Happy New Year and Happy Birthday Kay

Today is my good friend Kay's birthday and as she loves spiders I had an idea of the card I wanted to make. I watched an Amy Rysavy video where she used Studio Katia products to create a web shaker card and I knew straight away what I wanted to create, however there are no studio katia suppliers in the UK and the postage and customs would be astronomical so I thought how can I recreate without those specific items. This was how back at the start of my card making journey I would make stuff, I never had the correct/exact item so I would improvise and I enjoyed it so I thought revisit that period and see what happens.

Of course I had no spider web dies but I knew someone who did and I asked if I could cut it, I used black glitter card for the web and normal black card for the background and my initial idea was to use the one as a stencil but that went out of the window when I saw how thin the lines were.

It doesn't look anything like Amy's but I think it works and I am oddly pleased with it.

Last things to do is wish Kay a very happy birthday x

Ingredients
Image: "creepy Crawlies" Robertos Rascals from CC designs
Dies: Sizzix Spider Web
Card: "glitter pad" from the Works and "cranberry" from Michaels
Sequins: "sparkling clear" and "charcoal" from pretty pink posh, 'red" dollar tree and "silver stars" Studio Katia

Merry Christmas Everyone

I just wanted to wish all my blog readers a 

Very Merry Christmas

I haven't posted as much this year but I do hope you have enjoyed reading the posts.

Now its time to get back to the Turkey and presents

Thank you xx

Lili of the Valley Number Bears Version 5

This is the last of these Number 5 bears, I have to say I am sad that they are all finished now as I enjoyed making them and hopefully they enjoyed receiving them. Not long until the 6 turn 6 so I had better get my thinking cap on. I do hope that I make them all in a batch next year as it made the process so much more enjoyable that way.

Ingredients
Image: "number bear" Lili of the Valley Digistamp
Dies: XXL stitched square from Crealies
Card: "amethyst allure" from Papertrey ink

Copics
Bear - E47, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40
Ground - W4, 2
Number - V17, 15

AI Crafting=Happiness

Yet another of the Hobby Lobby wood mounted AI stamps has been inked up. Every year when I visit Florida I look out for these, normally I don't find them straight away but this year I did.

Its a big stamp and complicated to colour but I hope the recipient likes it. I followed the coloured image on the stamp block and although I changed the colours I used the shadows and even though all the colours are just two markers each it seems to work ok. Next time I might try using a grey or a BV as the shadow for all the colours, baby steps though lol.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: "craftiness" Art Impressions (AI)
Dies: Blueprints 31 from mft
Card: "hibiscus burst" from Papertrey Ink

Copics
Skin - E11, 00, R20
Table - E34, 31, N3, 1
Blue - B26, 23
Green - YG17, 25
Pink - RV14, 13
Purple - V17, 15
Black - N7, 5
Grey - N3, 1
Ground - E44, 43, 42
Hair - E30, 31, 34, 35, 57, 59, 49, T5, 3, 1