Ladybird Gorjuss

Last year I tried the two cards one sitting method and to a degree it worked, I wasn't able to always do this but I do think its the way to go for me, plus it means I use the stamps at least twice lol.

I have a few of this large size of Gorjuss girl stamps and I love that you ca really go to town colouring their hair, however after a lengthy break from my copics I didn't get it quite right this time, still there is always next time lol.

Ingredients
Image: "ladybird" gorjuss by Santoro large stamp
Sentiment: Creative Stamping 65
Dies: XXL stitched square from Crealies
Card: "lost lagoon" and "raspberry ripple" both retired Stampin Up

Copics
Skin - E04, 11, 00, 000, 93
Hair - T9, 7, 5, 3
Blue - Bg78, 75, 72
Pink - RV69, 66, 55, 52
Grey - C6, 4, 2

Lily Sympathy

These are the type of cards I really don’t like making but I still wanted the family to know I was thinking of them. I think I might make a few and have them on hand as making them when needed is more difficult.

I always feel like I'm tempting fate though by having them ready to go, like I'm willing something to happen....I know I'm being ridiculous but still I can't bring myself to do it. Although if I left the sentiment off and just had the bases ready to go that might solve that.

This stamp is from "just inklined" its a physical stamp and I have had it for years, I bought almost the entire range when they reduced them to a quid as this was cheaper than the digi version, however this is the first one to have ever seen ink. It was in fact in my ready to part with pile....

Ingredients
Image: "hand tied lilies" Just Inklined
Sentiment: "brushed greetings 2" Clearly Besotted
Card: "amethyst allure" Papertrey Ink
Die: wonky stitched rectangle from MFT

Copics
Green - YG25, 03, 01
Yellow - Y17, 15, 13, 11
Purple - V17, 15

Coffee and Friends

Paper piecing was/is a great love of mine, I always enjoy the satisfaction of adding the shadows and bringing it to life. I wonder then why I don't do it more and on images like this that don't immediately scream paper piece me lol.

Maybe thats the solution to my always behind with my makes, each week revisit an older/loved technique and think outside the box.

Ingredients
Image and sentiment: "coffee and tea" Simon Say Stamp
Papers: "christy" Sassy Designs
Dies: Scalloped rectangle stax from MFT
Card: "berrylicious" from MFT
Embossing: "cherry cobbler" embossing powder from Stampin Up

Time Warp

I made this card back in October, took the photo and forgot about it. It was another last minute make like most of last years cards, I am hoping that it won’t be like that again this year but I think it might be lol.

I created a galaxy background using distress inks and stampedctge greeting and heat embossed, I then stamped the time warp over the top and wiped away any that overlapped and heat embossed.

For such a simple card it did take a while to do and was more fiddly as there is nowhere to hide if you fluff up. I added the white mat as it got lost on the black background without it and is something I should remember to do more, I always forget to use white as a neutral.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: "long time ago" and "time warp" both from Neat and Tangled
Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, salty ocean, peacock feathers, wilted violet, chipped sapphire, black soot

Rockabilly Girls

This post was supposed to be scheduled for October but for some strange reason it didn't post and as the cards are cute I thought it should get seen.

There are four images in this set of Digistamps from CC Designs and I printed and coloured all four but only three have made it onto cards so far. The fourth was already to go but I dropped my inked on the background so that one will have to wait.

I have used the same layout on each one, very basic but I think it works.

Ingredients
Image: "rockabilly girls" Roberto's Rascals at CC Designs
Sentiment: "party animal" Avery Elle
Dies: "say it" Clearly Besotted and "a2 stitched rectangle" from MFT
Stencil: "brick wall" from MFT
Ink: "hickory smoke" and 'black soot" Distress Oxides
Card: "dark charcoal" from recollections at Michaels

Copics
Skin - E04, 11, 00, 000, 93
Shoes - N9, 7, 5
Jeans - B99, 97, 95
Red - R89, 39, 37, 35
Pink - RV17, 14, 13, 11
Brunette - E79, 77, 74, 49
Blonde - E35, 34, 33, 31, 30

Making Cards Magazine Does it Again

Woohoo, last christmas card post of 2018, finally finished lol. The photos for these cards are particularly bad and this is because I took them at the bristol playday meet and then popped them in their envelopes. I took the photos with my phone and the lighting is awful but I was never very good at photo taking.

Ingredients
Images: making cards December issue

Dies: Crealies XXL inside out circles and A2 stitched rectangles from MFT

Background: "picture it - christmas" Clearly Besotted

Copics:

Background - B69, 66, 79, E35, 34, 31, W4, 2, YG67, 

17, 25, R39, 37, Y15, 11, BG0000, 00, C2

Snowmen - BG0000, 000, 00, R39, 37, YG17, 25

Santa - R39, 37, 35, T8, 6, YG17, 25, B06, 04, Y38

Same but Different Christmas Cards

You will be pleased to hear there are only two posts of christmas cards remaining. After tomorrow I will try to abstain until December lol.

These three cards are the closest I got to individual cards this christmas, time, mojo and ideas were certainly in short supply this year. I am hoping to rectify that for this year but I think it might just be wishful thinking on my part.

Ingredients

Image and Sentiment: "warm and feathered hugs" Stacey Yacula for MFT

Dies: Crealies XXL inside out circles and A2 stitched rectangles from MFT

Background: "picture it - christmas" Clearly Besotted

Copics:

Background - B69, 66, 79, E35, 34, 31, W4, 2, YG67, 

17, 25, R39, 37, Y15, 11, BG0000, 00, C2

Owl - E79, 77, 74, 71, 70, 49

Scarf - R39, 37, YG17, 25

Ingredients

Image and Sentiment: "sweet holiday Penguins" Stacey Yacula for MFT

Dies: Crealies XXL inside out circles and A2 stitched rectangles from MFT

Background: "picture it - christmas" Clearly Besotted

Copics:

Background - B69, 66, 79, E35, 34, 31, W4, 2, YG67, 

17, 25, R39, 37, Y15, 11, BG0000, 00, C2

Penguin - YR07, o4, T8, 6, 5, 4, R20, T2, 1

Presents - R39, 37, YG17, 25

Ingredients

Image and Sentiment: "meow Kitty-mas" from Whimsy Stamps

Dies: Crealies XXL inside out circles and A2 stitched rectangles from MFT

Copics:

Background - BG11, 10

Cat - T6, 5, 4, 3

Tree - YG67, 17, 25, Y17, 15, 13, R39, 37, V17, 15, B06, 04, 02