Tiny Human

Hello.
The laundry is about to get super, cute around here. 
Our neighbours, to the left, have just had a baby boy, and our neighbours to the right, are expecting a baby girl in May.
So here's a clothesline of cute outfits.

I used the 'my favorite things' bundle of baby clothes dies, and kept the palette pink and girly for this card. I also found a couple of tiny, animal stickers in my stash and thought they were a cute addition.

The die cuts are layered a few times, so IRL they have some depth to them on the card.

Challenge

Inspired By...

• my favorite things - bundle of baby clothes die
• my favorite things sentiment stamp from 'welcome little one'

Hippity, Hoppity, Easter's on it's way

Hello.
Today I'm sharing an Easter card, with this cute, bunny, hiding all the eggs   :o)

I don't have any 'Easter' stamps as such, so I just altered this bunny slightly.
He's usually carrying an armful of veg, but I taped over that bit to ink him up, and replaced it with easter eggs, which are actually the dies for potato stamps in another set.

Challenge

Freshly Made Sketches

• colorado craft company - garden therapy / rooting for you
• mft - stitched rectangle die
• copic markers / white gel pen

Peekaboo!

Argh!
Shaker cards are hard. I always get a few sequins stuck around the edges.

This playful pup, hiding behind a giant gift, is for the challenge at AAAColourful,
where the palette is greens and yellows.

This is one of those cards that just evolved.
I didn't set out to make a shaker card, but once I'd stamped those streamers I didn't want to cover them up. 

Challenge

AAA Colourful

For some reason, this card was impossible to photo. 
Any attempt to brighten it makes the yellow luminescent!
IRL it's a pretty, yellow shade.

Big thanks to Nancy, for seeing my card on Insta, and recommending I enter
the challenge at Color Hues

where they too have a lemon and lime palette.

• my favorite things - pawty time / stitched rectangles
• pinkfresh studio - diagonal stitch rectangle die
• versacolor ink - green tea/fresh green/lime/canary
• copic markers/white gel pen

Springtime Birthday

Hello.
Today I'm sharing a birthday card, with these two, playful cats.
They're all about good vibes and fun, and enjoying some spring sunshine.

I'm playing along at the Seven Hills Crafts Challenge - if you fancy it,  there's still plenty of time to join in.
This time it's a technique challenge, where they would like to see you use a stamp, a die, and a stencil. With the proviso that they aren't designed to go together. 

Challenge

Seven Hills Crafts Challenge

Hmm.. not sure I've completely nailed this challenge.

stamp - those two adorable cats
die - the birthday sentiment

stencil - the clouds and grass

• mft - pawty time, coloured with copics
• mft - rectagnle scalloped frame die 
• mft stencils - grassy edges / mini cloud edges
• distress ink - tumbled glass / twisted citron 
• sentiment - colorado craft company - citrus berry cupcake

Cupcakes are the Answer

Hello.
Recently, I've been seeing some lovely cards, where the stamped image is just left plain and uncoloured.
So, I thought I would give it a go.

I chose this big, cupcake stamp because I find it really tricky to colour, and it fits the challenge theme at Inspired By.
What do you think? To colour or not?

I stamped the cupcake off the edge of the card and, for fun, I added that cute fox, helping himself to some frosting.

I used my Copics on one cupcake, and left the other uncoloured.

I think the uncoloured one is growing on me - and it certainly saves on time  :o)

Challenge

Inspired By...

• colorado craft company - citrus berry cupcake
• mama elephant - decorate the tree / birthday messages
• copic markers / white gel pen

Feeling Ducky Today

Hello.
One day of sunshine and I'm already thinking about Spring, and Easter.
So I reached for these cute ducks when I saw the 'gingham' challenge at Inspired By...

I don't have and gingham paper, so I did a background with a copic marker.  Nothing fancy - I just used the broad edge to draw the lines. It's darker here and there, and the lines aren't equally spaced, but I thought that added to it's charm.

I used die-cut hillsides for the background, and slotted those rushes in behind. Then the ducks were added with foam tape for some extra dimension.

 Challenge

Inspired By... 

• time for tea designs - lucky duck
• lawn fawn - stitched hillside borders
• my favorite things - stitched rectangle scallop edge die
• cloud dies ( I think they are memory box)
• avery elle - merriest sentiment
• copic markers / white gel pen