May your day bubble over with fun

I just can't stop using and colouring up this adorable little Merwee stamp set from Sweet November. I promise I will move on from mermaids again soon! But for now I thought I would do something a little different with them. For this card I cut a 4x4 inch square of my card and then used a load of the images from the stamp set to stamp all over it. I then coloured around the edges of them with a few copics before adding some sparkle to the bubbles with nuvo glitter drops and adding more blue nuvo drops all over to fill in the gaps. The sentiment comes with the set and I think just finishes it off perfectly. I really like how quick and easy this was to do.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

Happy craft Challenge - Anything goes

Love to craft - Anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - Create your own background

The fairy and the unicorn - Anything fantasy goes

Sisterhood of snarky stampers - W is for Water

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Amy xx

I washed up like this

This beautiful Mermaid is one of the brand new clear stamp release from the awesome Sweet November stamps. The set is called Mermee set #1 and she comes with other mermaid friends and some super cute little extra fish and seahorse friends. I have coloured her with Spectrum Noir Tri-blends and then paper pieced her tail with Paper addicts Colour Pop paper pad. If you would like to have a chance to win this stamp set see my post HERE to enter my giveaway.

The little almost heart shaped eel is from the other new Sweet November stamp set called Merwee set #1 and again I have coloured it with Spectrum Noir Tri-blends.

The background I have made using distress oxides to blend the blue and yellow and then added some seaweed with the Lavinia seaweed stamp stamped with some green oxides. Just to finish it off I added the sentiment from the Mermee set and then some Nuvo drops to add sparkle and texture.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

Happy craft Challenge - Anything goes

Love to craft - Anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - Create your own background

The fairy and the unicorn - Anything fantasy goes

Sisterhood of snarky stampers - W is for Water

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Amy xx

New Mermee stamps!

This beautiful Mermaid is from the brand new Mermee stamp set from Sweet November.

If you love her you have a few options. You can buy her direct from Sweet November which is based in the US or from Crafty Purple Frog which is based in the UK :) Failing that I am also lucky enough to have one of these stamp sets as a giveaway on my post HERE.

I coloured this beauty and her crab buddy with Copics. For the background I decided to make my own using the adorable little seahorse stamp that is also in the stamp set. I stamped him out as a repeat pattern and embossed him with vanilla white and glassy ocean wow! embossing powders.

The sentiment is from the Heffy Doodle Oceans of love stamp set.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Crafty creations challenge - Anything goes

Get creative - Fantasy

Creatalicious - anything goes option no design paper

Lemon Shortbread - Anything goes

Pennies paper craft challenge - Anything goes

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Amy xx

Some thing new and exciting is here!! Plus a giveaway!!!

Oh my gosh I am so excited to finally be able to announce Sweet November Stamps are now doing their own line of clear photo polymer stamps!! made from the awesome art work of the very talented Amy Young.

I am even more excited to be able to tell you that as well as direct from the Sweet November Stamps store you can pick these new beauties up from the Crafty Purple Frog store here in the UK.

To celebrate this Sweet November have very kindly given me a set of Mermee set #1 stamps to give away to one lucky winner.

So if you would like to be able to win this then please follow my blog here and leave me a comment. For an extra entries please also follow me on Instagram @craftypurplefrog leave me a comment and tag any of your friends that you think might like to be in the draw. I am willing to post world wide :)

There are two stamp sets to start off with and here is a card I have made with the other stamp set.

I used the Merwee set #1 stamps  and I will also send this card to the lucky winner of the draw.

I coloured the adorable mewees using spectrum noir tri-blend markers and then added sparkle and shine to their tails with spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen and glossy accents. The background I stamped using a rainbow of distress oxide inks and the new Time for Tea washi strips stamps. The frames are also one of the new release from time for tea called mini frame and banner dies. I used some cloud 9 dream drops to add a touch of texture around the center frame and then finished it all with a sentiment from the Heffy Doodle oceans of love stamp set.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Crafty creations challenge - Anything goes

The house that stamps built - Anything goes

Creative moments - Anything goes option for the girls

Arty Divas - Anything goes

Ike's World - R is for round/ dots

Through the craftroom door - Anything goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything goes

Always fun challenges - Anything goes

Get creative - Fantasy

Pammy's Inky Pinkies - Anything goes

The Paper Girls - Circles

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

A perfect time to craft - Anything goes

Craft-Dee bowz - Anything goes

Crafts galore encore - Anything goes

Creatalicious - anything goes option no design paper

Creative craft cottage - Anything goes

Love to craft - Anything goes

Morgans art world - Anything goes

Creative crafters - Anything goes

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Amy xx

Ben and Jerry

This adorable duo are a digi stamp from Sweet November Stamps and are called Puppy Love - Ben and Jerry.

