World Card Making Day!

Sharing this sweet Birthday card that I made for World Card Making Day! Hope you were able to create something to celebrate too! Happy crafting!

Supplies used:

Mama Elephant Birthday Bash Stamp Set 

Watercoloured with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers: Carmine Red, Orange, Yellow, Emerald Green, Cobalt Blue, Flesh Colour, Light Gray

Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday stamp (a birthday freebie)

Entering this into: 

Simon Says Stamp World Card Making Gallery 

"Anything Goes" Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

2021 Christmas Cards

I'm taking part in the Pinkfresh Studio December 2021 Challenge - this month's prompt is HOLIDAYS so I'm sharing my 2021 Christmas Cards!! 

My cards for this year feature the adorable Pinkfresh Studio Tree Trimming Friends Stamp Set!

I started by die cutting the Pinkfresh Studio Braided Tag from some white card and onto these I stamped the Trees with Pinkfresh Studio Soft Lilac ink. I then stamped the detailed layer of the trees with Versamark Watermark ink and heat embossed with WOW Shrinking Violet embossing glitter for some extra sparkle. The bears were stamped with Pinkfresh Studio Warm Buff ink and coloured with Flesh Colour Zig Real Brush Marker. The gifts, star and sentiment were stamped using Pinkfresh Studio Sky Blue, Altenew Pinkalicious & Sunray inks and Brutus Monroe Gilded embossing powder.

I foam mounted the braided tag onto various Holiday patterned cardstock and added the bears and little extras to fill out my scene! I really enjoyed creating these cards and I love how this whimsical little scene turned out!

Bonjour Full Shaker

Today I'm participating in the fun October Challenge over at Waffle Flower - this month the theme is Shaker Cards so here I am sharing another edge to edge shaker using the darling Waffle Flower Bonjour stamp set! (This was the first Waffle Flower stamp set I ever bought and it's such a fave!)

For my card I wanted a purple night time sky so I stamped and then masked my images and ink blended my background with Wilted Violet and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxides. I coloured my images with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers.

To create a flat shaker I wrapped some clear packaging around my panel and adhered three sides closed, leaving one side open to fill with shaker bits - which include purple and silver sequins, stars and confetti. Once filled and sealed I adhered this whole panel to a card base and voila! SO EASY!!

I looove these full shakers and really enjoyed creating this little French scene - Oh how I'm dreaming of being in Paris again! 

World Card Making Day!!

Hope you had a fab World Card Making Day!! To celebrate I am sharing this 65th Birthday card that I made for my Mum! 

I started by die cutting the the two largest dies from the Pinkfresh Studio Inverted Stitched Scallop Circles three times from white card and once from cream shimmer cardstock, I stacked and adhered these together on top of a circle of vellum. The "65" was die cut using Pinkfresh Studio Heather Lowercase - I adhered this to the middle of the vellum circle and added to my patterned card base. I stamped and die cut some Pinkfresh Studio Lovely Blossoms as well as used floral ephemera from Pinkfresh Studio Days of Splendor and added them around the edge of the circle. To finish, I added some little pearls!

Inks used on the florals: Pinkfresh Studio Sky Blue, Summer Shower, Lavender

Entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"

Mother's Day Tea Party

Sharing a little Mother's Day card that I made for my Godmother using the sweet Waffle Flower Tea Party set. The images were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black, heat embossed with Hero Arts Clear embossing powder and then coloured with Zig Real Color Brush markers. To finish off my little scene I added a frame from Mama Elephant Union Square Cuts.

Zig Colours used:

Cobalt Blue, Wine Red, Violet, Light Pink, Mid Brown, Gray, Flesh. 

I also used Chamomile Altenew ink to watercolour the kitty!

Entering this into:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Feminine

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Feminine

Celebrate!

Today I'm sharing my card for the Pinkfresh Studio March 2021 Challenge - this month the challenge is all about flowers! I absolutely adore Pinkfresh Studio and this year I am so determined to grow my Pinkfresh stash (slowly getting there) !!!!

