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.

See Through Shaker Bookmark

Sharing this super cute See Through Bookmark that I made this week! I was inspired by Mona Toth, who has super easy to follow step by step instructions - check it out here. When I saw her adorable creation I knew I wanted to try this too!

I don't own frame dies so I created my own by layering the LF Stitched Rectangles with Outside In Stitched Scalloped Rectangles and it worked out perfectly! 

The shaker is created as you usually would but with acetate on both sides for the see through effect. I have a lot of green sequins that never get used so I decided that this would be my colour scheme lol! 

Other Supplies Used:

Lawn Fawn Meow You Doin'?

Lawn Fawn Birthday Tags (for the Banner)

Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders

Entering this into: 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Add Some Green"

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "A Bit O' Green"

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 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"

Happy Easter

I have one last Easter card for you (I made a bunch okay!) - for this one I used the leftover stitched oval from my shaker card and created a little Easter scene using the Basket of Blossoms dies from Issue #34 of Die-Cutting Essentials.

For the background panel I ink blended Shaded Lilac and Seedless Preserves Distress Oxides, stamped "Happy" from LF Meow You Doin' in Picked Raspberries and die cut "Easter" with Impression Obsessions Easter Greetings word die. Then I adhered the oval scene using foam tape for some dimension.

This was super quick and I'm happy with how it turned out!

Entering this into:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Spring Mood Board"

Peony Bouquet

My Simon Says Stamp Peony Bouquet stencil finally arrived last week and I got to have a bit of a play over the weekend! Stencils are new to me so I had some fun trying out lots of ink blending with this gorgeous bouquet! 

For my card I used Distress Oxides in: Shaded Lilac, Seedless Preserves, Chipped Sapphire and Mowed Lawn & I added a Thank You Script die from Pretty Pink Posh.

I also decided to make a quick tag using Lawn Fawn Tag You're It! I blended some Worn Lipstick, Dried Marigold and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxides and added a Tiny Tags Sayings sentiment stamped in Seedless Preserves!

Entering this into Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Stencil Fun!" (perfect timing!)

Looking forward to creating all the things with this beauty!

Currently

crafting//

...I made this easel card for an upcoming 60th Birthday - I recycled the art deco image cut using LF stitched scalloped rectangles, the "60" was cut with LF Finley's 123s and mounted on an LF scalloped circle and I also added some Poppystamps stitched butterflies. Patterned papers are from DCWV Love & Grow.

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

watching//

...I'm Not Okay With This was super dark but funny and I thought it was great! Cable Girls S5, and I finally watched Parasite -  I thought it was brilliantly done!

reading//

...The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman was super cute, gorgeous cover as well! I also enjoyed Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi although I've noticed I've lost my love for YA recently (I need some recs!)

k dramas//

...I'm so sad that Crash Landing on You wrapped up - and in such a bittersweet way! I also got into Hyde, Jekyll, Me and have just started Hi Bye, Mama! 

wishlist//

...this super cute Weasley enamel pin! (i'm starting my pin collection!!) & this Bookish Babes tote bag (i love a good tote!)

Have you binged anything good lately? 

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? 

Currently

crafting//

...I made this Birthday card using my fave kitties from LF Meow You Doin' plus some fun cardstock cut with the LF Wonderful Window and a touch of a few LF Spring Sprigs!

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

listening//

...I'm really digging Circles by Post Malone and also Make It Right by BTS ft Lauv (such a lovely video clip!)

binge watching//

...When The Camellia Blooms is my current fave K Drama and this month I also enjoyed The Kominsky Method S2, The Hockey Girls and The Hook Up Plan S2! 

reading//

...I really enjoyed Unmarriagable by Soniah Kamal - a modern day retelling of Pride & Prejudice set in Pakistan! The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester was also so lovely and I finally got to Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (I'm not sure I'm a fan of Hercule Poirot though if I'm honest!)

loving//

...I'm completely fangirling over The Office Ladies Podcast!! I'm a massive fan of The Office so I'm loving hearing all the episode breakdowns and bts stories from Pam (Jenna Fischer) & Angela (Angela Kinsey) ..also their nerdy banter is adorable!!

Have you listened to any good Podcasts lately? 

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

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

tulle shaker card

 

I adore shaker cards and recently spotted a gorgeous one on Pinterest that uses tulle and thought it was such a new and clever way to make a shaker! Tulle is so lush and soft and I know mum always has some on hand, so I raided her stash and went to work hehe! 

