You make my life magical, Dad!

 Welcome back to my blog!  Today I am featuring a card I made using the Magical Dragons stamp set by MFT and Tiny Textures by Gina K Designs.  I was inspired to make this card as it was Fathers Day yesterday and my young teenager who has ASD asked me to make a card for his Dad. His Dad loves mythical dragons and as his favourite colour is red I decided to colour them red with my Copic Markers.  

I began by stamping out the images from the stamp set using Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink onto Copic friendly card stock and coloured them with copic markers and die cut with their co-ordinating dies.

For the background I used the tiny textures stamp and using Red Velvet Ink stamped recreating a splattered type background, to break up the red I used Soft Stone Ink smooshed onto my craft mat and added some splatters with a paintbrush. I popped this aside to dry. Whilst this was drying I die cut the word "DAD" using some alphabet dies from patterned paper and to add dimension die cut extra out onto some white card stock these were adhered together using connect glue.

To finish off the card using an A2 card base in Cherry Red I adhered the background panel, stamped the sentiment using Versafine Clair Nocturn Black ink, and added some sequins.  Hope you like the card, please feel free to comment, comments are always appreciated.  Hoping you have a great day!

Supplies Used:

• MFT - Magical Dragons Stamp Set & Dies
• MFT - Poppin Polka Dots Paper Pad
• Gina K Designs - Red Velvet & Soft Stone Ink 
• Gina K Designs - Tiny Textures Stamp Set
• Gina K Designs - Connect Glue
• Gina K Designs - Cherry Red Card Stock
• Lawn Fawn - Oliver's Alphabet Dies
• Lawn Fawn - Jet Black Ink
• Little Things from Lucy's Cards - Sequins
• Trinity Stamps - Modern Embossed Rectangle Dies
• Copic Markers - R29, R27, R24, R22, C5, C4, C3, C1, Colourless Blender

Forever Love

Welcome back to my blog!  Today I am featuring a card that I have created using a technique that was shown on a You Tube Video by Cathy Zielske of CZ Designs.  I have quite a few stencils by Gina K Designs and using this week's challenge colours created this card.  I also wanted to have a go at this technique and I feel it turned out pretty well.

For the background I started with a piece of white card stock and placed a piece of masking tape measuring approximately 1 inch vertically across the centre of the card.  Using a stencil from Gina K Designs I blended on various coloured inks from Gina K using the colours from the challenge as a guide.

I die cut this panel using some dies and also die cut a panel in black onyx card stock adhered these together with glue and mounted them onto Coral Reef A2 Card base. To finish I added some dew drops to add some detail to the card.

I will be entering this card into the gkdfbchallenge8 over at Gina K Designs and StampTV Friends Facebook Group.  Thanks for taking a look, hope you have a great weekend.

Supplies used:

Gina K - Thick Brush Stencil

Gina K Inks - Coral Reef, Wild Dandelion, Peach Bellini, Sea Glass, Jelly Bean Green, Innocent Pink

Gina K - Master Layouts Set 2 Die Set

Gina K Cardstock - Black Onyx, Coral Reef

Gina K - Connect Glue

Gina K - Dew Drops

Gina K - Forever Flowers Stamp Set (Sentiments)

 

Gnome one like you

 

Hi and welcome back to my blog!  I am back today with a card that I have created using stamps and the co-ordinating dies from Hello Bluebird!  I have had these stamp sets for quite a while now and I fancied practising my Copic colouring on this 6 x 6 background stamp, I was slightly intimidated by the size but I was inspired to take the plunge after watching one of Christy's videos, she is an awesome lady and I have learnt so much from her on how to colour with Copic markers.  I am still very much a beginner but as they say practice makes perfect and this Mushroom House by Hello Bluebird definitely helps you to achieve this.

For the background, I stamped the Mushroom House image onto Copic friendly card stock using Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink. I also combined images from several other Hello Bluebird stamp and coloured with Copic markers and trimmed with their co-ordinating dies.

The background was trimmed out using the Modern Embossed Rectangle Stack by Trinity Stamps and adhered to Gina K - Onyx Black A2 Card Base.  I then added my images using some foam squares and Gina K - Connect Glue. 

