Fluffy Hanging In There

Hello peeps, Squirrel popping in today for the start of a (UK) three day weekend, yaaay!

It's been a while since I hoiked this family member out of the darkness, so I

thought it about time he (or she) got inky again!

So, the things I have used from the Dies To Die For store are

Whimsy Stamps/Wee Stamps - Fluffy Hanging In There

MFT Clear Stamps - Sassy Pants Best Friends CS-334

Sunny Studio 6x6 papers - Flirty Flowers

Sunny Studio 6x6 papers - Gingham Pastels

If you are interested in any of the other info, and a bit more of a natter, you would

be welcome to pop over and visit me at Squirrel's World

Anyhoo, whatever you are up to, have fun

Hugs

Sarah

Morning peeps, Squirrel here - HAPPY DECEMBER!

So, today's make didn't look like this in my head, but all was going well until......

until that last sentiment added went a bit wonky!

Lovely things used:

Whimsy/Wee Stamps - Sarah

MFT Merry Messages

Mama Elephant - Holiday Messages

MFT Die-Namics Stitched Basic Edges

MFT Die-Namics Stitched Scallop Basic Edges

MFT 6x6 Petite Plaid

MFT 6x6 True Blue Houndstooth

MFT 6x6 Graphic Grid Pastels

Hope your Christmas preps are going well!

Hugs

Love You Bunches

Sorry, pant pant, Squirrel here, a bit late for this morning's post.

I seem to have spent my year so far apologising.

Whimsy Stamps: Wee Stamps - Love You Bunches

MFT Stamps: Anything But Basic Birthday Wishes

A simple little card with a heartfelt message.

Hugs

Sarah

Yoo-hoo chaps!

Squirrel here today on what is (here) a rather nippy November day.  It's warm hat,

coat and boots weather - all you need is a furry friend to finish it all off

So, the yummy things used here are

Whimsy/Wee Stamps: Sarah

Mama Elephant: Snow Flurries dies

Impression Obsession: Let It Snow DIE593-B

Whimsy Stamps: Double Scallop Doily Die

Right then, when did I put my bear ....

Hugs to all

Squirrel xx

A reindeer's for life not just for Christmas!...xxx

Good Morning everyone
Happy Monday!

Sue here today with a super cute little chap that I have been itching to colour for ages!

I don't know if I have ever mentioned that I have a little (big)! soft spot for reindeer.

Say hello to Rudolph, who is very kindly giving you all a wave.

Stamp - Wee Stamps - Rudolph

Papers - Echo Park Christmas Collection Dots and Stripes.

Thank you for popping by.

Happy Crafting

love from Sue...xxx

If you would like to know a bit more about how I made this card please feel free to visit me at 

tanglemouse cards

Posey........

 Stamp- Wee Stamps Posey.

Die- Die Namics Cross stitch Rectangle stax.

Papers- A day in may-biege ornament- Pion designs.

Morning all!! 

Lou in for you today with a super cute little notebook holder. ooooh I love making these!! I got the tutorial HERE from my friend Mandy.

I couldn't resist a bit of an oldie but a goodie make using  Wee Stamps Posey. I just adore her so much, she's so sweet!!

And with some scrummy pion paper to cover my book pieces the whole thing looked so pretty.

Inside there is a little place to pop a gift card if its a present or receipts if you use it as a shopping list book for your handbag!!  

Thank you for popping in

Hugs Lou xxx

Leon.......

Stamp- Wee Stamps Leon.

Dies-  DieNamics Blueprints 24.

Papers- MME Boy Crazy.

Morning everyone!!

I have had the most lovely long weekend, lots of playing outside with my little man and his friends and a couple of them really love little cars so for my make this week I just had to use my Wee Stamps Leon.

The cute little sentiment comes in the yummy scrummy MME Boy Crazy pad.I love this little paper pad so much, it full of different themed papers perfect for those little car/robot/space and travel themed cards.

Thankyou for popping in, hugs Lou xxx

Freddie......................

Stamp- Freddie.

Dies- Die Namics Blue Prints 9.

Die Namics Rustic Hearts.

Papers- Bo Bunny dots.

Morning everyone!

Lou in with a make using one of those gorgeous new Wee Stamps rubber stamps. OOOOOH I loved them all but just had to get Freddie and Rudolph as my little Mo neeeeeeeed them...and I of course had to quality control test them for him...he he he he!!!

I made myself a shaped card using my  Die Namics Blue Prints 9. I used the little tab joining bit normally for the bottom to attach the tops of the tag shapes together and then just trimmed off the edges with my scissors.

