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"

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!

Stencilled Slimline Card

Sharing a slimline card that I made for an upcoming card swap - full disclosure, this is the first ever slimline card that I've made *and* the first time I've used layering stencils!! And I am HOOKED!!!

I used the gorgeous Pinkfresh Studio You Are My Favourite Stencil which features some beautiful blooms and foliage. Onto some vellum strips I heat embossed 'Hello Friend' from Mama Elephant Paola's Wishes with Ranger Rose Gold Powder. I wrapped the strip around the card front and finally added some glittery Poppy Stamps Stitched Butterflies as an extra embellishment.

Inks used:

Pink flowers - Altenew Pinkalicious & Rubelite

Purple flowers - Pinkfresh Studio Lavender & Regal Kiss

Orange flowers - Altenew Chamomile & Marigold

Blue leaves - Pinkfresh Studio Sky Blue 

I love how my first ever slimline turned out, even if it is a little simple -  I'm looking forward to having more fun with these stencils!

Entering this into:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Layer It Up"

16th Shaker Card

Sharing this 16th Birthday shaker card that I created using tulle as the window and featuring this cutie Unicorn cupcake from Mama Elephant Cupcake Wishes. To create the window in my patterned paper I used a Lawn Fawn Circle die and sandwiched some tulle with foam to the back. For my shaker bits I used hole and heart punches, plus some sequins and a mini flower die from Lawn Fawn Spring Sprig. The cupcake liner was stamped with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide and the bunting is from Waffle Flower Tea Party.

Entering this into:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Shake it Up"

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

Tulle Shaker Cards

I've been having a play with this beauty of a die, the Pinkfresh Studio Fancy Floral 2 and I created a bunch of shaker cards! These feature a tulle window instead of your usual acetate - something I saw Jennifer McGuire do once and I knew I had to try it!

For these, I cut the Fancy Floral die out of some glitter cardstock and glued the tulle to the back. On vellum I heat embossed some Birthday sentiments from Mama Elephant Paola's Wishes with

WOW embossing powder in Black Glint. 

To create my shaker bits I cut various glitter and metallic scraps of cardstock with a hole punch and also added some sequins from my stash.

These were so fun to create and I have so much tulle in my stash I'll definitely be making more of these! I made a few of these with acetate as well which I'll upload to my Flickr. 

Entering these into:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Fun With Dies"

This is the Jennifer McGuire Post that inspired me to try this technique!

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"