I finished the card off with a Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiments banner and added a bit of glitter to some of the images with a glitter pen.  Thank you for stopping by today and hope you like the card!

Supplies used:

• Hello Bluebird - Mushroom House
• Hello Bluebird - Next Door Gnomes
• Hello Bluebird - Picked for You
• Gina K - Black Onyx Card Stock
• Gina K - Connect Glue
• Trinity Stamps - Modern Embossed Rectangle Stack
• Lawn Fawn  - Jet Black Ink
• Lawn Fawn - Everyday Sentiments Banner
• Copic Markers - B97, B95, B93, B91, BG10, B0000, C7, C5, C3, E11, E00, E000, E57, E53, E51, R20, R11, R39, R29, R24, R22, G99, YG67, YG63, YG61, Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11, Y00, YR09 YR27, YR23, YR20
• Spectrum Noir - Clear Glitter Pen
• 3M Foam Squares
• White Gelly Pen

Owl Always Be There For You!

 Hi and welcome back! It is finally the weekend yay! Today I am featuring a card I have created using an older stamp set by Gina K and which I will also be entering into the Gina K Designs & StampTV's Friends facebook colour challenge #gkdfbchallenge6.

The colours chosen have been inspired by this week's colour template which is:

To begin, I stamped out the images from the stamp set using my Misti using Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink, the images were coloured with Copic Markers on Copic friendly cardstock, and then die cut with the co-ordinating dies.

For the background, using a circle die I cut some coloured pieces of card stock and adhered these onto a white card stock panel which was then matted onto a piece of black card stock.

Using an A2 Card Base I adhered the background panel using a tape runner and to finish off the cute owls were popped up with foam squares to add some dimension to the card and added some sequins to fill in the white space.  Hope you like my card, have a great day and stay safe.

Supplies Used:

• Gina K - Wise Old Owl Stamp Set & Co-ordinating Dies
• Gina K - Master Layouts Set 2
• Gina K Card Stock - Turquoise Sea, Sea Glass, Innocent Pink
• Gina K - Connect Glue
• Lawn Fawn Gauva Card Stock
• Little Things From Lucy's Card - Sequins
• Copic Markers -RV14, RV13, RV11, R22, R21, R20, BG02, BG01, BG0000, BG13, BG11, BG23

Folk Birds

Hi and welcome back to my blog! What a glorious Bank Holiday Monday we are having here in the UK, the sun is shining and a couple birds nest we have in our garden are full of activity as the eggs have now hatched and we have lots of joyful tweeting which inspired me to make a card featuring the Folk Art Birds set by Pink Fresh Studio I was excited to try out some hot foiling techniques which is very popular at the moment.

To begin, I cut an A2 panel using a piece of Red Velvet card stock by Gina K and using my Gemini Foil Press hot foiled the panel with the Folk Art Birds Hot Foil Plate using Gold Foil by Crafters Companion.  I then die cut this with a stitched rectangle die and using some Black Onyx card stock foiled the birds with some rose gold foil press and then die cut them with the coordinating dies.

I adhered the panel to an A2 card base using tape runner, popped up the birds with foam squares to add some dimension to the card and foiled the sentiment from the Perfect Sentiments by Pink Fresh Studio, to finish I added a few clear dew drops.  Thanks for stopping by and wishing you a great day!

Supplies Used:

• Pink Fresh Studio - Folk Art Birds Hot Foil Plate
• Pink Fresh Studio - Folk Art Birds Die
• Pink Fresh Studio - Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate
• Pink Fresh Studio - Perfect Sentiments Die
• Gina K Cardstock - Black Onyx, Red Velvet
• Gina K - Connect Glue
• Gina K - Clear Dew Drops
• Gemini Foil Press Machine
• Gemini Junior Die Cutting Machine
• Gemini Foil Press Papercraft Foil - Rose Gold Foil

Sending Love

Welcome back to my blog, hoping you have had a great week so far, not too long for the weekend now! Here is a card which I started last night and finished this afternoon, it is another card using products from Gina K Designs, I just love her products and there is an array of cardstock and matching inks to choose from.

