Big and Bold Winter Wishes Snowflake - Colorado Craft Company

Hello everyone,

I hope this week is being kind to you!

It's Sue here today to show you some Christmas cards (because I am never done with Christmas)!

I absolutely loved making these.  The layout was inspired by Colorado Craft Company DT (BIG thanks to them for being amazing) - but for my cards, I created my own backgrounds and used some odd bits of old design paper.

My favourite of this set was heat embossed in silver onto a background I created by using a brayer to add Stoneblue Catherine Pooler Ink onto card.  I then lightly splashed the card with white acrylic paint.

I finished the card by adding a white heat embossed sentiment on black card and some clear droplets.  (I cut little banners myself)

These two are stamped onto a rather ancient piece of design paper - I knew I kept it for a reason! 

...and to mix it up a bit I stamped this one onto another senior piece of design paper and heat embossed it in glittery gold embossing powder, finally adding some gorgeous gold droplets.

Ingredients from Dies To Die For
Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Winter Wishes Snowflake

Catherine Pooler Stone Blue Ink Pad

Pretty Pink Posh 4mm Clear Droplets

Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Gold Pearls

as and alternative you could use 

Honey Bee Gem Stickers 

which have both gold, white and clear drops!

Concord and 9th White Cardstock

Thank you for popping by today!  happy creating

from Sue...xxx

Other Ingredients

White Acrylic Paint

WOW Slow drying Embossing Pad

WOW White, Silver, Gold Glitter Embossing Powder

Black Cardstock 

 

Easter Honey Bunnies!...

 Happy Sunday friends!...

Hands up! - who forgot that the clocks sprang forward an hour! /-; 

I 'm here today (an hour late)!... (:

with some simple Easter cards made with quite possibly my most favourite bunny image EVER!

Honey Bunny Stamp Set by Mama Elephant 

from fabulous 

Dies To Die For

I coloured these cuties a while ago and finally found time to turn them into a set of Easter cards.

The Honey Bunnies are stamped in grey ink onto Bockingford Card.  I then masked them and gently inked the backgrounds with Catherine Pooler Inks.  (I'll try and remember which colours and guess them below for you).  I splattered a bit of water on the backgrounds to add texture.

I coloured the bunnies with Prismacolor pencils - it was a while ago and I did nt make a note of the colours at the time.  If you want to try this then perhaps practice some brown and grey blends first to see which you like!

I die cut the cards with a standard 7.5cm x 9.5cm rectangle die and added a sentiment from the Honey Bunny Stamp Set.

So - that's me with Easter covered! (:

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Ink on 3 Blackout Detail Hybrid Ink

Honey Bunny Stamp Set by Mama Elephant 

Catherine Pooler Inks in

Bellini, Shea Butter, It's A Boy, Garden Party, It's A Girl, Over Coffee, Rouge, Mint To Be

Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes

Thank you for popping by today.

Have a lovely Sunday.

from Sue...xxx

Other Ingredients

Bockingford Hot Pressed Watercolour Paper

MFT Ink Pad in Cement Grey

White 300gsm Card (for and blanks)

Misti Stamp Tool

Gemini Jnr Die Cutting Machine

Collall All Purpose Glue

Barnyard Squares - Whimsy Stamps ...

Hello everyone

It's Sue here today to show you a fab new release item from Whimsy Stamps

Barnyard Squares Clear Stamps by Crissy Armstrong

I don't do very much 'no line' colouring because to be honest I just can't see the lines! I had great fun having a go with this sweet image though!  

I stamped the image onto white card with Inkon3 Fadeout No line Coloring Ink and coloured it with Copic markers

Cow - C0, C1, C2, N9, N7, N5, R32, R30, R000

Flowers - V17, V25, V12

Greenery - YG67, YG63, YG03

Sky - BG000, BG0000

Then I trimmed the image along the outline into a square and set it aside.

I created a 13cm square card blank and fixed a piece of design paper from the beautiful

Eggstra Bunnies 6x6 paper Pack

to it.  I added a piece of ribbon across the centre fixing it to the reverse with tape.

Then I die cut white card with the largest banner from the 

Shaker Maker Banner Die Set

and fixed that to the top centre of the card design with foam tape

I die cut a piece of white card with the 9cm die from the 

Pierced and Stitched Circles Die Set

I left the card in the die and blended blue and green ink over it as shown.

Next I die cut a 5.5cm square of white card to sit just inside the circle and blended ink over it in the same way.

I then layered the square and the image onto the circle fixed it firmly to the banner as shown.

Finally I die cut one of the  

Quick Strips Dies

and stamped a sentiment from the Barnyard Squares set onto it.  I fixed the strip to the bottom right hand side of the card design as shown.

Ingredients from Dies To Die For
Barnyard Squares Clear Stamps by Crissy Armstrong
Inkon3 Fadeout No Line Colouring Detail Ink Pad
Eggstra Bunnies 6x6 paper Pack
Shaker Maker Banner Die Set
Pierced and Stitched Circles Die Set
Quick Strips Dies
Catherine Pooler Ink Pad - Grass Skirt
Catherine Pooler Ink Pad - It's a Boy
Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes

Thank you for popping by today.
I hope you are all managing to stay safe and healthy in these uncertain times!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

  

  

Calories Schmalories...

Hello everyone,

It's Sue here today with a scrummy card - I do love cupcakes!

