Wild One

Hello.
It was our grandson, Bailey's, 1st Birthday yesterday. He had a fabulous Wild One party, with lots of friends, balloons, some amazing cake and a big giraffe (the cuddly kind) :o)

This animal stamp was just perfect for the party theme.

In the past, I've made similar cards by masking all the animals, which takes forever. This is such a breeze having them all on one stamp. I just a had a tiny bit of masking to do for the balloon strings and then I set to with my Copics. 

Challenge

Addicted to Stamps and More

mama elephant - wild roar, cooloured with copics
mft - party animals (balloons)
lawn fawn - smitty's abcs

Welcome Little One

Hello.
My mum was a great knitter, and she made some gorgeous baby blankets. Whenever we asked her who they were for she would say ' I don't know, but a baby will come along' - and she was right, news of a baby would always reach her.
So, that's what I'm doing with this card, waiting for a baby to turn up :o)

I chose this pretty turquoise colour, that can be used for a girl or a boy, and I've indulged my metallic, gold obsession by using a gold panel. I wasn't sure about the gold on a baby card. What do you think? Does it work?  It's pretty IRL, but very hard to photo.

Challenge
Freshly Made Sketches
I've turned the sketch on it's side

mft - hello little one, coloured with copics
pinkfresh studio - diagonal stitch rectangle

Birthdays are Better with Sprinkles

Hello.
I'm playing with my new 'sweet tooth' stamps again today - with some simple donuts for the Less is More Challenge. Can you believe they are celebrating their 11th birthday! 

I stamped, die-cut and then popped up my donuts with foam tape, onto a simple panel. Then I held my breath whilst I stamped the sentiment. Usually I muck this up, smudge the ink, or drop the stamp, but it came out perfectly  :o)

Challenge

Less Is More

Congrats to everyone at LIM on your 11th birthday.

the greetery - sweet tooth
sugarpea designs - summer scoops
altenew inks - warm buff, cotton candy, peach sorbet, mango smoothhie
pinkfresh studio - diagonal stitch rectangle die

 

Macarons are the Answer

Hello.
Who doesn't love a pretty, little macaron? Today I stamped one for every day of the week - I just wish they were real. I now have a craving! :o)

I really couldn't stamp these sweet treats without a stamping platform - it helps me to line up the layers and when you don't have too many ink shades, it's great for stamping several times, to get a deeper colour for that shadow effect.

I'm still jealous of all those gold, hot foil cards that I see EVERYWHERE! But I'm learning to make do with some metallic, gold card and I think it looks really pretty here.

Challenge
Watercooler Wednesday

the greetery - sweet tooth and piped sentiment
pinkfresh studio - diagonal stitch rectangle
distress ink - salvaged patina     various altenew inks

It's all Hearts and Rainbows

Hello.
Today I'm sharing a twofer with you.
I find it hard to cut into my favourite papers, so when I do, I want to make sure I use every tiny, little snippet.  That's what I did here to make these 2 heart/rainbow cards.

For the first card, I simply die-cut the hearts into my rainbow paper  - keeping the heart die-cut and all those tiny snippets for later. Then I used 3 layers of the heart die in white, and placed it back into my rainbow card. This gives a little extra dimension to a simple card.

For the second card, I stuck down the hearts die (again, layered up a couple of times), and then inlaid all those little snippets.
Both cards were finished with a simple sentiment.

Challenges

Addicted to CAS

Snippets Playground

mft dienamics - hearts entwined
waffle flower dp - jj's rainbows
mama elephant - labeled messages

pinkfresh studio - diagonal stitch rectangle

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Hello.
I'm digging deep into my old stash today and giving these Uptown Girls their first outing, for a very long time.

They just popped into my head, when I saw the black and red theme of the challenge. I first thought of paper piecing their dresses, but then I changed my mind for some quick, copic colouring.  I'm happy with how the red dress came out - red is always tricky for me - not so happy with the black dress. I wanted it solid black, to keep it easy, but of course my black copic is running out!

Challenge
Color Hues

Red and Black

stamping bella - uptown girls, victoria and juliette's night out, coloured with copics

pinkfresh studio - diagonal stitched rectangle

mft stamps - spirited sentiments