Thank you for popping in

Hugs Louxxx

Snowflake Dancer

Ok so.....make sure you're sitting down....I made another Clean & Simple card. I know right?!

Those of you who are familiar with my work, will know how difficult I find these. This one was no exception, once I had the image coloured up and cut out I really struggled with it. I knew I wanted to keep it clean to showcase the beautiful drawing by Sylvia Zet but I kept feeling that I should add more. Luckily I resisted, because now it's finished I really love it.

I outlined all the clothing hair and snowflakes with my Sakura Gelly Roll pen - Clear Star. This adds a wonderful soft metallic sparkle and I wish the camera would pick it up properly, because it looks so pretty in real life,

Wee Stamps - Snowflake Dancer

Maja Design - Vintage Frost Basics

Centura Pearl Snow White Cardstock

By DIEzyne Big Pierced and Stitched Regtangles

Marianne Designs Creatables - Snowflakes Style 1
Adhesive Gems - Seaside

That's all from me today but I'll be back to share more inspiration next week.
Have a lovely weekend! :) xx

Playful Kitten

Hello Everyone.

For today's card I have used one of the stamps from the Playful Kittens set from Wee Stamps. There are 3 other equally cute kittens in the set and it is on sale at a reduced price the moment too!

The gorgeous papers are Dovecraft Sweet Paris and the beautiful flower is made with Die-Namics Layered Rose.

Items Used:

Stamp - Wee Stamps Playful Kittens
Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler
Papers - Dovecraft Sweet Paris
Dies -Die-Namics  Cross Stitch Circle Stax

Die-Namics Layered Rose
Die-Namics Blueprints 14
Die-Namics Layered Leaves
Impression Obsession Butterflies

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Antique Linen

Thank you for stopping by to look at my card today.
Bye for now
Sue xx

Spring Bringer

Good morning everyone it's Ann-Marie popping in today to share some crafty love with you all and today I thought I would bring a little bit of spring with me in the hope that it's soon around the corner.

I inked up an older Whimsy Stamps Wee image 'Spring Bringer' but she is still one of my all time favourites.  I coloured her up to compliment the oh so gorgeous Echo Park For the Record 2 'Tailored' papers which are actually on offer at the moment too over in the store.  I decided to mat them onto black card stock just to make the colours pop.

Items Used

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Spring Bringer' by Wee Stamps

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Fluttering By'

Papers:  Echo Park - For the Record 'Tailored'

Dies:  Butterfly Frame Die

That's all from me today, thank you for dropping in and I hope you enjoy the remainder of your weekend.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx 

Suzi with Bunny

Happy Wednesday everyone, Ann-Marie popping in today to share some craftiness with you.

I decided to play with a Wee Stamp for my card today and this one is 'Suzi with Bunny' and she's such a cutie pie.  I took my colour inspiration as normal from my papers and I used the gorgeous Bo Bunny 'Prairie Chic' papers which are really pretty folks and are actually on offer over in the store at the moment too.

My usual close up of the image for you.  She is just beautiful and delightful to colour peeps.

Items Used

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Suzi with Bunny' by Wee Stamps

Papers:  Bo Bunny 'Prairie Chic

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

1/4" Crochet White Trim

Okay folks time for me to go.  Enjoy the rest of your week and happy crafting!

Take care.

Ann-Marie

xxx

Sweet Blossom

Hello everyone, Ann-Marie popping in today with my usual Wednesday inspiration albeit a little later than I originally planned.

I was feeling all pink and girly when I made this one which may have had something to do with the most adorable Bo Bunny 'Isabella' papers.  Ooh these are so pretty and very stroke'able I so love their colour palette which is how I ended up with my pink and grey colour scheme.  Anyway, I chose a Wee Stamps image called 'Sweet Blossom' to play with from Whimsy Stamps and she still remains one of my all time faves she's just so sweet and adorable.  I haven't over embellished my card in fact I've kept it quite simple as I wanted the image to be the main focal point so only added a little ribbon and pearls and she was finished.  

Items Used

Image:  'Sweet Blossom' by Whimsy Stamps

Papers:  Bo Bunny 'Isabella'

Memento 'London Fog' ink pad

Okay that's my share for you this week and I hope you like it.  Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your week folks.

Take care. 

