Thursday, 29 November 2018

Birthday Dog

I have something other than a Christmas to share today...hurrah! It's a simple birthday card featuring 'Birthday Dog' by Penny Black. I coloured him using watercolour pencils, then carefully cut him out. I added some strips of washi tape (from Poundland) to my card blank, then popped Birthday Dog on top using 3D foam pads.


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Tuesday, 27 November 2018

All Creatures

I have a Christmas card to share today featuring a Penny Black stamp called 'All Creatures', which I coloured using watercolour pencils. I distressed the edges a little, then matted it on to a snippet of brown card, before adding it to my card blank. The sentiment stamp is from a set by Lili of the Valley.


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Sunday, 25 November 2018

Home for Christmas

I have a simple one layer Christmas card to share today...featuring one of the critter stamps from the 'Joy to the World' set by Penny Black (coloured using watercolour pencils) and a sentiment from the 'Winter Wishes' set by Hero Arts.


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Friday, 23 November 2018

Present Pile

I have another Christmas card to share today...featuring another of the 'James the Bear' stamps by Lili of the Valley...this one is called 'Present Pile'. I coloured the image using watercolour pencils to match the colours of the present covered paper from the 'Special Delivery' pad by Helz Cuppleditch. I distressed all of the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.


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Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Gilded Snowflakes

I have a couple of Christmas cards to share today...featuring a mixture of Hero Arts (from the 'Winter Wishes' set) and Stampendous (from the 'Delicate Snowflakes' set) snowflakes, heat embossed using 'Fool's Gold' embossing glitter by WOW. I couldn't decide what colour background card to use, so made one using purple, and another using teal.



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Monday, 19 November 2018

Little Star

I have a simple little Christmas card to share today...featuring an old James the Bear stamp by Lili of the Valley, called 'Little Star'. I coloured him using watercoour pencils, adding some gold to his star using a gel pen, then carefully cut him out. I added some strips of gold and red washi tape (by Dovecraft & Hobbycraft) to a white card blank, then popped James the Bear on top using 3D foam pads. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.


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Sunday, 18 November 2018

Pile It On! Challenge - Pets and/or Your Favourite Way to Colour an Image

It's the third Sunday of the month, so I have another project for this month's Pile It On! Challenge, where the themes are:

'Pets'
and/or
'Your Favourite Way to Colour an Image'

Are sponsor this month is Dr Digi's House of Stamps
Prize - 2 Digis of the winner's choice!

My favourite way to colour an image (as you'll probably know if you're a regular visitor to my blog) is with watercolour pencils. I picked an image by Simon Says Stamp called 'Furry Christmas', coloured them then carefully cut them out. I made a simple background by heat embossing my 'Falling Snow' background stamp (also by Simon Says Stamp) using white embossing powder on kraft card. I also heat embossed one of the sentiments from the 'Furry Christmas' set on a snippet of  kraft card, and cut that out too. To echo the red in the image, I matted it all on to a snippet of red card before adding it to my card blank.


Here are the challenges I've piled on:


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.
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Saturday, 17 November 2018

PBSC November - 'Anything Goes' (Optional 'Anything but a Card')

It's the third Saturday of the month, so I'm back with some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or
'Anything but a Card'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:
Prize - a $20 voucher!

Ages ago, I received a pack of Prima watercolour tags as part of a challenge prize...I've never got round to using them before as they're huge for tags (8.5 inches long!), but I thought that I'd turn one into a bookmark for this month's challenge. I used stamps from the Penny Black 'Social Butterfly' set, and heat embossed them on the tag using clear embossing powder. I then watercoloured over the top using Distress Inks (Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves & Mermaid Lagoon), drying in between layers with my heat gun. I then splattered some water droplets over the top, distressed the edges a little, then added a selection of co-ordinating ribbons & twine.


I'm also entering this bookmark/tag into the following challenges:


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.
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Thursday, 15 November 2018

Flourish Tree with Stars

I have a simple embossed Christmas card to share today. I used an older Hero Arts stamp called 'Flourish Tree with Stars', and heat embossed it and a sentiment (from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous) on burgundy card, using 'Metallic Gold Sparkle' embossing glitter by WOW. I matted the embossed panel on to some gold mirror card, and then added it to burgundy card blank.


