Dahlia Fae

This beautiful oldie but a goodie digi is called Dahlia-fae and you can get her from the awesome Sweet November Stamps. I had a lot of fun colouring her up with copics and will have a video on my colouring shortly on my YouTube channel. If you haven't already I would love it if you would follow me over there. You can find my YouTube 

For the background I used a stencil called Laurel from Lavinia stamps and inked blended Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn distress oxide inks before flicking some Rustic Wilderness distress oxide spray. 

I coloured her with the following copics:

Skin: E33, E11, E00

Hair: W9, E49, E59, E57

Flower: YR18, YR04, Y08

Leaf and dress: G28, G19, YG09

Shoes: W9

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

2 princesses and their dragon

This is my second card as an official Sweet November Stamps Digi team member. I have combined a few different digi's to create this scene as well s using a clear stamp set called Royal Treatment for the sentiment. I had so much fun putting this scene together and colouring it up. Below are the copics I used to colour this card.

Sitting princess (Rhianna): 

Skin - V17, E35, E13. Eyes -E57, E55 

Hair- W9, W7, W5 

Dress - Y38, Y18, Y11 - R89, R29, R05

Standing princess (Ilyse): 

Skin: E33, E11, E00 Eyes- G07, YG03 

Hair - YR27, YR24, Y35 

Dress - G19, YG07, YG01 - T3, T1

Dragon (Zsu Zsu): 

Scales - B66, B23, B21 

Eyes- G07, YG03 

Spines - Y18, Y11

Wall: Bricks -W6, W4, W2 - C6, C4, C2 - T6, T4, T2  Moss - G46, YG63, YG61

Grass: G94, G24, YG03

Sky: B00

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

Jan's digi stamps - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Lil' patch of crafty friends - Anything Goes

Gem of a challenge - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

The fairy and the unicorn - Anything Fantasy Goes

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Die cutting First Edition craft Vinyl

I have another Christmas in July inspired make for you today. This time I am showcasing the mat-less vinyl from DRK Crafts. I got sent some to play with and used the white, silver and blue to create the tea light holder using a cheap glass I got from the supermarket. And I also upcycled a glass jar that had cooking sauce in it to make a vase. Rather than using a cutting machine as I have not got mine on hand at the moment I used my dies (I used the snowflakes from the falalala Time for tea dies) and die cutting machine to create these.

This is what I learned from die cutting these snowflakes.....

It die cuts easily and it gives a great option for those that don't have an expensive cutting machine. However getting the little unwanted bit out of the dies before you can use them again is a bit annoying and time consuming. Plus you generally can't use the transfer film as the cut shapes can lift with the dies so do not stay on the backing sheet with this method. So the weeding process is harder and of course you need to cut repeated times as can only cut as many as you have the dies for each time. All in all I would prefer to do this sort of project with a cutting machine but am pleased with the results so I hope you like it too.

The glass tealight holder has a fake candle in it and the glass itself was 50p in ASDA. 

The "vase" is as you can see a recycled curry sauce jar. 

I really enjoyed using this First Edition matless vinyl and can not wait to use it with a cutting machine but this showed me that there are so many more options for how it can be used.

I am entering these makes for the following challenges:

The crafty addicts - Anything Goes

The holly and the ivy - Christmas

Crafting from the heart - Anything but a card goes

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

Pearly Sparkles - Christmas in July

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Gerbera daisy fae my first post as part of the Sweet November Stamps DT

I am so excited to be able to share this card as my first official post as part of the Sweet November Stamps DT. This is one of the beautiful Flower Fae digis.

I have coloured this Gerbera daisy fae with the following copics:

Skin: V17, E35, E13 (R22 for lips)

Hair: W9, W7, W5

Flower:YR27, Y19, Y13

Leaf: G28, G09, YG03

Dress: V17, V15, V12

Hay bale: Y28, YR31, Y11

Grass: YG25, YG03,YG01

Sky: B00

For the rest of the card to spotlight her I have used a mix of 2 Dovecraft A4 card packs, Summer and Primary. On the yellow card I used the Heffy Doodle Flower power stencil and rather than inking through it I used a white gel pen to make lots of dots forming the flower shapes. Then I moved the stencil to fit even more of them in.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

Pammies Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

A perfect Time to craft - Anything Goes

Ally's Angels - Anything Goes

Bastel-Traum - Plants/flowers

Beautiful blossoms - Anything Flowers

Classic design challenge - Anything Goes

Crafts galore encore - Anything goes

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Christmas in July

This super cute little fairy wants to make sure you have a lot of fun making for Christmas in July. Right now over in the Friends of Sweet November Stamps Facebook group there are a load of Christmas in July challenges going on so if you like joining challenges and want the chance to win some prizes hop on over HERE to join in the fun :D

For this card I used the adorable Sweet Christmas Fairies clear stamp set to make this card. 

I have coloured her up with the following copics:

Skin: E33, E11, E00

Hair: W9, W7, W5

Wings: B00

Hat and dress: R89, R37, R35, W3

Boots: C9, C7, C5

Chocolates: E59, E57, E55

Background: Y18, Y13, Y11

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes 

Gem of a challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty calendar - Anything goes

Inkspiration - Christmas in July

The fairy and the unicorn - Anything fantasy

Most magical time of the year - Anything Christmas or Halloween goes

Pearly Sparkles - Christmas in July

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Join me for the first ever virtual retreat from Sweet November Stamps

I am excited to announce that Sweet November Stamps is hosting it's very first online retreat July 29th and 30th. Come camping with us as our talented instructors hold exclusive classes using three limited edition stamp sets and various other crafty goodies donated by Whimsy Stamps and Chibitronics. There are two options available, the first includes a box of Physical products that will be used in the various classes and the second is a Digital option where you will receive the same exclusive images that are in the clear stamp sets in digital form but all other products, Campers will have to provide themselves. This is a great option for our digi loving friends.

