Tuesday 5 November 2024

Sweet November Stamps Little Christmas Angel


Hi Lovelies

Today I'm sharing a card I made using a lovely freebie from Sweet November Stamps...  this is Little Christmas Angel. 

I coloured her with Copics and fussy cut her, adding glitter to her wings.  Then I created a Distress Oxide blended background which I splattered with white - making a starry background for her.  Oooh I added the sentiment before the stars though..  covering it with a scrap of paper when I splattered.


Card Info:
Image - Sweet November Stamps Little Christmas Angel
Sentiment - Mama Elephant Mixed Holiday Greetings
Distress Oxides - Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire
Die - MFT Stitched Rectangle
White Paint
Colouring - Copics
Skin - E000/00/11 R20
Hair - E40/41/42/43
Gown - BV31 R24/27/46
Wings - YR21/23


On this last photo - I've tried to show the glitter on her wings...  hope you can see it!

Happy Crafting...

Tuesday 29 October 2024

Pretty Pink Posh Small Stitched Foliage


Hi Peeps...

I have another autumnal card to share today... again I shopped my stash and found this lovely little die set from Pretty Pink Posh called Small Stitched Foliage. It's one I've used before a few times and I love blending the colours of the leaves.

Firstly, I used a burlap embossing folder to create the background, then die cut the leaves from white cardstock.  I used Distress Oxides to blend the colours on the leaves, before adhering them with foam pads to the embossed panel and trimming the edges.  Lastly, I added an autumn word cut from glitter card, adhering 3 die cuts together to give strength to the word.


Card Info:
Dies - Pretty Pink Posh Small Stitched Foliage
Embossing Folder - Honey Bee Stamps Burlap
Distress Oxides Wild Honey, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, 
Rusted Hinge, Crackling Campfire, and Peeled Paint
Autumn Word Die
Glitter Card


Hope you like my card today... I do love the beautiful colours our leaves turn at this time of year before they drop... nature is amazing, isn't it?

Happy Crafting...

Thursday 24 October 2024

Tiddlyinks Wryn in the Fall


Hi Lovelies...

Well as it's very much Autumn here in the UK, I decided to use some autumnal colours for my card today, and I chose to use this older, but still lovely digital image of Wryn from Tiddlyinks - I used to be on the Tiddlyinks DT, so I've had this for some years!

I used Distress Oxides for the background, splattered with water, white paint and then gold watercolour paint.  Don't ask me what the colours are, as I think I made this background last year and it's been sitting waiting for me to use it!

I coloured and fussy cut the image, then used my embossing tool to round the image slightly, before I used foam pads to adhere it to the panel.  I created a little pile of leaves with Copics for her to play in!  Lastly, I created a little sentiment on the PC - I know I must have one somewhere, but I can't find it - anyway, I was happy with how this one turned out.


Card Info:
Image - Tiddlyinks Wryn in the Fall Digital Image
Sentiment - done on PC
Distress Oxides (sorry can't remember the colours)
Gold and White Watercolour Paint
Colouring - Copics
Hat and Coat - E21/23/25
Skin - E000/00/11 R20
Hair - YR04/18 E08/18
Dress - RV42 R43/32/14

The leaves are certainly changing colour and falling rapidly around me, such beauty is everywhere!

Hugs..

Thursday 17 October 2024

Alcohol Ink Panel


Hi Peeps...

Today I'm sharing a card that I made with an off-cut of a panel I created with alcohol inks...  which has gold foil on it too for extra sparkle.  I used gold mirri card to frame the panel top and bottom, then adhered it to a die cut stitched square.  Lastly, I added a old sentiment from Paper Smooches.


  

There's not much more I can say about the card... it's pretty CAS!

Big hugs

Wednesday 16 October 2024

Memory Box Happy Birthday Posh Script


Hi Lovelies...

I was inspired for my card today by a lovely card made by Rachel at @colourandsparkle - but I really have had difficulty photographing it - I think our weather isn't helping as either the sky is dark with rain clouds, or it's very bright which makes the blue sky reflect in a blue-ish hue on my white!  One day I'm going to have to invest in a better set up!