Today's card is inspired by this week's colour challenge over at #gkdfbchallenge5 using the colour scheme from the photo below:

To begin, using my die cutting machine I die cut card stock in various colours using a strip die which made the process so much easier than just trying to cut card stock to equal lengths using a paper cutter.  These strips were then adhered to a piece of white card stock which I had die cut to size using liquid glue. 

I then die cut a couple of heart dies from the Master Layouts 4 Die Set by Gina K Designs and using the water droplets stencil using some blending brushes inked up the panel with Sweetcorn and Coral Reef Ink.  The sentiments was stamped in black ink and are from the "A Little Love" Stencil Bundle. I sprayed some glitter spray onto the heart to add a little bit of shimmer - who doesn't like a little bit of glitter in their lives!

Finally I adhered the panel to an A2 card base using tape runner and added a few dew drops here and there to finish off.  Hoping you like this card.

Supplies used:

• Gina K Designs Card stock - Coral Reef, Sweet Mango, Honey Mustard, Whisper, Sea Glass, Tranquil Teal, In the Navy, Black Onyx
• Gina K Designs Ink - Sweet Corn, Coral Reef
• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 2 & 4 Die Sets
• Gina K Designs - A Little Love Stencil Bundle (Sentiments)
• Gina K Designs - Water Droplet Stencil
• Gina K Designs - Connect Glue
• Gina K Designs - Clear Dew Drop Embellishments
• Crafters Companion - Spray and Sparkle
• Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock

 

A Little Love

Hello crafty friends, today I am featuring a card that I have made using just products from Gina K Designs and also entering into the #gkdfbchallenge5.

For the background to begin I cut a panel of white card stock and using the water droplets stencil began by ink blending with a blender brush by Gina K.  I cut this panel out using a couple of different sized dies and matted the panel onto some black cardstock.  

Using the die and shadow die from "A little Love" stencil bundle I die cut these out using black onyx card stock and some yellow glitter card stock from my stash these were adhered together to give some dimension using connect glue.  The sentiment is also from the same stencil bundle this was stamped in black ink.

To finish I adhered the background to an A2 Card base, lastly adding some clear dew drops.  Hoping you like the finished product.  Thanks for stopping by, please feel free to leave a comment would be greatly appreciated!

Supplies used:

• Gina K - Water Droplet Stencil
• Gina K - A Little Love Stencil Bundle
• Gina K Inks - Faded Brick, Sweet Mango, Sweetcorn, Sea Glass & Sandy Beach
• Gina K Card Stock - Black Onyx, Coral Reef
• Gina K Master Layouts 2 Die Set
• Gina K - Clear Dew Drops
• Gina K - Connect Glue
• Gina K - Blending Brushes

I Love You - Feather

Happy Sunday! Hoping you are all having a relaxing weekend.  Today I am featuring a card which I was asked to create by my friend for his special friend who loves feathers.  The stamp set I have used is an older stamp set by Gina K called Only You and can be found here at Unity Stamps. 

To begin I cut a panel of white card stock and die cut it using the master layouts set 4 die set by Gina K, using the Tiny Textures stamp by Gina K, I stamped the image in the following colours - Sea Glass, Key Lime, Wild Dandelion, Faded Brick and Sandy Beach all inks by Gina K.

Using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink I then stamped the feather onto the background panel and then adhered a panel of Black Onyx card stock to the background panel to give it some support.  To finish the panel was adhered to an A2 card base in Sea Glass.  I added some detail to the feather using a white gelly roll pen and added some clear sequins from my stash.  Hope you like the card!

Supplies Used:

• Gina K - Master Layouts Set 4 Die Set
• Gina K - Only You Stamp Set
• Gina K - Tiny Textures Stamp Set
• Gina K Inks - Sea Glass, Key Lime, Wild Dandelion, Faded Brick, Sandy Beach
• Gina K - Connect Glue
• Gina K - Black Onyx, Sea Glass Card Stock
• Neenah 110lb Solar White Card Stock
• Little Things from Lucy's Cards - Clear Sequins
• White Gelly Roll Pen
• Gems from Stash
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink

 

Pretty in Pink Fuchsias

Hello crafty friends!  Hoping you are having a relaxing weekend, today I am featuring a stamp set by Avery Elle - Hummingbird inspired by my mum's love of fuchsia's and also celebrating her birthday in May where she would be 77 years old.  I lost my mum unexpectedly in 2009 and I miss her dearly. Her love was gardening and she collected all varieties of the Fuchsia plant, I just had to have this stamp set and create a card in her memory.

