Dreaming Beauty

It’s been a long time since I used either this stamp set or the nesting cloud dies, I did use the dies to create a stencil which I always forget you can do lol.

Perfect Princess

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.

99% Princess Probably

Sometimes an idea just appears and you have to run with it, this card is just that. I found some intricate colouring pages on creative fabrica and thought I wonder if they would work like a background and they absolutely do and I will definitely be doing this again. I wanted this stamp set for the longest time and now there is another variation that I need lol.

Daffodil Delight

As most of my family are Welsh and daffodils are the national flower expect to see them often on this blog lol. Craftstash had a sale and this was one of the items I purchased and I forgot that craftstash stamps are on the larger side but I made it work.

I also cut a background from Sugar Pea  that I have had for a while, I do like using stuff when I find it on this craftroom reorganise.

Fabu-lash

It’s been so long since I used this stamp set, I had forgotten how cool it is. Maybe next year I will use it for the big six as I know make up is what all the preteens want, that and skin care stuff. 

This one however is for a lash tech so the sentiment is perfect.

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.

 

 

Cheers for Beer

Now I said in my last post you would have to wait a while but then I remembered I made a few others that have already been received so I will post them now and when you see the others next year I will hopefully be on another obsession lol.

Mother's Day 2022

Another style of card I’m enjoying is using my cricut to cut multiple layers, they recently introduced the ability on the iPad and I’m obsessed. Expect to see more of this style lol. 

My only criticism is the original letters needed to be closer together and stretched lol. Also I had to make the envelope and that took longer than the card lol.

My mum loved it though and that’s what matters most.    

She Moves

When I bought this die set from Papertrey Ink I had no idea how tiny the images would be and no idea how to use it either, I saw a card on pinterest that used a different die and I thought I might be able to recreate that. Thankfully it worked but its definitely not my favourite card lol.

Cheers to Beers

I got the idea for this card from one I saw on instragram but I can’t remember who made it ( if you know please send me a message so I can give credit) 

Of course this is inspired by not a copy because I didn’t have any of the items she used. The beer bottle was from a magazine freebie months ago and the cheers die is an old Mft one.

I did enjoy making this card and it is one I will definitely be having another go at in the future

Dies: bottle  - simply cards and papercraft freebie, blueprints 13 and cheers die both MFT

Card: pear pizazz from stampin up, ocean tides from Papertrey ink cement from MFT and silver mirri from B&M

Sentiment: drinks party from Simon Says Stamp

Mothers Day 2021

I have been a bit obsessed with the new colorado craft company stamps by Anita Jerram and wanted to purchase a few, whilst on a call with some friends i mentioned this and that they looked similar to a free set I had received years ago, of course I then went on a hunt and found this stamp. The style is very similar but I don't even know which magazine it came from. 

I have used that sketch again and you wont have seen the last of it either, obsessed is definitely the right word. This card was for my mother-in-law and she loves purple. 

Ingredients

Image: Magazine freebie (about three years ago)

Sentiment: simon says stamp

Paper: mft gingham paper pack

Card: boysenberry from MFT

Dies: blueprint 13 from MFT

For my Mums card i went a completely different way and recreated a card I made for a friend back last year, I did colour the cat to look like one of my mums and it looked even better than I could have hoped.

Ingredients

Image: cats whiskers from Honey Bee

Sentiment: Simon Says Stamp

Stencil: city scape from clearly besotted and mini cloud stencil from MFT

Dies: blueprints 13 from MFT

Coffee with Friends

Wow I can’t believe I made this card last year and forgot to post it, I had bought some chocolate for my neighbour who wasn’t able to get out and I wanted a card to let her know that I was missing coffee and cake in person with her, we were still meeting virtually but it’s wasn’t the same. Of course when I made this we still thought it would be all over in a few weeks not realising that a year later we would still be in it. 

Acetate Bees Knees

I was in the acetate card front zone and I was looking at all my coverplates and this card just jumped into my head so of course I had to make it and I had the perfect person in mind too. 

The stamps aren't mine but when my friend brought them to a crafty get together I knew I wanted them, on my next trip to florida I think they might fall into my basket lol.

The acetate cards were made after watching a jennifer mcguire video and they were so much fun to make, in fact I made four all different so expect to see the rest soon.

ingredients

Image: Bee Yourself from Simon Says Stamp

Dies: hexagon coverplate from papertrey ink and hexagon nesting set from Xcut

Wake Up Make Up

Only the second outing for this stamp set but it’s already a firm favourite. I was inspired by the design team for the placement and I still had the shaped die on my desk from the hedgehog card so I decided to use it again before putting it away.

