BLUE CAR

Hello.

I dug extra deep into my stash for this CAS card
and came up with this little, car die.

It's from a set that was one of my first ever die purchases - 
back when I told myself that I probably wouldn't use dies that much.
Ha ha!

I sat a little piggy inside the car and, as luck would have it,
his trotters were in the perfect place to draw in a steering wheel.
Then I added the balloons and a tiny bow.

I did really struggle to add a few highlights.
The pen just wouldn't work properly.
It was only when I was clearing away that I realised I'd been
trying to use a glue pen, instead of my white gel pen.  Duh!

Challenge

Less is More

Provocraft car die

mft -party animals/ bow from bundle of baby clothes

sentiment - mama elephant, birthday messages

copics

IT'S FIESTA TIME

Hello.

Now I've had my 2nd COVID jab, I'm looking forward to

a fiesta filled summer. 

Lots of picnics and BBQs, and fun time with the family - 

starting next weekend with Father's Day.

This fun card is for my hubby, from the dog !   :o)

It's just simple die-cuts, coloured with copics
and popped up on foam tape.
Argh! I managed to smudge the sentiment all over, when I was
adding some last minute white highlights.

Inspired By Challenge

I was inspired by masculine, food, and red checks.

hero arts - it's fiesta time

pinkfresh studio - diagonal stitch rectangle die
copic markers

HOORAY HOORAY

Hello.
Today I'm sharing a very simple card, for the 

Less is More Challenge

where they want to see your favourite technique.

My favourite thing is die-cutting. Is that even a technique??

Hopefully, this inlay method makes it one.

This sentiment has a few layers.
The 'base' pieces were die-cut from a foam sheet, with a layer of white card on top. Then the top pieces were cut from card and coloured with zigs.

I cut the sentiment into a white card panel and then inlaid the letters.

This is a great technique for me - if I just add letters on top of card
I really struggle to get them all lined up perfectly. 

Challenge

Less is More 

the stamp market -  2 piece hooray die

zig clean color real brush markers

mama elephant - birthday messages

FOXY BIRTHDAY

Hello.
Masculine cards can be tricky for me,
so I was happy to get some inspiration from this week's

Inspired by Challenge

and get a twofer, into the bargain.

I don't have any skating images, so I took my inspiration from the white shelves, the teal blue colour,
and the tiny splashes of orange and yellow that I spied on the skateboards.
I couldn't bring myself to leave the card simple, with just the sentiment, so I ended up adding the cute fox and balloon.

It also seemed a shame to waste the strips that I had left over,
so I die-cut the panel again, in the dark teal, and used them in another card.

Challenge

Inspired By

mft - diagonal sentiment strip
altenew - hug me, coloured with copics
colorado craft company sentiment - citrus berry cupcake