To begin I stamped the images with Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink onto Copic friendly card stock and coloured with Copic markers and then die cut with the coordinating dies.  Using a white gelly pen I added some detail to the images and added some glitter to the hummingbird and parts of the flower with a Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter pen.

For the background I cut a panel of Bristol Smooth card stock and using a hexagon layering stencil ink blended some Gina K - Innocent Pink ink with a blending brush, also adding some ink splatters to this panel.  

To finish I die cut the background panel with the Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die by Whimsy Stamps and adhered this panel to an A2 Card base and finishing off by adding a few sequins from my stash.

Supplies Used:

• Avery Elle - Hummingbird Stamp and Coordinating Die Set
• Copic Markers
• Neenah 110lb Card Stock
• Bristol Smooth Card Stock
• Honeybee Stamps - Hexagon Layering Stencil
• Gina K Ink - Innocent Pink
• Gina K - Connect Glue
• Whimsy Stamps - Wonky Stitched Rectangles Die
• White Gelly Roll Pen
• Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter Pen
• Sequins

Copics

Fuchsia: V17, V15, V12, V01, RV14, RV13, RV11 - Hummingbird: RV14, RV13, RV11, YG13, YG11

 

Peek-a-Gnome

Hello and welcome back! It's a not so sunny Sunday here in the UK, hoping you are all having a great weekend.  Today I am sharing a card featuring a stamp set by MFT - Spring Gnomes inspired by MFT Colour Challenge #165

To begin I stamped my images on Neenah Solar White card stock with Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink and coloured the images with Copic markers and then die cut with the coordinating dies.  I added some detail with a white gelly roll pen to the images.

For the background I cut an A2 sized panel with a rectangle die and using the brick stencil by Lawn Fawn ink blended some Gina K Faded Brick ink with a blender brush by Taylored Expressions, using some Liquid Stardust I added some drops to the Faded Brick ink smooshed on my craft surface and added some ink splatters to add some glittery goodness, I popped this aside to dry.

Whilst my background panel was drying using some Gina K card stock in Jelly Bean Green, I die cut a backdrop panel using the Four Square Portrait Backdrop by Lawn Fawn and then stamped the sentiment from MFT Spring Gnome Stamp set in Black Ink onto the front of this panel.  This was then adhered to the background panel using Gina K Connect Glue and then adhered to an A2 Card Base in Coral Reef by Gina K.  

Supplies Used:

• MFT Spring Garden Gnomes & Coordinating Dies
• MFT A2 Rectangle Stax
• Lawn Fawn - Four Square Backdrop
• Lawn Fawn - Liquid Stardust
• Lawn Fawn - Jet Black Ink
• Lawn Fawn - Brick Stencil
• Gina K - Jelly Bean Green, Coral Reef Cardstock
• Gina K - Faded Brick Ink
• Gina K - Connect Glue
• Copic Markers - C5, C3, C1, C0, E11, E00, E35, E31, YR07, YR04, YR02, Y15, Y13, Y11, YG17, YG13, YG11, R24, R14, R05, BG11
• Neenah 110 lb Solar White Card Stock
• Taylored Expressions - Blender Brushes

Batty About You!

Happy Thursday all!  Today I am back featuring a card I have created using the Batty Newton stamp by Newton's Nook.  I just love this cute little fella and I am sure he is totally batty about you!

I am entering this card into the Modsquad|Challenge where the challenge is to use a book page or anything with the written word as your background so I chose to design a Halloween card using a wordy background stamp.

I stamped the image using Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink on a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock and started colouring my image using Copics (see combos used below).  I then cut then out the image with the coordinating die. I also added some details to the adorable little fella bat wings with a white gelly roll pen.