I first started by gold heat embossing a Mama Elephant Scripty Birthday sentiment onto some purple card. I then picked out some gold foiled patterned card and cut out a window using a Lawn Fawn Circle die, to which I glued a piece of tulle behind. On the outside of the window I added a Kaisercraft Posy Circle die cut from some purple glitter card.

I then threw in a bunch of random sequins, beads and shimmery bits of paper cut with a circle hole punch, heart punch and some flower dies and sandwiched the tulle-windowed card and purple card together.

I love how this card turned out and I think tulle is now my new go-to when making shaker cards!!

Entering this into: 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Add a Die Cut"

Arigato!

Sharing another bookmark that I made this week using this super sweet Avery Elle Konnichiwa stamp set (adorable!!) Again I decided to create my own background with the flowers and this was so so simple, just stamp and colour and voila! I also rounded the top using a Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border!

Entering this into: 

"Make Your Own Background" Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge 

I've shared my last bookmark to my Flickr Page which you can find here!

Kitty Bookmark

Sharing a close up of this cutie bookmark that I made this week using up long scraps of heavy cardstock and featuring my fave Mama Elephant Little Cat Agenda Set! I wanted to create my own background for this and randomly stamped the kitties all over the card and decided to only colour their little items they each have - I love the tiny pops of colour!

For extra interest I again used the Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Stackables along the top and bottom edges plus I added some hearts stamped with LF Juice Box!

Entering this into: 

"Make Your Own Background" Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge 

"Anything Goes" Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Spread Your Wings & Fly

I made a bunch of random bookmarks this week using some long scraps of heavy cardstock that I have a bucketful of. These were super quick and easy, I just grabbed an assortment of stamps and my colouring pencils and went to work!

First up, this super sweet birdie which I paired with the sentiment from the same set - as this stamp set was gifted to me preloved I'm not sure what brand they are!! For a bit of extra interest I decided to add some pink and gold patterned card scraps to the edges which I cut using Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Stackables!

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

I'll feature the other bookmarks in a couple more posts!

twenty one

I made this shaker card for a 21st Birthday - I decided that I wanted a rose gold theme as I have so many gorgeous patterned cardstock with beautiful rose gold foiling. This card was pretty simple - I used a Lawn Fawn scalloped circle to cut a window in my cardstock, for the shaker bits I used a hole punch to cut little circles from glitter, metallic and matte washi tapes & cardstock and also added some little white beads. I hand wrote the "Twenty One" with an Artline pen (I'm looking for some calligraphy stamps if you have any recs!) And voila, done and dusted!

**Sadly, I forgot to get a proper shot of this card and this was the only picture I took before I popped it in the mail wahh don't you hate when that happens!?!

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

Tag, You're It!

This week I made this Birthday Gift Tag which was inspired by the current Lawn Fawnatics Card Sketch Challenge. I adore gift tags and with a few upcoming Birthdays I thought I'd see how this sketch could inspire me - it's certainly different!

I started by using Forget-Me-Not ink to stamp the tag outline from the Birthday Tags set and cut with its coordinating die from Tag, You're It. I then used a circle stackable to create a little window in the tag in which I popped a kitty from Meow You Doin' and a cupcake! Next I stamped and coloured two buntings to mimic the diagonal stripe in the sketch and then added confetti and Wish Big sentiment (all from the Birthday Tags set) using Raspberry, Cilantro & Juice Box inks. 

I so enjoyed seeing how this sketch (and all the other challenges below) inspired me this week!

Entering this into:

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #51 - Card Sketch

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Tag It

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Happy Birthday!

Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday - Pet Projects

Currently

crafting//

...this week I made this simple card for a friends Birthday using the Lawn Fawn Wonderful Window and of course my favourite Meow You Doin' stamps! I used a Kaisercraft Bricks embossing folder and popped it behind the window to give it the feel of an actual house! Entering this into the "Anything Goes" Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and SSS Work it Wednesday "Pet Project".

binge watching//

...loads of K Dramas this month (the obsession is real!) - My ID is a Gangnam Beauty, My First First Love and Strong Girl Bong-Soon! I also enjoyed the new season of Kim's Convenience!!

reading//

...woah mama The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang was super delicious!! Daniel Henney lookalike? YES PLEASE!

listening//

...omg I am OBSESSED with Boy With Luv by BTS !! Full disclosure, I've never listened to a BTS song before but I AM HERE FOR ALL OF IT!! The video is pure joy!!

playing//

...my bestie and I tried out Squash for our April catch up (yes I did YouTube *how to play squash* before we went!) I mean I'm pretty sure we didn't follow the rules at all but it was actually a lot of fun and a great workout too - we were both super sweaty and achy after LOL!

Hope you've had a good April! Roll on 30th Birthday week ahh xx