Anyways... it's an easy make...   I used a rectangle stencil which I blended Distress Oxides though - then when that was dry, I splattered with gold watercolour paint.  I then used this gorgeous word die from Memory Box, cutting the shadow in vellum and the words in glitter card.  I adhered this to the card panel, then the panel to a pink card base.   Lastly I added a few gems for more sparkle!


Card Info:
Dies - Memory Box Happy Birthday Posh Script, MFT Stitched Rectangles
Distress Oxides - Kitsch Flamingo, Scattered Straw and Tumbled Glass
Gold Watercolour paint
Gems


I think this final photo is the most accurate when it comes to the colours I used..  hope you like!

Happy Crafting...

Sunday 13 October 2024

Altenew Blooming Flower Bed Stencils


Hi Lovelies...

Well I've been shopping my stash again, and I've had these gorgeous Altenew Blooming Flower Bed stencils for a while, and have only used them once... so out they came again!

I've made a couple of cards, in different colours and with different sentiments..  believe it or not, the words are in gold, but it's so difficult to photograph!


Card Info:
Stencils - Altenew Blooming Flower Bed Stencils
Catherine Pooler Inks
Dies - Simon Says Stamp


And here's the second colour mix.. 





Loving this sentiment - it's all you'd ever wish anyone, isn't it?


Sorry about the amount of pics...  I really am just trying to show the colours how I actually see them (especially the gold), and not as my camera THINKS they should be!

Big Hugs

Monday 7 October 2024

Alex Syberia Designs Sweet Friend


Hi Lovelies...

Well it's CAS time for me today.. I love this little Sweet Friend set from Alex Syberia Designs..  but decided that nothing should detract from the little kiss that this pair are sharing!

So all I did, after colouring and fussy cutting, was to give them a strip of greenery to stand on, a couple of die cut hearts above them, and the tiny greeting below the strip.


Card Info:
Image and Sentiment - Alex Syberia Designs Sweet Friend
Die - MFT Stitched Rectangle, Tiny heart Die
Smooshed Scrap for strip
Colouring - Copics
Mice - E40/41/42/43 R000
Dress - R81/83 White Gel Pen
Top and shorts - BG02/11 B23

To make the little mice slightly rounder, I used a large embossing ball tool onto the back of the image while it was on firm foam.

Definitely CAS!

Hope you like my little pair...

Hugs

Thursday 3 October 2024

Lawn Fawn Magic Messages


Hi Lovelies...

For my card today, I have been using some of the spare smooshed backgrounds that are in my folder - diecutting them with flower and wreath dies.  I've made a few cards with different sentiments - this is just one.


Card Info:
Flowers and Wreath Dies - sorry they are older - no name on them
Sentiment - Lawn Fawn Magic Messages
Distress Oxides
Gold Embossing Powder

I'm afraid I'm getting increasingly frustrated with the photography of my cards.. which is why I've not been posting as many.  I wish there was a magic trick to be able to capture the true colours of the card!

Hugs...

Saturday 28 September 2024

Pink Fresh Studio Be Fearless


Hi Peeps...

Today I'm sharing a card I made using a stamp set from Pink Fresh Studio - this is the Be Fearless set.  Of course, my favourite roses are pink, so out came my pink pens (again!)

I diecut a fancy oval from white cardstock, then added the sentiment which I embossed in gold.  After that, I adhered the coloured and die cut roses to the oval with foam pads, then added the oval to pink cardstock for my base.  Lastly, I added a few little gold sentiments to bring out the gold in the sentiment.  


Card Info:
Image - Pink Fresh Studio Be Fearless
Sentiment - Mama Elephant Scripty Birthday
Die - Spellbinders Floral Oval
Colouring - Copics
Flowers - R81/83/85 
Leaves - G82/46
White Gel Pen
Gold Sequins

Hope you like my make today...

Big Hugs





Monday 23 September 2024

LTTS Doodles Spring Bunnies



Hi Lovelies...

Today I'm sharing a little card I made using one of the gorgeous little bunnies from LTTS Doodles - this is Bunny Flowers from the Spring Bunnies collection.

I coloured and fussy cut the image, then created a small ink blended panel (which I'd splattered with gold) for the bunny to be adhered to, then onto some dotty paper.  I stamped the sentiment, then adhered the mats together onto a card base.