For the background panel I used a background stamp from MFT and using Gina K - Wild Wisteria Ink stamped the wordy image onto a piece of Gina K - Lovely Lavender cardstock, I then die cut this panel with a stitched rectangle die.  To create the circle layer, using a panel I had previously ink blended in my stash I die cut this out using a stitched circle die.  The clouds were created with a stencil using Dusty Concord Distress Ink on a piece of purple card stock and then I added some ink splatters.

To finish I adhered the background panel to an A2 card base using Gina K cardstock in Black Onyx and to add some finishing touches to the card I stamped some bats in black ink and die cut these, added some glitter and using Gina K connect glue adhered these in place.  The Sentiment was embossed with Gina K Fine Detail White Embossing Powder on Black Onyx cardstock and cut out with a banner die.

Hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by, please feel free to leave a comment will make my day!  Hugz Becky :)

Products Used:

Gina K Cardstock - Black Onyx, Lovely Lavender

Gina K Ink - Wild Wisteria

Gina K - Connect Glue

Gina K - Embossing Powder Fine Detail White

Distress Ink - Dusty Concord

Lawn Fawn - Every Day Sentiment Banners

MFT -  A2 Stitched Rectangles Stax Set 2

MFT - Stitched Circle Dies

MFT - Mini Cloud Stencil

MFT - Ghoulish Greetings Background Stamp

MFT - Witch Way Is The Candy Stamp Set (Sentiment)

Newtons Nook - Batty Newton Stamp and Coordinating Dies

Neenah Solar White Card Stock

Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter Pen

White Gelly Roll Pen

Copic Colour Combos

Newton:  C4, C2, C1, C0

Tummy:  C1, C00

Inside Ears:  RV52, RV00

Bat Wings:  V17, V15, V12

Pleasing Pantone

Hello everyone, happy Tuesday, hoping you all had a great weekend.  Here in the UK we have been forecast high winds and rain for most of the week which is very typical of the weather in May "N'er cast a clout till May is out" which is an old English proverb, basically reminding us of our British weather and it's ability to bathe us in sunshine and warmth one day and bring chilly winds the next.  

Over the weekend I did some crafting and created this card mainly using just supplies from Gina K Designs which I have also entered into the weekly facebook challenge which can be found here: #gkdfbchallenge2.

To begin, I cut a panel of card stock using the Master Layouts 4 Die Set and using GKD Tiny Textures Stamp Set I stamped the image with Wild Dandelion and Soft Stone ink alternating between the two. Using black ink I then stamped an image from the Autumn Silhouettes Stamp set onto the panel and added some splatters using Sweetcorn ink with some liquid stardust. 

I popped this aside to dry a little then using some slate and some yellow glitter card stock cut both the shadow and forever word die from the Forever Flowers Card Kit and adhered them together with Connect glue. The sentiment was stamped with black ink from the Forever Flowers stamp set. To finish I adhered the panel to an A2 card base in Black Onyx and adhered the die cut to this panel. I also added a few black sequins from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by,  take care till next time.

Rain or Shine

Hello there! Today I am excited to share a card which I have created using a stamp set by MFT.  I choose this stamp set as even though May has just begun here in the UK we have been forecast showers over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend so I felt featuring this stamp set was appropriate! The stamp set used is an older stamp set by MFT called Rain or Shine.  I stamped the images using Jet Black Ink and coloured with Copic markers.  I then trimmed them out with matching dies.

For my background I ink blended some Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky and Tumbled Glass onto Bristol Smooth card stock and then die cut the panel using the Falling Rain Cutting Plate by Taylored Expressions.  I adhered the panel to an A2 card base using In the Navy Card stock by Gina K using tape runner and popped up the focal image with foam squares.  I finished the card off by adding a scattering of sequins.

I am also entering this card into the MFT Colour Challenge #164 using the following colour palette as inspiration for the card and the Simon Says: Anything Goes Wednesday Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by, hoping you have a great weekend and stay safe.

Copics used:

Umbrella:  Pink:  RV17, RV14, RV13, RV11

Umbrella:  Blue:  B45, B52, B41

Pants:  B45, B52, B41

Raincoat:  YG17, YG13, YG11

Boots:  YG17, YG13, YG11

Hair:  E41, E42, E43, E44

Skin: E11, E00, E000

Cheeks:  RV11, RV10

Chicks:  Y19 Y15, Y13, Y11

Looking for Rainbows

Welcome everyone! Hoping you are all having a relaxing weekend.  Here I would like to share a card I have made using Look for Rainbows stamp set by Avery Elle.

