Enjoy the small moments

Hi everybody,

Jill here, and this week, I'm enjoying the simple things in life...

...using Avery Elle's Furry Friends.

My favourite thing in this universe is my gorgeous little doggy, Indiana (Indy to his pals).  Nothing brings me more joy than watching him frolic around, tail wagging having the time of his life on a beautiful summer's evening...and nothing brings Indy more joy than his ball!  He is obsessed!  So I decided to celebrate these small moments and the joy they bring with this week's card.

I started by stamping out and colouring, in the likeness of Indy, this cute little chap, from Avery Elle's Furry Friends, and his little ball (which is also coloured to match Indy's favourite ball).  I then cut a few strips of Lawn Fawn's Grassy Border for him to be sitting amongst.  I covered my front panel in some of the smaller stamps from the Furry Friends and cut a heart aperture from that.

My sentiment is from Mama Elephant's Everyday Greetings and is stamped and heat embossed onto vellum, adhered in place with a small amount of glue strategically placed!

I edged my card and my aperture with ink to help the scene 'pop'.

It's in these simple chilled out, laid back times I find myself to be my truest, happiest self; so never forget, 'Enjoy the small moments'.

As always, everything I used is linked below.

Jillx

Fab & Fierce

Hi everybody,

It's Jill here, happy to be back blogging for you fine folks, and grateful to Jenny for covering me on Friday - which is why I'm making an appearance here on Monday!

I wanted to start the New Year as I intend to go on, full of positive vibes and aiming for a bright, happy and fun-filled future, jam-packed with self belief and a fearless attitude...so today's card is a mantra to myself with a pretty twist...

And for anyone else looking to give their inner warrior a kick up the bum...I say go get em tiger!

I started by stamping out My Favourite Things Pinstripe Background onto my front panel in pale grey, then cutting their Stitched Circle Scallop Edge Frame from that.  I then stamped out a ton of Lawn Fawn's Fab Flowers in some pretty pink and purple inks and die cut them.  

I stamped the same Pinstripe Background out again in a pale lemon onto a piece of card to have as my back piece, and stamped onto it this awesome empowering sentiment from Mama Elephant's Everyday Greetings so that it would be centred behind my aperture.

I then built up all my Fab Flowers and foliage so they peaked out and created the perfect pretty frame to my fierce message.

I added a white Scallop Circle over top to help the frame 'pop', and there you have it.

A message of empowerment to start the year off the right way...ready to rock n roll!

See you Friday.

Jillx

  

  

Spreading the Seeds of Summer

Hi, Jenny here and I've gone floral today with a card and gift of the growing kind!!

We have a large area of Californian Poppies in our front garden, they survive so well in the gravel driveway and just love the hot sun and dry conditions... I suppose the clue is in the name Californian eh?!!!

Last weekend I collected quite a few seed pods so I could pass some onto my daughter to plant in her own garden and this sparked a crafty idea.....

I thought I'd make a small vellum seed packet and attach it inside a card... 

I love all those sunny hot shades the poppies come in so for the front of the card I used the Wildflower set by Concord&9th to watercolour my own. I used the largest flower and stamped it in shades of yellow and orange distress inks so the outlines would blend in when I added the colour. You can still just about see the lines which adds texture to the petals I think..

I used a small sprig from the same set to make the leaves, I had to embellish a little with my brush to give them the 'fern like' shape..... I used the same stamp to make a subtle pattern on the green background panel too.

I used vellum to make a very simple envelope for the seeds and adhered it together using strips of Stick It... it's a brilliant glue for vellum and a good use for your left over scraps from the bigger sheets. I stamped a flower and leaves in pigment ink on the vellum and clear embossed them so I didn't have to worry about the ink drying.

Next comes the seeds.... Oh boy did they travel across the worktop!!!

The seed heads had been languishing in a paper bag for a week in our conservatory which 

resulted in them pinging open and propelling the seeds...... luckily the bag contained 

them but they really spring open with force!!

I thought the easiest way to attach the seed packet was a couple of small holes and a piece of twine.

  

I found the perfect sentiments in Mama Elephants Everyday Greetings and 

Altenew's Garden Grow stamp sets :)

Phew! that was a lot of photos... hope you're still with me ;)

Our daughter was delighted with the seeds and hopefully they'll produce a lovely 

show of colour in her garden too!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Spreading a little lunar love.

Hi everybody,

Jill here, and this week I've got some sweet little Lunar Animals...

...spreading a little love from My Favourite Things Peek-a-boo Windows Dienamic.

I have eyed this die up for soooo long, but wasn't sure I 'needed' it, (I've been trying to be a good girl...to avail), but eventually bit the bullet and treat myself...and now I can't put it down!  It is so simple yet so effective, I absolutely love it and can see me getting so much use from it!  Awesome buy :)

I started by cutting the fabulous Peek-a-boo die and doing a little ink blending on the back card in the areas which would 'peek' through.  I then took the adorable, and one of my all time favourites, Mama Elephant's Lunar Animals and stamped out onto some watercolour card.  I coloured all my images using Zig Real Brush Clean Colour Pens and fussy cut, leaving a neat white border.  I then placed my little Lunar Animals behind the Peek-a-boo die and adhered in place.  

My sentiment and little speech bubbles are from Mama Elephant's Everyday Greetings and are stamped in pale grey ink to keep the card light and bright.  I finished by adding a little heart balloon from Lawn Fawn's Hello Sunshine which is stamped using Zig Pens, and to which I added a piece of thread as the balloon string for a little added cuteness.

 I adhered my top panel over my background using foam tape to add some nice dimension and finished by adding a cute enamel heart.

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

See you next week.

Jillx

Summer Floral Shaker

Hi there and a very happy Thursday!

Today I thought I bit of bright florals were in order ... with some added sparkle.

I grabbed MFT 'Pretty Posies' and set to work...

I started by drawing a circle onto a white card layer with a pencil so it could be rubbed out later, this circle will act as a guide for both stamping the images and partial die-cutting the circle. I then stamped my flowers and leaves into place using some lovely bright inks with a bold black outline. I stamped the outlines slightly off to give a more fresh and funky vibe.

Once the stamping was done I took the scallop circle from Mama Elephant 'All Prettied Up' die set and added this over the pencil guide I drew in before. I didn't want to cut through the flowers so I left these poking out from my plates when I die cut the circle- this way there is no pressure on them when they go through the machine so won't cut.

Once cut I added the piece on top on my card base without adhering it so I could stamp my sentiment, using Mama Elephant 'Everyday Greetings', through the die-cut circle into place.

I then added foam tape to the back of my card layer and added some clear sequins over my sentiment before adhering the card layer down.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I'll see you again next week!

Hugs Lydia x

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