Bunny With Cake

Wow, it's Sunday already, I can't believe how fast this weekend has passed, but the good news is that I've got another card to share showcasing items from The Stamp Basket.  This one is Bunny with Cake and it looks to me like he needs a hand with that piece of cake, and I'm just the person to give him some help!!! LOL.  This is quite a versatile image, he could be used for a birthday, but I've added an Easter sentiment which I think is also suitable.

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All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Bunny With Cake
• Sentiement is one of my own freebies
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Papers - Wild Rose Studio Annabelle's Garden
• Neenah Classic Crest White Stamping Card
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink
• Memory Box Whimsical Flourish Die
• Lacey Circles Nesties
• La La Lands Fence Die
• Fawn Bazzill Cardstock
• Liquid Pearls
• Glossy Accents
• 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls
• Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

I've been inspired by:

• Papertake - Anything Goes
• CRAFT - Easter / Spring
• Cute Card Thursday - Spring Fever
• Crafty Calendar - Easter

Happy crafting

Purple Florence

Woohoo, the weekend's here again.

I've got a new image from The Stamp Basket to share today called Florence from Crafter's Companion.  I've used the same sketch I've used a few times in the last couple of weeks, but I really like it.  It lets me use some really busy papers, but because they're broken up into smaller panels, they don't overpower the card.

These papers are particularly lovely and I've edged them in a plain purple card to give them a 'pop'.  I cut out and coloured my image, and raised her up onto a circle, onto which I'd chalked some background clouds and grass.

I'm also using some lovely new dies; the Locina Buckle and Fancy Blossoms.  I chalked the petals of the die cut flowers, and curled them around my paintbrush handle to give them some dimension.

Finally, I didn't have any purple seam binding, so I used some vintage ivory ribbon and just swiped along it with my marker pen (the wide nib end) which coloured it the shade of purple that I wanted.  However, it did make it a bit stiff, but once it's on the card it is fine.  I'm not sure it would have tied a good bow though!

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All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Florence
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Papers - Crafty Impressions Lace Butterflies
• Neenah Classic Crest White Stamping Card
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink
• Memory Box Locina Buckle
• Memory Box Fancy Blossoms
• Memory Box Norrland Flower (leaves only)
• Glossy Accents
• Vintage Style Ribbon (white, coloured with a purple Copic)
• 5mm Lilac pearls

Pop over to The Stamp Basket to see the lovely array of products on offer.

I've been inspired by:

• Bunny Zoe Challenge - Flowers & Pearls
• Papertake - Anything Goes
• Ribbon Girls - Add ribbon

Happy crafting

Good Luck Barry

There is a new release and freebie today at StampFairy, and this week it's Good Luck Barry!  I've printed him in a pale grey for the 'no lines' technique, and then painted / water-coloured him with my DI re-inkers.

I kept the theme quite plain because I wanted it to be a masculine card, so I've added a ribbon (mainly just to cover the join in my papers), a bow (ok I couldn't resist) and some pearls in two corners.

That's it!

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Barry Good Luck from Stamp Fairy
• Colouring - Distress Ink Reinkers
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• First Edition Papers
• 15mm wide Green Satin Ribbon
• Pearls
• Glossy Accents

Please pop on over to StampFairy to see the newly released digi images.

Here's a preview of the set being released today:

I've been inspired by:

• Simon Says Stamp - A Bit of Green
• Anything Goes Challenges - Make it Manly
• The Ribbon Girl - Add Ribbon or Twine

Happy Crafting

Emma Rose Garden

The theme today at Lili's Little Fairies is Mother's Day so I've got a card to share using Emma Rose Garden from LOTV.  I know it's not particularly girlie colours, but this one is for hubby to give to his mum, and since her favourite colour is turquoise I've tried to incorporate that colour in my card instead.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Emma Rose Garden from LOTV
• Sentiment - Typed
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Country Companions Sunshine Meadows Papers
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Vintage style ribbon
• Liquid Pearls
• Pearls
• Sewing machine

I've been inspired by:

• The Ribbon Girl - Ribbon or Twine
• Papertake - Anything Goes with optional Mother's Day
• Bunny Zoe Challenge - Flowers and Pearls
• Creative Inspirations - Mother's Day
• Crafty Boots - Something Old (image), Something New (papers), Something borrowed (the blue card I used to layer my panels was previously a filing folder which I liberated and reused.  I also 'borrowed' the sketch from a challenge which finished a few weeks ago, but I saved it cos I liked it) and Something blue (yup, there's definitely some blue in there!)