I couldn't resist colouring them in some bright happy colours. I used the following copics:

Skin: E37, E35, E21

Hair: C9, C7, C5, C3, C1

Eyes: E59, E57

Top: Y17, Y15, Y06

Jeans: B97, B95, B93

Dog: E99, E33   E55, E53  C5 for his nose and RV02 in his ears

Lead: R59, R35 and Y08 for his tag

I have made the orange and yellow stripey background piece by ink blending mustard seed distress oxide ink all over and then using the new release stamp from Time for tea designs essential stripes to stamp the orange lines with carved pumpkin and touches of candied apple distress oxide over the blended background.

I had even more fun making the yellow and green strip. For that I played with some alcohol inks on yupo paper for the first time. I first put spots of limeade and dandelion alcohol ink on a felt pad and tapped it all over my piece of yupo. To add a bit more depth to it I put more ink spots of Botanical alcohol ink onto a new felt pad on my mini applicator and added a few more spots of this darker ink over the top.

The amazing thank you sentiment is also from the new Time for tea release. I have to say I am completely in love with it. Its big enough to make a focal point on a card and a nice clear font. You can expect to see it quite a bit on my cards and creations :)

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

As you like it - Digi or rubber (I love both but I do like that digi's are so instant. Also I can flip them an make them any size I want)

Aud sentiments - Anything goes with a sentiment

Cute card Thursday - Summer I have gone for summery colours

Southern Girls challenge - anything goes

Crafty creations - Anything goes

Little red wagon - Animal Antics

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Amy xx

Bath time

This sums up how I am feeling most days at the moment :D This pretty lady is from the amazing Moonlight Whispers and is called Bubble Bath I have coloured her with the following copics:

Skin: E33, E21, E00 with a touch of R11 on her cheeks

Hair: E59, E57, E55

Eyes: B24, B32

Tiles: E51

Ducks: Y08, Y02

Soap: RV23, R81

Bubbles: B00

Taps: C5, C3

Bath tub: C2, C0

Floor: C3

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Arty Divas - Anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes

Through the Craft room door - Anything goes

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Amy xx

Octavia Soft Sand

This is the stunning Octavia soft sand digi from Sweet November stamps. I love her! I had so much fun colouring her with all those tentacles. I coloured her with the following copics:

Hair: C3, C1

Skin: E33, E21, E00

Tentacles: R59, R37, R35, R22

Suckers: E31, E50

Starfish top: Y21, Y02, Y00

Background: B00, B000

For the background I did some ink smooshing. I used Tumbled glass, salty ocean and chipped sapphire distress ink for this smooshing. I tore the edges of the navy card and my image then had drew the stitched edge around the image. For a last bit of sparkle and texture I added some blue lagoon nuvo drops.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

The fairy and the unicorn - Anything fantasy goes

Sisterhood of narky stampers -  T is for technique ( ink smooshing)

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Amy xx

Moonlight Whispers goodness

This sassy lady is digi stamp called pretty in red and is from the brilliant Moonlight whispers. I coloured her up a while ago with my copics and have just got her on a card. The paper I teamed her up with is from the first editions Wonderlust pack. I have kept this one quite simple just to show her off.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Crafters Castle - Anything goes

Crafty Fiends - Anything goes

Colour crazy challenge - Anything goes

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Amy xx

June mertot meets Lavinia stamps

There is now a whole range of Lavinia stamps in the Crafty Purple Frog shop and I thought why not try and mix them up with the super cute June Mertot from Sweet November stamps. I started by doing my background using the seaweed 2 and sea bubbles stamps with some green Altenew inks and then used a yellow altenew ink and the lightest blue ink I had to ink around the edges of the card. 

The adorable June mertot digi I coloured with the following Copic markers:

Skin: E33, E21, E00

Hair: E49, E57, E55, E31

Fish friend: G17, G07, G14

Tail: YR07, YR15, Y08, Y02

I also added Spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen to her tail so its really sparkly :D

The big hello sentiment is from Crafters companions script words set and I embossed it in gold embossing powder so it stands out more and adds shine to the card.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Arty Divas - Anything goes

Crafty sentiment- Anything goes

Through the craft room door - Anything goes

Get creative - Fantasy

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Amy xx

Beautiful Hannah Lynn

It has been a while since I last coloured up one of Hannah Lynn's beautiful digi stamps but I just couldn't resist playing with this old favorite of mine. I have used the following spectrum noir Illustrator pens to colour her up:
Skin: FS6, FS9, FS1
Lips: MG3 + BP3
Blue hair and eyes: BT5, AB3, BT1, IB1
Pink hair: MG5, MG3, BP3
Purple hair: PL4, HB2, PL1
Butterflies:GY4, CT4
The gold gems are from Dovecraft and the stunning papers are from First edition Beyond the shore paper pack.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Creative Crafters - Anything goes

Crafty gals corner - for the ladies

Crafty Hazelnuts patterned paper - Use patterned paper

Little Red Wagon - Use backing paper or make your own.

