PIG JOY

Hello.
I'm still happily playing with my pig stamps,
and finding them to be much easier to colour than I first thought.

Here's my latest card using them.

You may have noticed, that I have an addiction -  my scalloped-edge, rectangle dies.
They have been on every card I make, for a while now.
It might be time to wean myself off them :-)
So, here I've used the die-namic sentiment strip die instead.

Challenge
Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes

Supplies
My Favorite Things -Diagonal Sentiment Strip / So Much Cuteness / Oh Christmas Trees
Versacolor Inks - Lime / Mint  
Copics.

SWEET

Hello
Today I'm sharing a quick and simple card with you
and I'm combining a couple of challenge themes -
'icing' at CASology and 'smile' at Addicted to CAS.

My pig was stamped, die-cut and then coloured with Copics.
I gave him a couple of party cupcakes to hold and a bow tie to wear,
all popped up on foam pads for a little dimension.

My Favorite Things - Stitched Scalloped Rectangle, Sow Much Cuteness, Stitched Alphas

Cupcakes and bow tie from Lawn Fawn, Beep Boop Birthday

Sow Cute

Hello.

It was my daughter Maria's birthday this week.
28 !!  Eek! That makes me feel old.

I made her this interactive card, with a secret message.

I love the idea of being able to put a secret message behind the zipper die.
Of course, you don't know if you've lined it up perfectly, until the strip is torn off,
but I was assured that it worked perfectly.

I used some scrap card below, to give you an example of how it works.

Challenge

Addicted to Stamps & More

Supplies

My Favorite Things - Stitched Scalloped Border, Sow Much Cuteness

Mama Elephant - Zipper Die

Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Borders

Distress Inks - Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass

Hidden Sentiment - Clearly Besotted, Raise A Glass.

Copics.  White Gel Pen

NO PIG, NO PARTY

Hello.
Is it the weekend yet?
It's a lovely, sunny afternoon here and I have a bottle of Prosecco calling me :-)

First, I'm sharing a fun card with you.
I have no idea what 'No Pig, No Party' means, but I saw it on Pinterest and liked it. Ha ha!

This was a simple card to make.
I started with my scalloped edge die-cut and added an inky background,
with water splashes.
The piggy and flower were die-cut, coloured with Copics and popped up on foam pads.
So often I mess up my work, when I try and stamp a sentiment directly onto it,
so this time I opted for the text on a separate piece of card.
Then, as it's a party, I added a die cut balloon too.
Oh, and a scattering of sequins :-)

Challenges.

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes

AAA Cards  (hope my card is CAS enough!)

Supplies.
My Favorite Things - Stitched Scalloped Borders / Sow Much Cuteness
Lawn Fawn - Violet's ABCs
Clearly Besotted - Make A Wish
Inks - Versacolour, Mint / Sistress Ink, Tumbled Glass.
Copics/Sequins

BLUE MAGIC

Hello.

I'm not sure about this card.
It was one of those that looked so much better in my head.

Anyway - it's another one for the pile :-)

I took my inspiration from SonjaK's card at the Muse challenge -
focusing on the blue flowers, stitched edging and scattered sequins.

These blooms stamp a solid colour, but for something different I tried to
add some Copic shading.
Hmmm... that's something I need to practice.

Muse Card Club Challenge

Supplies.

WPlu9 - Feathers and Florals

MFTstamps - Together Forever, Stitched Scalloped Border Die

VersaColor - Celadon, Cyan, Laurel Leaf

MUM

Hello.
Today is Mother's Day, here in the UK and here's the card I made for my Mum.
Without a doubt, this is the trickiest card of the year for me -
it's the dreaded flowers :-)

I was so happy to have this floral stamp set though -
the one step, coloured blooms make it so much easier for me.

I used various inks to stamp my blooms and added a little pencil colouring for shading,
which doesn't show up too well on the photo.
Then I layered them with foam pads, so the card has lots of dimension.
The sentiment is die-cut, partly inked and sprinkled with glamour dust -
gotta have a bit of sparkle somewhere :-)

Hope all you mums out there have a fabulous Mother's Day  xxx

Challenges

Penny Black & More - Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday - Use more than 1 die or punch

Supplies.

