Some Odd Girl Reading

I made this card way back in January so I have no idea what I used to colour it but they really match the distress inks so I wish I could remember lol.

I bought a lot of theses digital stamps in the Some Odd Girl closing down sale and expect to see the other one using this design in the next few days. I think I have actually used almost all the ones I bought which shocks me no end lol.

I was still in the stripes obsession phase although I had moved on from the rainbow stripes. Again writing this blogpost makes me want to recreate this card as I really like it.

Ingredients

Image: some odd girl Mae

Dies: Blueprints 29 from MFT

Stripes: Blueprint sketch and hickory smoke distress inks

Faceted Cowboy

The second card in the colour combo obsession and I think its a bit busy. The recipient really liked it though so I suppose thats the most important bit. 

I love that little cowboy guy and even though he is small he sure is mighty lol 

Ingredients

Image: Saturday morning from October Afternoon

Sentiment: mama elephant

Stencil: faceted from concord and 9th

Inks: faded jeans, black soot, hickory smoke and rusty hinge

Wild Sprout

I am not sure how I would have survived this last year without my obsessions, in both life and crafting they have created little safe havens for my tired and weary soul. This particular obsession was short lived but I really like the colour combo and now as I am writing this blogpost I have the urge to get those colours out again and start creating lol.

I used a new to me layered argyle stencil I bought in the January crafters companion sale, i bought several layered stencils but the others are huge and not really workable for cards so next time I need to be more vigilante when looking at sizes lol. 

Ingredients

Image: Wild Sprout fox from The Greeting Farm

Dies: Blueprints 13 from MFT and speech bubbles from Frantic stamper

Background: argyle layered stencil from crafters companion

Distress inks: hickory smoke, faded jeans and rusty hinge

Copics

Skin - E13, 11, 00, 95

Hair - E35, 34, 31, 30

Jeans - B97, 95

Fox - E19, 09, 

Oh No Five Oh

I had this idea about a year before I actually made this card and I am so pleased it actually worked. Sometimes an idea and an actual card can look very different lol. 

I do like the fact that digital stamps can be made to any size and I really needed it for this large 8x8 one.

In real life the "five oh" stands out more clearly as it is glossy accented plus it has six layers of grey card underneath.

Ingredients

Image : Just my Type from Angie Blom Digital Designs

Dies: XXL square from Crealies 

Card: Hawaiian shores from Papertrey Ink

Balloon Baby Girl

I had all the stuff on my desk after making the balloon boy card so I thought why not make a girl version. The only change was the colours and the clouds. It came together really quickly but the boy version is my favourite lol.

Ingredients

Image : Balloon Bunch from Clearly Besotted

Sentiment: Papertrey Ink

Stencils: Circle mask from Heffy Doodle and mini cloud from MFT with Kitsch Flamingo distress oxide ink

Dies: blueprints 31 from MFT

Copics

Skin - E11, 01, 95

Balloons - RV14, 13, 11, Y17, 15, 13, R85, 83, 81, 24, 22, 06, 04, 02

Balloon Baby Boy

There are a few babies due that I have already made my goto design for their older siblings so I needed a new design. I remembered that I had bought this cute stamp from Clearly Besotted and the new distress oxide had just arrived and suddenly an idea grew and before I knew it I had made two cards. Of course I need three so I think I will just replicate this one.

Ingredients

Image : Balloon Bunch from Clearly Besotted

Sentiment: Papertrey Ink

Stencils: Circle mask from Heffy Doodle and mini cloud from MFT with Salvaged Patina distress oxide ink

Dies: blueprints 31 from MFT

Copics

Skin - E11, 01, 95

Balloons - B06, 05, 04, 02, 01, 00, YG17, 23, 03, 01, 00, Y17, 15, 13

Magical Friends

I made a few of these cards when the "big six turned 4" but as this little girls big sister never got this design I thought I would recreate it but on an A2 base instead of a square and I prefer it.

Of course the ponies are coloured like the ones in the My Little Pony universe, did you expect anything else lol.

Ingredients

Image: Magical Friends from the Greeting Farm

Sentiment: Magical Unicorn from Crafters Companion

Dies: Rainbow and cloud borders and blueprints 29 all MFT and number from Hobby Lobby

She Moves

When I bought this die set from Papertrey Ink I had no idea how tiny the images would be and no idea how to use it either, I saw a card on pinterest that used a different die and I thought I might be able to recreate that. Thankfully it worked but its definitely not my favourite card lol.

Boy Mum

I wanted this to look like my friends screen saver sitting on her marble countertop and I think that I achieved that.

It is not often that a non crafty friend tells me that they have seen a stamp they would like for their card but this is that stamp lol. My friend saw it on a card I had liked on my facebook feed and said is that the one you are using for my birthday lol so I had to go and buy it.

It did remind me of her and her little boy and i hope that she thought so too,

Ingredients

Image and sentiment: boymom by Stamping Bella

Background: marble background from MFT using grout grey mft ink

Dies: scalloped circles, stitched circles,  a2 stitched staxs and friendship request all MFT

Coffee and Friends

I bought all the RongRong sets when i was last in Florida and although I haven't used them all yet I couldn't resist the newer Coffee one. 

It was such a lovely stamp to colour and one I am sure I will use more, not much else to say except I hope the recipient liked it lol.

Image: RongRong by Hampton Arts

Sentiment: as above

Stencil: mft hearts with kitsch flamingo oxide ink