Funfair

Hello and thanks for joining us.

My card today is the last of the teenage birthday cards I made for Jen's grandson Cody.

As I said before I find male cards quite challenging and when the recipient is 13 - well need I say more?

I eventually decided to go with a funfair idea although I must admit this is the second attempt!

I cut two banners from coloured card and added them to a blue card blank.

I then stamped around these with images from Hero Arts.  These are from the July My Monthly Hero kit.

I used Versafine Onyx Black ink to get a crisp dark silhouette for the funfair.  I also used the MISTI so I could stamp several times if needed.

I stamped the sentiment on some more of the card used for the banners and fussy cut it out.

I'm pleased with how this turned out after a false start.  What do you think?

TTFN Jude xx

Rainbow Unicorn

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week so far. Today's card is one I made for a young lady who turned 10 on Saturday.

I used stamps from Issue 42 of Creative Stamping , called The Enchantment Collection. I stamped the unicorn with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink, and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

I used Copic markers to add some colour to the mane and tail, and then I heat embossed one of the sentiments from the same set. 

  I used one of the small stamps from the set with some Altenew Crisp Dye ink cubes which are similar colours to the Copics, to stamp a background.

Then I cut the panel out with a stitched rectangle die and added it all to a turquoise card base. 

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

xxx

Hey there!

Hello again.

Today's card is another of the male birthday cards I told you about last time.

This one uses the sentiment as the focal point.  This one is from Simon Says Stamp's Everything Together set.

I stamped and embossed the sentiment on to a piece of pale blue card then cut it out with a stitched circle die.

I added the circle to a blue card blank on which I had stamped the confetti background stamp from MFT.

To finish off I stamped and coloured this little guy from Lawn Fawn's Monster Mash set.  He is added with foam squares for dimension.

Hope you like this simple idea.

TTFN Jude xx

Have a Dandy Birthday

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good start to your week.

Today's card was made with the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit for December 2018. These little mice stamps are just so cute lol.

I started by using a small Ranger triangles stencil that came with a recent edition of Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine, issue 186, for the background, using a few shades of Distress Oxide Inks.

Once that was dry, I stamped my little mouse over the top and coloured him with Copic markers. Then I stamped one of the sentiments from the set onto the card, and another on to a tiny piece of paper, so I could slip it inside a little envelope.

It says Sending a tiny hello.The envelope is from some Jude got for Christmas which I think were from The Range.

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

xxx

Party like a boss

Good morning all. I’m back with some of the most challenging cards I’ve made in ages. 

Cards for a 13 year old boy are certainly not the easiest but I eventually came up with three ideas. This is the first. 

I embossed a sentiment from a Wplus9 set onto a black card base. I then added Audrey blue card stock to the top and a white strip for accent. 

To fill in the top section I gold embossed Carnival Numbers by Papermania. 

This was quite a quick card to make and I love these colours together. What do you think? 

TTFN Jude xx

Plum fairy

Hello!

My card for today was again made using the December My Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts.  This time I used one of the adorable fairies.

I stamped and die cut the fairy and coloured her with shades of purple Copic markers.

For some additional shimmer I used a gelly roll pen to highlight her wings, wand, the flowers in her hair and on her dress.

For the background I inked Dusty concord distress oxide through a lattice design stencil.  I applied ink slightly heavier in some parts for interest.

I stamped and embossed the sentiment on to some purple card stock and added the panel to a purple card base.

To finish off I added some silver gems.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

Anniversary Wishes

Good morning crafty friends, I am trying to get back into the swing of blogging again after the Christmas run up and break. but to be honest it's slow-going at the moment lol.

I really don't have a lot of crafty Mo-Jo just now, so my craft room is feeling a little unloved lol. But I am trying to make myself sit down and have a go at a few cards that I need for upcoming birthdays and an anniversary. 

I received this heart die as a Christmas gift, so I decided it would look really nice cut from white card and placed on to an alcohol inked background. The die is from The Works by M & C Boutiques, it  doesn't have a name, but it is very pretty. 

The alcohol inked background was made with Ranger Alcohol Inks on Yupo Paper using shades of blue, with a silver mixative, and just sort of pounced around with a blending tool. Then I added a simple die-cut sentiment, with a heat embossed Anniversary, and some turquoise jewels to finish it off.

I hope you like it, thanks for stopping by today. Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx