Lawn Fawn and Winnie and Walter

Hello there, I am back yet again to share with you my latest make with you. As you already know from my previous post, recently purchased some lovely Lawn Fawn and Winnie and Walter stamps from Make the day special. Finally had some time to have play with fabulous stamps and this is what i've made. The only thing is I am now totally addicted and will need more in future, oh deary me..that as started something. Well a girl as to treat herself, that's my excuse and i'm sticking to it. 

Firstly created card blank from Portofino A4 Card, measuring 29.6 cm x 10.2cm folded at the top with bone folder. Cut Rossler Purple 92 card to 9.5 cm x 14.2 and dry embossed the top half using Cuttlebug embossing folder and ran it through the cuttlebug machine. Using double sided foam tape I mount it onto the card blank on the de-embossed side.

Then I used one of the beautiful flowers in Lawn Fawn flutter by set, applied perfect medium to the clear stamp and stamped three flowers and the wording Happy Birthday on the same Rossler card. Added Heat it up seafoam white embossing powder over the them and apply heat with heat gun.
I fussy cut the flowers right to the very edge and using my guillotine cut the sentiment Happy Birthday to fit. Attached the three flowers in a row, just covering the embossing joining with pinflair glue gel.  To finish off I used white pearl adhesive gems and colored them to suit the theme with spectrum noir HB2. Then applied the gems, one slightly underneath sentiment and the other two on either side.

I am going to be making a few changes to my blog over the next weeks and months, improving things for you and to make things better on the eye too. Also I am pulling my socks up and trying to improve my skills and push myself forward. Crafting is getting bigger and better so I need to make sure I'm up to date with the latest techniques. 

Supplies

Just click on the links in the box below to be taken to the place where you can purchase the same items that I have used in this project.

Lawn Fawn Flutter by stamps available at Make the day special

Winnie and Walter The Big, the bold and the happy stamps available at  Make the day special

A4 Rossler purple 92 cardstock available at Paperchase

Heat it up seafoam white embossing powder

Heat it up heat tool

Cuttlebug embossing folder and cuttlebug machine

Pearl adhesive gems available at eBay UK

Spectrum noir HB2 marker available at Crafters Companion

Double sided foam tape available at most discount store

Pinflair glue gel

Ranger perfect medium ink pad

Base card - Portofino card

2 clear acrylic blocks

This will be entered in these challenges -

Simon monday challenge - summer

Addicted to stamps challenge

Virginia's view challenge
Polkadoodles Add embossing challenge

I would like to wish all my USA followers, Happy July 4th!!

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Craft haul

Hello there, hope you're having a lovely Saturday? Well I am back with craft haul, yes it is usual for me, I know! but I'm hoping to do these quite regularly when I've purchased craft supplies.

I have been after these clear stamps for months and decided to take the plunge and get them, as I did not have any Winnie and Walter nor Lawn Fawn  supplies in my craft stash.

I cant wait to start playing with super cool stamps, I just love the whole style of both sets and they will go with most things I've currently own. One evening I was browsing the Cutting Edge Crafts website and notice these TH mini pads, I knew they would end up in my basket. Personally I don't have many distress inks so these mini pads were a must.

Supplies

Lawn Fawn Flutter photopolymer clear stamps 

Winnie and Walter The Big, the bold and the happy clear stamps 

both available at Make the day special 

TH Distress ink mini kit 

spiced marmalade - peacock feathers - mustard seed - picked raspberry 

available at  Cutting edge crafts

I hope you have enjoy viewing my craft haul today and hope you come back soon, please do make sure you follow my blog via the follow button on the right hand side, or through bloglovin and email.

Until next time, keep crafting and smiling.

Enchanted fairies of little venice

Hello there, hope you are enjoy your weekend? Well I have been busy crafting this afternoon and thought you would like to see my latest make.

First I embossed a strip of green card using perfect medium and Debbi Moore silver embossing powder and heated it with a heat gun, then cut piece of portofino card to fit the card as layer and stamped this lovely fairy from Enchanted fairies of little venice. 

Coloured the image with Faber castell 24 colour grip watercolour pencils and kuretake water pen then struck it to the card blank using double sided tape, Stamped the birthday wishes in bottom left hand corner.  Added three sequins near the verse to finish.

Card size is 12cm x 20.3cm and folded to the left hand side

Finally I added some light blue watercolour pencil and using my kuretake water pen blend the colour out to give glow effect.

I always leave you details of where you can purchase the same items I've used, all you have to do is look at the box below and click on the highlighted link to go straight there.