Card Info:
Image - LTTS Doodles Flower Bunny
Sentiment - Paper Smooches
Dies - MFT Stitched Rectangles
Colouring - Copics
Bunny - E40/41/43/43 R20
Clothes - B21/23
Flowers - R83 Y15 V17 Y38
Gold Watercolour Paint
Scrap of dotty paper

Hope you like my little bunny card today... I'm definitely into a cutie phase!

Big hugs

Thursday 19 September 2024

Flower Birthday


Hi Lovelies...

Well, a bit of a change for me today... using lots of die cutting!

I ink blended a panel of card, splattering as usual with gold watercolour.  Then I die cut this gorgeous flower from gold mirri (no name, sorry) - diecutting again from vellum to give the petals.  I also diecut the birthday word, then the elongated oval - adhering them to the card panel.  I cut a panel of gold mirri the size of my card base, then did the putting together!

It's very difficult to get a photograph showing the colours true - the first is more as it is in real life.


Card Info:
Dies - Elegant Flower (sorry no name), 
Spellbinders Yana's Scripty Layered Sentiments
Waffle Flower Inside/Out Elongated Oval
Distress Oxides - Worn Lipstick and Spiced Marmalade
Gold Watercolours

Hope you like my card today...

Hugs

Tuesday 17 September 2024

MFT So Much Love


Hi Lovelies...

I'm back with another card using one of these little girlies from MFT.  I really do love their cuteness...  but I promise I'll put them away again for a while after today!

I decided to go for turquoises today - using a smooshed background and some matting and layering.  I fussy cut the girlie that I'd coloured, then created a little cloudy panel with some blended grass, for her to stand on - so she didn't look like she was floating!  I adhered her with foam pads, and the card was done.


Card Info:
Image - MFT So Much Love
Dies - MFT Stitched Rectangle
Stencil - MFT Tiny Cloud Stencil
Distress Oxides - Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters, 
Mowed Lawn
Colouring - Copics
Skin - E000/00/11 R20
Dress - BG10/11/13
Hair and Shoes - E21
White Gel Pen

Hope you like...

Big hugs...

Tuesday 10 September 2024

Pink MFT Girlies


Hi Lovelies...

It's pink time again for me... (when is it not?!)  So today I'm sharing a couple of cards using older MFT stamps that are sitting in my stash - too nice not to be used again, so out they came!

Both are stamped, coloured and fussy cut.  Then I created backgrounds for them using Distress Oxide blending onto a panel, which is then splattered with gold watercolour paint.. (SO difficult to catch on camera!)


Card Info:
Image - MFT Because You're Special
Paper - from stash
Distress Oxide - Spun Sugar
Gold Watercolour Paint
Colouring - Copics
Skin - E000/00/11 R20
Hair E21/23
Clothes and Flowers R81/83/85
Pot - E40/42
Gold Glitter Glue


My second card is using another of these cute little girlies... this time the sent is called Love You a Bunch...  I made it very similarly to the one above, even with the same colours.... just different paper for the background.  Ooh and I also drew the little flowers on her dress with a white gel pen and a yellow centre.


So two cards in PINK!  

I'm loving creating with my older stash..  I encourage you to have a peek through your own and see what you can enjoy using again..  or sometimes use for the first time!

Big hugs

Saturday 7 September 2024

MFT In Focus Florals Die Set


Hey Peeps...

Today I'm sharing a couple of cards I made with an MFT die set called In Focus Florals...  they are CAS cards - so easy to make. 

Firstly, I did a bit of Distress Oxide blending through a rectangle die onto die cut card panels.  I used three different greens to graduate the colour, and then I splattered with gold watercolour paint.  Then I adhered the floral die cuts..  adding a tiny sentiment which I'd stamped and heat embossed in white, on black cardstock.  Lastly, I matted the panel onto some dotty green cardstock.


Card Info:
Dies - MFT In Focus Florals Die Set
MFT stitched rectangles
Distress Oxides - Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage
Sentiment - The Stamp Market Tons of Type
Dotty Cardstock
Gold Watercolour Paint

If you scroll on, you'll see the second card I made - just with another of the three dies that are included in the set.



Hope you like my makes today...  

Hugs...