Liverpool this time

I have loved making this card for all my football loving friends and using their team colours has made it even more personal. Of course it will be a while before I get to use it again though and that makes me kind of sad 

Goal!!!!!

Another football card this time for a Manchester City fan, its such a generic image you can make it look like any team or player.

I might have made more of these so look out for those too

Football Fan

When I was looking for a design for this teenagers card I remembered the net stencil and that I had this made to surprise set and an idea was born. I have used this set with quite a few images so far and its so versatile for those guys in our lives.

Big Birthday 2025

This year there aren’t very many big birthdays well not as many as last year anyway, I was going to do a shaped card but the eclipse won. 

I have been on a real colouring kick lately and I’ve been enjoying it a lot too. 

I can’t believe I started making cards the year this young man was born, I think I’ve made him a card for most of his birthdays, at the start of my card making journey I didn’t make to give just for the pleasure of making and it took a while to discover copics and colouring and then I wanted to make cards for all my family and friends.

Magical Time

Sort of a revisited idea except I changed it up a bit, this image is lovely to colour and for those difficult tweenagers it’s perfect. I didn’t buy this stamp set for this image so I’m not sure why it’s the first one I used lol.

Harry Potter Cat

This is a new digi stamp company, well new to me anyway lol, i really like the designs and by the time this publishes I will have probably bought more.

I wanted a magical map and saw this one in the Hunkydory sale so I thought it was a match made in heaven and now seeing it again I like it even more and think I should make a few of these.

Treat Yourself

I own a lot and I mean a lot of burger stamps but when I saw this freebie digi from Hunkydory I couldn’t wait to colour it and make a card. I used the Tim holtz stencil for the ketchup splats but the first attempt went a bit overboard and looked more like a bloodbath than ketchup lol.

A panda on a bike….of course it is

I very rarely use pre-printed sheets but sometimes you know you wouldn’t be able to achieve this yourself.

 

 

Football Crazy

The only boy from the big 6 deserved a card fit for a football crazy boy.  I adore the lili of the valley digital stamps they make it so easy to resize etc but of course I printed this the exact same size it would have been as a stamp lol.

The stencil was a very recent purchase from hunkydory and I also suppose it could be used for a fishing net.... of now the cogs are turning. 

HunkyDory Panda

You may have noticed a bit of a pattern with my last few posts lol, the obsession for the start of 2023 is the watercolour stencil and distress oxide inks. I do think it makes the image pop and they are quick and easy to make too. There will be more but I won't be showing them until after the recipients birthdays. But lets just say I made a lot more lol.

During Chrimbo limbo I was looking for a Panda image to make a card for the lady that started my cardmaking journey and I came across these freebie digital stamps on Hunkydory, there are loads to choose from and not just pandas either. I printed a few and will show them later once the birthdays have passed.

Fresh Cut

Another big birthday and another eclipse, I have no idea what I would do if I didn't have these large number dies they make making a significant number so easy to do.

This time I went with a large penny black cling stamp and it took so much longer to colour than I expected even though I used less colours. Its not one I see myself reaching to colour often, which is a shame as its lovely.

Not much else to say except I hope the recipient enjoyed their lockdown big birthday.

Ingredients
Image: "fresh cut" from Penny Black
Sentiment : Hunkydory
Dies: xxl stitche squares from crealies
Paper: tiny hearts from MFT

Copics
Green - G46, 24, 43, 40
Blue - B02, 01, 00, 000
Pink - Rv99, 69, 66, 54, 63

Happy, happy, happy birthday

I had watched the video by Stephanie Klauk using this MFT stamp and as soon as I saw it I had to buy it lol. Of course Stephanie used rainbow and ombre and although that was my intention its not the way I eventually went.

The blue one I used all the B90's and for the last one I used the blender and tipped it with B91. The YG one was slightly easier as I had the right number of pens and this time I just did them a solid colour rather than shade them, that will be for next time when I am not in a rush lol.

Ingredients
Happy - Happy, happy, happy birthday from MFT
Birthday - Say it with Flowers from HunkyDory
Dies - A2 stitched rectangle from MFT
Card - Enchanted evening and new leaf both Papertrey Ink

Copics
Blue - B99, 97, 95, 93, 91, blender
Green - YG67, 17, 25. 03, 01, 00

Best Beer is an Open Beer

Ok so my last post with a card showed a beer make and I said it was made back in October, well this one was made at the same time. I did continue the two cards in one sitting that I started at the beginning of 2019 and I am proud to say I am still continuing that now. 

I was also obsessed at the time with the One Sheet Wonder concept and had adapted the layout to use 6x6 paper, you don't get as many layouts but you can mix and match the patterns and colours easier

Ingredients
Image: "beer trolley" from Apple Blossom
Sentiment: "cheers" from Hunkydory
Paper: Studio G
Card: "dark indigo" from Papertrey Ink
Dies: Blueprints 33 from MFT

Achieved Level ....

