Saturday, 16 July 2011

Sweet Little Notes

After finishing up a craft project, I often find myself with small leftovers and there is nothing more pleasing than finding a use for them! Yesterday, I ended up with a long piece of stripy kraft cardstock. I decided to cut it down into smaller pieces and create some sweet little notes using the teeny tiny stamps from Sophie's Sentiments and Say Cheese Too.

It can be all too easy to overlook some of the smaller stamps in these sets, but I think they're really versatile - and they're fun too! I also added a couple of small sentiments to the mix, by only inking up part of the larger phrases. You can see that with just a few stamps, some black ink and a little bit of time - five minutes to be exact - I ended up with something I can use in other craft projects, instead of something to add to the scrap pile.

I'm thinking gift tags, tiny journalling spots, or cute card toppers - lots of options. So, make the most of your Make The Day Special stamps by constantly looking for new ways to use them!

And, don't forget that some of the giveaways we featured as part of last week's Get 'Em While You Can Blog Hop are still open - including my own - so now's your chance to make some last minute entries.

Friday, 15 July 2011

DIY Wedding Organiser

I've been looking for a wedding organiser for a few weeks and was pretty disappointed on what was on offer in the shops. I don't know WHY it took me so long to remember that I am crafter...and am perfectly capable of designing my own! Duh. So here's some little peeks into my new wedding organiser....

 Stamps: Ippity 'Because of You' (bird stamp) and The Cat's Pyjamas 'Ewe Complete Me' (sentiment)

 Unity Store Kit: The Right Words

 Unity Store Kit: Wishes & Kisses

 Unity Store Kit: Wishes & Kisses
I bought a plain workbook from Paperchase which has loads of fab plastic wallets and card pockets included in the notebook. I used red and white acrylic paint to create the background on the front cover, added ribbon, vellum and the stamped image & sentiment. I then added some tags and used the teeny hearts from the 'Ewe Complete Me' set to embellish (glossy accents gave them a nice finish).
I have a feeling this is a work in progress and I'll spend lots more time adding to my new organiser!

Have a great weekend, 

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Thanks

Hello.


More Lawn fawn blissfull botanicals from me this week.


I have kept it very simple and stamped straight onto the card.


Then coloured with Zig pens.


You can get these and lots more lawn fawn from make the day special.


Thanks for looking.



Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Lawn Fawn Pinwheels

A very quick and simple card today, I seem to be in a very clean and simple mood still!

This card uses the Lawn Fawn Cruising Through Life stamp set available from Make The Day Special.


I've paper pieced the pinwheel to add a bit of colour. 

Hope that today you are following your dream!

Have a good day.

Monday, 11 July 2011

More Quiet Essence!

Good morning!
Today I have a couple of Tags to show you.....
I love playing with backgrounds and also trying to get as much 'mileage' as I can out of my stamps!

I have used one of my favourite Unity Store Kits 'Quiet Essence' available from the lovely Emily here

It's ages since I used my Brayer so I thought I'd have a little 'inky' play! Here is what I came up with.....

This the first one that I made! A little bit PINK, but also with some touches of my favourite Orange!


Ah, much more 'me' I think!
I used 'Big an' Juicy' pads for my brayering.....something else I have had for ages and not played very much with!!
I scrunched a piece of copy paper and then smoothed it out and ran the inky brayer across it, so that the the ink on the brayer took the crease of the paper onto the ink and then I rolled! I think it's more noticeable on the 2nd tag...
I used the little bacground stamp to add a bit more texture....using the same ink pad.
Isn't that sentiment fantastic? Stamped, clear embossed and highlighted with Glossy Accents. The Flower is coloured with ProMarkers and also Glossy Accented!
The little Bird is off the  'Life Becoming' kit also available here stamped onto shrink plastic...love him!
All that was left for me to do was a little doodling round the edge and add a little ribbon...
Thanks for looking, I hope you have a good Monday and I'll see you soon...

Oh and don't forget, our 'Get 'Em While You Can' Blog Hop is open until Saturday and me and my teamies have some great giveaways!

She xx

Sunday, 10 July 2011

A birthday tag

Today I have a birthday tag to share with you using a sentiment stamp from Unity's "The Right Words" available from the shop here.

I covered a tag using papers by SEI and cut out the streamer and party hat from patterned paper. The sentiment was stamped using Memento ink on to white card and then coloured with Promarkers. After colouring I decided that the white background was too bright so used an ivory marker to cover it.

Materials used:
SEI papers
Unity stamp (as above), brown Memento ink, Promarkers
My Mind's Eye buttons
pompom trim and organza ribbon.


Don't forget that our "Get em while you can" blog hop is still ongoing. Have a look here!

Thanks for visiting!
Jo xx

Saturday, 9 July 2011

Get 'em while you can - Blog hop!

Hi and welcome to our blog hop!

The point of this blog hop is to show off some of the fab stamps we currently stock but once current stock is sold will not be restocked. I am going to start of by showing some of these stamps and then the design team are going to show you some of their creations using them.

Do leave a comment on all the blogs to say you have visited as there will be goodies to win!

Now for a brief showcase of stamps:








Just a brief showcase to show the ranges that are leaving, don't miss out!

Unity Samantha Walker
Unity Cosmo Cricket
Unity Large Kits
Unity Wood Mounted
QKR Stampede
Smeared Ink

Now time to see some of these stamps in action, the next stop on the hop is


Remember to leave some love on your way

Emily x

p.s don't worry they are only going to make room for new stampy goodies... watch this space!