Ingredients

Image and Sentiment: wake up make up from Simon Says Stamp

Penguin Wreath

This card was inspired by one I saw and although it looks nothing like the original it was still my inspiration. I just wish I could remember where I saw it lol.

This stamp has a bit of a funny story attached to it, my friend Jane and myself were shopping in florida about two years ago when she spotted a huge set of penguin stamps, it was the only set and we both loved it. However it was quite expensive so after carrying it around for a while Jane put it back and I decided to check the price and asked the lady in the store who proceeded to tell me that it was in the half price section, well before I could grab it Jane had it back in her basket lol. I asked her if I could stamp the penguin wreath (my favourite image) and she said yes and I have finally coloured it in and used it. Before I posted this I asked Jane if she had ever used the set and she said "nope lol" and I replied "well at least one of us has now"

Sentiment: Creative Stamping

Card: kraft by recollections from Michaels

Stencil: falling snow from Simon says stamp

Bah Humbug

The only stamp sets I have bought this year have come from Clearly Besotted and I have loved them all and strangely enough used them all.....well that is certainly different to normal years.

You may or may not know but I am a Welsh lady living in England and I love anything with sheep on it.I bought this set to make cards for my fellow welsh people but instead made them to send to Florida lol. Oh well there is always next year lol. Maybe I could get a headstart on those cards.....don't worry I almost fell off my chair laughing at that one too.

Simple cards following a design I made last year, I do seem to have said that a lot this year but if it ain't broke don't fix it ( my self proclaimed motto lol)

Ingredients

Image: "bah humbug" from Clearly Besotted

Sentiment: creative stamping

Dies: Lawn fawn snow globe, bleuprints 20 and 29 from MFT stamps

Card: red by recollections at Michaels

Stencil: falling snow from simon says stamp using Bobunny paste.

Wake up and Make up again

I stamped this card last year and I had started to colour it but somehow it got mixed in with some papers on my desk and I lost it. Of course I didn't realise it was missing until I found it again lol.

I had to finish colouring it and make it into a card as I love the images. Its a simple design but I think with all the stuff going on it needs to be simple to work.

It did make me want to use this set again though lol.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: wake up and make up from Simon Says Stamp
Dies: mod stitched rectangle from MFT
Card: Steel grey from MFT

Copics
Red - R39, 37, 35
Pink - R35, 32
Grey - N1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Aqua - BG49, 15, 13, 23, 11
Brown - E35, 33, 31
Background - BG11, 10

Snow Globe Shaker Card Version 3

After making the snow globe cards with the Elf and Santa I decided to use the other stamps and see what they looked like. I learned a lot from the last set of cards and decided to add the snow globe front to the acetate and it definitely looks different. I also didn't add the sentiment plaque, this however was an oversight lol.

In our house we refer to this day as "christmas Adam" as Adam came before Eve lol.

Hope you are all ready, I am almost sorted, got the food and all the presents are packed so why am i stressing lol.

Ingredients
Image: Winter Plushies from Clearly Besotted (free with creative stamping magazine) and "ready set snow" from Lawn Fawn
Card: "red" recollections from Michaels
Dies: Blueprints 29 and 20 both from MFT , snow globe from Lawn Fawn
Background: Simon Says stamp falling snow stencil and cosmic shimmer glitter paste
Sequins: gens from Jillibean Soup and sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

Wake Up and Make Up

Sometimes when you see a set of stamps you instinctively know what you want to make and who for, this is that set lol. I am so pleased with it and already have more than a few ideas but the next one I show will be almost identical to this one as I made two at the same time just different colours lol.

It’s a perfect set for both teenagers and adults, so if you are sitting on the fence about getting it, jump off lol.

Ingredients
Images and Sentiment: "wake up and make up" Simon Says Stamp
Dies: "mod stitched rectangle" from MFT
Card: Steel grey from MFT

Oxide Blends

I have been following Kristina Werner and her ink blending series and I have to say I have enjoyed the combos she has created. I really wanted to try the one with Old Paper but I don't have the ink in either medium, something I need to remedy lol. Always something else I need to purchase lol.

I made both cards at my friends house so I have no idea who makes the stamps, I kind of wish I did know as I think I might need them both lol.

Squeezed lemonade, spiced marmalade, candied apple

Cracked pistachio, peacock feathers, blueprint sketch