These stamps were in my basket so fast my head spun lol. I have already used the lady before but I knew I wanted to colour the bookcase and chair, the bookcase was a labour of love and I only used half of it lol. I did realise I can't do random very well so next time I need to plan which colours go where lol.
All of this card was made using stuff I found whilst cleaning my room, I made the background back in 2021, coloured the girl in about 2022 and stamped the sentiment last year lol. It was meant to be though because it all works perfectly together.
Another blending brushes card and one made in the sections of the rainbow theme, as I’m writing this post I can feel the urge to make more returning but the million dollar question is monochrome or rainbow lol
This wasn't the card I wanted to make but with my mojo on vacation and a deadline looming I went with a tried and tested design, hopefully the money inside will help lol.
I was invited to a night out with the people from bingo to celebrate on of their birthdays so I couldn't turn up empty handed, the numbers indicate their age and I am pleased to say they liked it.
This is a very, very old as until now unused MFT set that I have had since 2013!!! I was about to destash it too.
Surprisingly this turned out exactly as I hoped and I may even make some more for next year. I do find batch making some of my cards a lot easier as I am running out of ideas lol. I have been making cards for over 20 years so it’s not surprising I am out of ideas lol.
My next door neighbours recently moved and I knew I needed a card so I made this way in advance as I knew I would be too upset closer to the move, we have been neighbours for over 21 years so it hasn't been easy, of course it does help that they are only two streets away lol.
Sometimes you see a set of stamps and dies and you just know that you need them, not want but really need them, this set from Concord and 9th was just that for me. I made this as soon as it arrived and the person who received it absolutely loved it and was shocked I made it myself.
I have already made more so expect to see them soon, its so handy being able to personalise them with the name or even occasion
A good friend of mine was expecting her second baby girl and I wasn't sure what to make when I spotted the Clearly Besotted Baby bees on sale and thought I have an idea, it turned out exactly as I envisioned too.
Now this didn't turn out as I hoped but I still like the concept, now I just remembered that I was going to make some christmas cards with the background circle, darn it I am almost finished making them too, should I get a head start on next year.... yeah Im laughing too
In the big craftroom clearout/move I discovered lots of bits and pieces where I had cut multiples and never used them, all of the supplies I used on this card are from that pile. They would have been wasted but now they are made into a bright and cheery card
As soon as I saw this magazine I knew it was coming home with me and much to my surprise I used it immediately.... I had also just received this spellbinders plaster Simon Hurley embossing folder and it seemed a perfect match to me.
I wish I had a reason for my absense but I don't, my mojo went on vacation without me and I have been decorating my bedroom which seemed to take a really, really long time so I apologise and hopefully I can get back on track with my posting.
This is the other version I mentioned a while ago, this time I used the ink colours from the packaging and I really like that it reads as white not yellow.
Altenew is phenomenal in supplying packaging with ideas, colour combos and actual panels you can make quick cards with, plus I really like flowers and layered stencils lol.
Not another one I hear you say, but it is the last for a while. I might break out the MFT shark etc and make more though lol.
Another outing for this water stencil from altenew, do you ever start a project and then can’t stop and you are looking for images to make more, this stencil did that to me, I might have made quite a few and only stopped because I didn’t know who they were for lol
I am still on my two cards one sitting although as this card was made in February and the post written then as well that may well have changed lol. The size of these ladies is so perfect for this birthday die, although I think I might have made them for everyone now lol.
Another version of the card I showed a few days ago, I like the bright colours on this one.
Sometimes you see a perfect card and you know you can’t make it exactly the same but you put your own spin on it, well this is that card. I just wish I could remember who made it.
I used two MFT sets from jenoblade to make this and I may have made more because I enjoyed it so much.
I made this at the same time as the princess one but as this little lady has a touch of red in her hair I thought Ariel would be the perfect princess for her. I used a colouring page as the background again and I’m so thankful I can just find the perfect one so easily, it’s changed how I craft.
A different style for me but I will say I like the effect, I used a new to me stencil from altenew and it looks like water. It’s another of the creative fabrica images and I am so happy with how it turned out.
When I saw this stamp set in the clearance section of clearly besotted it literally jumped in my basket and I’ve used it already, shock, horror and disbelief lol.