Ann-Marie 

xxx

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

Silver Fairy in Violet and Rose

Happy Tuesday Stampers! DT Linda here again with my regular Tuesday inspiration post, and today I'm using another of the wonderfully talented Sylvia Zet's images.  Just love her work the stamps are sooo sweet.  If you follow me on Facebook you've probably seen me share this image when I first coloured it whilst at my parents and when I chose the colours I actually had the new Pion papers in mind.  However I wasn't sure they were going to arrive in time for my make and so I went ahead and made the card up with another Pion collection....and then guess what?  Yup, those new Pion papers arrived with the postie on Saturday.  Oh well, at least I have them all ready for my next make.

This is my finished card, I used Silver Fairy, from Whimsy Stamps and the corner lace die is also made by Whimsy.  The shape is made with a Martha Stewart PATP punch set. I edged all the papers with DI in Dusty Concord.

She's coloured with my Inktense pencils plus a few watercolour pencils for the skin and hair. You can find the colours on my blog.

I finished off with this lovely bead trim and a La-La Land butterfly die.

I used more papers from the same collection to decorate the inside and give a space to write a message.

Items Used:

 Wee Stamps - Silver Fairy

Pion Design - Flower Frames - Viola 6 x 6

Pion Design - Flower Frames - Roseus

La La Land - Butterflies Set 1

Mini Lace Doily Corner 1

Bazzill Self Adhesive Jewels - Clear

 4mm String Beads Lavender

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Dusty Concord

Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black

Neenah Cardstock

I do hope you like her, I'll be back next week for more inspiration, until then, happy crafting!

 

Daphne

Happy Tuesday all! Linda here with my Tuesday inspiration post.  It's back to work for me today so this post is scheduled, but I only have today and tomorrow in work and then I have a few days off as I'm visiting my parents.  This does mean no more cards from me for a week and a half as I won't be crafting (though I will be colouring images while I'm away) but I'll try and get my Blog Candy sorted before I go.

Anyway on to my project for today.  It's a card using the adorable Daphne by the talented Artist Sylvia Zet, love her images. I paired her with a gorgeous papers from MME.  I've listed all the items used from the shop at the end of my post, with links to take you straight to them.

 I coloured Daphne up in Copics to match the papers, and cut an aperture in my paper with a Stax die to frame her. I inked all the edges with Walnut Stain distress ink and sewed them with top stitch thread.

 I added some glitter to her wings and doted her with some liquid pearls in white opal.

I added a lovely bow cut with a Die-namics die and used a piece of a Prima embellishment in the top corner. I added a bit more Prima bling to the bow and a couple of corners.

I used a co-ordinating sheet of paper from the same pad to decorate the inside of the card, and added some plain white card cut with one of the stax dies.

Items Used

Wee Stamps Daphne

My Mind's Eye-Lost & Found -Sunshine

Die-namics - Beautiful Bows

Die-namics Designer Labels 1 Stax

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Prima Say it in Crystals

Prima Say it in Crystals - Songbird 2

Liquid Pearls - White Opal

Well that's all from me for today, I'll see you again in 2 weeks time with some more inspiration to share.

Take care! : ) x x 

Summer Fairy

Good morning and Happy Tuesday to you!  It's Linda  here with my Tuesday inspiration post.

Today I've used Summer Fairy, drawn by the talented Sylvia Zet.

The papers are a mix of 2 different MME pads, links to products can be found at the end of my post as always. The quality of these papers is lovely to work with.

I coloured her with Copics which are think are the best choice for bright colours and decided to get funky with her hair.  Her hair is absolutely wonderful to colour up, such fun!

You can find a close up and a list of all the colours used over on my blog

I didn't over embellish as the papers were bright and busy, just a few flowers and some MME brads in the corners. I finished off with a bow from a scrap of ribbon from my scraps box and popped a little Prima bling on the top. The sentiment is from Whimsy and is cut with a matching die. Lastly I added a flurry of tiny butterflies cut with a Memory Box die.

I decorated the inside as usual with papers to complement the front.

Well that's all from me today, don't forget to sign up for my blog candy here if you haven't already, there's just over 2 weeks now till I draw a winner, and I'll see you all next time.

Enjoy your day! : ) x x 

Wee Stamps - Summer Fairy	My Mind's Eye - Find Your Wings and Fly - Sky's The Limit 6 x 6 Pad	My Minds Eye - Record It - Follow Your Heart 6 x 6 Pad	My Mind's Eye - Lush - Decorative Brads - Blue	Mini Roses Jewel Tone - Blues	Everyday Sayings Notables 4
Notables 4 Die	Neenah Cardstock	Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black	Collall All Purpose Glue - 50ml	Prima Say It In Crystals - Embellishments - Light Brown	Dancing Butterflies