For my card, I die cut three Pinkfresh Leafy Envelopes and adhered them together for a bit of dimension. I stamped and die cut a bunch of Pinkfresh Lovely Blossoms and tucked them all over the envelope. For the background I scored some yellow paper at every quarter inch to add some texture and adhered the envelope on top, leaving the leafy bits un-glued so they curl up and add more interest. 

The "Celebrate" is from Happy Birthday Sentiments and was heat embossed with Ranger Rose Gold powder and die cut with its coordinating die.

Inks used:

Blue florals - Pinkfresh Studio Sky Blue & Summer Shower

Purple flowers - Pinkfresh Studio Lavender

Pink flowers - Altenew Pinkalicious

Yellow flowers - Altenew Chamomile & Marigold

Green leaves - Lawn Fawn Cilantro & Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide

Love love love how this card turned out and I'll definitely be making more of these with different colour combos!

Sweet 16

I'm taking part in the Pinkfresh Studio February 2021 Challenge - this month's prompt is Alphas/Words. This was really perfect timing as I have an upcoming 16th Birthday and decided to focus on the word "Sweet"! I initially struggled with this card, I knew that I wanted to use lots of quirky patterned papers but I was so undecided about the layout and colours!

I started by die cutting the Pinkfresh Studio Braided Tag from this cute paper and layered it on top of some purple card. The 'Sweet" and "16" were die cut using Pinkfresh Studio Heather Lowercase. 

To make the "16" pop a bit more, I decided to cut a circle out of vellum and then dipped the edges into some Versamark Watermark ink and added some Shrinking Violet WOW embossing glitter. To add a bit more interest, I stamped and die cut some Pinkfresh Studio Lovely Blossoms as well as floral ephemera from Pinkfresh Studio Days of Splendor and added them to the bottom of the tag.

The bow was made with the We R Memory Keepers 123 Punch Board.

This challenge really pulled me out of my creative slump and I'm happy with how it all came together in the end!

How de we feel about the quirky mish mash of patterned papers and colours? I'm kinda digging it!

Braided Tag Card

Sharing my card for the Pinkfresh Studio January 2021 Challenge - I was inspired by August 2020 Florals! I had a play with some of my Christmas goodies this week and made this floral birthday card! I decided to stamp and die cut some Pinkfresh Studio Lovely Blossoms as well as some floral ephemera from Pinkfresh Studio Days of Splendor.

I die cut the Pinkfresh Studio Braided Tag from some white textured card and stamped 'happy' from Lawn Fawn Meow You Doin'. The 'birthday' die is from MFT Birthday Wishes and I cut this three times from white card and once from blue metallic paper and layered them together for some dimension. The bow was made with the We R Memory Keepers 123 Punch Board.

Inks used:

Blue florals & 'happy' - Pinkfresh Studio Sky Blue & Summer Shower

Pink florals - Altenew Pink Diamond

Green leaves - Lawn Fawn Cilantro & Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide

I love how this card turned out and I will definitely be recreating with different colour combos!

2020 Christmas Cards

 

Sharing my Christmas cards for 2020, feat. Mama Elephant Oh Kitty Tree! I started by masking off little hills for the kitties to sit on and then went about creating pink shimmery snowy backgrounds by ink blending Altenew Pinkalicious & Rubelite Inks and then splattering with Pinkfresh Studio Candy Violet Ink and White Gouache and finally adding some Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Spritz. 

The images and sentiment were stamped in Versafine Onyx Black Ink and coloured with pencils! I foam mounted the kitties onto the backgrounds and added some Wink of Stella Glitter Gloss Pen to the little ornaments and Santa hats!

I'm so happy with how these turned out - I do love non traditional colours for Christmas!!