Happy crafting.

Eyes down for BINGO

The theme today at ABC Christmas Challenge is Eye's down for BINGO and yup, I'v got another baggie to share with you.  I think that I've used all of the items on the bingo board (yippee) rather than just choosing one line.

Here's my project, using an image from our sponsors Stampfairy, as well as a roll bag template from our joint sponsors Shape EZ.  This bag is so easy to make, and looks great.

I've painted my image using DI reinkers, and much prefer the result to yesterday's disappointing painting attempts!

Hope you like my giftbag ...

And here's the Bingo board I used :

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Barry Throughout the Year (Jan) from Stampfairy
• Template - Roll Bag from Shape EZ
• Colouring - Distress Inks
• Nitwits Digi Papers
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Labels 18
• Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
• Pearls
• Crystal Glamour Dust
• Glossy Accents
• Liquid Pearls
• Lace

I've been inspired by:

• The Ribbon Girl - Use Ribbon or Twine
• Papertake - Anything Goes

Happy crafting.

Up Up and Away

The theme today at Top Tip Tuesday is Up Up And Away, so we want to see lots of balloons, planes, rockets and other airborne items!

I've used an image of a bunny in a hot air balloon and coloured him with my DI re-inkers. I'm not so happy with my colouring on this one. I think I used too many browns together!  I should have made the bunny a white/grey colour I think!! Or probably just used Copics and be done with it!!!

Anyway, here's my project, using my lovely roll bag template from Shape EZ.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Zlatoena Rabbit Traveller Hot Air Balloon
• Colouring - Distress Inks, Sakura Stardust Gel Pens
• Nitwits Digi Papers
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Spellbinders Labels 18
• 15mm wide Red Satin Ribbon

I've been inspired by:

• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
• The Ribbon Girl - Add Ribbon or Twine

Happy crafting.

Teddy with Present

Today's cards features a new Wild Rose Studio image from The Stamp Basket called Teddy with Present.  He would make a lovely Mother's day image, but today I've used him for a birthday card theme.

I've used some gorgeous papers called Lace Butterflies from Crafty Impressions which are pink and aqua coloured, so I'm in seventh heaven with this set!  I'm also using a new Memory Box Norrland flower die for the first time and I'm really liking it.  The petals were cut in white card, then I chalked up the centres with pink shimmer chalk and curled the petals around my paint brush handle to give them some dimension.  To finish them off I popped a coloured pearl in the middle.

The other die cuts were also cut in white card and then coloured with a pink Copic to match my colour scheme.  The pearls were easy to colour too, because they are on a clear plastic sheet so they don't move around when you colour them to match your theme.  It's a great way to buy your pearls as then you can colour them any shade you like depending on the colours you're using on each project.

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All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Wild Rose Studio Teddy with Present
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Neenah Classic Crest White Stamping Card
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink
• Crafty Impressions Lace Butterflies Papers
• Memory Box Norrland Flower die
• Memory Box Whimsical Flourish
• Vintage Style Ribbon
• Glossy Accents
• 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls
• From my stash - Go Kreate birthday sentiment die

I've been inspired by:

• Cupcake Craft - Shaped Cards
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
• Bunny Zoe - Flowers & Pearls
• Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Happy crafting

Because you're so Special (and a FREEBIE)

Thank goodness it's the weekend.
To celebrate, I've got a card and a new FREEBIE to share with you!!!  Yay!!

Firstly, thank you to everyone who left a comment on my 'Sentimental' competition a while ago. Sorry it's taking me a while to get started on the new sentiments, but I do plan to create and share some more as the next few weeks go on.

Today's card is for "Someone Special", which was a sentiment requested by a couple of comments (Julie from Julie's Crafty Creations and Edwina from Edwina's Creations particularly requested this one).  Thanks girls.

