and gold heat embossed the sentiment 'some bunny just wanted to say'. Inside I added Happy Birthday!

I took a piece of paler card to matt the panel on to and added both to a cream card base.  I then decided I didn't like all the negative space around my focal panel.  

I took the heart stamps from the set and gold heat embossed these around the centre section.

I think this is a sweet little card and hope you do too.

TTFN Jude xx