Ahoy, Matey

Oo Arr! 
Happy Birthday today, to our very own pirate, Captain B.

Follow the map, brave scallywag,  find the hidden gems, and make them scurvy, land lubbers walk the plank  :o)

It's pirates all the way for us this week, with our Grandson's 4th birthday.
To say he is obsessed is an understatement. He has a pirate ship in our front room (amazing £10 deal from Hobbycraft) and a treasure chest full of gem stones, that he won't let out of his sight.

So this pirate card, and little treasure map, was a real winner.

The little elements, were die cut, coloured and placed onto a background scene.
Those wave dies from 'Time for Tea Designs, made it super easy to put together.

The map was stamped and coloured with copics.

Challenge

As You Like It Challenge

Feminine or Masculine Theme

I have gone for a masculine theme here, with the little, boy pirate.
I've always found masculine cards a bit tricky, but with 2 grandsons, I have learnt to love them.
Flowers and ribbons, and girly stuff was never really my style anyway,
so I'm embracing boy things and having fun. Boy stuff can be cute too!

• lawn fawn - ahoy, matey
• time for tea designs - ocean waves die
• copic markers

Cheers, Big Ears

Hello.
This month's sketch at Seven Hills Crafts, definitely had me scratching my head.

Lots of measuring and re-measuring was done to try and create that background.
It's not perfect, but it's ok.

After die cutting the embroidery hoop, that little bunny was stitched up in no time at all.

This was going to be an Easter card, but I don't have an Easter sentiment, so instead I went for 'thanks'.
Then, because I wasn't happy, I played around adding things here and there. 
Yeah - it's not my favourite card!

Seven Hills Crafts Challenge 

February Sketch

• waffle flower - embroidery hoops die, and stitch able hoops die
• my favorite things - peacock pattern stamp
• versa color ink - mint
• lawn fawn - thanks die and bunny cross stitch pattern
• tiny hoop stamp - mama elephant - stitched with love

'Popping' by to say Happy Birthday

Hello.
How is everyone? 
We have lots of family birthdays in February, so it's a busy, card making time for me.

Today I'm sharing this fun, balloon party.

It's my first time inking up and colouring this cute stamp and these guys are definitely party ready.

For the balloons I used an old Altenew stamp, with lots of masking. I thought I had ruined the whole card, when I added those balloon strings - urgh! I was so cross with myself. But I managed to hide the worst of them with the sentiment.

Challenge

AAA Colourful

• purple onion designs - let's celebrate
• balloons - altenew - hug me
• sentiment - my favorite things - party penguins
• copic markers / wow white embossing powder / white gel pen

Delivering Love

Hello.
Happy Valentine's Day.
This cute, little bear is peddling like crazy, delivering love all around town :o)

This is my first time inking up and colouring this stamp. How did I do?
I got it a little late for Christmas cards, but with some added hearts I think it works well for Valentine's Day.

Can we ignore the round splodge near the top of the post box?
My dark red just decided to dump lots of ink there. I tried hard to blend it in.
Does anyone else have that problem with random Copics?

Challenge

Addicted to Stamps & More

I've used Copic markers for my colouring

• purple onion designs - happy mail - chilliezgraphy by pei
• copic markers
• simon says stamp - thoughtful messages

Frost Loving Friends

Hello.
Today I'm posting from a shiny, new laptop! 
Setting it up has been a steep learning curve - why do they make it so complicated?
My main issue now is just how vibrant the screen is.
Wow! Everything is in glorious technicolour.
So I have no idea how you're seeing this card, but it seems awfully bright on this end.

I followed along with the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, swapping out the stars for trees.

This little bear is super cute, and I thought it would make a lovely 'no hearts' Valentine's card for my dh.
I even managed to do some water colouring on those trees, which is a bit scary for me  :o)

Challenge

Freshly Made Sketches 

• mft - frost loving friends, coloured with copics
• mft - tall trees dienamics, coloured with zig clean color real brush pens
• lawn fawn - stitched hillside borders

Penguin Power

Hello.
I made a card with a penguin, in a scarf, surrounded by fairy lights - 
because, who doesn't love fairy lights?

• ink up a background panel with distress inks. Splatter with water, and add some snow with a white gel pen
• die cut some fairy lights, colour the lights with copics and glue together, then attach to the card panel
• assemble the die cut penguin and attach to the card with foam tape
• stamp the sentiment

Challenge

Freshly Made Sketches

• spellbinders dies - festive friends
• mft - snowglobe sentiments
• ranger's distress ink - salvaged patina
• copics / white gel pen