Anyhoo, first I'll show you my card.  I've used Eleanor from Crafter's Companion and some gorgeous Wild Rose Studio papers.  Pink and blue is also (today's) favourite colour scheme.

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All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Eleanor from Crafter's Companion
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Wild Rose Studio Flight of Fancy papers
• Neenah Classic Solar White Stamping Card
• Momento Ink Pad
• Lacey Circles Nesties
• La La Land Craft Fence Die
• Memory Box Lavish Branch
• Button Mix - Pastels
• Liquid Pearls
• Glossy Accents
• Vintage Style Limoges
• Burlap Twine
• 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls

Pop over to The Stamp Basket to see the lovely array of products on offer.

Freebie:
As promised above, here is my Sentiment freebie that I've used above.  You're free to download it if you like it; click on the image for a larger version, then right click and 'save picture as' to save to your own computer. 

My conditions are as follows:

1. Please become a follower, then you will see more freebies as they are posted,
2. Please leave a comment on this post to let me know you've downloaded it, and
3. Please don't share my freebies directly with other people, but please send them over to collect it themselves.
4. Please give me credit when you use them and post your finished creations on your blog.

I also adore seeing your creations using my digi sentiments, so I'd really love you to send me an email with links to your creations so I can pop over for a peek!

I've been inspired by:

• Creative Inspirations - Buttons and Bows
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
• Chocolate Coffee Cards - Buttons and Bows

Happy crafting

Happy Place & DT Call reminder

Stampfairy are sponsoring The ABC Challenge today, so I've created a card for the challenge.  The theme is I for In Love and so I've designed a romantic card in pink with my favourite Papermania papers.   I've created a typed sentiment saying "You make my world a happy place" as I wanted to enter the 'happy' challenge at Totally Gorgeous too.

I've printed my image onto watercolour paper in a pale 'washout' grey rather than black so the lines are soft and then I painted it using DI re-inkers.

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Finally, don't forget it's your last day to enter the DT call at The Stamp Basket.  Full details are here. Get your emails off pronto to be in with a chance to work with some lovely items, and showcase some new stock soon.

Card Recipe:

• Image - Mimi Hearts from Stampfairy
• Typed Sentiment
• Colouring - Distress Ink Re-inkers
• Clouds - Dovecraft Shimmer chalks
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Papermania Lucy Cromwell papers
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Memory Box Bistro Label Die
• Memory Box Lavish Branch Die
• Memory Box Precious Hearts Die
• Spellbinders Lacey Ovals Nesties
• Pearls
• Crystal Glamour Dust
• Glossy Accents
• Liquid Pearls
• Pink Satin Ribbon
• Sewing machine

There's also a new release at Stampfairy today, and a Friday freebie, so pop over there to check out the new images. Here's a preview of the set being released today, Mimi Easter.

I've been inspired by:

• Totally Gorgeous - Happy
• Bunny Zoe - Flowers & Pearls
• Crafty Boots - Out of comfort zone (no lines technique)
• Joanna Sheen - Layer it up
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Happy crafting.

Peaches & Cream

The theme today at Lili's Little Fairies is 'Peaches & Cream'. This is not a colour scheme that I would usually choose to use as I'm not over keen on orange as a colour, but a soft peach with cream accents has actually grown on me as I made this card, and I actually really like my finished card.  I think the sweet image helps, and I also like the sketch that I've used. I've saved the sketch as I think I'll be using this one again too!

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Bunnies In Love from LOTV
• One of my own Freebie Sentiments
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Nitwits Digi Papers
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Lacey Circle Spellbinder Nesties
• Ribbons
• Glossy Accents
• Liquid Pearls
• Pearls
• Handmade Pin
• White flower soft (tail)
• Sewing machine

I've been inspired by:

• Fab n Funky - Pastel Colours
• Crafty Boots - Out of your comfort zone (orange!)
• Bunny Zoe Challenges - Flowers & Pearls
• Crafty Calendar - Love & Marriage
• Joanna Sheen - Layer it up
• Creative Craft - Sketch

Happy crafting.

Candy Canes

We're halfway through our designer paper challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge and I've got one more card that I've not posted yet from last year. This is the last one from last year.  I promise!!!

