Absolutely Brilliant

I bought this stamp way back when, in fact I think it was when it first came out and I bought it to make a card for this person too lol. I have finally coloured it up, it was a labour of love as it took a while and I had to redo it once too. I have been overstamping with versa fine clair and it really makes the image pop but when I re-stamped this image the first time it wasn't quite in the right place and it left a shadow so this time I decided I wouldn't do that and risk ruining it a second time lol.

The sentiments are from Whimsy Stamps, I visited their retreat in Orlando in June. I didn't attend the retreat but Faye was teaching so as I was in the area I popped in to see her and of course buy some stuff too lol. I bought a set of sentiments called"cheeky" and they suit the british sense of humour so well, of course I didn't know that they weren't being released until August as several friends wanted to buy them lol.

Not much else to say except I hope she liked the card and had a lovely birthday.

Ingredients
Image: "Best friends" Robertos rascals for CC designs
Sentiment : "cheeky" from Whimsy Stamps
Paper : "black and white basics" from MFT

Copics
Grey Lady - E000, 00, 11, 93, T6, 4, 3, 2, BG18, 15, B99, 97, N2, 0, 8, 6, blender
Red Lady - E13, 11, 00, 93, 15, 08, 09, RV02, 04, 06, 09, 69, N8, 6, 5
Ground - W4, 2

No Prob-llama

One of our very good, ok best friends have three Alpacas and as soon as I saw this set from Creative Stamping I knew I was going to make his card using it. I have tried to make the colours match each of the Alpaca's and even made one slightly smaller than the others, of course this meant I had to cut off the bottom of the card lol.

The stitched mod rectangles have had another outing, I was addicted to these dies earlier this year and that may start again now lol.

Ingredients
Images and Sentiment: Creative Stamping
Stencils: "mini clouds" MFT
Inks: "tumbled glass" Distress ink
Dies: " stitched mod rectangles" from MFT
Card: "dark indigo" from Papertrey Ink

Copics
Duke - E59, 57, 35
Barney - E30, 31, 34, 35
Tarquin - E47, 44, 43, 42

Arteza Water Pens

So I finally bought the Arteza Real brush pens, my good friend Kathy spotted them as a lightning Amazon deal so I had to buy them didn't I lol.

This is my first time using them and they look ok, not my best colouring but it could have been worse, I haven't even swatched them yet so choosing the colours was an experience although the boxes they arrive in help immensely with that.

Images : "Merci beaucoup" from Clearly Besotted
Sentiment : " say it in style" retired Clearly besotted
Dies : Blueprints 29 and set 2 stitched a2 rectangles from MFT
Card : " hibiscus burst" papertrey ink

Stamping Bella Nancy

I saw a card made with this stamp and probably even these colours on my trawls through Blogland, I am sorry I can't remember who made it and gave the inspiration, if you know who please let me know as I like to give credit for my inspiration.

This stamp was a joy to colour and once I had made the card I couldn't seem to stop making this design, I like the clean and simple style, of course that means that any mistakes are amplified lol.

Ingredients
Image: " Nancy" from Stamping Bella
Sentiment: "sentiment staples - birthday mini" from Papertrey Ink
Paper: "newspapers"
Card: Recollections from Michaels 110lb white yardstick
Dies: Blueprints 15 from MFT and Crealies XXL inside out circles

Copics
Skin - E000, 00, 11
Hair - E59, 57, 35
Trousers - N8, 6, 5
Cup - R59, 56
Chair - E44, 43, 42, 59, 57, 35
Newspaper - N4, 3, 2, 1, blender

Wheelie Like You

Friends of ours recently got a rescue hamster called "Roo" he is completely adored by the whole family. He is also an escape artist and should really be called "Houdini" lol.

My friend asked me to make her hubby a birthday card from the hamster and this was it lol.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: "wheelie like you" Lawn Fawn
Dies: A2 Stitched Rectangles from MFT
Stencil: Dutch Doobadoo
Inks: Twisted Citroen and Broken China Distress Oxides

Copics
Wheel - C2
Hamster - E34, 31, N6

Magic Slider Card - Lawn Fawn

I recently made the lawn fawn reveal wheel card using the dies I bought in Florida, during the making of that card I was discussing how I had bought the magic slider dies last year in florida and had never used them. Of course that got the wheels turning and I decided that I needed to make something.

