Wheelie Like You

Lawn fawn mini sets are so cute and such good value, I was tempted by quite a few sets in their recent release but I resisted almost all temptation except this one lol.

I couldn't wait to ink, colour and cut him out, but then he sat on my desk unloved and I had no idea what card I was going to make.

I was tidying (don't faint) my craft desk and I found the background I coloured for the Hydrangea card and was about to throw it away when I though why not combine it with the hamster and so this card came together really quickly even if it did sit on my desk unmade for ages.

Ingredients
Image: "wheelie like you" Lawn Fawn
Dies: Blueprints 20 and lawn fawn "wheelie like you"
Inks: "tumbled glass and shaded lilac" both distress inks
Stencil: "diamond circle" Simon says stamp exclusive.

A La Mode Cheers

A very quick card made for my mum to give to my cousin, she chose the image and papers and then left me to it lol. At least my cousin liked it lol.

Ingredients
Image: "cheers" A LA Mode by MFT
Paper: "blush" MME
Card: snippet draw
Dies: Blueprints 5, 6 and , sentiment strips and vertical stripes
Sentiment: "keep it simple - Happy Birthday" Papertrey Ink

Micey Day

As part of my new stamp storage I have a list of all stamps I own by companies, as part of that list I have marked if I have ever used a stamp before and that list is a lot larger than I would like to admit. This stamp was on that list and now I've used it Im not sure why it wasn't used before. 

I followed one of the blueprint sketches and once I had found the papers this came together rather quickly. I'm sure I'm not alone in this but I knew I had papers with cherries on but could I find them oh no, I gave up and went for something different and there they were lol. 

Ingredients
Image: "mice day" Penny Black Transparent
Papers: "cherryhill" Raspeberry Road
Card: "kraft" recollections
Dies: blueprints 18, stitched circle stax all MFT and "happy" Simon Says Stamp

Copics:
Mice - R20, E30, 31, 34
Cherries - G99, 94, R89, 39, 37, 35
Bowl - W3, 1, 0, 00, B02
Background - E42, 40, B000, 0000

Mama Elephant Photobomb

My good friend Kay showed me this stamp set and I just had to get it, I couldn't wait and coloured this version straight away. I saw a card on the mama elephant blog and thought mmm shades of grey.

I wanted to create a kind of developing photo bokah background so I cut a panel using blueprints 20 then I inked it with pumice stone and black soot. Once it was dry I cut several circles using mft staxs and used "sweet tooth" pigment ink from mft to sponge through the circles. To finish I added some Heidi swapp White spray, it gives a lovely pearly look in real life.

The panel looked too plain on a white card base so I used mft grout Gray, I then sponged the White ink through a stampin up stencil , once that was dry I moved the stencil down and to the right and sponged with the grout Gray dye ink. This is something I would try again maybe with brighter colours next time.

Ingredients

Images: "photobomb" mama elephant
Inks: "pumice stone" and "black soot" both distress, "sweet tooth" pigment and "grout Gray" dye both MFT
Dies: precious Polaroids, circle stax and blueprints 20 all MFT
Stencil : circle masks stampin up
Card: "grout Gray" mft and "white" recollections 110lb

More Baby News

I have been waiting for this news for a while, my good friend is expecting her first baby and I couldn't be more pleased for them, this will be one adored baby. Of course I had to make a card to congratulate the parents to be.

I used the Brynn Uptown girl again but I think she looks very different this time, I wanted the card to be gender neutral but now its made it looks more blue, maybe I should have gone more yellow lol.

Ingredients
Image: "brynn has a baby shower" Uptown girls for Stamping Bella
Papers: "coffee talk" Nit wit
Card: "crumb cake" stamping up
Dies: Stitched circle stax, blueprints 13 and 2 all MFT and "decorative edges shallow" from clearly besotted.

Copics:
Skin - E11, 00, 000
Hair - E50, 31, 34
Onsie - E42, 40, R37
Dress - E43, BG75, 72, 70
Bag -  BG75, 72
Bear - E43, 41
Background - W1, 0, 00

Stampin Up Christmas

Last year went by in such a flash especially from October to December that I forgot to show lots of my christmas cards, most were mass produced designs but this one was different from the norm as I  wanted to use this stamp set. Its from Stampin Up and its called "white christmas", I just love the snowman he has such character even though he is a tiny image.

I stamped the trees and snowman in black ink and then stamped the snowman again on a separate piece of paper and coloured him with copics. I wanted the sky to look like night so used darker distress inks, I should have stamped and embossed the snow before I completed the background but I didn't realise it was missing something until the inks were blended. At least the stray embossing powder looks like snow flurries lol. 

Ingredients
Images: "white christmas" Stampin Up
Sentiment: "christmas sparkle" Clearly besotted, embossing powder is Ranger liquid platinum
Inks: Faded Jeans, Stormy sky and black soot
Dies: Blueprints 20 MFT

Get Well Wishes

One of the lovely ladies from the Bristol play day is currently unwell and I thought a get well card might cheer her up. I haven't made many of this type of card but I did enjoy it and might make a few just in case, famous last words I'm sure, next time I say I made this last minute remind me I was going to make a few lol.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: "little friends" Kanban clear set
Paper: "happy day" MME
Card: "cotton candy" MFT
Dies: Blueprints 2, 13, rounded rectangles all MFT
Brad: Eyelet outet

Copics:
Bear - E44, 43, 42, 41, 40
Bear Nose and feet - E49, 47, 44
Plaster - R22, 21, 20
Bandage and ground - W3, 1, 0
Skin - R20, E11, 00, 000
Shoes - BG78, 75
Dress - RV52, 55, 66
Hair - E50, 51, 53, 55, 57

Watercolour Hydrangeas

Clearly besotted recently had a sale and this is a set I've been wanting for ages so I decided to go ahead and get it, I'm trying to use new stuff before I put it away as otherwise I forget I have it.