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Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Xmas Crafts

I have a simple one layer Christmas card to share today...using a Penny Black stamp called 'Xmas Crafts'. I coloured the image using watercolour pencils, and added a sentiment using a stamp from the 'Tattered Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.


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Sunday, 11 November 2018

Sparkly Flower Gift Wrap

I have another decorated gift bag and matching tag to share today...this time using the 'Doodled Flowers' stamp set by Happy Little Stampers, and lots of WOW embossing glitters (colours used: Magical Mauve, Coral Reef, Emerald City, Peacock Flowers)


I used stamps from the 'Everyday Sentiments' set (also by Happy Little Stampers) to make the sentiment on the bag.


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Friday, 9 November 2018

Christmas Critters

I have a simple Christmas card to share today...featuring stamps from the 'Holly Jolly Christmas' set by Penny Black. I combined the small images to make a winter scene, joining them together with a simple doodled snowy ground. I coloured the scene using watercolour pencils, and added a sentiment from a set by Lili of the Valley. I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I matted the panel on to a piece of red card, and then added it to my kraft card blank.


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Wednesday, 7 November 2018

ABC Christmas Challenge - W & X are for?

We have another fun ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Sharon is the host and the themes are:

'W is for Wishes'
&
'X is for Xmas'

Our sponsor for this challenge is Fred She Said:
Prize - $10 Gift Certificate!

There's also a little prize from Sharon:
An adorable LOTV rubber stamp!

I made a card for each of the two themes...but kept used the same clean and simple design on both. I used Penny Black images, coloured using watercolour pencils, carefully cut out and mounted on my card blanks using 3D foam pads. On my 'W is for Wishes' card, the image is called 'Monkey See, Monkey Do' and the sentiment is from a set by Pollycraft for C. C. Designs.


On my 'X is for Xmas' card, the image is called 'Bedecked Antlers', and the sentiment stamp is from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous...I altered it slightly by masking off the 'Christ' part of the word 'Christmas', and drawing in an 'X' to replace it.


I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, and for all the details of our Design Team Call, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.
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Monday, 5 November 2018

Marion's Bouquet

I have a simple birthday card to share today...featuring a Hero Arts stamp that I picked up in a charity shop last week called 'Marion's Bouquet'. I stamped it on to a large piece of white card, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I added a Hero Arts sentiment (from the 'Fabulous Birthday' set), then distressed the edges a little before adding it to my card blank.


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Sunday, 4 November 2018

Pile It On! Challenge - Pets

We have another fun Pile It On! Challenge starting today...and the theme is:

'Pets'

Are sponsor this month is Dr Digi's House of Stamps
Prize - 2 Digis of the winner's choice!

I used a cute Penny Black image from the 'Joy to the World' set, which I coloured using watercolour pencils. The papers are from the 'Merry Little Christmas' pad (by My Mind's Eye)...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I added a snowflake cut from kraft card using a die from a set by Tim Holtz for Sizzix...I popped a piece of Card Candi on it's centre as it looked  little bare. The sentiment stamp is from a set by Pollycraft for C. C. Designs.


Here are the challenges I've piled on:


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.
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Saturday, 3 November 2018

PBSC November - Anything Goes (Optional 'Anything but a Card')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or
'Anything but a Card'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:
Prize - a $20 voucher!

I made a little Christmas gift tag...and used a cute kitty from the 'Joy to the World' set, which I coloured using watercolour pencils. I used a snippet of paper from the 'Merry Little Christmas' pad by My Mind's Eye for the background...distressing the edges a little, and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from a set by Lili of the Valley...stamped on to kraft card, and attached to my tag using a staple. I added some multicoloured twine to attach the tag to a gift, and a bow using a snippet of ribbon.


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.
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Thursday, 1 November 2018

New Home

My parents moved house yesterday...and this is the card I made for them...I know they received it today, so it's safe to show it on here. I used stamps from the 'Family Home' set by Stampendous...stamping the houses on to snippets of patterned papers (from the 'Paper Hearts' pad by Crate Paper). I carefully cut them out, then added them to a scene made using more papers from the same pad (and one from the 'Frost & Snow' pad by Craft Creations for the sky). I distressed the edges of all of the papers, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment was made using stamps from the 'Graffiti' Alphabet set by Paper Smooches.


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