I'm not very confident making masculine cards, so this one is out of my comfort zone and one that I had to try really hard not to cover in flowers.  I did manage to sneak some glitter and pearls in there though, but I think the bold colours compensate, and it's still quite manly.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Bigsby Candy Cane from Karen's Doodles
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Summertime Design Digi Papers
• Spellbinders Labels 3
• Memory Box Frosty Border Die
• My Favourite Things Snowflake Dies
• Liquid Pearls
• Stickles
• Pearls

I've been inspired by:

• Anything Goes Challenge - Make it manly
• Crafty Boots Challenge - Out of your comfort zone

Happy crafting.

Bunny Wabbits

It is half way through the 'Tag' challenge at Top Tip Tuesday and I've decorated a little Easter box with a cute Tiddly Inks Bunny image. The 'Happy Easter' tag is in the shape of an Easter egg and I've added some spring coloured flowers and ribbon.

It's quite a small box, but I think I could still fit quite a few mini-eggs inside it as an Easter gift box. The trouble is that the mini-eggs don't seem to last long enough in the house for them to be sent as a gift.

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Card Recipe:

• Tiddly Inks Somebunny Loves You
• Typed Sentiment (Font - Alex)
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics
• Clouds - Dovecraft Shimmer chalks
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Daisy Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
• Ribbon

I've been inspired by:

• Tiddly Inks - Critters
• I Love Promarkers - Four Legged Friends
• Totally Papercrafts - Spring & Spring Colours 

Happy crafting.

Just a note ....

Firstly I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who left suggestions on my 'sentiment competition' post.  I'm sorry that I've not been able to make any yet but I've been poorly with the flu (like everyone else seems to have been lately), and I will start to create and share the ones that have tickled my fancy very soon.  There were some lovely suggestions, so thank you to everyone who left their requests.  Please pop back soon to ensure you find yours and snag some of the others as they're posted.

Back to today's post and I've got a cute decorated note book to share using one of the new Saturated Canary rubber stamps.  I thought that this geeky image was perfect for a note book.

I've added a bit of lace, some ribbon, a pine needle die and then I've added my text in white gel pen.  That's it.  I didn't want to add any 3D embellishments because I thought they might get pulled off if the note book was slipping in and out of a handbag, so I kept this project flat for that reason.

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All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Geekin' it Saturated Canary
• Memory Box - Pine Needles die
• White flat lace
• Brown card
• From my stash - White gel pen, ribbon, notebook

Pop over to The Stamp Basket to see the lovely array of products on offer.

I've been inspired by:

• The Sketchy Challenge - Sketch
• Penny's Paper Craft - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp & Show - Metal (spiral wire notepad)
• Cute Card Thursday - Simplify

Happy crafting

Pink Chloe

I'm back to the safety of my favourite colour scheme today with a pink birthday card using Chloe from Elizabeth Bell.

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All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Chloe from Elizabeth Bell
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Wild Rose Studio - Always & Forever papers
• Memory Box Cosmo Border Die
• Liquid Pearls
• Berisfords Satin Ribbon Red
• White Flat Lace

I've been inspired by:

• The Sketchy Challenges - Sketch
• Penny's Paper Craft - Anything Goes
• Sentimental Sundays - Lace & Pearls

Happy crafting

Bears & Butterflies

The theme today at Lili's Little Fairies is butterflies.  I'm not usually a butterfly person, although I have made a few projects in the last week which have featured butterflies.  But luckily I do have a LOTV image with butterflies on it.  I do have a mini butterfly punch, so I've added a couple of butterflies by the flowers too.  I've used my favourite Papermania papers so I've kept the layout simple in order to show off the beautiful papers.

My image is painted with DI re-inkers and I've stitched around the panels with purple thread to match the purple colour scheme.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Bears & Butterflies from LOTV
• Typed Sentiment (You won't bring me down)
• Colouring - Distress Inks
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Papermania Lucy Cromwell Papers
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Mini butterfly punch
• Magnolia Leaf & Swirl die (only used swirl)
• Pearls
• Glossy Accents
• Liquid Pearls
• Sewing machine

I've been inspired by:

• The ABC Challenge - H for Happy Birthday
• Bunny Zoe - Flowers & Pearls
• Stamping Sensations - Fur or Feathers
• Crafting When We Can - Birthstones (Amethyst)

Happy crafting.