Supplies 

Papermania Enchanted fairies of little venice docrafts

Free stamp from simply cards and papercraft Simply cards and papercraft

A4 Green card - Papermildirect

Versafine Ink pad - Cutting edge crafts

Ranger perfect medium ink pad - Cutting edge crafts

Faber castell 24 colourgrip 2001 watercolour pencils

Debbi Moore Embossing powder trio

Kuretake water pen Double sided tape - Poundland

3 x Sequins - Pound store

2 x Acrylic blocks

Portofino card - white Heat Gun - Docrafts

This will be entered for these challenges -

CASology Pop challenge
Addicted to stamps challenge

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Until next time - keep crafting and smiling 

Orange and green with scruffy little cat

Hello there, yes I am back again.. I had quite a few cards I'd made last week and was unavailable to show you lovely people last week, so thought I would let you see what I've created. Earlier in the year I manage to purchase this Scruffy little cat stamp in the Crafters Companion sale, but had not had the chance to play with it..so when I came up with this design, this stamp was simply perfect.

Do head over to Crafters Companion website and take a look at their marvellous goodies, they do have regular offers and discounts throughout the year and worth visit.  

The image was coloured in using Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and these are the colours I used -

Skin FS2 FS3 FS4 - Cheek FS6 - Hair  CG1 CG2 CG3 DG2 DG4 - Shadows IG2 IG3 - Socks CG2 CG3 - Eyelashes / teddy OR1 OR2 OR3

Using the free papers from Making cards magazine, I paper pieced Pixie's top to match the pattern paper in the background, To pull the whole design together and match completely.

Card is 29.2cm x 10.2cm folded at the top

As always there will be listed of places when you can purchase the same items, all you have to do is click on the highlighted link in the box and it will take you straight there.

Supplies 

Scruffy little cat Pixie clear stamp - Crafters Companion

Orange / green card from The works

Blank card from Portofino card

Smooth white card Papercutz

Adhesive dots - Paperchase

Pattern paper from Making Cards Magazine MC 166415 Fur and feathered friends

Embossing folder - C art us - Cutting edge crafts

Pinflair glue gel - Cutting edge crafts

Uni posca white gel pen - WH smith

Versafine Onyx black ink pad - QVC

Acrylic stamp block - Silhouette cameo

Go kreate concentric circle dies -  Cutting edge crafts

Desire essentials scalloped oval dies - Crafters Companion

Memento Tuxedo black ink pad - Crafters Companion

Free clear stamp set from issue 6 Crafter's Inspiration magazine -  Crafters Companion

Double sided tape - local market

Oval make sponge for inking the edges

This will be added to these challenges
The paper players challenge
Spectrum noir Facebook Challenge

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Until next time - keep crafting and smiling 

Cars for the boys

Hello there, Hope you are having relaxing weekend? Well I have not posted for while as I had some technical problems and within that I have been a little stressed out and sure enough my anxiety as come back with vengeance, so thats why I have been slightly quiet but I'm hoping to get back to normal now on.

I thought you might like to see this card I created especially for boy who is almost teenager but not quite there yet, that awkward age I suppose? Men's and boys cards can be difficult to get right but luckily I have the perfect CD rom that was purchased some years ago, but it came in handy for sure. 

The CD rom in question is the My Craft Studio CD rom called Men-y happy returns and was available through their papercraft library. I'm so glad that it's in my crafty stash as its helped me so much over the years. 

29cm x 9.5cm folded in half at the top

Totally loving the stitched detail and fits perfectly for boy's card, the stitched effect was created using my beloved Silhouette Cameo.

As always I leave details of the items I have used and where you can purchase the items from. just click on the highlighted link and it will take you straight there.

Supplies   

Car Image - Men-y happy returns CD rom - My Craft studio

Nathan, circle, onset and stitched detail  designed and cut on Silhouette Cameo

Satin card - Papercutz

DCWV black and white paper pad 8 x 8

Mini messages clear stamps - Clearly besotted

Memento tuxedo ink pad

Zig fine glue pen - eBay UK

Black card The works

Card blank - Portofino card

Adhesive dots Paperchase

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Totally loving Polkadoodles..

Hello there, Well I hope your enjoying your Sunday? I have got the tennis on in the background whilst I am blogging..so any spelling mistakes you know why..lol. 

I thought you would like to see my latest creation that I managed to complete a few days ago, I love using CD ROM s as they are so versatile and you always have them to hand when you need them. Their very inexpensive too, which of course I love as budgets do get stretch a lot these days. 

