Embossing in white

I have a couple of quick cards to show you today using the tree stamp from Unity's kit Adventure in Happiness which is available in the shop here in limited quantities at a fab price!!

I stamped the tree using white ink and then heat embossed it using WOW embossing powder for the card on the left and a plain white powder for the card on the right. I then added some shading using Prismacolor pencils before adding a rub-on sentiment....hey presto - quick cards!!!

Materials used:

Bazzill cardstock

Unity stamp (as above), white Versacolor ink, WOW embossing powder

Prismacolor pencils

Basic Grey rub-ons

Thanks for visiting!
Jo xx

Hey there!

Hello :0)

My name is Jenny and I'm a craftaholic...there I've said it now...Lol
Seriously... this is my first post as a member of the Design Team here at Make the Day Special and I'm thrilled to join such a talented bunch of ladies :0)
I like to think I have a clean, simple and fun style which lends itself nicely to my love for Paper Smooches and Lawn Fawn stamps, so without further ado here is my card to share with you....

As you can see I like to mix and match the stamp sets and this uses 'Zoo Crew' and 'Whimsical' with the sentiment from 'Sentiment Sampler', the Paper Smooches stamps lend themselves so well to paper piecing as well as colouring, both of which are fun techniques to do :0)
By lifting the leaves on the tree you can see Mr Giraffe is hiding and the sentiment inside the card reads "....you can't hide, it's your birthday!!"

Doesn't that little giraffe look adorable with those big 'baby' eyes. I'm thinking she could be quite versatile on cards for all ages and occasions :0)

Well that all from me today, I'd like to take this chance to say Thank You to Emily and my fellow Teamies for such a warm welcome..... and I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend :0)

Thanks for stopping by

Jenny x

Happy easter

Hello.

Not long till Easter now and ive just started my cards.

I have used the paper smooches set " A little lovin' "

And for the sentiment i have used "Alphadot".
You cas find paper smooches stamps here.

Thanks for looking.

Hello!

Hi there!  I’m Ruby (aka Ruby 2 Shoes) and I’m really excited to be joining the Make the Day Special team.  I am a Lawn Fawn and Paper Smooches addict amongst other things so I’m looking forward to sharing some of my creations with you.  Have you seen some of the gorgeous new stamps?  I’m in lurve!!

Here’s my simple card..  As you get to know me you will know I LOVE colour, I hope you do too!

For my card I combined the new Grand Greetings from Lawn Fawn and Friendly Flowers from Paper Smooches.  I coloured the flowers with Copics and added a little bit of doodling using a Copic Multi Liner.

Thank you so much to Emily and the girls for such a warm welcome.  I’m really looking forward to getting to know everyone.

Ciao for now!

Design Team News

Hi Everyone

I am very pleased to share some design team news with you which will mean lots of inspiration will be coming your way soon.

Firstly Clair is coming back to our little team and we are being joined by two new members Ruby and Jennie. I for one am looking forward to the blog getting more active again and seeing all the lovely makes.

I am sure you will join me in welcoming our new ladies and I want to take this opportunity to thank my existing design team for all their hard work while I have been rather preoccupied!

Happy stamping

Emily

Spring Stashbusting Tags

Hello! Hello! It's been a long time, but I'm so pleased to be back with the ladies here at Make The Day Special. I've really missed playing with my lovely stamps - so I was thrilled to have some time this weekend to get stuck in. My fingers are now satisfyingly inky!

First I made a couple of little gift tag backgrounds using some teeny, tiny scraps. It's really simple, just stick them down, then sew them up! I thought the colours would be perfect for spring.

The first tag uses a partial sentiment and balloons from Admit One and a little cloud from Bon Voyage - both sets from Lawn Fawn's Summer 2011 Release. Still one of my favourite stamp collections!



The second tag uses a simple sentiment from Cruising Through Life, another set from Lawn Fawn's Summer 2011 Release, and some pretty stars from Learning Year By Year, one of Unity's Store Kits.



Such super, simple stashbusting projects that will add a little 'something, something' to any gift.

A Baby is......

For a change today I decided to stamp on fabric to make my card.

 I inked the sentiment stamp from Unity's store kit "The Right Words" available in the shop here using my Faber Castell big brush pens and then stamped straight on to the pink gingham fabric. I then sewed around this before fraying the edges and then stuck it on to a thick piece of card as a backing before adding it to the card.

The flower was made from organza and then I added a button to the centre.

Materials used:

American Crafts cardstock

Unity stamp (as above), Faber Castell big brush marker

fabrics, pleated ribbon, organza

Dress me Up button, vintage flower button.

As always, thanks for visiting!!

Jo xx