Quilted Square

I needed to make a quick birthday card as I was in full christmas mode it needed to be simple. I saw this card on Jodi's blog and I knew exactly what I was going to make. I was looking for some bright papers and these ones from Michelle were perfect. I like this type of die as its a bit like a jigsaw puzzle when you are putting it together.

Ingredients
Dies: square crealies and "quilt square cover-up", "flags tax" and "vintage buttons" all by mft
Papers : "quite contrary" MME from Michelle
Card: "whip cream"  and "pink lemonade" by MFT and "crumb cake" from Stampin Up
Sentiment: "keep it simple: happy birthday" from Papertrey ink with "kraft" ink also from Papertrey ink

Ugly Sweater

This was going to be my play day Christmas card this year but as the group has grown to almost forty members the card involved too much colouring and after making six I decided that I needed to find an alternative lol.

Ingredients
Images: "ugly sweater" simon says stamp
Card : "sour apple" mft
Background: "stitched" from mft stamped in "sour apple" mft dye ink
Dies: blueprints 13

Copics
Red - R89, 39, 37, 35
Green - YG17, 25, 23, 21, 03, 01
Blues - B39, 37, 26, 24, 23
Reindeer - E34, 31, 30
Gingerbread - E34, 31

From Our House to Yours

This is the card I made for my neighbours this year, I had an idea in my mind and it almost looks exactly like it lol.

Ingredients
Images: "holiday home" Stampin Up
Dies: Blueprints 13 and road both MFT
Sentiment: "our home" Clearly Besotted
Card: "smokey shadow" Papertrey Ink

Copics
Grey Houses - N0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9

Merry Christmas

Just a very quick post as I'm currently enjoying  breakfast before the full on christmas dinner preparation starts to wish all my blogging friends

"Very Merry Christmas"

Hope you got all the presents you wanted and that you are getting to spend time with your loved ones.

Hugs

Amanda

Playday Christmas Cards 2015

This is going to be a very picture heavy post so please feel free to give it a miss if like me you are trying to finish your last bits before the guy in the red suit arrives tomorrow.

I've gone with tiny 3x3 cards this year as there were so many to make, I used the tiny stamps from clearly besotted and on my first attempt I stamped them direct onto the square but it looked too plain, so out came the blueprints with a perfect sized circle and it looks so much better now.

Ingredients
Images: "little elves" and "Santa baby" both clearly besotted
Sentiment: as above
Papers: "Crimson" and "old olive" candy stripes from pink petticoat
Dies: square staxs from mft, scalloped squares from craft stash.co.uk and blueprints 13 from mft

Copics
Santa suit - N7, 5, R39, 46, 24
Elf Green - YG67, 17, 25
Elf Red - R89, 39, 37, 46, 24
Skin - E000, 00, 11, R20
Ground - W3, 1, 0
Sky - BG11, 10

Clean and Simple Christmas Cards

So I am officially running out of time to make cards for Christmas which is in 2 days, oh my goodness.

In light of the time issue I made these very simple cards for friends, the idea actually came from my hubbie. He is very creative and normally not allowed in my room but he suggested a very quick and easily mass produced card, he looked through my dies and even suggested the inlaid die cutting. Maybe I should have gotten him to make them as well lol, oh well there is always next year lol.

Ingredients
Dies: "merry" from MFT, "christmas" wet paint from Papertrey Ink
Paper: "crimson" candy stripes from Pink Petticoat
Card: "real red" stampin up

Ingredients
Dies: "merry" from MFT, "christmas" wet paint from Papertrey Ink
Paper: "olive" candy stripes from Pink Petticoat
Card: "jellybean green" mft

1st Birthday Boy

Last year was a little sparse on the new baby front amongst my family and friends, which after the year before was probably understandable lol. In fact the only baby born that year was a little boy and I can't believe he is one already. Of course I had to make him a card and I hope he has a wonderful 1st birthday.

Ingredients

Image: "baby boy" LOTV

Number: "robotz" cartridge cut on cricut

Paper: "party animals" Nit Wit

Card: "orange Zest" Papertrey ink and "pacific blue" Stampin Up

Dies: Zig zag square stax, square stax, retro square die all MFT and Crealies XXL stitched square

Sketch: Jules Sketch Two

Copics

Skin - E000, 00, 21, 11, R20

Dog - E47, 44, 43, 42, 41

Shorts - B06, 05, 04

Top - B02, 01, YR07, 04

Socks - YG17, 23, 21

Hair - E34

Ground - W3, 1, 0, 00

Sky - B000, 0000