Crafty Weekend Makes #2 - Fairy Power

Thank you all so much for your kind comments about my colouring for Copic 4 that I posted on Sunday. I really do think I have grown in confidence since doing it, and it's made me want to keep practising when I can. I still have so much to learn - light source and shading is my constant bugbear - but when people are encouraging it makes you want to go on! 

This card was made on my recent crafty weekend with Lisa and Steph. Isn't this fairy utterly adorable? It's from a recent Clearly Besotted release and you know I can't resist those stamps.....

I started out by making my background panel with my Gansai Tambi Pearl Colours - yes, I will be getting the Gem Colours at some point, I can't resist these paints! I used them all to get rainbow colours.

I then took three die cuts of the MFT Snowdrifts Cover Up and glued them together and adhered them to the pearl background. 

I then took a long time to work out what I wanted to have on top and I decided with all the pretty colours, the fairy was perfect. I coloured her with the Copics I'd taken with me and fussy cut her out.

It was a pretty quick assembly when I got home onto a white card blank with the fairy on top. As usual, I couldn't decide on a sentiment, so have left it blank. Sometimes a pretty fairy card doesn't need a sentiment, right?

I'm going to link this up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge which is showcasing MFT and also Anything Goes.

Thanks so much for stopping by, it is truly appreciated, and as always, Happy Crafting! 

Merry Christmoose!

Hello! How are you all getting on with Christmas cards? I know some of you have been making for a while, but I've still got quite a few to make and so I'm taking advantage of some challenges to get me going.

This was inspired by two challenges about Snow. The first was Lisa's challenge for the IG Crafty Crew easy challenge 'Let it Snow' and the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (thanks Tracy!).

I started by making a panel with home made glitter paste and my MFT snow stencil. I then cut out three frames from the MFT scalloped rectangle die and layered them up. I adhered them to the stencilled panel when dry and trimmed it to fit.

I found some old patterned paper I'd got with a copy of Quick Cards about two years ago and used it to cover a card base, I then placed the stencil panel on top and my Reverse Confetti moose and tree on top with foam pads. I'd pre coloured them with Copics when I was in Edinburgh with Kathy and Debby. I added the sentiment at the bottom - it always makes me laugh!

Thank you for stopping by, and happy crafting, Christmas card or otherwise :)

25 Days of Christmas Tags - Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Now that Hallowe'en is over, it's time for me to start more Christmas cards in earnest. My friend Lisa posted up a tag on Instagram that she had entered into the 25 Days of Christmas Tags challenge and I saw that the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge was involved and decided I should play along It's been ages since I actually joined a challenge!

I'm not great at tags really, but Andreea commented on Lisa's post that if you start making a card, a tag then follows, and that's exactly what happened here.

I bought some Black Soot Distress Ink some time ago as I've always wanted to try making a galaxy background. Honestly it looked like a right hot mess when I started and right up until the end it still looked pretty awful. I added some splatters with my white gouache, and I still didn't like it much.

  I die cut the nativity scene from Sugar Pea Designs and adhered it with foam tape. This makes a really lovely silhouette against the background and that's when I really started to like this design.

Having made the card (sentiment is Stamping Bella Gingerbread Chicks), I then made another galaxy background and cut out two tags from it. I die cut another nativity scene and then cut out the pieces I wanted to adhere to the bottom of the tag. I stuck them on with double sided tape and then trimmed it with some scissors before stamping the sentiment (Paper Smooches A Blessed Christmas) using VersaFine Onyx Black. I added some twine at the top to finish them off - not much use if they don't have something to attach them to a gift!

  How are you getting on with Christmas cards? Have you made any yet? Did you finish in July? I'm definitely now in the mood as the evenings get darker. 

  Thank you so much for visiting today and as always, Happy Crafting :)

Happy Birthday Aileen!

Well Hello! Welcome to another week from still sunny Yorkshire - wonders will never cease! I'm sharing a project with you for a lovely crafty friend Aileen, all the way down under in Oz. It turns out it's her 21st Birthday on Tuesday - who knew? Loking good kiddo! She has been super lovely on my crafty journey and we have shared ups and downs along the way, as well as doing the Copic Markers course together. It's been a lot of fun.

