Playful Cats

I have a bright colourful card to share today. It features a grid of squares, which is one of my favourite designs when I want to include lots of cute images on a card.

I began by inking up a piece of card with a rainbow of different inks. I spritzed them generously with water for droplet details, then die cut them using the Lawn Fawn Zig Zag squares.

I love colouring in these cats from the Lawn Fawn Meow You Doin' stamp set. As cats have so many different colours and patterns, you can have a lot of fun. I coloured more than I needed, then cut them out and chose six different cats for this card. I'll keep the others for another project.

As well as the cute kitties, this set has some wonderful accompanying stamps that really help set a scene. I gave each cat a different accessory, then glued them onto the squares.

I used foam tape to add the squares to a card base, and that's the card finished. I'll stamp a sentiment on the inside of the card.

Thanks for joining me today,

Gemma

Lawn Fawn Meow You Doin

Lawn Fawn Zig Zag Squares

Cheers to the New Year

This year seems to have gone by so fast! Hard to believe we'll be in 2018 in a few short weeks. With that in mind, I have a New Years card to share today. 

I began with a square card base, then die cut a zig-zag square to go on the top. From that, I die cut a stitched star peek-a-boo window. You could easily turn this into a shaker card, using one of the fabulous MFT shaker pouches.

Next, I reached for one of my favourite stamp sets - Avery Elle Bunting. This was actually the first stamp set I bought when I started making cards again in 2015! I am still finding new ways to use it, too.

I reached for the stars, circles and starburst shapes from this set, and heat embossed them around the star with gold embossing powder.

Before adding the zig-zag square to the card base, I layered a piece of black card behind the star.

I added a gold glitter 'Cheers' word die over the top of the star. The black background really helps it stand out. If I made this again, though, I think I’d layer a few of the word die cuts for some more dimension.

To finish, I added some sequins for extra sparkle.

Thanks for joining me today and throughout the year. 

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

Gemma

MFT Stitched Star Peek-a-boo Window

MFT Cheers

Avery Elle Bunting

Lawn Fawn Zig Zag Squares

Duh Nuh Circle Scene Card

Hello and happy Tuesday!

I wanted to create a layered card but keep the dimension to a minimum, so it's easy to mail.

I've used circles to create scenes within layers. This is a small card, so I only have 3 layers (two plus the card base). The bigger the card, the more layers you can use, but obviously this will bulk out the card more.

I first cut two squares from white card - one stitched squared and one zig zag edge square. The zig zag square is the top layer so I die cut the largest circle from this. On the stitched square that layers below this, I die cut a smaller circle. I used the Hero Arts infinity circle dies set, which has a great selection of different sizes. 

On the square card base, I blended on some light blue ink for the sky. Then I added the square die cuts on top.

The positive die cut circle pieces will help create the scene. From the smaller circle, I die cut a stitched hillside, then an ocean wave. I used distress inks to add colour to each piece and water droplets on the sea for interest. I stuck these down on the card, back in place in the circle like a puzzle. The space at the top shows the sky from the card base.

On the larger circle, I die cut another ocean wave, colouring the same as the other one. Before adding this to the card, I heat embossed the 'duh nuh' sentiment on the bottom. 

The shark is from the Lawn Fawn Duh Nuh stamp set, and the palm trees from Ahoy Matey. I used alcohol markers to colour them in, and fussy cut them out.

I hope you like my no-bulk layered card. 

See you next week,

Gemma

Lawn Fawn Duh-Nuh

Lawn Fawn Zig Zag Squares

Lawn Fawn Ahoy Matey

Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Squares

Hero Arts Circle Infinity Dies

MFT Ocean Waves