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Amy xx

Bubbly baby Mertot

I am still so happy to be showing this next cutie as GDT for this weeks Sweet November release. This adorable bubble mertot is called May Mertot and is available in the Sweet November store now as a digi stamp so you can get her straight away. For me this bubble was crying out to be made into a shaker card.

I have coloured this cutie with the following copics:

Skin: E33, E21, E00

Hair: C9, C7, C5, C3

Tail: YR27, YR68, YR15

Toy: BG49, BG23, G00

Bubble background: BG15, G00

As normal for me I had to cover her tail in spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen and glossy accents.

I cut her out using Heffy Doodles stitched circles and did a couple of smaller stitched circles as extra bubbles that I then added some whatcha saying? sentiments to. For the shaker itself I cut another same sized circle from acetate and to finish it cut a thin circle frame in foam and in black card to just cover up the foam and just edge all the stitched circles/ bubbles.

For the background I used the Create a smile geometrics stamp set with the Altenew sweet dreams ink cubes to just give a bubbly background.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Make my Monday - For a baby

Ike's World - R is for round or dots

Crafty Creations - Anything goes

The sisterhood of crafters - Favorite technique (I love stamping/ making back grounds)

Little Red Wagon - Use backing paper or make your own. (I have made my own)

Cute card thursday - Anything goes

Southern Girls - Anything goes

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Amy xx

GDT for Sweet November

I can not tell you how excited I am to have been asked to be GDT for the incredible Sweet November for the release this week. I have had so much fun with the 2 new little mer tots. For this first card I have used the adorable June Mertot.

I decided to decoupage her as that is something I have not done with an image in ages and I love the way it make her look more 3D. I coloured her with my copics using the following colours:

Skin: E33, E21, E00 + a touch of R81

Hair: V06, R85, R81

Tail: G07, G14, YG03

Fish: Y38, Y02, Y000

As normal for me I had to cover her tail in spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen and glossy accents.

I made the background with distress oxide inks (Seedless preserves, Worn lipstick, Squeezed Lemonade) I then flicked some water over my inking and then sprayed some wilted violet distress oxide spray. The Dream big shadow sentiment is from time for tea and the smaller sentiment is from an old Stampin' up! stamp set.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Allsorts _ Magical worlds

Sisterhood of narky stampers - I is for ink

Get creative - Fantasy

Simon Says Stamp - Make your own background

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Amy xx

Dream Big

I think I am addicted to this Dream big sentiment die from Time for Tea designs. It could make a great card all on it's own.

I made this inky background at the weekend. I used wilted violet distress oxide ink to make an ombre down the paper. Then I flicked it with some water before adding some wilted violet distress oxide spray over it. I coloured in this adorable super girl from the Heffy Doodle super dudes stamp set with spectrum noir tri-blends. I attached her with an action wobble and then added some nuvo drops all around the card for added dimension.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Dream Valley Challenges - Add some sparkle

Simon Says Stamp - Make your own background

Pammies Inky Pinkies - Anything goes

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Whale hello there

Yes you guessed it her is another result of the ink smooshing session the other day For this one I used Tumbled glass, salty ocean and chipped sapphire distress ink :D This one was crying out to be used for some kind of sea theme and I couldn't resist colouring up this beauty and her friend that comes with her. She is another Sweet November digi called Glimmer Surfside and humphrey.

I coloured them with the following copic markers:

Skin: E08, E37, E33, E31

Hair: C7, C5, C3

Tail: G07, G14, YG03

Top: E01

Whale back: C9, C7, C5

Whale belly: C1, C0

As normal for me I couldn't resist adding the spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen to her tail after it was coloured and then covering it with glossy accents.

The sentiment is stamped in Chipped Sapphire distress oxide ink and comes from the Heffy Doodle Oceans of love stamp set. Then I used a range of Nuvo drops all around them to add some more sparkle and dimension.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Allsorts _ Magical worlds

Sisterhood of narky stampers - I is for ink

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Amy xx