Beyond the Big Bloom

Hello and Happy Easter to all our crafty readers :0)

Instead of a seasonal project for you today I've been playing with my 

new Paper Smooches dies... the Big Bloom die to be exact, and I've come up with 

two extra uses for it besides the intended flower shape...

Using the middle sized flower with the Bold Blooms stamp set is the obvious way to use this 

die set and the three different sizes allow you to add dimension when building your blooms. 

I am quite impressed with how the die cuts so close to the stamped shape... I used the technique from this post to make sure I placed them precisely before running through the Bigshot.

I kept my blooms simple and used the loopy leaf die to make my posy of flowers :0)

Now how about using the three different sizes to build a tree??!!

Love the dimension you can make with them or use singly as three different size trees...

I've used a tree trunk from Spring Groves over the large shaped bloom aperture and 

hung a bird box from Hang Ups to make a new home card :0)

I thought I would experiment cutting the blooms in half and 

made fluffy clouds with them.... I think they work quite well in some Lawn Fawn 

patterned paper with a punched out sun for a quick get well soon type of card.

I love when a die can have so many uses.... I feel it's earned a worthy place in my craftroom :0)

I'm still thinking of more ... how about you??

Thanks for visiting today 

Jenny x

Paper Smooches stamps sets used

First card : Simply Said, Bold Blooms, Leafy Greens

Second Card : Spring Groves, Hang Ups, Alphadot, Summer Groves

Last card : Sunnyside up

Hollyhocks...

Hi there...

She here to share a simple card made with my new Flourishes set 'Hollyhocks'

When you have such a beautiful stamp you don't need to fuss!


Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens, I have just used toning plain card as matts....and just my trademark ribbon to finish!












I hope you all have a lovely Easter with lots of Choccy!!!!!

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

She xx

Bright Days

Hello..... Jenny here :0)

I'm here today with Kate for a joint post to showcase an 

Avery Elle stamp set called Bright Days which will be back in stock soon.

We thought it would be fun to see how we each would use the same stamp set!!

As you can see it's quite a versatile set with elements to build your own patterns

and Kate went with rays of sunshine in a gorgeous warm yellows and oranges......

I love how the rays and the circular frame draw your eye to the sentiment, 

just the warmth we need in this weather!!

OR..... the long thin triangles can be used in other ways too,

they became animal stripes for my card....

I used Distress Inks to colour the background and stamped the rays in black 

to mimic a tigers coat..... the sentiment in the set wasn't really going work with this card 

so I used lettering from another Avery Elle set called

Fun with Letters to spell out the words on vellum.

 Two different cards made from the same elements in the stamp set and 

I hope we've inspired you to think of lots more yourself  :0)

Thanks for looking

Jenny and Kate

Hello Honey

Hello again,Im back already! In place of Ruby today:-)

I have a confession...

I am a tag freak. I love tags. I love making them,I love getting them and I especially love looking at ones other people make. Today's blog is for a tag I have just finished,using the super duper cute Paper Smooches Loopy Leaf Die,which as soon as it arrived,I had an almost uncontrollable urge to use it with felt. I cuts it beautifully. I cut so many little green fronds,the craft room floor looks like a forest! They are so clean and pleasing. So anyway,I found a use for two of them (just another 3488 to go! ;-) )I put them on a simple white cardstock tag,originally with the idea of using them in a sort of Spring bouquet,but then I saw my Lawn Fawn Dewey Decimal petite pad peeping out under the piles of leaves I had just cut,and it was open on the honeycomb page. It looked so perfect it gave me a new idea. I used the gorgeous versatile new Paper Smooches Flag Tags set to create a fish tail flag and cut it out and stamped the cute stitching around the inside (what a great idea that is! Love Paper Smooches),set the leaves on the fish tail and coloured in the hive from beautiful Bee Mine set,and put it on pop dots. Stamped a little heart in the set,and my sentiment. I coloured the big bee and fussy cut her out. She looked too plain just on the card so I pinked off some burlap (another obsession of mine) and mounted her onto that. I cut a teeny tiny bit of tulle for her wings and glued the edge on,so that they flap. Then just added a little of the ever useful Lawn Fawn Triple Twine set in mustard. Voila!

Hope you like it!

Lou x

And used today:

I Whaley Like You!

Ahoy there!

Well,snow isn't quite what I was expecting this close to Spring :-/ 
Today's card is made with one of my favourite sets from my favourite companies,although with this weather,maybe I should have used the penguin instead of the whale!
 I have some new Washi tape and immediately thought of this set I had lurking and started thinking nautical thoughts.
I started by wrapping three sets of Washi,in the colours I wanted to stamp the card in,keeping in nautical with blues and reds,and a bit of mustard (can't beat a bit of mustard ;-)) Then,I used the awesomely useful rounded rectangle stacker dies to cut out a frame,stamping the Bitty Buddies frame onto it (it fits pretty much perfectly-score!) I used the Avery Elle Fanfare set to make some waves for the whale,and fussy cut them. I stamped the gorgeous little whale and his water jet onto a piece of card,used the smallest rounded rectangle die for my sentiment and added another heart underneath. I used Stickles on the hearts,then when they were dry,put a bit of Glossy Accents to make the super shiny. After framing the whale and adding the sentiment,I put pop dots on the frame to make it stand out from the Washi background and added two little rope bows from the Lawn Fawn Triple Twine set which complimented and completed the look. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Bitty Buddy set,it's so versatile and not just for Valentines Day. It has matching dies too (always a bonus). 
I hope you like it,it was made with a very special person in mind  :-)

Used today:

A Quick Tag

Hi everyone

I have a quick tag to share with you today.

I used a Tag from the Prima tag pad which has already has some pattern on, I then stamped the background stamp from the Unity Quiet Essence repeatedly onto the tag in light brown ink.  I then stamped the flower onto the tag and coloured with copics.  The sentiment was stamped onto card, edges inked and then mounted.  I decorated the tag with lace and rick rack.

Just a quick make but I hope you like it.

Thanks for visiting

Emily

Roll With It

Hi... Jenny here :0)

Did you see the new Avery Elle stamps in store?

I have used the sets called Celebrate and Roll with it for my card today...

I just love the bikes and all the extras you can add to them including a lamp, flags,

streamers and a basket with different items to put inside it too :0)

I went with a more masculine style for my bike and colour scheme, using the fantastic 

diagonal stripe border to give some texture...  did you see the square of plaid were the lines intersect

..... hmmm I think this will be a very useful stamp indeed  :0)

Here are the sets I used

Thanks for stopping by today :0)

Jenny x