Lovely Loving Piggies

Hi everybody,

Jill here, and this week I've got some sweet, loving piggies...

...using the Lovely Piggies from Mama Elephant's latest release.

This was an instant 'must-have' for me as I have nothing like it in my stash, and everybody has a soft-spot for these sweet creatures surely?

You get a load of different designs of the Lovely Piggies in the set so the possibilities are endless.  I decided to make a Valentine's themed card because I just *had* to use the little cupid piggie first...so cute!

I wanted to do some no-line colouring but my skills really aren't that sharp so went the utter cheat route haha.  

I started by stamping out my piggies in a pale ink and coloured over-top using my Zig Real Brush Markers, (to disguise the line), mixed with water for a lazy laid-back watercolour look.  I created my background by using the cloud border from Mama Elephant's Landscape Trio as a stencil and gently ink blending over top to create a soft sky of pinks and blues.  My piggies are playing upon My Favourite Things Cloud 9 Dienamics and my sentiment is from Mama Elephant's Love Quotes (an oldy but a goody and comes out almost every time I get lovey dovey!).

I finished with a wrap of ribbon and a cute little bow and there you have it.

Lovely Piggies sending love this Valentines.

I really hope you like it.  As always, everything I used is linked below.

See you next week.

Jillx

 

  

Pegasus Duo

Today I have a shaker card to share, featuring the adorable Pegasus horses from Avery Elle. This is such a lovely set to colour, and the sentiments in the set are great too. 

I began by die cutting a scalloped rectangle from white card and from this, die cutting a rainbow. I made sure to leave enough space at the bottom of the card for a banner to go.

I added acetate behind the rainbow cut out, and used foam tape to build a space for the sequins to go. I chose sequins in rainbow colours, then sealed the shaker with some blue patterned paper.

Next, I stamped out two Pegasus horses, colouring them with alcohol markers and adding Wink of Stella clear glitter for some sparkle. I then fussy cut them out. I added two die cut clouds to the base of the rainbow, then the horses over the top.

For the sentiment, I stamped a Lawn Fawn Bannertastic banner and chose a greeting from the Pegasus stamp set. I die cut the banner, then added to the card with foam tape.

I adhered the shaker panel to a pink notecard, then stamped some stars to the top of the card to finish.

Thanks for joining me today,

Gemma

Avery Elle Pegasus Duo

Lawn Fawn Bannertastic

Lawn Fawn Bannertastic Dies

MFT Cloud 9

MFT Stitched Rainbow Dienamic

Fairytale Pop-Up

Hello, Gemma here with a pop-up fairytale card to share.

With three nieces, the MFT Once Upon a Time stamp set was a must have for me! I decided to make a pop-up card for a fun surprise when the card is opened. It took a little more time to put together, but I'm really pleased with the end result.

I started by stamping and colouring three of the images from the Once Upon a Time stamp set. I used colouring pencils (my current favourite colouring medium), then fussy cut them out. Some of you in the know may have spotted the pony is Pinky Pie, from My Little Pony. This is my eldest niece's favourite, so I thought she'd enjoy seeing her featured on the card.

For the background, I created some stencils from the Lawn Fawn Puffy Cloud dies, then blended on some MFT pink and purple inks to create a pretty cloudy sky. I used an MFT Grassy Hills border to create the grass, using MFT ink again to blend on colour.

I ran the background and grass through my die cut machine with a scalloped rectangle die and attached to a card base. I then added the images on top.

For the inside, I die cut a rainbow and added ink to each piece. I used some tape to put it back together and some card at the back to make it sturdier. I added two die cut clouds to the rainbow.

I cut a piece of card slightly smaller than the card base and scored in the middle. I blended on the same sky detail as the front of the card. Using the MFT Pop-Up Elements, I cut two pop-ups and attached the rainbow to them. There are both narrow and wide pop-up element dies available so I'll add links at the end of the post, as either would work well here.

Once this piece was adhered to the inside of the card, I added a banner with a gold heat embossed greeting, made up from two sentiments in the Once Upon a Time stamp set.

To finish the card, I added some sequins and hearts above the princess and the pony.

I gave this card to my niece last weekend. She was so excited to open the card and find the rainbow inside.

Have a lovely day.

Gemma

MFT Once Upon A Time

MFT Ink Cubes 14

MFT Stitched Rainbow

MFT Grassy Hills

MFT Pop Up Narrow

MFT Cloud 9

MFT Pop Up Wide

LF Everyday Pop Ups

MFT Ink Cube Set 3

Lawn Fawn Puffy Clouds