A Second Quilted Square

Some new ladies have recently joined the Bristol play day group and I needed another birthday card quickly, I still had a little pot of the leftover quilt pieces so I decided to make another one, these are so much fun to put together, I might even use the remaining pieces to make another two lol.

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 "kraft" from Recollections at Michaels
Sentiment: "keep it simple: happy birthday" from Papertrey ink with "kraft" ink also from Papertrey ink

Blush Becky - The Greeting Farm

My good friend Kay has again provided this sketch and it really kickstarted my mojo, I have been christmas card making for a while and sometimes that sucks all my energy especially as time races by and the cards I need to make seems to multiply.

I saw this image on "a thousand sheet of paper" blog and I just had to buy her and for once I coloured her straight away and she was even made into a card the same night. Now I didn't colour her today or even yesterday but way back in October but it has taken me this long to upload her lol.

Ingredients
Image: "blush becky" The Greeting Farm
Papers: "sweet paris" Dovecraft
Card: "basic grey" Stampin Up
Dies: Circle stax, blueprints 1 and 2 and horizontal stripes all MFT, scalloped circle from Spellbinders
Sentiment: "keep it simple: birthdays" Papertrey Ink
Embossing Powder: "cherry" from SparklenSprinkle

Copics
Skin - R20, E11, 00, 000
Hair - E35, 34, 33, 31, 30
Dress - YG91, G43, 40, R85, RV34, R83, 81, 30

Birthday Cake Peep

Yet another of the cute peep stamps from Stamping Bella has been used, I think there are only a few left that I haven't used and I am hoping to remedy that soon. Then I might have to move on to another section of my stamp storage and start using those. I am finding its an excellent way to ensure you use all the stuff you have or to decide that it is time that the stuff went to live with someone else.

I went through a stage a few months ago of using this paper pad on every card and I am glad I did because once I decided it was going to be chocolate cake I knew I had a paper pad that would go. I am a very visual person and I tend to remember I have something if I have used it previously, which is why my stamp method of inking unused stamps might just remind me what exactly I have got, although to be fair making a card is a better reminder than just stamping and colouring an image.

Ingredients
Image: "birthday cake peep" Stamping Bella
Sentiment: "happy bears" LOTV
Card: "dark chocolate" Papertrey Ink
Paper: "sweet owl" First edition
Dies: scalloped circle from spellbinders, circle stax, blueprints 2 and 13 all mft and decorative edges from clearly besotted

Copics
Skin - E000, 00, 11
Hair - E55, 57, 59
Dress - RV34, R83, 81
Cake - E29 27, 25 23, YR07,Y35, T4, 2, 0, YG93, 95, RV34, R83, 81

Happy New Year

Its the first of January and a brand new year, full of opportunities and surprises. For some it will mean setting resolutions but not here, I never stick to them so I have decided not to make any. I did challenge myself last year to post to my blog more regularly and I hope to continue that trend this year. I am also hoping to use up some of my considerable stash but we shall see how long that lasts.

Anyway enough waffling, "Happy New Year Everyone"

Thanks for looking
Amanda XX

Crayon Shaker

This card was inspired by Nichol Magouirk, she makes the most amazing shaker cards and I get inspired eveytime she makes one. She made a card (non-shaker) with this lawn fawn set and she used the faces from the "sweet smiles" and as soon as I saw it I knew that I had to make something similar and for my good friend Kay. Kay is celebrating her birthday today so please go on over to her blog and leave her some birthday love, Happy Birthday Kay x.

Ingredients
Image: "colour my world" and "sweet smiles" both Lawn Fawn
Card: Michaels 110lb white and Tim Holtz water-colour
Dies: Blueprints 2 and cross stitch rectangle both MFT
Sequins: doodlebug multipack
Distress ink: twisted citroen, cracked pistachio and squeezed lemonade
Sentiment: "Color and sunshine" Simon Says Stamp

Copics
Red - R89, 39, 37, 35, 32
Orange - YR09, 07, 04, 02
Yellow - Y17, 15, 13, 11
Green - YG17, 00, 21, 23
Aqua - BG18, 15, 13, 11, 10
Blue - B39, 37, 26, 24, 23
Purple - V17, 15, 12, 01

Not a Card - Something Different

I have been looking for a square shadow frame for quite some time so imagine my surprise when I spotted one and very reasonably priced too. I bought the 8 x 8 size and I also have a 6 x 6 that I have plans for too.

I made this card for my Aunt way back in 2012 and my mum liked it a lot and asked for a picture as it also contains her favourite poem, I have been wanting to surprise her with this for a while and now that christmas is over I can show you on here.

Ingredients
Image: Just Inklined Next Big Thing CD
Frame: The Range

Copics
Daffodils - Y11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 38, 35YR27, 23, 16, 15, YG67, 17, 23, 21
Water - BG00, 0000
Glass - W1, 0
Shadow - C5, 3, 1

Christmas Cheer

This stamp was released in about 2009 and I have wanted it ever since, until I got it in my hands though I never realised how big it was. My normal a2 cards were swamped by it and it was a bit too small for an a5 so I had to order a set of 7x5 cards for it.

It was during the making of these cards that I discovered I don't have any gold embossing powder so I think I need to remedy that post haste lol.

For the glitter background I have used three different things and none of them meant for crafting, The silver glitter ribbon is from Wilko's christmas wrapping range, the gold glitter tape is from Marks and Spencer's Christmas wrapping range and finally the silver less glittery paper is actually wall paper from B and M Bargains.

Glitter Tape

Wallpaper

Ribbon

Ingredients
Image: "christmas cheer" Papermania
Embossing Powder: "liquid platinum"  and "silver detail' both from Ranger
Gems: Adhesive dome stickers from the Classic Decadence Forever Friends Papermania Range