Entering these into:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "CELEBRATE"
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Christmas Critters"

Wishing you and yours a very Happy Christmas xx

2020 Christmas Tags

Christmas is upon us! Let the fussy cutting begin! Here are my Christmas gift tags for this year (I'm happily surprised at how early I finished these lol)

Supplies Used:

Mama Elephant Oh Kitty Tree Stamps

Mama Elephant Union Square tag die

Lawn Fawn Tiny Tag Sayings

Altenew Pinkalicious Ink - blended on the backgrounds

Distress Oxide Mermaid Lagoon - blended on the blue backgrounds

Pinkfresh Candy Violet Ink - splattered on pink backgrounds

White Gouache - splattered on backgrounds

Sheer Shimmer Spritz Sparkle

Coloured Pencils

Entering this into Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Christmas Tag"

Birthday Bash!

For World Card Making Day I made a bunch of these Birthday Bash cards which I will be sending out for an upcoming Card Swap! 

I used Mama Elephant Birthday Bash and Birthday Messages stamps, Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide for the background and lots of coloured pencils!

Entering this into: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"

 

Pop Up Slider Card

 

I made a DIY Pop Up Slider Birthday Card this week using some new patterned paper. Let me tell you, patterned papers are my jam!! I have boxes full of gorgeous pads of paper that I hardly use *sighs* I had so much fun with this, my first interactive card!

It turned out to be super easy to construct (I watched a few YouTube tutorials) - it looks a bit complicated, especially if you're doing it without the aid of specialty dies, but honestly all you need is a paper trimmer and your trusty craft knife!

I settled for these floral papers from DCWV Love & Grow. I used the Mama Elephant Big Happy Birthday as my main attraction, cut from silver glitter card and added extra sentiments from Birthday Messages and Scripty B'day for the inside and pull up flaps! I also made a matching yellow envelope!

Entering this into Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Two Or More Patterned Papers"

Christmas Crafting 2019

Quickly sharing my Christmas cards for this year, feat. Mama Elephant Cool Penguins! I started by die cutting and ink blending, splattering some white gouache for a snowy effect and then heat embossing snowflakes. I also used white glitter card for some sparkly snow! 

Distress Oxides: Shaded Lilac, Seedless Preserves

Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Scalloped Rectangles

Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders

Mama Elephant Union Square Dies

Distress Oxides: Shaded Lilac, Seedless Preserves

Snapdragon Stitched Oval Dies

Sentiment from Lawn Fawn Tiny Tag Sayings

These are my fave Christmas creations so far! In the end I think I stamped, coloured and fussy cut close to 70 penguins LOL It was definitely a labour of love! 

Currently

crafting//

...I made this super quick 30th Birthday card for a friend using the Cherry Tree Floral Panel die from Die-Cutting Essentials Magazine Issue #33 which I cut from glitter card, I cut the "30" four times from Lawn Fawn Finley's 123s and stacked for dimension, the sentiment is from Mama Elephant Birthday Wishes, and added a few butterflies from Poppy Stamps!

Entering this into:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Let's Sparkle"
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"

listening//

...lots of Christmas music!

binge watching//

...The Crown S3 - so so good, I miss the original cast but I now have a weird crush on Prince Charles!!?? And I finally got around to Modern Love - what a super gorgeous series!

reading//

...I'm onto Deathly Hallows as part of my annual HP re-read! I just got the new version of The Goblet of Fire, super gorgeous illustrations - I just wish there were more of Cedric!! *insert crying emoji*

wishlist//

...this super adorable Harry Potter Cross Stitch, Frank Body Lip Trio & Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia cologne!

What is your go to scent? 

Merry Snowmen Tags

This weeks fun prompt over at SSS Monday Challenge has me prepping for Christmas (oooh I'm feeling so Christmassy already!!) I played around with my fave snowmen stamps and made these super quick Christmas tags!

