Happy Spring Card with More Fresh Cuts

Today I'm going all shiny on you. I decided I needed some fresh colors and while I was thinking through different possibilities while sitting at my desk, my eyes fell on my little Perfect Pearls stash. 'Perfect!', I thought!

Even though I'd love to use the Perfect Pearls on white card stock, they only truly shine on darker card stock. Black is best, but that was a bit too depressing for me, so I went with kraft. The images were stamped in white pigment ink, which remains sticky for a short while, and I gently pounced on the pearls with a soft brush.

The More Fresh Cuts are back in stock in the store (see product listing below) and they are incredibly versatile and perfect for a technique like this (you could also use different colors of embossing powder!). And if you prefer the Fresh Cut Florals, the original stamp set, then that one will work just as fine.

The window to the inside of the card was a spontaneous idea – I originally wanted to stamp around a masked sentiment, but I like this more. It's a bit different.

I hope I could bring some sparkle and shine to your day, wherever you are! Thanks so much for stopping by – and if you want to see a video of how I created this card, hop on over to my blog (you'll find the link in the sidebar).

As always, don't forget: if any of the products listed below is out of stock, you can use the store feature to be notified via email when it's back. That also helps Tara know which things are in high demand and need to be re-ordered, so hop on over:

More Fresh Cuts	Chit Chat	Chit Chat Lawn Cuts	Unicorn White Pigment Ink
Spring Sequin Mix	Birthday Bash Sequin Mix

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Handwriten ( sort of) Hello

Hi there! Did you know that today is National Handwriting Day? ...well you do now ;)

Although I haven't used my own handwriting on my card today I have used the 'Hand Lettered Hello' from Wplus9.....

Firstly I stamped and heat embossed the medium 'hello' from Wplus9 'Hand Lettered Hello' in black. I then used Wplus9 'More Fresh Cuts' and stamped two floral clusters using Hero Arts Shadow Ink (Neon Pink, Soft Yellow, Lemon Yellow and Charcoal (double stamped).)

Once all the flowers were stamped I added the rest of the sentiment from the same set as the 'hello', a few clear sequins and some washi tape to the side to pull the colours together.

Have a great day!

Hugs Lydia xxx


       

Oh Happy Day Card- Faux Watercolour Effect

A very happy Friday to you! I hope you are all well the weather in North Wales has been a lot cooler this week and it is now raining :( Really hoping on getting some sun as there is nothing better than lazy summer days spent outside with the kids... ok .. add in a bit of crafting ... and then there nothing better ... oh and coffee ;)

Today I'm sharing with you a card using a fun faux watercolour technique.....

*Using the large rose shape from Wplus9 'More Fresh Cuts' , ink it up using Picked Raspberry Distress Ink first stamp it off onto some scrap paper before using the second generation ink to stamp onto some watercolour card.
*Using the rose detail stamp from the set ink with Festive Berries Distress Ink and use the second generation ink again to add the detail over the already stamped solid image.
*Then onto the leaf using the same second generation stamping technique with Evergreen Bough Distress Ink.
*Spritz over the stamped piece to add texture and the watercolour effect.
*Make a stacked die cut using the Wplus9 'Happy Trio Die' and add the rest of the sentiment using Lawn Fawn 'Sally's ABCs'.
*Ink the base card and add the layer.

I really love how this turned out! The beautiful faux wtercoloured image patterned paper is so fun to make and will work with lots of different images. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs Lydia xxx

    

A Mother's Day Card

So sorry for the late post... kinda went for breakfast with the mummies and it turned into a brunch. We had a meeting this morning in school about our little ones so decided to go for a bite to eat before heading home. 

It's my day to post over on the Make The Day Special blog and today I'm sharing with you the card I have made my Mum for Mother's Day (my Mum doesn't read my blog so I'm ok to share it here ). This week the girlies have been playing with a colour combo to create their cards.. if you want to join in to there is a challenge tab on the top of the Make The Day Special blog so we can take a peek at yours.

Lots of gorgeous goodies landed at Make The Day Special this week, there were deliveries from both Avery Elle and Wplus9 (with more Wplus9 to follow). So my card has things from both companies. 

To start I cut the Spring Wreath from Wplus9 inked in Hero Arts Field Greens and attached to my card layer. I then added my sentiment making it up from the greetings from Avery Elle's Needle Little Love. Although it says Mom on the stamp set I added a little tail to the 'o' which made it look like a 'u'. 

Then I cut two lots of the More Fresh Cuts dies and stamped the More Fresh Cut stamps (on the way) onto the coordinating shapes. And arranged them in the bottom right of the wreath and added some smaller stamped images around this cluster. 

After I had finished this panel I added it to my base card on which I had already used embossing paste through a stencil to create a bit of texture. 

Thanks for popping by!

Hugs Lydia xxx