Rocket Boy!

Hi! I thought Tuesday might need a bit of colour & life injecting into it. Or is that just me? Doing Birthday cards for boys can be tricky. That middle age from about 5-10 where cute and cuddly won't do & they're not quite ready for the dark, grunge or uber cool. These cute rocket images from the Mr.Boy set (Unity for Bella Blvd) aren't too cutesie but neither are they too old.
You can find the set here

I've used mostly Copic Ciao's to colour this in- you can get a lovely range from the shop here

I have blended some colours- adding a little darker brown for depth- but please don't look at the colouring too closely- I've still my 'L' plates- ( novice in the house!!) on.

Sadly there wasn't a 'Birthday' in the set, but I had an odd sentiment lying around the house. The set is so versatile- I've even started making a flower from one of the stamps- but that's for another post!

I've loved doing repeat stamping- sometimes I forget the simplest of techniques- then come back to them wondering quite why I've not used them in a while. The rockets are finished off with some Glossy Accents &  I just drew around a ribbon reel in pencil to get the circle & lined up the stamps. They're not clear stamps but as the shape is so distinct they're easy to line up.

Well, I'd better go & get some stamping done. See you next Tuesday!

Keren xx

For the love of Unity!

Hello!

A bit of a different post today,I am going to introduce those of you that don't know to the huge diversity of Unity Rubber Stamps. Now,I find Unity a little overwhelming sometimes and I know I'm not alone,so this post is just to showcase a few of the Unity range we stock. 

For a start,in theory,you needn't buy stamps from any other company-a sweeping statement I know,but there truly is something for every taste within the Unity empire ;-)

Shall we begin?

Popular trends. Unity is right on the pulse with these,belting out lots of different ways to explore current trends. The simple chevron,for example. We stock several types of chevron stamps,from different companies,but Unity go a little further bringing you brilliant background chevron stamps like Urban Chevron and Poppy Chevron(currently out of stock,due to its awesomeness)below 

Another trend you might not think to look at Unity for is the Instamatic/Polaroid frame and camera. The Susan K Weckesser Insta-cutie has everything you need,how gorgeous is this?!

So as you can see,Unity offer a lot of very current style stamps with those clean and simple lines that make for gorgeous unfussy cards,and there are many more,just go look

They also cater for vintage lovers (like me :-D )

with gorgeous designs like these from Iron Orchid:

Yum yum,these literally make me giddy with inspiration.

There are also the cutesy drawn type stamps that make brilliant cards:

Nikki Sivils

My Little Shoebox

Cosmo Cricket

    

There are many more,just make a cuppa,set half an hour aside for drooling purposes and check out this link

And what are Itty Bitty's you might ask? Don't get me started on these little gems! One Itty bitty will see you through a tide of quick and simple cards and tags,and at £4.20 each,they are a very affordable introduction to the vast Unity family. Again,they have every taste provided for and all are red etched red rubber-making perfect impressions in a variety of inks. There are two kinds of Itty Bitty's,some designed by co-brands,some in-store designed. Co-brands are here and store brand are here

Well,there you go! Just a teeny tiny sample of the awesome Unity range. I hope you go check them out-you will not be disappointed!

Lou x

More Unity tags

I have a stack of tags already coloured with either Dylusions inks or distress inks and turned to those today to make a couple of Unity stamps tags.

The main tag was coloured with Dylusions inks and then the sentiment from Bold Insight was stamped using grey Memento ink. The dragonfly from the same set was stamped on to card coloured with distress inks before being cut out and adhered to the tag.

This second tag is slightly smaller but made the same way. The sentiment is from Moments in Bloom and the flowers are from Bold Insight. I added a tiny rhinestone to the centres.

As always, thanks for visiting!

Jo

Exploring A Hot Spot (part 2)

Good morning :0)

Okay, first I have to apologise for the title of these posts... it's a bit suspect

 verging on the cheeky but hey it got your attention though didn't it!! :0)

So, I'm back again, as promised, with a couple more cards to share with you using the 

Paper Smooches Hot Spots Large Base Die and first up is a New Home card that 

uses the die as a Polaroid style frame....

 

The retro photograph is still a very popular trend, well it is in my stash *wink*....and there are 

many dies on the market but by using the Hot Spots die to make your own you can have 

rounded corners both inside and out!!

Here's how I did it...

The smaller of the two dies cuts a rounded rectangle that is an exact fit for the space in the 

large die so it can be used to extend the size of the hole in the base die... as shown in the photo :0)

Did you see the grey faux washi tape?? To make it I used the row of dots from the Alphadot set and inked the back of the stamp with Memento London Fog then used it the right way round to stamp the dots on top in Flannel Grey and by stamping across a torn piece of copy paper you get the faux ripped edge too :0)

My next card uses the large base die as is and cut from Patterned Paper,

makes the focal panel for my card...

The window is perfect for framing a scene using Paper Smooches characters, even cheeky monkeys like this little fella who's hanging around!! The ladybird was an afterthought!!....you'll have to pretend he's either in a zoo or it's an exotic little bug :0)

Well I hope I've given you some inspiration for using this die and if you missed part 1 it's here

Stamp sets used: Vogue Abode, Zoo Crew, Love Monkey, Simply Said

Thanks for visiting and hope you have some crafting time this weekend :0)

Jenny x

Purple Paper Smooches

Good morning stampers!!!! It's your 'Girl Friday' Lydia from Love Lydia here. Today I'm sharing a card using a few... ok, five Paper Smooches stamp sets. 

I went with a grey and purple colour combo and I think it really works. 

On the base layer I used the really pretty leaf from the Leafy Greens set stamped in grey. On the sentiment band I used a further four sets - Flap Happy, Salutations, Birthday Sampler and Pretty Phrases.   

I'm totally loving how great these butterflies look just quickly coloured with Copics, they are sooooo versatile and can be used for any occasion- a must have for you stampy stash :)

Have a great day all !!!! Hugs, Lyd xxxxx 

Milliner Miss!!!

Hi there...

She here.....Today I'm going to show you a little card made with some of my very favourite stamps....I know, I seem to say that every week!! But these really are!!! Red Rubber and Ladies :-) How much better can you get???!!!

They are 'Milliner Misses'  by the wonderful Rogue Redhead.....

She is coloured in with Copics and I've cut a Nestie shape for her to sit on....

The card is quite small....about a 5" square, but I had enough room to add my tatty flowers and of course my ribbon!

Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon...






She xx

Welcome baby girly

Hello.

My card today uses lots of Paper smooches products.

I was playing with the paint palette die and couldn't decide what to do when it hit me that i could just use the paint brush to make it look like the sentiment had just been painted.

I started by stamping the sentiment. 

I used Salutations, Word up, and Little lady.

I heat embossed the sentiment as i thought it would make it easier to add the glitter to the word "Baby".

I have ended up wearing most of the glitter! So think i will just use stickles from now on lol.

The hand that is holding the paint brush is from Helping hands. 

I stamped, cut then added a small cut in the card just above the top finger where the die cut paint brush just slides in.

Thanks for looking.