Supplies Used:

Scrap Dragon Stitched Oval Dies

Lawn Fawn Ready, Set, Snow! stamps

Lawn Fawn Tiny Tag Sayings stamps

Kraft Cardstock

LF White Embossing Powder

Typo Watercolour Pencils

Entering these into Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Let's Get Ready For Christmas

Currently

crafting//

...I created a quick Birthday card using the gorgeous Cherry Tree Floral Panel die from Die-Cutting Essentials Magazine Issue #33, a sentiment from Mama Elephant Birthday Wishes and some gorgeous shimmer and glitter card!

Entering this into Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"

baking//

...my fave Chocolate Crinkle Sprinkle Cookies - think brownies rolled in hundreds & thousands and baked as a cookie - so good!!

reading//

...OH MY GOSH Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston was so so wonderful, probably my favourite book of the year!!!

binge watching//

...I adored Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung - a gorgeous K Drama set in the early 19th century, the leads were brilliant! I was also fully engrossed with Betty En NY  - typical frustrating Telenovela that I just can't get enough of!! Also loved Love Alarm, Terrace House: Tokyo and The Spy.

listening//

...okay I can't get Chicken Noodle Soup out of my head loool!

loving//

...FaceTime chats with my bro, tea dates, discovering new make-up and The Masked Singer!

Are you listening to anything new atm? xx

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Who's in the mood for a snowy Christmas scene?? I SURE AM! I know it's a tad early for Christmas crafting (it's actually not that far away?!) but I love playing around with my stamps and figuring out what kind of cards and crafts I want to create for the upcoming Holidays!

I made this card using Lawn Fawn Ready, Set, Snow stamps and dies, LF Stitched Rectangle and Stitched Hillside Borders. I also ink blended the background with Picked Raspberries Distress Oxide, spritzed with some water and later white heat embossed some snow and snowflakes!

What do you think of the non-traditional pink themed Christmas card? Yay or nay?

I'm entering this into:

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #60 - Create A Scene
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stamp It

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stamp It

Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday - HOLIDAYS

Currently

crafting//

...Snow Globe tags! I made a few using a whole bunch of different sets: Lawn Fawn Ready Set Snow,  Winter Penguin, Meow You Doin' and Hang in There - I so love all the different ways I can mix and match my sets!

Entering this into:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "S is For..."
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"

baking//

...my friend and I made these delicious Raspberry Dark Choc Blondies for our baking date this month, they were so good!

reading//

...Watching You by Lisa Jewell had me hooked, a very dark and mysterious read that I couldn't put down! About to start The French Photographer by Natasha Lester, I've heard great things!

k dramas//

...I am loving Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung, also One More Happy Ending was super quirky and fun and My Golden Life had me sobbing!

happy heart//

...new skincare goodies, Derry Girls Season 2, shopping dates, pancakes and berries!

What's making your heart happy this month? xx

big happy birthday

I made a bunch of cards this week for some upcoming Birthdays featuring the Mama Elephant Big Happy Birthday die - these were super quick and easy, also using the Little Cat Agenda stamps from Mama Elephant coloured in with pencils and gel pens, LF Stitched Scalloped Rectangle die plus some patterned and glitter card! I cut the Birthday die multiple times and stacked four for each, just for some extra dimension! I've uploaded the others to Flickr which you can find here!

Entering these into: 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Happy Birthday"

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Add a Die Cut"

diy notebooks

Full disclosure I'm a hoarder of notebooks, I always find so many darling ones that I must have but in all honestly I never ever use them because they are just too cute!! Surely I'm not alone here?! Having said that, making my own notebooks is now my current obsession!

The ones I'm sharing this week are super simple - just using cardstock, pretty patterned papers, stamps & vignettes along with a handmade paper flower and a feather for extra embellishment, plus ribbon to bind! 

I've seen so many gorgeous tutorials on Pinterest that I can't wait to try, I've even sourced some book rings to make thick heavy duty books so watch this space! I think these will be super sweet as little gifts!

Entering this into Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Not A Card"