Birthday Saurus Version 1

The multiples don't seem to be stopping and I figured if it ain't broke why fix it lol. I enjoyed making these cards and everyone is different colours so now I am looking at them they do all look very different.

The majority of the card was the image and the colouring was pretty intense so the rest is fairly simple.

The first one of these features a green and aqua dinosaur I am not sure which colour combo is my favourite though, I will let you see them all and decide for yourselves.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: Birthday Saurus from Lili of the Valley
Dies: A2 stitched rectangle stax from MFT
Card: new leaf from Papertrey Ink
Background: All lined up from MFT

Copics
Skin - E13, 11, 00, 95
Aqua - BG15, 13, 11, 23
Green - YG67, 17, 25, 03, 01
Blue - B99, 97, 95, 93, 91
Grey - N7, 5
Yellow - Y17, 15, 13

Angie Blom Love My Sneaks

I bought this set at the sae time as the burger set and it was bought with someone in mind. This fantastic young man loves his Vans and this reminded me of his set so I coloured them in a colour I knew he would like.

I kept the design fairly simple and clean and let the image shine.

Ingredients
Image: "love my sneaks" Angie Blom Digital Designs
Dies:
Background: houndstooth from impression obsession stamped with grey versafine clair onto bright buttercup card from Papertrey Ink

Rainbow Cupcakes

I was on a call with some crafty friends and I decided to stamp a cupcake to see what the layers would look like, I was going to just stamp one but as I had it set up in my misti I went for a rainbow.

The altenew inks made light work of the majority of the colours but I had to get creative with the colours I don't have a set for. I used my ink swatches and realised that they are woefully out of date and need a sort out but I still managed to get colours I am happy with.

Once they were all stamped I hand cut them and realised there were too many for a normal A2 so I went with the current trend and made a slimline card. I have to say I enjoyed this style and I think I might have to invest in a set of slimline dies.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment : Layered Cupcake from Gina Marie Designs
Stencil: Sprinkles from Gina Marie Designs

Colours
Red - Frosty Pink, Coral Berry, Ruby Red and Grapevine all from Altenew
Orange - Summer Sunrise, orange zest, canyon clay and terracottaa tile all Papertrey Ink
Yellow - Citrus burst, Fresh Lemon, Maple Yellow, Honey Drizzle all from Altenew
Green -  Bamboo, Parrot, Olive and Moss all from Altenew
Aqua - Mountain Mist, Volcano Lake, Lagoon and Emerald all from Altenew
Blue - Memento Summer sky, papertrey ink blueberry sky and elegant evening and MFT nightshift blue
Purple - Wisteria, Hydrangea, Ultraviolet and Andromeda all from Altenew
Grey - Limestone, Silver Stone, Industrial Diamond and Pure Graphite all from Altenew
Brown - Sand Dune, Rocky Shore, Mocha and Expresso all from Altenew

Angie Blom Sizzin Good Time

A few months ago I was browsing through instagram and I spotted quite a few cards with a large open burger on them, now the stamp was from a company that is very hard to get hold of in the UK so I knew I would have to wait for my next Florida trip to purchase it. Given the current worldwide situation I have no idea when that will happen so I was a bit downhearted.

A few days later I was looking on facebook and I saw a large hotdog stamp coloured and thought oh no another I need but can't buy but this was a digital stamp so I went to have a look and I saw this set which includes a burger, tacos, can, hotdog, onion rings, sentiments and lots more so I had to buy it straight away. I might have bought the sneakers set too and persuaded a few friends that they needed this set lol.

The card came out exactly as I hoped and the person loved it too (always a bonus), I didn't want to waste the left over piece so I popped it inside the card.

Ingredients

Image: "Sizzin Good Time" Angie Blom Digital Designs

Dies: a2 rectangle stax from MFT

card: bright buttercup from Papertrey Ink

Copics

Bun - E35, 34, 33, 31

Burger - E29, 27, 25, 23

Cheese - Y19, 17, 15, 13

Tomato - R19, 17, 124, 14

Bacon - E19, 09, 08, 13 11

Lettuce - YG67, 17, 25, 03

Pickles - G46, 24, 43

Onions - BV04, 02, 00

Making Cards Lovely Ladies 6

This is the second card made in one sitting and again I used the direct to paper oxides to create the stripes. I am loving this and it is using up the spare white card I had left after cutting the gatefold cards for my friends wedding invites.

I went with different colours and widths on this one and I think I prefer it to the last one. I am sure I am not finished with this design yet.....sorry lol.

Ingredients
Image: making cards magazine
Sentiment: creative stamping
Dies Blueprints 20 and 29 fro MFT
Card: basic grey from Stampin Up

Copics
Skin - E13, 11, 00
Hair - E59, 37, 35
Trousers and bag - T6, 5, 4, 3
Cardigan - BG15, 13, 23, 11

Making Cards Lovely Ladies 5

Sometimes you just decide that you enjoyed making a card so much that you should recreate it. This is that card lol, of course I used different colours of oxide ink but its essentially the same card that I made previously lol. I have made another one as well so expect to see that soon too.

