Monday 31 December 2018

Happy New Year and Happy Birthday Kay

Today is my good friend Kay's birthday and as she loves spiders I had an idea of the card I wanted to make. I watched an Amy Rysavy video where she used Studio Katia products to create a web shaker card and I knew straight away what I wanted to create, however there are no studio katia suppliers in the UK and the postage and customs would be astronomical so I thought how can I recreate without those specific items. This was how back at the start of my card making journey I would make stuff, I never had the correct/exact item so I would improvise and I enjoyed it so I thought revisit that period and see what happens.

Of course I had no spider web dies but I knew someone who did and I asked if I could cut it, I used black glitter card for the web and normal black card for the background and my initial idea was to use the one as a stencil but that went out of the window when I saw how thin the lines were.

It doesn't look anything like Amy's but I think it works and I am oddly pleased with it.

Last things to do is wish Kay a very happy birthday x

Ingredients
Image: "creepy Crawlies" Robertos Rascals from CC designs
Dies: Sizzix Spider Web
Card: "glitter pad" from the Works and "cranberry" from Michaels
Sequins: "sparkling clear" and "charcoal" from pretty pink posh, 'red" dollar tree and "silver stars" Studio Katia

Tuesday 25 December 2018

Merry Christmas Everyone



I just wanted to wish all my blog readers a 

Very Merry Christmas

I haven't posted as much this year but I do hope you have enjoyed reading the posts.

Now its time to get back to the Turkey and presents

Thank you xx

Tuesday 11 December 2018

Lili of the Valley Number Bears Version 5

This is the last of these Number 5 bears, I have to say I am sad that they are all finished now as I enjoyed making them and hopefully they enjoyed receiving them. Not long until the 6 turn 6 so I had better get my thinking cap on. I do hope that I make them all in a batch next year as it made the process so much more enjoyable that way.


Ingredients
Image: "number bear" Lili of the Valley Digistamp
Dies: XXL stitched square from Crealies
Card: "amethyst allure" from Papertrey ink

Copics
Bear - E47, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40
Ground - W4, 2
Number - V17, 15

Saturday 1 December 2018

AI Crafting=Happiness

Yet another of the Hobby Lobby wood mounted AI stamps has been inked up. Every year when I visit Florida I look out for these, normally I don't find them straight away but this year I did.

Its a big stamp and complicated to colour but I hope the recipient likes it. I followed the coloured image on the stamp block and although I changed the colours I used the shadows and even though all the colours are just two markers each it seems to work ok. Next time I might try using a grey or a BV as the shadow for all the colours, baby steps though lol.



Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: "craftiness" Art Impressions (AI)
Dies: Blueprints 31 from mft
Card: "hibiscus burst" from Papertrey Ink

Copics
Skin - E11, 00, R20
Table - E34, 31, N3, 1
Blue - B26, 23
Green - YG17, 25
Pink - RV14, 13
Purple - V17, 15
Black - N7, 5
Grey - N3, 1
Ground - E44, 43, 42
Hair - E30, 31, 34, 35, 57, 59, 49, T5, 3, 1