To begin I stamped the image with Jet Black Ink by Lawn Fawn on a piece of Copic friendly card stock and coloured the image with Copic Markers and trimmed the image with it's coordinating die.  I will list the Copics used below for reference.

For the background I cut a piece of Bristol Smooth Card stock and using the Bubbly stencil from Newton's Nook I ink blended the stencil using Stormy Sky and Tumbled Glass distress inks with a blender brush finishing with adding some splatters to the ink-blended stencil.

As I felt the image was just floating on bubbles I decided to smoosh on some card stock stormy sky and tumbled glass distress inks onto a scrap piece of card stock and using the Grounding Element die from MFT cut out a grounding element for my stamped image to stand on.

I die cut the stencilled panel and a piece of patterned paper from the Really Rainbow  pad with the Stitched Rectangle Stax Set 2 and adhered these to an A2 Card base in Moonstone by Lawn Fawn. To finish I popped up the image with some foam squares and added a few sequins from my stash.  Thank you so much for stopping by today, take care and stay safe!

List of Copics:

Bunny:  C2, C0, C00

Inside bunny ears:  RV13, RV11

Umbrella - Yellow:  Y15, Y13, Y11,  Blue:  B45, B52, B51

Underside of Umbrella:  Y11, Y000

Boots:  Y13, Y00

Some Bunny Loves You!

Hello everyone, it is finally the weekend!  Today we had some lovely sunshine here in the UK which I am very glad as today it was the funeral of our Queen Elizabeth's beloved Prince Philip, may he rest in peace and God Bless our Queen.

On a more brighter note today I created this card using the Wish you were Hare stamp set by MFT and die cut it using it's matching die.

I coloured the hare using Copic markers the list of Copics used will be shown at the bottom of this post.  The background panel was die cut using the Polka Heart Background by Lawn Fawn, I ink blended the panel using distress inks in the following colours: Picked Raspberry, Flaming Kitsch and Spun Sugar and added some ink splatters to the finished panel.

To finish I cut a panel from some patterned paper with a set of layering dies adhering this to an A2 card base and finally adding the blended panel and popping up the die cut hare with some foam squares to give it some dimension.  Thanks for stopping by, until next time have a great weekend and stay safe!

List of Copics used:

Hare:  C2, C0, C00

Heart:  RV06, RV04, RV02

Inside Ears:  C0, C00, RV02, RV00

Perfectly Pantone 2

As the title suggests I just had to make another card with the Pantone colours of 2021 which are grey and yellow and will be entering this second card into the Modsquad|Challenge.  I had so much fun creating this card mainly using products from Gina K Designs.  I am such a huge fan of Gina K products and am so glad we have a couple of stockists here in the UK.  One of my favourites is her card stock the quality is amazing!

So let's begin!

Using Gina K - Layering Weight Cardstock in white, I die cut the postage stamp die from the Master Layouts Set 4 Die Set.  I then gently blended Lemon Drop Ink with a blending brush to the postage stamp cut outs whilst the card stock was still in place in the die this gives a nice little white border around the edges of the die cut.  

I then stamped images from the Heart Flutter stamp set using Slate Ink, this is a very dark shade of grey and is almost black in colour.  I also stamped a butterfly from the Triple Play Frames and the bee from the Springtime Baskets stamp sets which appear to be no longer available for purchase.  I also added some splatters to the postage die cuts using Wild Dandelion Ink and added a few drops of Liquid Stardust to the ink which gives a lovely glitter effect to the splatters.

Using the Master Layouts Set 1 Die Set I cut two panels of cardstock out one in Moonlit Fog and Slate which I then mounted and adhered with tape runner.  I arranged the postage stamp die cuts onto the Moonlit fog panel using Connect Glue.

The sentiment from the Take Care stamp set was stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink directly onto the Moonlit fog panel.

To assemble the card I prepared an A2 card base using Wild Dandelion card stock, adhering the panels to the base of the card using tape runner, finally finishing the card by adding some yellow gemstones for that extra pop!