Wish Upon a Star

The theme today at ABC Christmas Challenge is designer paper, and I've used one of my favourite digi paper designer, Nitwits.  The image is a real sweetie from Mulberry Wood and it's the first time I've used it.  I've painted the image with my Distress Re-inkers, and outlined it with a pale blue alcohol marker to give it some depth.  I've added some glossy accents, glamour dust and liquid pearls.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Mulberry Wood Wish Upon a Star
• Colouring - Distress Inks & Promarker
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Nitwits Digi Papers
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Red Satin Ribbon
• Pearls
• Crystal Glamour Dust
• Glossy Accents
• Hobby House 8mm Pearl Brad
• Liquid Pearls
• Sewing machine

I've been inspired by:

• CRAFT - Christmas
• Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
• Bunny Zoe Challenge - Flowers & Pearls

Happy crafting.

Mini Eggs

The theme today at Top Tip Tuesday is Tags, so I've made a gift bag and decorated it with a tag.  I printed the roll-bag template onto digital paper, cut out an oval centre on the front using a nestie, made a frame using Labels 18 nesties and stuck some acetate on the inside.

I punched some holes in the top and threaded through some sheer pink ribbon, adding my tag before tying a bow to seal the top of the bag.


Unfortunately I can't have tied it up very well though, because after taking my photos somehow the bag then fell open.  I have no idea how that has happened, and all the contents have mysteriously disappeared.

I really must tie my bows tighter in future.

Yup, between me and hubby, the mini eggs didn't even survive the weekend, let alone last until Easter.

I'd better buy some more to replenish the gift bag!

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Card Recipe:

• Shape EZ Roll Bag
• Shape EZ Pedestal Tag 1
• Nitwits Digi Papers
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Liquid Pearls
• Sheer pink ribbon
• Spellbinders Labels 18
• Spellbinders Lacy Ovals
• Mini butterfly punch
• Acetate
• Mini eggs (one for me, one for the bag... one for me, one for the bag.  That's right, isn't it?)

I've been inspired by:

• Wild Orchid Crafts - Pink & Cream
• Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp & Show - Metal (green wire coils amongst the flowers)

Happy crafting.

Aqua Bugs

I've got a quick 'just for fun' card to share today as I wanted to enter a couple of challenges that looked fun.  This one is a Wee Stamps image called 'sympathy bugs' but I think they're too cute just to use for sympathy cards, so this one is an 'any occasion' card using my (current) favourite Papermania papers.

I've coloured the image with my alcohol markers and then added some Sakura Stardust gel pens for some sparkle on the wings.  I've also used some glossy accents on the image.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Sympathy Bugs from Wee Stamps
• Colouring - Promarkers, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Papermania Lucy Cromwell
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Aqua Satin Ribbon
• Glossy Accents
• Liquid Pearls
• Pearls
• Sewing machine

I've been inspired by:

• Passion for Promarkers - Give us a Cuddle (what a fab theme!!!)
• The Ribbon Girl - Blue & Aqua
• Bunny Zoe - Flowers & Pearls
• Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch:

Happy crafting.

Glittered Hearts

StampFairy are sponsoring Craft Your Passion today and the challenge theme is 'Glitter'.  I've made a card to support the challenge, using the newly released image Mimi Hearts.  I've painted her with my Distress re-inkers and glittered all the hearts using Glamour Dust.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Mimi Hearts from Stamp Fairy
• Colouring - Distress Inks
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Papermania
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Berisford Pink Satin Ribbon
• Crystal Glamour Dust
• Glossy Accents
• Liquid Pearls
• Glass pearls
• Sewing machine

I've been inspired by:

• Sketch & Stash - Sketch & Love (Old stash = papers, ribbon, gems. New stash = flowers, image)
• Inky Chicks - Valentine / Anniversary
• Crafty Calendar - Love & Marriage
• Papertake - Hearts & Flowers
• Crafting when we can - Birthstones (Oct is my own birth month - pink tourmaline see below)

Happy Crafting