Congrats From All of Us

Hello, Tallie here. I hope you're enjoying the warmer weather!

My card today features the new Avery Elle All of Us stamp set. I love the Mama Elephant cats, dogs and snowmen of a similar design, so this was a welcome addition to my collection!

I stamped out the line of cats onto some blending cardstock using some MFT Extreme Black Ink. I also lined up the two signs and coordinating sentiments and stamped these out. This card is going to my friend who just had her PhD graduation so I chose the congrats sentiment.

I coloured the cats in with my Copic markers, making them all uniquely different as cats are. I stuck mostly to earthy browns and greys.

I cut a wide strip of kraft card stock, stamping out some of the pawprints from the Avery Elle Furry Friends set in some Versamark ink. A smaller strip of red cardstock adds a touch of colour and separates the white panel from the kraft.

A really simple but heartfelt card!

Thanks for reading, catch you next week.

Tallie

 

Space Ranger and the LGM

I’ve had the Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel Shooting Star add on for a while, but hadn’t got around to using it yet. I decided to make a space themed reveal wheel card with it and had a lot of fun.

When I showed this finished card to my 3 year old niece, she said 'that’s a space ranger and his LGM'. LGM stands for Little Green Men - I had no idea!

The background galaxy panel was created with distress inks. I used a old toothbrush and white acrylic paint, running my finger over the bristles to add the stars. I find this works the best for getting those small galaxy stars all over the panel. If you didn’t want to create your own galaxy background, there are some great patterned papers that can do the work for you. 

I stamped lots of an alien image from Lawn Fawn Beam Me Up, colouring them all the same and fussy cutting them out. The alien spacecraft is also from that stamp set, and the other images are from Lawn Fawn Out of this World.

I die cut some clouds and added a sentiment from Lawn Fawn Out of this World stamp set.

For the reveal wheel, I die cut it from Lawn Fawn Pixie Dust cardstock, then added a rainbow of colours with my alcohol markers. I found it easier to temporarily use a white card wheel to help me align the reveal wheel mechanism, as it’s tricky to see the lines on the glitter reveal wheel. 

I adhered everything to a dark blue card base, and added glossy accents here and there for a finishing touch.

Thanks for joining me today,

Gemma

Reveal Wheel Shooting Star

Puffy Clouds

Reveal Wheel

Out of this World

Beam Me Up

How are you Feline?

Sending a card brings pleasure to any recipient but especially if they are feeling under the weather and today's card is purrfect for that. Okay, enough with the cat puns but I couldn't resist when I masked this curled up cat into the comfy armchair from the Hello Stampurr set by Waffleflower...

I decided to use my Inktense Pencils to colour the images, they work quite well on Bristol card stock and the green colour wash in the background is watercolour paint. I used a scalloped frame to cut the image to a square and then cut a couple more in cream card to layer under the frame.

The sentiment is from a Paper Smooches set called Critter Card Puns, I had to mask the stamp so I could stack the sentiment. I used a square card blank and decided to change the colour by blending Hickory Smoke then Pumice Stone Distress Oxides around the edges... it's a great way to get a custom coloured background. I added texture by dampening a background stamp and applying it to the card base, the water reacts with the oxide ink and gives a slight pattern.

  

I've used the MFT scalloped frames which are currently oos but Lawn Fawn 

have a great alternative which I've linked below

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Spirograph Flowers

I've still got an original 1960's Spirograph that belonged to my cousin and was my favourite toy growing up, I covered everything in spirals!  So I was really pleased that Concord and 9th produced a mini turnabout stamp that creates spirograph patterns and had to have a play!

I just went for something really simple and created 3 flowers using 3 shades of grey and one deep yellow (all Altenew inks) and because it's a really simple turnabout I just lined them all up free hand without using a stamping platform or the alignment guide which means its easier to place them all over the front of a card.   I did a couple of flowers with 4 turns as the alignment guide suggests but did 6 turns on the middle flower to get a different look.   I used the same inks to colour strips of card to make it all match before embossing my sentiment onto the middle and finishing with some enamel dots.

