I saw a similar design on the MFt blog so I thought why not replicate it but make it the same but different. My first attempt didn't go well as I coloured the plush animals as though they were real and that made the whole thing a bit dark and not at all what I was going for so I stamped them again and had another go, it was more difficult than I care to admit to make them pink and blue lol.
I can definitely see me using this design again maybe even with the other animals in the set too.
So a return to the shaped cards, I think I had made so many eclipse I wanted a change and once I popped I couldn't stop lol. I have made so many shaped cards now it is insane.
I found this image on doctor digi and knew it would be perfect for this campervan loving guy, of course you can't buy just one image so a few more might have fallen into my basket lol.
You would be forgiven for thinking this is the rest of the magnificent sevens boy cards but I decided to use the same design and layout for the little boys who are 4 and went with a different image and style for the three year olds. This little guy from Mo manning just seemed a little older than 3 and we all know how literal I am lol.
Another big birthday, another eclipse, I promise the next one will be something different lol. I went with a design I’ve made before but not as an eclipse. I also used one of the papertrey ink card stock colours called “honey nut” and it’s perfect for a masculine card. I think the number background stamp is also one of my most used too, I love the subtle interest it adds to the background.
The last of these cards and it feels like a goodbye but I can assure you it is not, it was too much fun to not do again.
Bit of an unusual colour for this one but I found a pack of card and wanted to use it up, I do like the end result though.
I think this might be my favourite colour one I made and I even had a person in mind when I coloured it, now of course I notice the sentiment is wonky but it’s too late I’ve already sent it.
I am already planning what to take on my next trip and I’m excited to see what else I can create with limited supplies, of course my limited supplies is larger than when I first started making cards way back in 2005 lol.
I had such a lot of fun with the pencils on this card, I had forgotten the sheer joy colouring brings me and how it quietens the mind too. I got into a bit of a routine on this trip, get up, go for a long walk, come back and make a huge coffee and then sit and colour. Writing about it is making me miss it even more and I can’t wait to be doing it again.
This is another of the limited supplies cards, last year I bought one of the Hero Arts kits exclusive to Joann Fabric and never used it so I decided to take it with me and see if that worked. I loved colouring such a big bold image with pencils, I might have made a few more too lol.
I do think this will be what I do every trip no matter how small the timescale, colouring with a coffee/tea was just an amazing way to start the day.
I was looking through my old cards and came across a card that I knew the recipient loved so I thought why not make it again, I think I made the original about 12 years ago but I still had everything I needed to recreate, it helped that it was mostly digital lol.
Making this made me remember why I do this card making thing, the sheer joy of creating something from paper and card, knowing it will bring a smile to the recipient is an added bonus.
Another of the holiday cards, pencils this time and a design I’ve not tried before, definitely one I will try again though as I really like the frame idea. I found some very old stamped images and that is what I took away with me, I have already been on another trip since I made this and again I coloured older images, it felt good to show the images some love.