I do have many CD ROM s covering many brands but was recently having tidying up and found one of my favourites which is the Polkadoodles Sundae of Seasons, having had this for many years now and I do always keep going back to this as I love the designs and the fabulous digi stamps. 

You have the option to print out as black and white digi stamp or have the image already coloured in my the wonderful Nikky Hall,

Nikky is the super talented owner and designer of Polkadoodles, her designs are so original, cool and fresh and will suit any type of style of card making you wish to create. Nikky she a real gem in the crafty world, not only is she amazingly talent designer but she is so generous in her time, she is regularly on social media helping with advice, what crafters would like next, ideas and general natter and of course, she is so encouraging to us all to show our work in the many of her Facebook groups that she as started. So if you're Facebook make sure you check all her groups out. Also her brand new website as digi's and sets you can download from as little as £1 and you can pay via Pay-pal, which is a win win for me.  

As many of my followers will know I am loving CAS so much and its make a massive difference to my confident, I decided to use this super sweet image to make CAS card and so hope you like the end result.  

29 .2 cm x 10.3 cm folded at the top

Spectrum noir colours used are - Skin FS2 FS3 TN2 - Cheek FS2 PP1 - Hair GB8 GB10 EB5 -
Dress - LV1 LV2 - Collar IG1 IG2

 Inked the mini message "Best wishes" with Memento Tuxedo black ink 

I am loving the stitch detail of dies that you can purchase at the moment, but unfortunately I cant afford to get some just yet so I decided to create my own using the Silhouette Cameo software. I think it works out just as good and its saved me me a few pennies.

As always I leave your links of where you can purchase the items I'd used to create this card, all you need to do is click on the highlighted link and you will be taken straight there.

Supplies 

Image from Polkadoodles CD ROM - Polkadoodles Sundae of Seasons

Print and cut using the Silhouette Cameo

Stitch effect and square cut on Silhouette Cameo

Angel whispers glitter - Cardcraftplus

Mini messages stamps - Clearly besotted

2 x Sequins

Card blank made using Portofino card from Creative crafting world

Pinflair glue gel - Cutting edge crafts

Double sided foam tape - Poundland

This will be entered for the following challenges

CAS-ual Friday Challenge

Addicted to stamps challenge - make your mark
Polkadoodles Facebook - Inky pinkies colouring competition
Without words summer challenge
The card concept challenge - photo

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Until next time, keep crafting and smiling

A card for little boy

Hello there, hope you are having a lovely weekend? well I been busy crafting away today and using the fabulous Silhouette Cameo (yippee) I have made this card in advance for a friend's grandson who's birthday is in August...I know its early but I just like to be organised and have a card made well in advance. So I thought I would share with you today my latest make and mention how I made it as well.

First I went into the Silhouette cameo software and type in the name Spencer and I chose a font I really like using at the moment Freehand521BJ, Then I zoom in so I could see the the word clearly and move the letters using the arrow buttons on my computer to I could join them together, after I selected weld and the word is finish and ready to cut. I cut this at about 3 inch width and height just over 1 inch.   

I round the corners of the card blank (29.6 cm x 10 cm and folded on the left) background card and the Neenah card. Stamped the image with memento black ink.

After I have coloured in the image with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers -
I used double sided tape to stick background card (dots) then I used double sided foam tape to stick the image card to the front.

These are the colours I used by Spectrum Noir -

As always I leave you links of where you can purchase the same items I used, all you have to do is click on the highlighted link.

Supplies

Portofino card to make the card blank From Creative Crafting World

Spencer was designed from a font on my computer and cut on Silhouette Cameo

Red card - The Works

Happy Birthday stamp from Clearly Besotted

3x Adhesive dots - Paperchase

Neenah solar white card - Crafters Companion

Double sided tape - Local market

Double sided foam tape - Poundland

Round large corner punch Docrafts

Background was printed on satin card - Papercutz

Background from Humphrey's corner CD ROM -  Crafters Companion

Uni posca white pen and Memento Tuxedo black ink

Sakura glue pen - Cutting edge crafts

Stamp set from Inkadinkado purchase from eBay

This will be entered for these challenges -
Addicted to CAS
Less is more lucky dip challenge
Addicted to stamps challenge blog
Sweet stampin' challenge

I would like to thank all my fabulous followers for their wonderful support, you all make me smile! I so hope you have enjoyed passing by my blog today and would love you to leave me comment, so I know you have been by. Don't forget to keep to date with my latest posts by following me via the follow button (on the right hand side of this post) or you can use bloglovin and email.

Until next time, keep crafting and smiling