Clean and Simple Card

I had another go at a CAS card

and am pretty pleased with this one!

I went all pink and girlie and

it was super quick to put together.

I have gone with magenta madness papers and ink

and the stamp set is called

Dressed to Impress.

The shoes have been paper pieced.

I am entering this into

Less is More - fashion and/or accessories

Creations in Pink - anything mostly pink

Pearly Sparkles - beginning with P (pink, paper piecing)

We Love Chocolate Baroque - for ladies and girls

Hope everyone is keeping well.

The sun is shining so hopefully get a nice walk in today.

Thanks for dropping by.

 

 

Cute Valentine Gift Boxes

My video tutorial is a quick and easy gift box,

geared towards little Valentine treats

for the grandkids.

It is super simple to make, bit of stamping

and ink blending.

You will need the die though, or something similar!

You can watch the video here

I have used the

mini curvy keepsake dies,  blending brushes, oval occasions stamp set,

basic white card, magenta madness ribbon and magenta madness ink pad.

I would like to enter this into

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Classic Design Challenge - anything goes January

Creations in Pink - anything mostly pink

I seem to have lost the tool that allows you to edit

your post from your blog! Anyone else lost theirs?

I have to go into design, posts and edit from there.

Annoying!!

 

 

Faery (Fairy) Gardens at Tag Tuesday

It's the second week of Michele's theme

'FAERY (fairy) GARDEN'

over at

TAG TUESDAY

I have gone with a Crafter's Companion set again

and created this little fairy garden.

I used pool party and granny apple green inks

to create the sky and grass.

It has been well covered in wink of stella

but you'd never tell from looking at this photo!

The flowers have been coloured using

highland heather and blackberry bliss blends.

I drew a couple of tiny toadstools in black

along the hill edges.

I hope you get time to join us!

I am entering this into

Tag Tuesday - faery gardens

Incy Wincy - anything goes

Stamps & Fun = creativity - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

The fairy and the unicorn - anything fantasy

Lots of rain here today and lots of commissions

so I will be hiding in my craft room

until the sun re-appears.

Hoping no one gets flooded today

as I know Storm Christoph will be hitting

England much hard than over here.

#stayhomeandcraft

 

 

Favourite Stamp at Stamping Sensations

Happy Monday!

For my midway post for

Stamping Sensations

where the theme is use your favourite stamp.

So as I chose Free as a Bird first time round

I thought I would use it again.

This time I went with one bird and made him a

robin, coloured with crumb cake and real red blends.

He is sitting on a piece of card

that I have ran through with Pinewood Planks

embossing folder and then smeared some crumb cake ink

over the top to show the wood markings.

I stamped some of the leaves in granny apple green ink

then spread the colour using wink of stella.

The thank you, from the same set, was

stamped in real red ink.

It was hard not to add any more embellishments,

had to slap the back of my hand a few times 😂

I hope you get time to come and join the challenge.

I would like to enter this into

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything with a critter

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes January

Unicorn Challenge - CAS

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

CAS Colours & Sketches - followed their sketch

I finally received a package I had been waiting on

from 17th December! Only a month and a day late lol.

But it got here in one piece and I'm

relieved it didn't get lost.

NI is having an awful time getting deliveries

thanks to Brexit!

But I won't go there, it's only Monday!!

Have a great week.

I'm off to play with my new dies 😀

 

 

CAS FRIDAY

My Fridays for a while

are going to be focusing on CAS cards.

They are something I struggle with

and really want to have a go at getting better at them.

So my first one is this Thank You card.

I have a video tutorial over in my VIP Group

showing how I made it but for you

avid crafters I am sure you can work it out lol.

I have used the gorgeous Dragonfly Garden bundle

and the foliage stamp from Lovely You.

Inks - Seaside Spray, Granny apple Green, Memento.

I coloured the Dragonfly using Pacific Point and Wink of Stella.

I would like to enter this into

Mod Squad - fly away

Creative Fingers - anything goes

CRAFT - anything goes

Aud Sentiments - anything + sentiment

Have a lovely weekend!

 

 

Casing the Catalogue

My card today was taken from an idea in the new catalogue.

It's a great resource when your mojo is struggling!!

I love shopping during Sale-a-bration so I can stock

up on lots of free papers and stamp sets

for the year ahead.

This paper set was one of the freebies called

Paper Blooms.

I simply used a scrap for the background then

cut out a bunch of the blooms and leaves

and made a corner bouquet.

I finished it off with the Happy Birthday,

which I shadow stamped in night of navy and rococo rose inks,

but it hasn't shown up in the photo unfortunately.

The stamp set is from the Sweet Ice Cream bundle.

I finished the card off with some in-colour faceted pearls.