Hoping you have had a great weekend, stay safe and take care!

Perfectly Pantone

Hello and welcome to a chilly weekend here in the UK.  Hoping your weekend is going well.  Firstly I am pretty excited to be entering my first card into the Perfectly Pantone|Modsquad Challenge.  The challenge is to use just grey and yellow as the main colour combination.  According to forecasts in global colour trends the 2021 Pantone colours are grey and yellow.  I have never really thought about what colour is trending!

To create this card, I began with cutting a panel from some Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock and using some Pixie Spray I lightly adhered the Blooming Hearts Trio Stencil by Waffle Flower to the card stock.  Using blending brushes by Taylored Expressions I began ink blending, I used Soft Stone, Slate and Wild Dandelion ink pads by Gina K Designs.  After completing the layered stencilling, using a paintbrush from my stash I added some splatters to the panel with some Sunflower Ink by Lawn Fawn smooshed in with some Liquid Stardust.  

I popped the panel aside to dry, once dry I cut this panel with the scalloped die from the Flags & Frames die set by Newton's Nook.  The stamp for the sentiment is from the stamp set Lots of Hugs by MFT.  I used Versafine Clair Nocturne ink to stamp with onto Gina K Designs Wild Dandelion card stock and die cut with a banner die from Everyday Sentiment Banners.  Using my Gemini Junior die cutting machine I cut the Friends Die with some Slate card stock and some white card stock multiple times and adhered the layers with Connect Glue this was then popped onto the front panel of the card and adhered with glue.

To finish the card, I adhered the panel to an A2 sized Wild Dandelion Card Base, lastly adding some black sequins to add some bling.  Hoping you like my card, until next time, stay safe and take care!

Hare to your Heart

Hello friends, welcome back!  Today I am sharing a card that I have made using the Hare stamp set from MFT.  Firstly I stamped out the image on white copic friendly card stock from Marker Geek it really is a nice card stock to use with Copic markers and blends very well.  The list of copics used will be at the bottom of this post.

For the background I cut a panel using the A2 Stitched Rectangle Dies set 2 using the second biggest die from the set.  I then ink blended the panel using Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink and Speckled Egg Distress Ink with blending brushes.  After the ink blending was completed I then added some splatters to the panel with the inks I used with some Liquid Stardust which gave a nice shimmery look to the panel.  Whilst this panel was drying I cut a panel using the largest of the A2 Stitched Rectangle Dies with a piece of patterned paper from an old pad of MFT Merry & Bright Patterned Paper which is no longer stocked.  Lastly using an A2 Card base I assembled the card using liquid glue and the sentiment was stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink which is a favourite of mine at the moment as it really gives a clear crisp image when stamping on blended backgrounds.  Thank you for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

Copic List:

E35, E33, E53, E51 & E50

For the inside of the ears of the hare:  E51, E50, R22 & R20

The heart:  R22, R20, R11

Easter Bunnies Card

Hello friends, happy Easter Sunday! Today I am excited to share my first card using images from Lawn Fawn's Eggstra Amazing stamp set.  The card is inspired by a card that Mindy Eggen created. These bunnies and chicks are just the cutest and squealing out for spring!  I coloured the images with Copic markers using copic friendly paper by Marker Geek Make "it" Colour card stock.  List of Copics used will be at bottom of this post.  I then cut out the images with their matching dies.

For the background I die cut a panel of white card stock using Lawn Fawn's Sunburst Background Die, Straight Flower Border Die and Tucked in Turf cut from Shimmer Cardstock.  For some shimmery goodness I added some splatters to the card using Sunflower Ink and smooching together with some Liquid Stardust.  Lastly using some patterned paper from Perfectly Plaid Remix Pad I cut and adhered to an A2 sized card.  The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne on some Gina K Innocent Pink card stock.  Have a wonderful day!

List of Copics:

Bunnies:  E43, E42, E41, E40

Ears:  R32, R30

Tummy: W2, W0

Chicks:  Y19, Y15, Y11

Feet & Beak:  YR14

Basket:  E37, E35, E33, E31

Frill of Basket:  BG11

Eggs – Blue: BG45, BG11