Another same but different card, I  was batch making the once upon a time set and I had stamped this image and was about to add the happy birthday die when it occurred to me that this was a perfect card for my Hubbie, so I added a sentiment from the set and his age and it was done

Ingredients
Image and sentiment: "alien invasion" HunkyDory Stamps
Dies: A2 stitched rectangle from mFT
Card: "kraft" recollections from Michaels and "pacific blue" from Stampin Up
Inks: bermuda blue from memento, razzleberry, lemon drop and sour apple all MFT

Mice Memories

Hunky-dory stamp sets keep getting better and better, late last year they launched a few with these mice and I had to buy two of the three sets as I thought they were so cute. They remind me of the LOTV mice I used to buy years ago. I kind of like mice stamps but not real mice....well not ones that are in my house anyway. Not that this house has any but I have lived somewhere where we had mice...thats a story for another day though as its very long.

Quite a simple design, one I've used before but still one that I think works well. This paper pad has been used so much and mostly for this one paper I am so glad I bought the digital version so I can print it whenever I want to.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment : Mice Memories from Hunkydory
Dies : Polaroid’s (retired) from MFT
Paper : “note to self” echo park digital from Snap Click Supply

Copics
Mice - E34, 31, 79, R20
Sky - B000, 00, 01, 02
Ground - T4, 2
Red - R39, 37

Eclipse 80

This year is the year of big birthdays, so far I have made a 21, two 40 and now an 80. I also have to make a 70, 50 and 18. See I said it was a year of big birthdays.

I bought this stamp set specifically for this card and now its made I am glad I did buy it. I think I might make another one ready for next year.....ok wishful thinking.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment : "say it with flowers" Hunky-dory Stamps
Paper: "tiny hearts - bright" from MFT
Dies: XXL stitched squares from crealies

Copics
Green - YG67, 17, 25, 03
Yellow - Y17, 15, 13, 11
Orange - YR09, 07, 04, 02
Purple - BV04, 02, 01
Pink - RV09, 06, 04, 02

Flying a Kite

Now I wish I knew what colours I used for this image but I really don't, he has been coloured ready to go for months and it did make this card quick to put together but I really should record the colours on the back or something.

Even for a quick card I used a lot of products lol.

Ingredients
Image: "kite" Mo's Digital Pencil
Sentiment: "a mice birthday" for the love of stamps from Hunkydory
Paper: "little boy" Echo Park at Snap Click Supply
Dies: Blueprints 13 and 2, square and zig zag square stax, basic edges all MFT
Card:"real red" Stampin UP

Burgers Again

I really like making guy/kid cards but for this one I was completely stumped. I've made lots of cute burger cards but wanted a slightly more realistic/older look for this one and hopefully this one fits the bill.

I stamped and masked all he food and then stamped the ketchup splotches in "wild cherry" mft hybrid ink. This was a last minute idea and one I really like.

Ingredients
Images: "fast food" Hunky-dory
Sentiment: "basic numbers" from Clearly Besotted and "big birthday wishes" from MFT
Dies: "mod stitched rectangle" MFT
Card: "red" recollections at Michaels

Copics
Fries - E35, Y32, R89, 39, 37
Ketchup - R29, 24
Burger - E35, 34, 31, 25, 29, Y17, 15, 13, YG67, 17, 25, R29, 24, R39, 37, 35
Drink - B26, 24, 23, R39, 37, Y17, 15, N3, 2, 1, blender
Ground - W4, 2, 0

Hunky-dory Snow Globe Version 2

The main difference between this one and yesterdays card is that I have added another little snowman. I had to mirror stamp the image and I thought this would be difficult but it wasn't. I used the acetate from the stamp set, stamped the image and then just turned it over onto my card and rubbed, yes it really was that simple.

Ingredients
Images: "snowy snow globe" Hunky dory
Sentiment: Creative stamping
Paper: "rustic atmosphere" The Works and "" First Edition

Copics
Lid - N3, 2, 1
Tree - G28, 46, R29, B24, Y15
Snowmen - R39, 37, YG17, 25, B26, 24, W2, B000, B01, 000, R22, 21, 20

Hunky-dory Snow globe Version 1

This year Hunky-dory have really become one of my favourite stamp companies, there designs and price point make them a firm favourite for sure. I always watch the month release on Facebook live and I knew as soon as they showed this set I would need to have it.

Before you ask, yes I am obsessed with snow globes and jars lol. Although to be fair I never seem to make cards with them just collect them so you wouldn't know how many are sitting in my craft room lol.

Ingredients
Images: "snowy snow globe" Hunky dory
Sentiment: Creative stamping
Paper: "rustic atmosphere" The Works and "" First Edition

Copics
Lid - N3, 2, 1
Tree - G28, 46, R29, B24, Y15
Snowmen - R39, 37, YG17, 25, B26, 24, W2, B000