In bloom birthday

Hello.

My garden is in full bloom , well nearly just waiting on the tulips now but that inspired me to make this floral card using Winnie and Walters  In Bloom; Annas florals.

Each image is stamped in black archival ink and water coloured with Inktense pencils. 

I kept the colours quite light and I wanted a loose type of water colour style so I have used more water than I normally would.

I then fussy cut and adhered each one to the top part of my card Panel.

The panel was then added to my card base which has a stripe of patterned paper down one side.

The sentiment is also from Winnie and Walter , The big, the bold and the happy. 

To finish I added some sequins.

Thanks for looking.

Tiny Terrariums!

Hi! Hope your Tuesday is going well! 

Too often, we create cards with a 'man' or 'woman' in mind. I wanted to create something that would do for just about anyone!

I wanted to use the Concord & 9th set 'Shine Brighter'

The plants are gorgeous and make the cutest terrarium. I wanted to give some depth to the card and so hung the bulb from one of the flower stems. 

I've added details with Copics and some Prismacolor pencils. The two work so well together.

I really love the way you can create such different looks from one set. 

It's easy to create more dimension in an image by leaving portions white plus adding little highlights with a gel pen. This way, it means the images look far more lifelike.

Do check out the sets and other gorgeous stamps from Concord & 9th

See you next week,

Keren xx

Laughing Out Loud

Good Morning.... I'm hoping to bring a smile to your face this Monday morning with these fun Little Emotions stamps from Mama Elephant.....

I chose three of the laughing emoji's and started by stamping them all over a piece of white card which was the same size as my card blank.
I have used an old alphabet stencil pack from my stash for the letters but you could easily draw freehand or find a font on your computer to enlarge and print out your own stencils. Before colouring these little guys I traced the LOL over the pattern and then coloured the faces inside the letters.

I added a drop shadow using a thick black marker and then cut out the word, all in one piece, and adhered it using foam dimensionals. The additional sentiment is from Snarky Sentiments by Lil' Inkers and I think it's a perfect match....... and it just makes me laugh :)

You could always add a bit of shine and gloss to these little faces but with that many to cover I decided to leave well alone and call it done :)

          

I hope that's brightened your day, thanks for stopping by and see you next week :)

Jenny x

Easter Decorations

Sorry I am late to the party today with my post, I've been a little under the weather for a few days but I had this item planned so really wanted to share it before Easter hits us next weekend.   I've gone a little Martha Stewart today with an Easter decoration (although it could be just a fun decoration for Spring too if Easter is not your thing)

I've taken a variety of paper crafting products and turned them into decorations to hang on some simple twigs (I wanted pussy willow but couldn't find any) to create a simple centrepiece for a spring table.   It was very easy and lots of fun to create.   Let's take a look at the decorations in more detail.

Starting with paper eggs.   I used the die from More than Jellybeans by Reverse Confetti but any egg shaped die will do the trick here.   I just cut it 7 times for each egg from some plaid papers and folded each in half vertically before adhering them all together along the fold and punching a hole in the top to string them with ribbon.   You get a nice full egg shape with 7 die cuts.  If you want a non-Easter decoration then skip the eggs, you could make the same thing with simple circles or stars or any shape you fancy with a vertical line of symmetry.

Next I made the little birds in their cages.  The cage is the brilliant new 3D Birdcage die from Hero Arts by Lia.  I cut them from silver mirri card (a little tricky to fold - thinner card would be easier) and then stamped and cut out the different birds from Tweet Friends by MFT and hung them inside using cotton thread.   They are really pretty as they twirl around in the breeze from the open window.

Finally I added some sheep (you could go bunnies or any other baby animal for a spring theme) inside some of the chipboard frames which are a recent addition to our paper product offerings.  I thought they would be a fun way to add some bold colour.  The frames I used were from the Let's Party set - you get 24 in the pack so I could add lots more if I wanted to!  The sheep are from Ewe are the Best from MFT just cut from thick card an coloured with copics and fixed into place with a little acetate before hanging with ribbon.

Hope that's inspired you all to bring your inner Martha!   Share your makes on our Facebook page if you do.

NEWS FROM THE STORE

We have the latest release INCLUDING THE DIES from Stamping Bella in transit so it should be in store by the end of the week. 
We are also anticipating shipments from Neat and Tangled and Concord and 9th this week.
We have our order for the newest Altenew release in, but it takes a few weeks to arrive usually.  We have ordered as much as they had available for restocks but some of the popular sets were not available and we are wait listed for them.
We will be re-ordering lots of other out of stock items from Lawn Fawn and Wplus9 this week too.

Quick Card With No Coloring

Hello and welcome again! Today's card is sweet and simple, something you could whip up quickly if there's not a lot of time. I am only using one stamp set, an oldie but goodie from Mama Elephant called Pandamonium.

The great thing about this set is that it doesn't require you to color. Anything. Pandas are, by nature, black and white. So all you need, really, is a black ink pad which all of us will own and start stamping away. Of course, there's no limit to your creativity, so if you need pink or green pandas an ink pad is all you need. That's great for all of you who don't like coloring or simply don't have the time for it.

I embellished my card by die cutting a scalloped border and adding a few dots (I know you guys love them) and sequins for additional interest. But the main focus of the card are the cute critters that take no time at all to stamp.

Thank you for stopping by today, have a great day!

Pandamonium

Stitched Scalloped Borders Die

Clear Design Ultra Clean

Scrubber Pad

InLinkz.com

Hello, new baby.

Hi everybody,

Jill here, and this week I've got some simple Spring watercolour...

...to welcome a new arrival to this world.

I used Mama Elephant's gorgeous 'New Family' set to make my card.  It is such a beautiful and sweet set, full of soft and gentle images.

I started with a piece of watercolour card and, using a mix of Picked Raspberry and Worn Lipstick Distress Ink, brushed some simple stripes across my card.  I wanted it to look really loose, relaxed and laid back so did it free hand, I wanted to embrace the imperfections.

I then stamped out all my New Family images and coloured them, again intentionally keeping them soft and not over-thought, using my Zig Clean Colour Brush Pens, then fussy cut.  I die-cut a small circle from my front panel, and created a little scalloped edge border using a die from my stash, to create a little aperture from which to build my scene.  I then took a separate piece of card and stamped out the amazing Sketched Chevrons background from MFT, heat embossed in white and washed over it in blue - I wanted a simple but pretty background for my scene.

My sentiment is from the same gorgeous New Family set, and is simply stamped in black and clear heat embossed.

I built up my sweet little scene behind my aperture, adhered the whole thing in place and added my main panel over the top using foam adhesive to give my aperture scene some dimension.  I then mounted the whole thing onto a piece of light grey card, added a scattering of clear sequins, and there you have it.

I really hope you like it.

As always, everything is linked below, and I shall see you all next week 

Jillxxx

March Sketch Challenge Week 3

It's your final reminder to play along with our simple sketch for this month's challenge.  You can flip the orientation, go layered or one layer, card or layout - whatever you fancy - just show that the sketch was the kick off point and make sure you use at least one product from the vast range we stock to be eligible for the £15 prize.   Deadline is 10pm on Sunday 27th March.

We have two final inspiration projects from the DT to inspire you if you're not sure where to take the sketch.

Kate

I have twisted the sketch and used the Lawn Fawn's succulents instead of  an aperture.

Keren

I've gone super simple and very similar to the sketch. I've used the MFT set 'Get Down To Business' for a fun birthday card for a bloke

Link up to our challenge page when you've finished your project for a change to win.