The splat stencil is out again and this time in rainbow, I have no idea how many times I’ve used this stencil but I know it’s a lot.
This is a very different card for me but one I enjoyed making, my friends son is a budding artist and he drew this picture two years ago and he is into fountain ink drawing at the moment so I thought let’s use the image and this pen die and see if I can make something unique for him. I do hope he likes it
Oh I do love a punny sentiment almost as much as this friend loves Diet Coke lol. I tried to make the image look like a Diet Coke and I hope she liked it obviously not as much as she likes a real Diet Coke lol.
This image and indeed card have been sitting in my drafts folder for ages waiting for her to actually pass so I could send and post it here lol. I still can’t believe she is old enough to drive lol.
Not quite how I wanted or expected it to turn out but it still works, I should have masked a bit better but there is always next time. I used an older set from clearly besotted and as I bought the new super hero set I might have to make more lol
A break from the splat cards and also a change from my usual baby cards but when you have used your usual and your back up for this little ones big brothers a new design is called for lol. Again I used already made images which I’ve had ready since 2013!
Once I had decided on the images it came together really quickly.
The last of these for a while, not the stencil of course that never leaves my desk but the already coloured images lol. Not that I’ve reached the end of them of course I have a lot and I mean a lot still to use up. Maybe that should be my mission what I haven’t used by the end of next year I throw away!!!!
This is a newer to me stencil from Clearly Besotted, I do love their stencils and have quite the collection, another of the already coloured images and a simple stencil just makes it pop.
I might have been trying to use up some of the hundreds of already coloured images I have found since I started moving my craftroom upstairs. Again I find the clearly besotted stencil invaluable in just providing a little supporting act to the image.
Of course I had to use the girlie version for the 2 girls in the bunch, I might have another background ready to go from these too. The hair was amazing on these images, I wish I had been in my hair colouring phase though lol.
This is the boy version of the magnificent sevens cards this year, I only discovered this digital stamp company in December 2024 but I can already see me using them often, I love the expressive faces on the characters.
I was struggling for a layout when I remembered how much I liked this one from kendra card challenge 10, so I reused it and because it naturally makes three panels I might have another two ready to go for another image lol.
I was looking for a can stamp for a February birthday card and I came across this set from MFT, so I had to stamp all the images and make cards with them, I already had the deckle edge die and the spotlight sentiments on my desk so a set of quick and cute cards was born.
Normally its a while before you see the boy version of the big six and granted it is a while since the first version was shown but I tend to wait until after their birthdays in case they see the cards on my blog. I did ask for this version of the printable to be made available as I knew it would be perfect for a games loving boy, I might have made more versions too lol,
Another car another card, I do like finding a design and running with it, although I might have used this one as many times as I can without repeating for someone. I do still have a few unused car stamps though so maybe I need to modify it a bit lol.
Originally I was going to pair a dog image with this background but the sweet november stamps had just arrived and I knew this lady loves to read so it seemed fitting to pair them and use her favourite colours too.
The craftroom sort out unearthed some hidden gems and this was one of them, it was a stamped, coloured and die cut panel just calling out for a sentiment. Bish, Bash, Bosh and it was made.
the clear out/sort has revealed that I like to colour about three times as many images as I need and then I just store them so I will hopefully be using more soon.
I bought this stamp set for this sentiment and of course I needed to use the main image and my friend has the fluffiest black cat ever and he is grumpy too so it was a match made in heaven.
This is technically supposed to be a winter bear however the owner of Wundering Rabbit offered a free little bear if you used one of this set so I used the cutest (in my opinion) one of the lot. I enjoyed colouring him very much and I also used an oldie but goodie spotlight sentiment stamp from MFT. This was on my desk as I was making some food cards (expect those later this month). I also used the offset function on my cricut to print and cut the digital stamp, all I can say is wow and I have used it a lot since.
I bought this set from a craftstash sale and I can honestly say I will miss that store a lot, it was so easy to buy a magazine and throw a few dies/stamps in the basket.
I just had too get this die and stamp set from concord and 9th for my stanley loving friend, not sure how much use it will get after this though lol.
Maybe i should make a few and sell it lol.
