Sunset Soul Mutts...

Hello friends!

It's Sue here today!

I hope you have all had a good week and are staying safe and well!

Today's card is for a very special friend of mine who recently had to say goodbye to her precious four legged family member!

I thought this image from

Soul Mutts Clear Stamps

coupled with a sunset beach scene would make a lovely card to let her know they are all very much in my heart!

I want to thank lovely Amy Young (A Thousand Sheets of Paper) for her background inspiration.

Ingredients from

Dies To Die For

Soul Mutts Clear Stamps (by Deb Davis Amped2Stamp)
Inkon3 Blackout Detail Hybrid Ink Pad

Wonky Stitched Rectangles Die Set

Pets Woof 6x6 Paper Pack

Copic Markers

Sand E33, E31, E30

Sea BG57, BG53, BG32, BG11, BG10

Sky Y00, Y000, YR20, YR00, YR000, R00, R30, RV95, RV93, 

Hair, E47, E44, E43, 

Skin, E04, E13, E21, E00

Dress V99, RV95, RV95, RV94

Pooch E47, E44, E43, E42 

Thank you for popping by!

Happy Crafting

from Sue...xxx

 

Other Ingredients

Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes Marker Geek

Archival Ink Pad in Watering Can

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

Dies To Die For Blog 

to see the gorgeous DT creations there and then to 

Dies To Die For

to engage in some essential retail therapy!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

      


    

  

Fiona Loves Flowers

Linda  here,  it's Friday again and soon the weekend with lots of time to craft.  I'm on time this week with my Dies to Die for card, finally getting a bit back on track after all the time lost to being ill, and with energy back the mojo seems to be flowing better.

It seems ages since I used an Uptown Girls stamp, but when this one arrived in my DT pack I couldn't wait to stamp her out and colour her up.

I coloured her with my distress ink markers, and you can find the colours here on my blog.

The lovely papers are from Whimsy.

I edged everything with Walnut Stain distress ink.

A little Prima bling and some daubings of gesso to finish.

A view of the inside, very simply decorated to match.

I've included a list of products used with links below, but I couldn't find the link for the border die at the top of my card, if we find it I'll add it later!

Fiona Loves Flowers

Cheery Lynn - Bird Cage

Whimsy Cottage Charms Papers

Prima Cay it in Crystals - Princess

Velvet Ribbon Sky Blue

Birdcage 2 Charm

Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad

That's all from me today, but I'll see you again next week, take care and enjoy your weekend! :) xx

Friendship is the Greatest Gift

Morning folks, it's Linda here with a super quick one from me as I'm running late and scheduling this quick before getting to bed.

I'm not quite sure if I like this or not yet, the jury is still out on this one, I was suffering terribly with my asthma today (yesterday when this goes live) and really had no mojo at all, but I really wanted to use these lovely non traditional colours Xmas papers from Whimsy and now I've photographed them the colours of the papers are not showing well at all! What looks in the pics like a soft beige/nude is actually a lovely pink *sigh*.

Love this image by Sylvia Zet, all her stamps for Whimsy are soooooooooooo cute!  I coloured this pair in my Inktense pencils to match the colours of the paper (even if the colours of the paper aren't showing too well in the pics).

I distressed the paper edges and inked them with Walnut Stain distress ink. I used some Bazill Kraft to mount my layers and for the sentiment and snowflakes, for a little contrast to the brights. The sentiment is from an Impression Obsession set. This set is so useful, it has a sentiment for almost every occasion!

Love this parrot green ruffled ribbon (sadly I think Tracy is out of stock of this now) it matched perfectly with a length of ribbon I had left in my stash

Items Used

Stamp: Friendship is the Greatest Gift

Spellbinder's Stately Circles

Distress Ink - Walnut Stain

Whimsy 6 x 6 Paper Pack - Merry & Bright

Marianne Design Snowflakes Die

Box Pleat Ribbon

Impression Obsession-Life Stuff Sentiments

That's it from me today, sorry the pics are a bit naff it was very late by the time I took them.

See you next week! : ) x x

Charmings

Happy Tuesday folks!  It's Linda back to day with my inspiration post.

I've been having a bit of a play with Inktense watercolour pencils and coloured up this Saturated Canary stamp by Little Darlings Rubber Stamps.  This stamp was actually a present from my DT chum Jenny for my birthday, but Tracy stocks her in the store, she's called Charmings.  I've added links to items used at the end of my post, but because Inlinkz want's to charge me a fortune to carry on using them, they're just standard links now, no pretty pictures sorry.

I don't think she came out half bad! I paired her up with these gorgeous Whimsy papers I've had in my drawer for some time, just waiting for the right card to use them on. 

You can find the colours I used on my blog here, along with a few extra photos.

I used a lovely Whimsy sentiment and die that I thought went perfectly on this card and I finished it off with a little Prima bling. 

 I've stitched all my papers with top stitch thread.  I inked the edges with Distress Ink in dusty concord.

Finally I decorated the inside of the card with some more papers from the pack to complement the front.

Items used:

Saturated Canary - Charmings

Hummingbird & Butterfly Garden

Fairy Tale Dreams

Crown Die

*NEW* Prima Say It In Crystals - Princess

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Dusty Concord

Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black

Collall All Purpose Glue - 50mls

Well that's all from me today, I'll  see you again next week and in the meantime, why not try something new?

Have fun! : ) x x

"Close your eyes"

Good morning everyone, it's Wednesday so that means you have me, Ann-Marie, popping in to share something crafty with you all.  

Today I would like to show you a card I have made using the Whimsy Stamps image 'Ciara & Sandy' and are they not an adorable pair.  I chose my paper first which is Whimsy 'Love is in the Air' and that inspired the colour theme for the card and I love the turquoise and red together.  The beautiful sentiment is from the same stamp set in fact it's one of a few that comes with the image; I love it when you get complementing sentiments.  

Okay enough of my waffle let me show you my finished card.  As usual all the items I've used are listed below with links to the store.

Items Used

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Ciara & Sandy'

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Ciara & Sandy'

Papers:  Whimsy 'Love is in the Air'

Dies:  Magnolia Doohickey 'Leaf and Swirl'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Tim Holtz 'Walnut Stain' Distress ink pad

Okay, thanks for stopping by today folks and I hope you enjoy your Wednesday.

Take care, 

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Have a Happy Day!

Good Morning Everyone

I hope all is well with you and that you are having a good weekend.

Today I am sharing a simple centre stepper I have made to showcase this adorable Bildmalarna stamp and some gorgeous papers made by Whimsy, from a stunning pad called Floral Explosion.

I have used the delicate Nottingham Border die from Memory Box which I cut out twice so I could layer up the dark pink flowers.

Items Used: 

                        Stamp -Bildmalarna - LWF - Leaf coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - Tina Wenke Sweet Wishes

Dies - Memory Box Isabella Butterfly

              Memory Box Nottingham Border

Papers - Whimsy Floral Explosion
            Bazzill Cardstock Aloe
                   Bazzill Cardstock Juneberry
             Bazzill Kraft Cardstock

    My Mind's Eye Enamel Dots

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my card today.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend

bye for now

Sue xx