Welcome Little One

Hey stampers, Anni here!

A friend of mine got a baby girl last week and I wanted to make a card for her. I LOVE to make baby cards, in fact Christmas cards and baby cards are my favorite to make. Of all cards I like creating cards for teenage boys and of course sympathy cards least.

I started by stamping the cutte little fox with an umbrella from Mama Elephant's Up an Away with My Favorite Things' Extreme Black Hybrid ink. I chose this ink because I wanted to colour with alcohol marker. Then I fussy cut the image (there are coordinating dies available).

When I make baby cards I like to personalize them and put a name on them. The little girl is called Nika. So I stamoed the letters using Lawn Fawn's Quinn's Abcs. I coloured them in the same colours I used for my focal image.

For the background I did some ink blending over My Favorite Things' Cloud stencil. I used inks matching the colours of the fox and the letters but in a much lighter shade. This way the image and the letters would not get lost on the background.

I die cut Avery Elle's Wonky Scalloped Frames dies from the background and a second time from white cardstock. I combined the white frame with the cloudy inside rectangle.

To go with the name of the baby I inked up a part of a sentiment I found in Avery Elle's Storybook. Actually the sentiment says Welcome Little One bt I wanted to say Welcome Little Nika.
Then I assembled the card.

So what about you? Do you have favourite occasions to make cards for? Let me know!

Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty weekend.
Anni

      

         

The Dog's Woof's Wicked Party!

Hi everybody,

Jill here and this week, I’ve got a rad doggy party for you...

Using the utterly incredible, The Dog’s Woof, from Mama Elephant.

These kind of ‘group shot’ designs that Mama Elephant have come out with recently are just beyond brilliant. They make colouring so fun, coming up with different designs and personalities for each one of the ‘gang’, and being able to change the look so easily with your colouring. Just brilliant.

I started by stamping out my doggy crew and heat embossing in clear to make life easier when it came to colouring. I then coloured using my Zigs with water.

I stamped out the balloons from Mama Elephant’s Up And Away, created a mask, and stamped out again and again creating a whole cluster of balloons, which I then coloured in lovely bright colours using my Zigs again. I also created a quick background wash with the help of my magnificent Zigs once more, and adding a few flicks of white for added interest.

My sentiment is from Mama Elephant’s Occasional Labels and is stamped out, clear heat embossed, and fussy cut.

I then cut around all of my elements and adhered in place using foam tape, adding some silver thread behind as the balloon strings and using the foam tape to keep them in place.

I am a dog obsessive - no joke - I recently even landed my dream job of working a rehoming centre, so this set was an absolute ‘must-have’ for me and I LOVE it! I actually can’t wait to use it again...and again and again and again...

I hope you like the dog crew party!

As always, everything I used is linked below.

see you next week.

Jillx

    

Concentrating on a splash of colour!

 Hi everybody,

Jill here, and this week, I'm playing with an oldie but a goodie....

...adding a nice bright splash of colour to my project using the classic, Mama Elephant's Up and Away.

I started with a piece of watercolour card and lightly stamped out the image I wanted to use into the top corner to set as a marker, and clear heat embossed a scattering of clouds, using Mama Elephant's Unicorns and Rainbows around the same area.  I then used my Zig Real Brush pens to scribble colour across that concentrated background, then went back in with a load of water and washed it all out.  To add a little more interest, I then went back in with some white and shimmer spray, and added a few flick and splashes.

On a separate piece of watercolour card, I stamped out my image again, and coloured using my Zigs (yes, it's a pretty strong addiction I have with them haha), and fussy cut.  I stamped out my sentiment from the same Up and Away set in the white space, and clear heat embossed to give a nice finish.  I then mounted my image back over my background using foam tape.  I was planning on cutting down the overlay to the same size as my panel, but I really loved how it looked hanging over so left if.

I then mounted my piece into the corner of a light grey card blank and there you have it.

I really hope you like it, and always, everything I have used is linked up below so be sure to go have a shop :)

See you next week.

Jillx