She's fabulous with florals, and with entering challenges, so I had to make a flowery card and enter it into a challenge.

I saw that the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge was all about flowers, so that's the challenge I'm entering this into.

I started by taking a 4.25 x 5.5 inch panel of blue cardstock. After giving it a good going over with an anti static tool, I stamped the flower - is it a gladioli?? - in a random pattern over it with versa mark ink. I then decided to heat emboss it with clear embossing powder.

I then stamped the flower out three times in chalk ink and fussy cut them out (dedication!). I trimmed the panel down and attached it to an A2 card base before attaching the vellum and flowers. The vellum panel I had pre stamped and embossed, and rather foolishly cut a little too short, but I think it doesn't look too bad with the flowers framing it.

It's on it's way across land and sea, and I hope you like it when you get it, Aileen! Thank you for all your support this past year, and hope this coming year is full of more fun and frolics. Happy Birthday!

Below is a list of what I used to make this card and where I purchased them. Please note I DO NOT USE affiliate links :)

Versa Magic Dew Drop Chalk - Night Sky	Clearly Besotted Stamps - Miniature Florals Collection	WOW! Clear Gloss Embossing Powder	Tonic Studios Maxi Guillotine	Clearly Besotted Brushed Greetings II	Docrafts Papermania Pink Heat Tool	Woodware Miracle Adhesive Film	Woodware - Vellum Paper - Whiter Shade - 180gsm
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SET OF 26 COLORS 26Cdsk	A4 Super Smooth White Card - 250gsm - 100 Sheets	Martha Stewart Mini Scoreboard	Hobbycraft Clear Acrylic Stamping Blocks 2 pack	Sellotape Double Sided Tape 12x33	Hero Arts Stamp Scrubber Pad	Clear Design Ultra Clean Stamp Cleaner	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy
Tonic Titanium Fine Control Scissors	Versamark Watermark Ink	Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Adhesive Paint INK41511	Crafters Companion Neenah Classic Crest Card Pack - A4 Solar White 20 pack

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Thank you so much for reading. Here's to a wonderful week ahead, full of crafty adventures :)

You Rock - Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Hello again - so soon! - Thank you for all the kind words on my recent video. I really do appreciate all your comments :)

As I type, toddler is sleeping and the sun is pouring in the window - I tell you there's nothing like a bit of sun to lift your mood, so we shall make the most of it when she wakes up again and have a nice slow walk to school.

So I'm back with a few simple one layer cards for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. This week the focus is on Lawn Fawn products, and although I only have one stamp set, I do own nearly all of their Let's Polka paper pads, so they had to come out.

There are a lot of photos because each of them is slightly different!

These were quite simple to do. I started by stamping the rocks onto an A2 card made from Neenah cardstock. I then masked it using some sticky post it notes. I then masked off the whole card on either side of the rock and the top and blended with some distress inks - you can get a better idea from the pictures below. You don't have to mask the images, but I wanted a little flexibility and also an idea of where to put the paper piecing - sometimes I change my mind mid card so I like options!

Then it was just a case of stamping the rock onto two different colours of polka paper that I had in my scrap box, cutting them out and gluing them on top.

I then added the sentiment on the outside and another on the inside - this one has You Rock on the inside, but the green one I went a bit further and stamped this:

I love mixing stamp sets together! I loved the whole paper piecing and ink blending so much I decided to do it with some of the plaid paper.

This one is layered onto a coloured card base because I got distracted and blended ink onto the back of the Neenah :(, but it was saved! This one says 'let your dreams soar' inside.

Below is a list of what I used to make these cards and where I purchased them. Please note I DO NOT USE affiliate links :) 

The colours of distress inks were: Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn, Shabby Shutters.
 

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Thank you so much for taking the time to get this far through all the picutres. Hope your weekend is off to a polka dotted, plaid, flying start!