I would like to enter this into

Ally's Angels - anything goes

A Place To Start - anything goes

Pearly Sparkles - beginning with P - pink, pearls, paper

Daisy Chain - Happy Birthday

Allsorts - favourite colour PINK

Hubby had to head to dentist today after

breaking a tooth yesterday!

When he gets back we will head out for our walk

as the skies are blue!

Have a lovely day everyone.

#stayhomeandcraft

 

 

Gift Box Tutorial - oval occasions

My Wednesday tutorial shows how I made

these cute little customer gifts for this month's shoppers.

You can watch the video here

I have used the gorgeous new papers

Oh So Ombre free with a shop during Sale-a-bration

and the cute bundle Oval Occasions

for the sentiment.

The two beautiful ribbons are called

Blackberry Bliss Striped ribbon and Blushing Bride Metallic ribbon.

Measurements needed to follow along

Paper - 5 3/4" x 4 1/4"

Score long - 1 1/2", 2 1/8", 3 5/8", 4 1/4"

Score short - 5/8" each side

I would like to enter these into

Crafty Creations - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

Always Fun Challenges - something new (papers, stamps and punch)

Crafty Catz - anything option food or drink

Classic Design challenge - anything goes January

We have very wet weather here today

but hoping for some bright spots so we can get

out and have a nice relaxing walk!

I live for my walks these days!

Roll on the Spring!!

 

Fairies live here!

We have a new theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

chosen by the lovely Michele

and she wants to see

FAIRY GARDENS!

I pulled out some old stamps from

Crafter's Companion and had great fun

colouring up these cute toadstool houses!

Every garden should have some of these cute houses!!

I used real red ink coloured in using my

wink of stella for extra sparkle.

The sky is inked up in highland heather

but doesn't show up too well in my photo unfortunately.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday -fairy gardens

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Ally's  Angels - anything goes

The Fairy  and the Unicorn - anything fantasy

Hope you get time to join the fun!

#stayhomeandcraft

 

Sympathy Card using True Love

Happy Monday!

I am hoping I am back to normal crafting again!!

I'm starting the week with a Thinking of You card.

I have a large amount of commissioned cards to work through

at the minute, something I thought I had stopped doing

but apparently not!!

Can't say no unfortunately 😒

Anyway this card was for a Month's Mind.

I wanted to keep the card personal so have

blacked out the photo and names.

The fabulous papers I have used though,

are brand new and are called TRUE LOVE.

The flowers are also from that pack, I just cut

them out and coloured them with my blends

flirty flamingo and soft seafoam.

Hope you all have a good week.

I have hopefully caught up on all your blogs by now

but if not I will do today!

#stayhomeandcraft

 

 

Punch Art Teddy Gift Box Tutorial

My tutorial today shows how I made these cute box

for my Grandson's birthday.

It holds three bags of chocolate buttons

which slide out 😉

You can watch the video here

Measurements needed to make box

Pool Party Card - 10 2/8" x 8 2/8"

Score long side - 1", 2", 8 2/8", 9 2/8"

Score short side - 1", 4", 5", 8"

Papers to decorate

Ice cream Corner Papers

Two pieces - 6" x 2 6/8"

Two pieces - 6" x 7/8"

To make the bear you will need

Head - Icecream Punch, two 1/2" circles

Paws - two 1/2" circles

Legs - two double ovals, two 1/2" circles

Sentiment - Everyday Label punch x 2 pieces

Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set

Finished with Pool Party Ribbon

I would like to enter this into

The Paper Funday Challenge - anything goes option use blue

Crafty Calendar - make it cute

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything with a critter

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes January

I was beginning to feel the lockdown syndrome

coming on so have buried myself in craft projects.

I hope you are all coping well.

We have thankfully another lovely bright and sunny day

but it is freezing cold out there.

Will venture out for a walk when some of the ice melts!!

Have a lovely day and be safe xx

 

 

Approaching Perfection!!

It's the second week of my theme of

NUMBERS

over at

Tag Tuesday.

I hope you get time to join in!!

For my tag today I have used the gorgeous new

OH SO OMBRE papers (FREE DURING SALE-A-BRATION)

for my background.

My new stamp set is called Approaching Perfection.

I love this stamp set!!

(FREE DURING SALE-A-BRATION)

I used the sentiment and the little candles to decorate

then added numbers to the circles of the paper.

I finished it with some die cut numbers

which I inked up in Bumblebee ink.

The ribbon is also Bumblebee in colour.

I am entering this into

Daisy Chain - Happy Birthday

Get Creative  - anything goes, no twist

Use your Stuff - new used new papers and stamp set

Make My Monday - New Stash (stamps and papers)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

I hope everyone is well and feeling ok

after the big news you got yesterday!

Sometimes it feels like we are taking a step back

instead of forward!!

Stay home and stay safe my lovely friends.