Ingredients
Image: making cards magazine
Sentiment: creative stamping
Dies: blueprints 20 and 29 from MFT
Background: stripes cut from hickory smoke, spun sugar and shaded lilac distress oxide
Card: basic grey from Stampin Up

Copics
Skin - E13, 11, 00
Hair - E59, 37, 35
Coat - T6, 5, 4, 3
Dress - BV04, 02, 01, 00
Umbrella - RV14, 13

Fairy Wishes

It might surprise you but this card was made before the magical unicorn ones and kind of inspired the design of those. I had forgotten to show it though so that’s why you are seeing it now. I would imagine you have seen lots using this layout and I can see more in the future too lol. I know I sound like a broken record but I have been struggling with making stuff for a while now, I have the time but not the inclination, however since the lockdown started my mojo has been in overdrive. It might be the fact that I’m chatting on my iPad in my craftroom so I start doing stuff at the same time. 

Anywho on to the card, it’s a simple design and one I might replicate for the other 4th birthday card I need. I have been trying to do that recently and it does work for me.

edited to add....nope I went a completely different way for that card lol.

Ingredients
Image:
Sentiment:
Paper:
Card:
Dies:
Embellishments:

Gold Mad Again

Another of the two cards one sitting makes and this was made at the same time as the other golf mad card. I have been trying to use both images from a stamp set and make both at the same time, otherwise I will forget I have them lol.

Ingredients
Image : golfer from the card hut
Sentiment: Spotlight sentiments (retired) from MFT
Dies: A2 stitched rectangle stax


Copics
Skin - E13, 11, 00
Trousers - E79, 77, 74
Blue - B06, 05, 04, 02, 01
Yellow - Y17, 15, 13, 11
Sky - BG11, 10
Ground - E35, 33, 31
Grass - G46, 43, 24

Golf Mad

I am so pleased MFT re-released these spotlight sentiments, I use them a lot and always think how annoying it must be to see retired stuff you cant get but now with the vault releases you can get them again.

I went with a simple theme, I prefer guy cards this way...who am i kidding this is my style on most of my cards lol.

I drew the scene with the copics and coloured it in, it didn't take long and was fairly easy to do. I hope it looks like a golf course, now though I wish I had added a flag near the egde lol.

Ingredients
Image : golfer from the card hut
Sentiment: Spotlight sentiments (retired) from MFT
Dies: A2 stitched rectangle stax


Copics
Skin - E13, 11, 00
Trousers - E79, 77, 74
Blue - B06, 05, 04, 02, 01
Yellow - Y17, 15, 13, 11
Sky - BG11, 10
Ground - E35, 33, 31
Grass - G46, 43, 24

Monster Birthday Again

The faceted stencil has had another outing today, I am so liking the effect this creates and I tried another different colour combo. Other than the different colours this is almost the same card I created previously, well if it ain't broke don't fix it is my motto lol.

Ingredients
Image - from C C designs
Sentiment - monster sentiments from pollycraft
Stencil - faceted stencil from concord and 9th
Inks - salty ocean, mustard seed, hickory smoke and black soot all distress oxides
Dies - rounded rectangle stax and blueprint 31 both from MFT stamps

Copics
Yellow - Y17, 15, 13
Red - R24, 22
Blue - B05, 04, 02

Walking with Teddy

I know I say this a lot but I can’t believe I have never coloured this image before. I am not sure if I am alone in this but I go through obsessions, I must have ordered four or five stamps of girls with prams for a birthday card and most (ok almost all) have never even seen ink. I am a firm believer that craft collecting is my first love and using the stuff I collect is a poor second lol.

I really wish I was better at using the stuff I have rather than always wanting the latest thing. This moment in time though is not the best to be planning a ban on spending ( I just had a big birthday and lots of both crafty goodies and money to spend on crafty goodies, lucky me indeed)

Enough waffling and on with the card, the papers are from a free pack from lili of the valley and they worked perfectly with the colour scheme I wanted. It’s a simple design but I wanted the image to be the centre of attention. Hopefully that was achieved.

Ingredients
Image : from Lili of the Valley
Dies: blueprints 2 and 13 from MFT and XXL inside out circles from Crealies and spellbinders scalloped circles and finally numbers from Papertrey Ink
Papers: Nit Wit for Lili of the Valley
Card: pink from recollections at Michaels

Copics
Skin - E13, 11, 00, 95
Hair - E59, 37, 35
Pram - B04, 02, 01, 00
Bear - E44, 43, 42, 41
Dress - R89, 39, 85, 83, 81