This wasn't my original idea but one that took shape and evolved as it went along. Of course it took three attempts to get it to work but that was all human error and not watching the videos before starting lol. I did discover that a double height set of the "u" shaped spacer made the card slide easier but you do have to take that extra depth into account when placing the acetate....ask me how I know (attempt 2 lol)

I also discovered that after trying to blend the sky with B21 that it needs refilling so I had to try other colours until it blended, hence the really long list for just sky lol.

Anyway it's a fun card and hopefully now I know what I am doing one I will create again.

Ingredients
Image : "Colour Chameleon " Clearly Besotted
Sentiment: "geometric shapes" Clearly Besotted
Card: "blueberry sky" Papertrey Ink
Paper: "Dots and Stripes - Bright " MFT
Dies: blueprints 23 and 1 both MFT and lawn fawn magic slider die set

Copics
Ground - E59, 37, 35, 34, 31
Sky - B21, 23, 00, 12, 14
Branch - E59, 35, G46, 24
Chameleon - YG01, 03, 25, 17

MMMM Coffee

I need to apologise for the fact that I can't remember which magazine this free gift came with, I do remember it had stamps, dies and a stencil though. I have also had the image coloured for about three months but in order to kick start my mojo I am trying to use previously coloured images and make them into cards.

Of course this process may take some time and I am peppering that with new colouring and cards I need lol.

Ingredients
Image : "freebie"
Sentiment: "birthday balloon" Avery Elle
Card:"cocoa bean" from Papertrey Ink
Dies: Blueprints 23 and 1, slanted sentiment strip all MFT
Stencil: "freebie" and cocoa bean ink from Papertrey Ink

Diggers

Its not often I make a card without any colouring but today I did. I needed a boys card quick and I thought lets try printing one using a Nit Wit set, back in the day I did this a lot and I had forgotten how effective it can be. I had to add a bit of dimension and there was some cutting but it was really quick and simple.

I'm still stuck in a creative rut so the layout is simple/basic but I know the 3 year old isn't going to mind.

Ingredients
Image and Paper: " Diggers and Dozers" Nit Wit Collections
Dies: Blueprints 13 and 2, notched border all MFT
Card: "sour apple" from MFT

Lili of the Valley Number Bears Again with a Twist

When I made the first one of these bears I used letter dies to create an eclipse, now I couldn't do that for the others as their names were too long, however a friend said I have smaller letters so I tried it and I am pleased with the result. I kind of wish I had done this for the other ones but its a bit late now.

Ingredients
Image: "number bear" Lili of the Valley Digistamp
Dies: XXL stitched square from Crealies, friends letter dies
Card: "pacific blue" from Stampin up

Copics
Bear - E47, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40
Ground - W4, 2
Number - B06, 05, 04, 02

I'm Back and a Card

Thank you so much for the lovely comments on my previous post, I was really touched by them and sometimes when you just feel like you are talking to yourself you realise that you aren't and that is a wonderful feeling.

I have been trying to get back into the swing of card making but its so difficult with the warm weather, it probably doesn't help that my craft room is like an oven, oh for air conditioning or even a fan. Hubby tried to put a fan in the doorway but it was a disaster, either it was blowing hot air at me, blowing my papers around or I was falling over the lead, it was just not meant to be lol.

So anyway enough of my waffling, I made a basic card for a three year old. Not sure they really care about cards but I made one for his mum anywho lol. I used a tried and tested image and papers and didn't really do anything different with the layout but I was pleased with it and thats a first lately for me.

Ingredients
Image: "happy days" The Greeting Farm
Paper: "dino friends" Echo Park
Card: "pacific point" Stampin Up
Dies: Blueprints 13 and 1 from MFT, postage stamp (no idea - I haven't labelled), numbers from paper trey ink

Copics
Skin - E11, 00, 000
Hair - E35. 57, 59
Clothes - B06, 05, 04, 02, E08, R08, 05
Dinosaurs - YG17, 25, 03, Y17, 15, 13, YR09, 07, 04

Fabulous Pink Shoes

The final instalment of the shoe cards, although I might have made more by now as they were so enjoyable.

Not much else to say except I am happy to have made them and hope they were well received.

Ingredients
Image and sentiment: Creative Stamping issue 53
Dies: "mod stitched rectangle stax" from MFT
Paper: "charcoal" from michaels
Stamp: "diagonal stripes" MFT