If you've never tried a turnabout, this is a really easy one to begin with.   If you don't have a platform it is possible to use the bigger ones too and line them up by eye.  I've actually had a play with a few of the bigger turnabouts and it is entirely possible to line them up just following the guides and marking the sides so you know which way to turn- I actually found it easier to do it that way for some!

NEWS FROM THE STORE

We currently have a sale in store - you must be logged in to use the code - it will not work on guest accounts.   The discount will not be applied on items with a "new" flag on them, nor on gift card purchases.

We will have the new Lawn Fawn release in store on Thursday morning

We hope to get the Sugar Pea Designs release at some point this week too.

That's all folks.

Tara

Birthday Envelopes

Hey stampers, Anni here!

When you are following this blog on a regular basis you might have heard about my nephews! I have four! All in the age between 14 and 21 - not easy to make cards for. But I have to say I am lucky. They appreciate the handmade cards they get from their aunt!

Today two of them (twins) turn 18 - yeah, majority! For this occassion I made two small envelopes to put the gift in it.

For these envelopes I used Mama Elephant's Venice Envelope. I decorated them matching the hobbies of my nephews.
The first one likes to go fishing. So I went with Lawn Fawn's You Are Sublime. To personalize the envelope I added the age using My Favorite Things' Little Numbers.

The second one likes to paint - Concord & 9th Crafty die for the win. I sprinkled the background with paint for a little bit of an artsy look.

On the backside of the envelopes I added one of the hearts from Lawn Fawn's Heart Dies.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a crafty weekend.
Anni

      

   

Found on Friday

I've got something a little different to share today - as you may be aware, we have a special members only group on Facebook just for our customers - SHC VIP's where customers can chat and share their crafty makes.   So today I thought it would be fun to feature a few of the projects that have been shared recently that caught my eye in what I will try to make a regular "Found on Friday feature" every now and then.

We've set up a special album for Christmas cards to remind us all to not leave making them til December and Vanessa made this super cute card featuring MFT's Sweet Holiday Penguins.

Katia is showing off her no line colouring skills in this card - just look at the stunning gems in this cute creation using MFT's You Gnome Me as the focal character digging them all up.

Sally created a couple of gorgeous floral border cards using the just back in stock Wild Meadows from Mama Elephant - her soft water colouring is the perfect medium for them.

Liz created this beautiful birthday card featuring the brand new Tiny Terrarium from Waffle Flower Crafts - it makes a great focal feature and Liz's design and colouring has really made it pop!

And last, but by no means least for this issue of Found on Friday, we have Sue who looks to have had lots of fun layering up these stunning floral die cuts using Altenew's 3D Garden Picks - pairing the soft florals with the striped hearts was a clever touch and really balances the design.

Hopefully you found lots of inspiration in our VIP's makes, and if you've not already joined the group, why not pop along and start sharing in the fun.   Maybe you'll be in a future Found on Friday feature too!

Tara

Radiating Heart Valentine's Card

Hi everyone, Taheerah here wishing you a happy Thursday - and a Happy Valentine's Day!

Whether you're a soppy romantic or a hardened cynic, it's never a bad thing to show your loved on you appreciate them. I tend to do a celebration on some other day and show my affection on a constant basis... but I still would welcome flowers and chocolates. *wink*

Valentine's Day certainly gave me an excuse to bust out the awesome Lil' Inker Designs Radiating Love Heart die and pair it with the My Favorite Things 100% Lovable stamp set:

Isn't this beautiful?! I love how this turned out!

I started by diecutting the radiating dies into my card base, then I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from the 100% Lovable stamp set. Just love this pairing!

After my heat embossing was done, I blended a few Distress Inks and some Delicata Golden Glitz ink over the design to bring out the detail!

I die cut the heart from the centre with the other part of the die set, then adhered it back in place with some dimensional glue gel for just a little lift! Some splatter and my card was done!

I'd love to hear what you think of this card. Is there someone you know who'd love to receive it? Thanks for stopping by!