Saturday 16 March 2024

Good Vibes Only

Hello. A friend of mine has been ill recently and I wanted a card to cheer her up. 
Rainbows and puppys should do the trick :o)


I've followed the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and used a rainbow where their semi circle is. 
Then, I added a little die cut pup, a heart speech bubble, and that lovely bold sentiment.





  • the stamp market - rainbows and greetings / little rainbow die
  • my favorite things - four legged friends / woof pack
  • copic markers
  • white gel pen


Wednesday 28 February 2024

Love You To The Stars And Back

Hello. Here's an 'out of this world' card I made for my grandson's 3rd birthday.
It's a spinner/slider card and he found it lots of fun.


It's been a while since I made one of these, so I had to head over to YouTube for a demonstration. Then, because I don't have any of the special, little slider discs, I used a couple of pennies and some cut down foam tape and it all works perfectly.


The background was a piece of blue card with added distress inks, splattered with water and white paint. Then I went a bit overboard and stamped some stars with white ink and drew some with a white gel pen.

Challenge

Allsorts  #769

Things That Fly

  • distress inks - faded jeans, salty ocean
  • lawn fawn - out of this world
  • my favorite things - dienamincs surf and turf
  • copics
  • white paint and white gel pen
  • glossy accents on the spaceman's helmet


Saturday 24 February 2024

It's Fiesta Time

Hello. Finally I've found some time to get into my craft room, and I'm excited to be playing along with the new AAAColourful challenge. Congrats to the DT over there - I'm looking forward to having fun and seeing all their fab inspiration.

Here is my card for their first challenge, where they would like to see a rainbow of colours.


I used a strip die to cut my rainbow card, and attached it to a panel with DS tape. Then I added my die cut, and copic coloured pooches with some foam tape.


Challenge

AAA Colourful




  • hero arts - it's fiesta time
  • pinkfresh studio - diagonal stitch rectangle / gradiating stripes
  • copic markers
  • white gel pen

Thursday 8 February 2024

Blow Out All The Candles

 Hello.  This was a tricky card for me. I know it looks simple, but if I'm not using stamps with animals, or people, then I struggle a bit. To help me out I used the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.


The candles are all die-cuts, stuck together (I used some 'stick it' sheets to make this easier) and then adhered to a card panel, where I had already stamped the centre sentiment.  I just snipped off the excess bit of candle.


I added the scallop piece from a frame die cut, and some glossy accents on those flames.

Challenge


  • concord and 9th - make a wish stamps and dies
  • ecoline real brush pens
  • glossy accents
  • mft dienamics stitched rectangle scallop edge


Saturday 3 February 2024

I'm Quackers About You

Hello. Valentine's Day is fast approaching, and the shops are crammed with hearts and roses, cuddly toys with red ribbon bows,  and heart shaped chocolates. I've been married for 39 years this year, and I am so over all that - well, maybe not the chocolates   :o)
I still love my husband to bits though - so here's a red-less, pink-less Valentine's card for him.


I die cut my letters into a card panel, and backed it with blue card. Then I used the cute duck as the 'O' and added the sentiment and a scalloped frame.


Challenge


#276    VALENTINE
  • time for tea designs - lucky duck
  • neat and tangled - journaling alpha dies
  • my favorite things - stitch rectangle scallop frame
  • copics
  • signo white gel pen


Thursday 1 February 2024

You Are The Cutest Thing

Hello. I'm so happy to see that the Addicted to Stamps and More  is back with us.
Good luck to the Design Team who are keeping the doors open. I'm sure I'm not the only one who  appreciates all the extra work you're doing.

This time they're looking for die cuts and/or stencils.


This was a quick card to put together. Just some basic stamping and die cutting and a touch of easy colouring. To go with the sentiment, each dog has his own treat :o)


Challenge




  •  my favorite things - woof pack
  • pinkfresh studio - diagonal stitch rectangle
  • copic markers
  • white gel pen


Friday 26 January 2024

Do you love anyone more than treats?

Hi. Today I'm making a start on some Valentine's Day cards. We are a dog loving family - between us we have a Border Terrier, a Staffy, and a Puggle - so I am a huge fan of dog stamps and cards, and this 'woof pack' set was a must for me.


I've followed the sketch at this week's Freshly Made Sketches, changing the large circle for a heart and the smaller ones for the dog and his favourite cushion  :o)

The background was stamped with a little, grass and flower stamp, and coloured with Copics.


Challenge


  • my favorite things - woof pack
  • time for tea designs - lucky duck
  • memory box - puffy clouds die
  • heart nestie, copic markers, white gel pen

Sunday 21 January 2024

Happiness is Homemade Soup

Tips for those slow mojo days...

1. use a card sketch
2. head over to freshly made sketches
3. remember their challenge ends on a MONDAY !

Tick. Tick. And Tick   :o)


I'm usually guilty of pushing the boundaries of a card sketch - changing the shapes or the dimensions. This time I have stuck pretty much to the plan, just changing the orientation.

I stamped some little elements in a random pattern,  to make the background and then added my chef and his pots, with foam tape. The sentiment was a bit of jiggery pokery,  using a couple of stamp sets.


Challenge



  • my favorite things - recipe for happiness, (llama love), in and out stitched square
  • altenew ink - sea breeze
  • copic markers


Thursday 18 January 2024

Shine Bright Like A Rainbow

Hello. Today I've made a custom card for my great niece. And yes, I did have to google 'great niece' -  it sounds like something out of Downton :o)


I adore these letters from Clearly Besotted. They are just the cutest for creating personalised cards.
Today I coloured them with a rainbow of copics and fussy cut them. Then they were popped up onto an inky background.
I went a bit crazy with the white gel pen, but I was having fun. It seems, using rainbow colours really does cheer you up!


AAA Birthday Challenge


  • clearly besotted - as cute as abc
  • my favorite things - stitched scallop edge die
  • distress ink - tumbled glass
  • copic markers, white gel pen

Sunday 14 January 2024

Peach Fuzz Pantone Colour of the Year 2024

Hello. How is everyone's weekend going?
We went out for breakfast this morning, so I'm posting this card before I slump into a full english coma :o)


Daring Cardmakers want to see Pantone's colour of the year -  Peach Fuzz. So, I rummaged through my inks and came up with only one peach colour. This made those 2 step blooms tricky. Usually I can get away with stamping the first layer lightly and then stamping the second layer a couple of times to get a deeper shade, but that wasn't happening with this ink, so I had to go over it with copic marker.
IRL it's a lovely, soft peachy colour, but the camera doesn't capture it well.


Daring Cardmakers


  • the greetery - flower market bouquet
  • pinkfresh studio - perfect sentiments
  • altenew inks - peach sorbet, dark chocolate, sea breeze
  • lawn fawn ink - sage leaf
  • copics 
  • clear bubbles



 

Saturday 13 January 2024

You're Souper Cool

 Hello. Today I'm sharing a 'souper' card with you. 


This cute 'recipe for happiness' collection was my last purchase, and this is it's first inking up.
I think it's going to be a good set for masculine cards, but I also want to try it with some pinks and purples to mix it up a bit.


I'm a bit annoyed at my salt and pepper pots floating in the air, but they were well stuck down before I realised. Argh!

Challenge

Time Out Challenges


  • my favorite things - recipe for happiness / tri frame cover up
  • my favorite things - finishes and textiles paper pad
  • copic markers