WPlus9 - Feathers and Florals

MFTstamps - Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies / Stitched Alphas

Inks - Hero Arts, Butter Bar, Bubble Gum + Color Lights

Versacolor Magenta, Versafine Crimson Red

OH JOY

Hello.
I was looking around at new stamp releases, when these cute piggys caught my eye
and here's my first card using them.
I was a little worried about colouring them, it's not my strong suit,
but they turned out to be easier than I thought.

This was a very simple make.
I took a piece of card and added a couple of distress inks and some water splashes.
This was attached with foam pads to my scalloped-edge rectangle base.
Then I die cut my elements, coloured them with Copics and arranged them
on the background with foam pads.


I had a tricky time taking the photo today. Would you believe it's too sunny!!
I thought I'd got rid of most of the shadows, but the bottom of the card seems to have taken on
a yellowy tint.
IRL it's definitely white.

MFT Card Challenge

Supplies.
My Favorite Things - Stitched Scalloped Rectangles / Sow Much Cuteness
Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass/ Cracked Pistachio
Memory Box - Puffy Clouds Dies
Copics

NINJA BABY

Hello
Today I'm sharing a sweet and simple card with you
for the MUSE challenge.

I took my inspiration from Jenni Murray's sweet and pretty muse card -
going with the baby girl theme, the pink dp and the CAS style.

As usual, I had no similar stamps, so I opted for a ninja :-)

MUSE card challenge

Supplies.

Mama Elephant - Tiny Ninjas

My Favorite Things - Stitched Scalloped Rectangles / Stitched Alphas

EASTER BAND

Hello.
Today I'm sharing a card for this week's MUSE challenge.

As soon as I saw Tracey's pretty card I knew I wanted to recreate that stripey, pastel paper with my inks.
So that's where I started.
(This was my second attempt. I learnt that you can't really use yellow - you end up with a muddy, greeny blend on either side.)
After that I was a bit stumped. I don't really send Easter cards so I had no basket, egg, chick type stamps.
After digging around in my stash I came up with these bunnies.
Bunnies in a marching band - that's got to say Easter - right?  :-)

MUSE Card Club Challenge

Supplies.
My Favorite Things - Stitched Scalloped Border Die/Stitched Alphas/Strike Up The Band.
Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass/Spun Sugar/Shaded Lilac/Cracked Pistachio
Bunnies coloured with Copics.

SPINNING NINJA

Hello.
Boys like action cards - FACT.
So only a spinner card would do for my dd's boyfriend    :-)

I started with my favourite background of blended inks and water splashes.
Then, I used a black fineliner along an oval die, to draw my 'tightrope'.
I die cut a hill, with the slider part in the middle and popped this up on foam pads.
Finally,  I added my tiny ninjas, gold numbers, and sentiment to complete the scene.

Challenges.

Seven Hills Crafts 

Tic Tac Toe - Bold(hope my colours are bold enough!) / People / Die Cut

Penny Black & More - Anything Goes

House of Cards

(I've gone for the 2 ends of this colour scheme - pale blue and yellow)

Supplies.
Mama Elephant - Tiny Ninjas, Labeled Messages
MFT - Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Die, Surf & Turf Dies
Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Scattered Straw
Memory Box Number Dies, Metallic Card.

FLOATING FLORALS

Hello.
I've been struggling to find time to craft this week,
but when I saw Anita's gorgeous card at MUSE, I really wanted to play along.

This was a quick make for me. I stamped my florals onto my die cut,
heat embossed them, and then used distress inks to blend a background.
I attached a 'happy' sentiment in black card and popped up the 'birthday' on foam pads.

Muse Card Club

The inspiration I took from Anita's card was from the embossing,

the pink and orange colour combo, and the added splash of black.

I'm not sure what happened with my embossing.

I used a clear embossing powder to try and get a more subtle effect,

but it came out white!!

Maybe that's just the powder I'm using. or is it the Versamark??!!

Supplies.

WPlus9- Feathers and Florals

MFT - Sticthed Scalloped Rectangle Die / Brushstroke Birthday Greetings

Mama Elephant - Labeled Messages

Distress Inks - Pickled Raspberry / Spiced Marmalade