I wanted to try creating blue hydrangeas as this is my favourite flower and thought water colour would be the easiest way, I stamped the image multiple times on tim holts watercolour paper and used my distress inks to colour them, its only my second time using them this way but I had so much fun and the effect was so much better than I expected. I wet the entire image and dropped the colour onto it, the embossed lines help keep it contained.

I decided that the flowers looked a little plain with a white background so I used my diamond circles stencil and sponged on some ink, I originally used tumbled glass and shaded lilac but the background was too vivid and overtook the image so I tried MFT dye ink instead, it blended so much easier than I expected and the colours were much pales than the DI, I might try water colouring with them next time. Don't worry I didn't throw away the other background I made another card with it, hopefully you will see that one soon.

Ingredients
Image: "just fabulous" Clearly Besotted and free cb set from Simply cards
Card: Tim Holtz watercolour paper, michaels 110lb whute and Sno Cone from MFT
Dies: "just fabulous" clearly besotted, blueprints 13 and 20
Stencil: "diamond circles" Simon says stamp
Inks: Sno cone and grapesicle for the stencilled background and steel grey for the sentiment all MFT
Sentiment: "think big favourites 12" Papertrey Ink

Watercolour (all distress inks)
Leaves - mowed lawn and peeled paint
Blue Hydrangea - tumbled glass, broken china and shaded lilac
Pink Hydrangea - picked raspberry, seedless preserves and spun sugar

Magnum

Today is the birthday of a very good friend, we are the same age and very similar in many ways, especially our love of family, ice-cream and coffee, not necessarily  in that order lol.

On one of our outings I discovered she likes my cat cards the best so even though I had bought a different image for her I knew her card had to have a cat on it. This stamp does remind me of her cat though, he is a lovely cuddly grey ball of fluff and runs to see you to get a tummy rub lol.

Ingredients
Image: "Magnum Bon Appetite" Ladybug Crafts (no longer trading)
Sentiment: "Its only words 3" Ladybug crafts
Paper: "Here is Happy" MME
Card: "raspberry ripple", "smoky slate" both Stampin Up and "Harvest Gold" Papertrey ink
Dies: "rounded rectangle stack" and blueprints 12 all MFT

Copics
Bird - R56, 59, Y26
Cage - BG13, 11, Y28, 26, 23
Cat - T7, 5, 4, 2
Ground - W3, 1, 0

Playday Christmas Cards Final Version

This is the final version of the play day girls christmas card, I  used two colour ways and a few different images but essentially they were all the same design. I did enjoy making these even if they were more work than I originally envisioned. 

Ingredients
Image: "Snowy" Purple Onion Designs
Card: "Cherry Cobbler" Stampin Up
Sentiment: "Big Christmas Wishes" Amy R
Dies: "Happy" one liner from Papertrey Ink and Blueprints 15 from MFT
Stencil: "Holiday Knit" Tim Holtz
Embossing: Liquidtex light modelling paste and "scarlett jewel"ink by Papertrey Ink

Ingredients
Image: "Icicle" Purple Onion Designs
Card: "Pine feather" PTI
Sentiment: "Big Christmas Wishes" Amy R
Dies: "Happy" one liner from Papertrey Ink and Blueprints 15 from MFT
Stencil: "Holiday Knit" Tim Holtz
Embossing: Liquidtex light modelling paste and "pine feather"ink by Papertrey Ink

Ingredients
Image: "Birch" Purple Onion Designs
Card: "Cherry Cobbler" Stampin Up
Sentiment: "Big Christmas Wishes" Amy R
Dies: "Happy" one liner from Papertrey Ink and Blueprints 15 from MFT
Stencil: "Holiday Knit" Tim Holtz
Embossing: Liquidtex light modelling paste and "scarlett jewel"ink by Papertrey Ink

Ingredients
Image: "Snowy" Purple Onion Designs
Pine feather" PTI
Sentiment: "Big Christmas Wishes" Amy R
Dies: "Happy" one liner from Papertrey Ink and Blueprints 15 from MFT
Stencil: "Holiday Knit" Tim Holtz
Embossing: Liquidtex light modelling paste and "pine feather"ink by Papertrey Ink

Playday Christmas Cards Take 3

This is almost the finished version, in fact the only difference is I changed the sentiment to a less scripty one. I like the colours although they aren't coming through to clearly on the photo

Ingredients
Image: "Snowy" Purple Onion Designs
Card: "Pine Feathers" Papertrey Ink
Sentiment: Quick cards free October stamp set.
Dies: "Happy" one liner from Papertrey Ink and Blueprints 15 from MFT
Stencil: "Holiday Knit" Tim Holtz
Embossing: Liquidtex light modelling paste and "Pine Feathers" Papertrey Ink

Playday Christmas Cards Take 2

I had wanted to use purple and blue for this years cards but although I liked the finished version of this one I thought traditional colours might look better. 

Ingredients
Image: "Birch" Purple Onion Designs
Sentiment: Quick cards free October stamp set.
Card: "Plum Pudding" PTI
Dies: "Happy" one liner from Papertrey Ink and Blueprints 15 from MFT
Stencil: "Holiday Knit" Tim Holtz
Embossing: Liquidtex light modelling paste and "plum pudding"ink by Papertrey Ink