Spring Bouquet

When I saw the new Spring Bouquet stamp set from Avery Elle, I couldn’t wait to colour the beautiful flowers.

 

One of my favourite ways to colour images at the moment is to use a mix of alcohol markers and coloured pencils, for a no line colouring look.

I began by stamping the large bouquet image with a very pale pink ink. I then used some light pink and green markers to add colour. I left some areas free of colour so they can be highlights on the image. 

By adding this layer of alcohol marker colour first, it covers a lot of the white card and adds a nice base layer on which to add the finer pencil details on top.

I used my coloured pencils to build layers of colour on top. I really love this process and find it relaxing. Though I am still learning, and every image is different, I recommend just having a go and seeing what you can do. 

To turn this into a card, I trimmed the panel down, added some gold sparkle twine, and used foam tape to add it to a kraft card base.

I then added some sequins and a banner sentiment, using a greeting from the same stamp set. 

Thanks for joining me today,

Gemma

Avery Elle Spring Bouquet

Lawn Fawn Gold Sparkle Twine

MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips

Autumn Leaves

There's a definite feeling of autumn in the air. I love the changing seasons and I'm ready for cosy jumpers and winter boots now!

I'm bringing that autumn feel to the blog today, with a card perfect for those fall birthdays.

On a piece of card, I blended on inks in autumnal colours. I then ran this through my die cutting machine with two leaves from the MFT Leafy Greenery set. 

On a card base, I used the Lil'inker Stitched Woodgrain cover die to add some subtle details. Then I adhered the leaves onto the card base.

I die cut a tag and embossed a sentiment in gold, then added some gold twine at the top. I used foam tape to add it to the card.

Thanks for joining me today,

Gemma

MFT Leafy Greenery

Lil'Inker Stitched Woodgrain Cover Up Die

Mama Elephant Mini Messages

Lawn Fawn Gold Sparkle Twine

MFT Tiny Tags

Happy Banner Tags

I have a happy banner card to share today, with fun rainbow colours.

I cut five tags using the MFT Tiny Tags die-namics and used MFT inks to add colour to each. I made sure the ink was dry on each tag, before white heat embossing a letter from Concord & 9th Perfectly Penned on each tag, to spell HAPPY.

I added the tags to a card base with foam tape, laying them out to create a banner across the card. Some twine through the tags adds to the banner effect.

To hide the ends of the banner and add some more colour, I used two rectangle dies to create a frame and coloured it with yellow ink. I love this pop of colour around the card.

I found a 'birthday' word stamp and added that in black ink underneath the banner, and then finished with some sequins.

This is such a fun and happy card, sure to brighten anyone's day.

Thanks for joining me,

Gemma

C&9th Perfectly Penned

MFT Stitched Tiny Tags

Lawn Fawn Blue Jay Twine

Waving Hello

Today I have an under the sea present shaker card to share.

I began by die cutting four squares from a piece of white card. On the reverse side, I added a piece of acetate behind the windows. Then I layered foam tape to create upper and lower shaker sections to the present. 

I put more foam tape all over the back of the card, then added some Neat & Tangled Mermaid Tail sequins in the shaker areas. To seal the shaker, I used a piece of blue watercolour paper.

I added the shaker to a white card base. To create the look of a present, I used some twine between the shaker windows and a twine bow at the top.

Finally, I coloured and cut out some images from the Lawn Fawn Mermaid For You stamp set. I added these to the card, along with a sentiment from the same set.

Thanks for joining me today.

Gemma

N&T Mermaid Tail Sequin Mix

Lawn Fawn Mermaid For You

MFT Watercolour Wash Paper Pack

Lawn Fawn Stitched Squares

Lawn Fawn Blue Jay Twine

Birthday Present with Mini Tag

I had an idea for a card featuring a birthday present and a mini gift tag. I searched through my craft stash but didn't have a present stamp big enough, so instead I got creative.

The stamp I chose is from the MFT Fall Florals stamp set. It's the flower stems image, but I thought it would work really well for what I wanted.

I chose some MFT ink cubes in blue colours, and stamped the stems image five times onto white card, going from dark to light ink. I made sure to remove the ink from any part of the stamp that I didn't want to use before stamping.

Next, I die cut some Mama Elephant Mini Tags from white card, and stamped a greeting from their Mini Messages set. The stamp set has a great range of mini sentiments, which perfectly fit on the tags.

To add the tag to the card, I used some Lawn Fawn twine. I also added a bow and more twine to the present.

As this was a fun and simple card to make, I recreated it with pinks and reds.

Thanks for joining me today.

Gemma

MFT Fall Florals

Mama Elephant Mini Messages

Mama Elephant Mini Tags

Lawn Fawn Twine

Lawn Fawn Twine