Little Cat Birthday Parade

I'm really enjoying colouring these adorable cats from the Mama Elephant Little Cat Agenda stamp set. 

For this card, I wanted a birthday parade of Maine Coon cats (both the recipient of this card and I have Maine Coons). 

I began by die-cutting a scalloped border from an A2 note card size piece of white card. I stamped five cats, making sure to choose ones all going in the same direction to form a parade. I coloured them with alcohol markers, and added ear tufts with a black fine liner pen to turn them into Maine Coons. 

I choose a piece of patterned paper to go on the bottom half of the A2 note card base, then attached the stamped piece with foam tape.

Using a die from the Mama Elephant Polaroid die set, I die cut some speech bubbles - twice from white card and once from black card. I stamped a sentiment on one, then layered them together, with the black speech bubble offset slightly to create a shadow. I adhered this directly to the card, above the cats.

Finally, I added some Wink of Stella clear glitter to the cat accessories. 

I hope you like my birthday cat parade. Have a lovely day,

Gemma

Mama Elephant Little Cat Agenda

Mama Elephant Polaroid Fun

MFT Stitched Scalloped Basic Edges

Mama Elephant Mini Messages

Wink of Stella Clear Glitter

MFT Fresh Squeezed Chevron Paper

Cute Fruit and Glitter Embossing

Hello, Gemma here with a cute fruit card to share with you.

I began by stamping the pear and orange stamps from the Paper Smooches Cute Fruit stamp set. I wanted some texture to the fruit, so I wasn't concerned about getting perfect stamping. I used the MFT mini ink cubes, leaving some of the stamp clear for a highlight and adding dimension by stamping a second time with darker ink around the edges. I added the face stamps in black ink.

I wanted to add some sparkle to the fruit. To do this, I stamped over both fruit images again, this time using Versamark ink. I added clear glitter embossing powder and heat set it. This gives a lovely sparkly gloss look to the fruit.

I also stamped stalks and leaves, but didn't add any embossing to these. I cut out everything, glued on the stalks and leaves, then set them aside whilst I worked on the rest of the card.

I used one of the dies from the MFT Stitched Scallop Basic Edges, to cut down a piece of A6 white card. These are currently out of stock but I've linked to some great alternatives at the end of the post.

I arranged the fruit on the card to help me work out where the arms should go, then stamped these in MFT Kraft dye ink. I added the fruit images with foam tape. 

Once I had added the orange, I realised that the arms were a little further out than I wanted and there were gaps. I grabbed an alcohol marker and drew in the tops of the arms - problem solved! 

I added the white panel to a Kraft card base, then finished the card with a stamped greeting from the cute fruits stamp set.

Thanks for joining me today.

Gemma

PS Cute Fruit

MFT Stitched Basic Edges

MFT Stitched Scallop Edges 2

Versamark

Hero Arts Clear Glitter Embossing Powder

Abstract Florals

This week I have two cards to share with you, both featuring an abstract floral pattern.

I created the pattern using two stamps from the MFT Fall Florals set. I first stamped the stems in black ink, then added the flowers in rainbow colours.

I kept a lot of white space on the card but wanted a bold sentiment too. From black card, I die cut words from the MFT Brushstroke Birthday Greetings (these are available as stamps too).

On the second card, I used one of the MFT Scalloped Edge border dies and the Happy word die from the same set as before, to create a different look.

Thanks for joining me today.

MFT Brushstroke Birthday Greetings

MFT Fall Florals

MFT Stitched Scallop Basic Edges