This week, I'm playing with
Calories Schmalories Clear Stamps
Birthday Word and Shadow Die Set
Sprinkles Stencil

This cute cupcake from the

Calories Schmalories Clear Stamps set

has been watercolored with Catherine Pooler Inks 

It's A Girl

Rouge

Over Coffee

and mounted on a Catherine Pooler Ink blended background

Tutti Frutti

Samba 

embellished with the 

Sprinkles Stencill

I have the created a circular card design, as shown, with 

Pierced and Stitched Circles Dies

I added the 

Birthday Word and Shadow Die Set

sentiment 

and used the happy sentiment from the 

Calories Schmalories Clear Stamps
die cut with a 
Quick Strips Die 

 Finally I added a few dots of 
Star Dust Stickles

Be sure to have a look around our

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to see the gorgeous DT creations there and then to 

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to engage in some essential retail therapy!

Thank you for popping by today!

I hope you are all managing to stay safe and healthy in these uncertain times!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

 
    
 

You are loved...

Hello everyone!

It's Sue here today to show you a fabulous product from Whimsy Stamps which has just arrived in store!

Primitive Shaker Shapes Die Set

I absolutely loved making this card, it is something a little different for me but I enjoyed getting inky!

I cut a rectangle of watercolour card and used a die from the 

Whimsy Stamps - Wavy Edgers Die Set

tomato the bottom edge curvy.

Then splattered ink across the card.  (Catherine Pooler Ink pad in Samba dabbed on my glass mat, spritzed with water and splattered with a largish paint brush)

Next I die cut a selection of hearts using the 

Primitive Shaker Shapes Die Set

(I used the same water colour card)

Leaving the hearts in the dies I blended ink over them - I love that technique, it leaves a really nice border around the die cuts! 

I used Catherine Pooler Ink pads in Samba and Over Coffee

I the fixed the hearts across the centre of the splattered card.  I glued some directly to the back ground and fixed a few with foam tape to add depth.

I stamped the you are loved sentiment from the 

You Are Clear Stamps Set

across the bottom of the design in black ink

Finally I tied some twine around the top of the card design and layered it onto a rectangle of kraft card.

Be sure to have a look around our

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to see the gorgeous DT creations there and then to 

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to engage in some essential retail therapy!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

    

Love is a magic potion...

Happy Thursday friends!

Sue here today!

I made this card with the fabulous 
Stamping Bella Love Potion Oddball Rubber Stamp

This card was such fun to make!  

I made it for a colouring technique feature in January's issue of Making Cards Magazine.  If you want to find out more about how I coloured this image and created a glow then follow the link

HERE

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

MFT Ink Pad in Extreme Black 

Stamping Bella Love Potion Oddball Rubber Stamp

Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Large Stitched Rectangles

It’s a Boy Blue Ink Pad by Catherine Pooler

Snowy Day 6 x 6 paper pack by Catherine Pooler

Ranger Star Dust Stickles 

Other Ingredients

White card for card blank (I use Craft UK Premium 300gsm from Limetree Crafts)

White Card Suitable for Alcohol Markers (I use make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes)

Alcohol Markers (I used Copics - Glow YG17, YG23, YG06, YG00, Skin E04, E11, E00, E000, Eyes, BG01, BG000, Hair BV04, N8, N6, N4, Frock E59, E83, E81, Tights R83, R81, N6, N4, Shoes, W7, W5, W3, Ground, W3, YG00)

Flirty Flowers 6 x 6 paper pack by Sunny Studios

1mm foam by Stix2

White Gel Pen (I use Uni-Ball Signo)

Be sure to have a look around our

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Thank you for popping by!

Happy crafting

from Sue...xxx

So Sweet Syeda...

Hello everyone!...

I was absolutely over the moon to see that my friend 

Barbara Sproatmeyer

is designing for Whimsy Stamps!

I absolutely love her Polka Dot Pals collection, they are so beautiful,

here is a card I made with 

Syeda Clear Stamps Set

- because who can resist a spotted pig right???

All the products I used to make this card are available at our lovely
Dies To Die For

I die cut a rectangle of Kraft Card with the largest die from the

Wonky Stitched Rectangles Die Set

and blended Catherine Pooler Ink in Samba over it.  The cloud template was created with a die from the 

Grass and Cloud Edger Die Set

I then die cut some strips of Kraft card for the ground using the 

Wavy Edgers Die Set

and the 

Wonky Stitched Rectangles Die Set

I stamped beautiful Syeda onto card suitable for alcohol markers 

Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek

coloured her with Copics and cut her out.

Skin - E04, E11, E00, E000
Eyes - YG03
Hair - BV04, N6, N8, 100, Black Pencil
Clothes - R05, R02, R12, YR000, E43, E41, White Gel Pen
Spotted Pig! - W8, W6, W4, W2, E37, E35, E33, R12

I then fixed Syeda to the right hand side of the card design with 

Foam Tape

and added twine which I secured at the back with tape.

With Black Ink I stamped the too sweet sentiment from the 

Happy Headlines Clear Stamps Set

in the top left hand corner as shown

I layered the design onto a piece of design paper from the 

Mermaid 6x6 Paper Pack 

and added some

Summer Breeze Enamel Dots

to finish.

Be sure to have a look around our

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to see the gorgeous DT creations there and then to 

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to engage in some essential retail therapy!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx