Hello friend

Hello

My card today uses lawn fawn's

Belinda's borders

Blissful botanicals

Hello friend

The images were coloured with Copics.

Thanks for looking.

Itty Bitty Christmas!

Morning.....

I thought I'd share a couple of makes with one of the lovely 'Itty Bitties' that Emily sells....

For these makes I have used  'A Child is Born' Love this little stamp set....

I have made a matching Card and Tag...

I stamped and embossed the image and just coloured the centre lightly with one of my ProMarkers.. I then used some Distress Inks to create the 'splattered' background...a bit more embossing and the image was done....

Here they are in detail........................

I used some Black Co-Ordinations card and embossed it and sanded it to reveal the core colour....I have had this card so long....I am glad I have actually managed to use it!

Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon for some more 'Itty Bitty' Christmas makes!

She xx

Copic Happy

Hi there, it’s Ruby For today’s card I got a bit Copic happy!

Using three shades of orange I coloured my flowers using the feathering technique.  All I did was flick out the darkest colour from the centre, then blended the next darkest colour and finished with the lighter colour.  I repeated this a few times for each petal to get some depth of colour.


The set I used is the new Paper Smooches Daisies and Paisleys and I combined it with the Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler.

If you haven’t bought any Copics yet from the shop I would encourage you to have a look, it’s so relaxing to colour. I love it!

Have a great Tuesday!

Mini Making With Colour & Pattern

I'm eagerly anticipating the start of Shimelle's Learn Something New Every Day at the weekend.I've taken part in this annual class many times and there is something wonderfully about revisiting an old favourite. One lesson that I have learnt the hard way though, is that if I don't prepare for the class, I never finish my album!

Using August's Counterfeit Kit has made it fairly easy to get started. I cut down a lot of cardstock and patterned papers to 3 x 5 inches, 'chomped' all of the corners and punched a hole in one end of each piece. To start making the base album feel a little bit more 'lived in', I've decorated the front using a little spritz of Mister Huey's Calico Shine; added a patterned paper effect with the camera stamp from Lawn Fawn's Say Cheese Too; and added a title with some Sassafras Alphas.

Inside the album, I've started to add some additional pattern with the chevron stamp from Papersmooches Geographic - it stamps wonderfully and, because it's a clear stamp, it's so easy to build up the pattern to create a fuller effect - and some extra embellishment with some of the smaller stamps from Papersmooches Teen Routine.

It's shaping up to be a fun album, full of colour and pattern - which is one reason why I love mini-albums, they really give you a chance to experiment with new ideas, products and techniques. Looks like I've started learning already!

Is anyone else planning on taking part this year? Have you done your preparation? Please let me know so that I can come and take a look. You see the best thing about starting class, is all the new friends!

Have good week! Clair x

Alcohol ink and Unity

Better late than never, but I've been busy enjoying the lack of rain with the kids!!

Today I've been playing with my neglected alcohol inks and some Unity stamps to make a couple of cards. Both of them use the same technique:

1. stamp on to glossy cardstock using Versamark ink
2. emboss the stamped image using clear embossing powder
3. add alcohol ink over the image and blend until happy with results
4. place piece of clean paper over the image and heat with an iron until the embossing powder comes off on to clean paper and leaves image on alcohol ink background

My first card uses the Urban Chevron stamp by Christy Tomlinson:

I added a sentiment cut on the Craft Robo and a Prima flower centre.

My second card uses Bella Doilies:

To this one I added a Kaisercraft rub-on sentiment.

As always, thanks for visiting!!

Jo xx

A Sweet Birthday

Hello Stampers!! are you crafting this bank holiday weekend?... looks like it could be the weather for it!!!

If you are following us on Facebook you'll know that Emily has very recently started stocking a new American Stamp company called Wplus9, they are proving very popular and I've been having a play with a set called Fresh Preserves along with the matching die set, come and see.....

Yep they are super CAS but with the sentiment on that cute little pot of jam they really didn't need a lot else to steel the limelight from them :0)
The matching dies cut the jar,lid and label or the stamp set contains everything to make the cute jam jars if you don't want the dies....but honestly you're going to want them aren't you *wink*...I'm already thinking of other ways to use them :0)
Here's a close up of the jam jar, it measures just over one and half inches high ...

... the solid jam stamp is great for using two coloured inks to add dimension to your jar and with a little highlight with a white gel pen they really pop off the page :0)
The label is blank ready for your combination of image and sentiment from the set or your own message and the little berries in the set would be great for making backgrounds too..... think of the possibilities with this set....  perfect on gift tags or bags for homemade preserves!!!

I'm so happy with the crisp impression from the stamps and they match the size of the dies perfectly... brilliant quality all round :0)
Unfortunately this set has already gone out of stock but they will be back in store soon along with more Wplus9 stamp sets...... find them here

Thanks for looking today :0)

Jenny x

Orchid Happy Birthday!

Hi there!
I have a simple Birthday card to show you today....
I have used one of my favourite stamp companies.....Flourishes  They are really excellent quality and stamp perfectly every time....

I used the 'Orchid' set. Unfortunately Emily hasn't got it in stock at the moment, but I have checked with her and she is hopeful that it will be back in stock very soon...

I stamped it onto an Oval die-cut and coloured with ProMarkers....Then very simply matted onto co-ordinating papers.

Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon.

She xx