I mean really look at how cute this kit is!

Pre orders for both are now available in the Sweet November Stamps store. For my fellow UK/ this side of the pond friends are not limited to the digital option, as Crafty Purple Frog UK stockist has physical kits available as well. Stock is limited on the physical kits so sign up before they disappear, just like Bigfoot! lol

Huge hugs to you all and hopefully I will see you there when I host my first ever online class!

Huge hugs

Amy xx

SNS Sizzling summer YouTube hop

 

Hello and welcome to the Sweet November Stamps Sizzling Summer YouTube Hop, featuring our talented design team members and guests. Today we are celebrating a brand new clear release with eight stamp sets, and you have a chance to win the entire collection, which features a mix of summer and fairytale! To play along all you have to do is visit each of the YouTube accounts listed below, subscribe to their channel, like their YouTube Hop video, and leave them a comment. It’s a short hop but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t plenty of exciting inspiration to be found. You have four days to hop along with us, it will run from Saturday June 17th through Tuesday June 20th. One randomly selected winner will be selected and announced on Wednesday June 21st around 5 PM PDT. The winner will have a week to reply, and if no contact is made a new winner will be randomly selected. Thank you for joining us, and happy hopping!

Here is the full list of designers in the hop:

Allison Cope

Caitlin Anthony

Christy Gets Crafty

Crafty Purple Frog

Danielle Dunlop

Lisa Jannaway

Sweet November Stamps

Copic combinations used:

Wall: W6,W4,W2 - T6,T4,T2 - N6, N4, N2

Cauldron and night sky: C9, C7, C5 - YG05, YG03, YG01

Dragon: RV66, RV55, RV63 - Y19, Y06, Y13

Floor: E59, E57, E55

Sweet November Stamps Supplies:

For each one I have added the link to get them direct from Sweet November Stamps (SNS) based in the US and Crafty Purple Frog (CPF) based in the UK

Dragon Trio:

SNS CPF

Halloween room scene builder:

SNS CPF

Simple Room Scene builder:

SNS CPF

Halloween room add on:

SNS CPF

Island Splendor sequin mix:

SNS CPF

Other Supplies: Heffy Memo Tape

Crafts Too press to impress stamping platform

Heffy Doodle Big bug hugs (sentiment)

Wow! ultra clear slow drying embossing pad

White Wow! embossing powder

White Gel pen

Spectrum noir sparkle pen

Nuvo silver crystal drops

If you like this cute dragon there are 2 chances to win her and the entire June Sweet November Stamps release by joining a hop over on Instagram CLICK HERE.

And another hop on YouTube CLICK HERE

There is a load of inspiration on the way for everything from the new release.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

I spy - Something with wings

Alphabet - F is for flying

Unicorn - Fantasy

A place to start - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

Pammies inky pinkies - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for looking at my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

It is time for another create it 3 ways Instagram hop

Hello and welcome to the Create It 3 Ways IG Hop! We are sharing triple the inspiration! This is a monthly hop on every 3rd Saturday at 3 PM ET – please message @amritapettus for more info if you’d like to join us.

This month’s hop theme is summer.

Each month we challenge ourselves by choosing our own category to feature across all 3 cards. I chose to feature a Sweet November Stamps stamp plus use the same First Edition 6x6 Let's celebrate paper pad from DRK Crafts for all my makes.

This adorable little lady is called Quinn. She is from the brand new Sweet November Stamps release that is out just today. You can pick her up in either The Sweet November Stamps shop in the US or from the Crafty Purple Frog shop in the UK.

I have done 3 different things with the stamp I coloured her with copics for this first card.

I coloured her with the following copics:

Skin: E33, E11, E00

Hair: R85, R83, R81

Swimming costume: B02,B01,B00

Ice cream: Bg13, BG23, E43

For this second card I paper pieced the girls swimming costume. To do this I stamped her onto the patterned paper and then cut her swimming costume out and stuck it on top of the copic coloured image.

I coloured her with the following copics:

Skin: E33, E11, E00

Hair: YR24, Y18, Y13

Ice cream: R85, R83, R81, E43

For this last card I have decoupaged her to make her look more 3D. To do this I stamped her out twice. I coloured both in and cut round her head and arm and used foam pads to stick it on top of the first one I had stamped out.

I coloured her with the following copics:

Skin: E33, E11, E00

Hair: E59, E57, E55

Swimming costume: YR24, Y18, Y13

Ice cream: R85, R83, R81, E43

If you like this little girl there are 2 chances to win her and the entire June Sweet November Stamps release by joining a hop over on Instagram CLICK HERE.

And another hop on YouTube CLICK HERE

There is a load of inspiration on the way for everything from the new release.

I am entering these card for the following challenges:

Crafty addicts - Anything Goes

Creative fingers - Anything Goes

Double trouble - on a warm summers day

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Sweet November stamps summer release instagram hop

Summer is here and this year Sweet November Stamps is riding the heat wave with a fun and carefree clear stamp release. There are eight new sets that range from summer celebrations to fairytale magic as well as the new exclusive coordinating sequin mixes. To celebrate we are back hosting a sizzling summer Insta-Hop featuring both the Sweet November design team and the team from Crafty Purple Frog, our exclusive UK stockist. As always, one lucky crafter will walk away with the entire release! All you have to do is visit each designer’s account provided below, follow them, and leave a comment on their SNS post. You have Saturday, Sunday and Monday, June 17th, 18th and 19th to participate in the hop. Tuesday, we will announce the random winner on the Sweet November Instagram page.

Allison Cope @i_card_so_hard

Amanda Garrett @thelittlepinkcaboose

Amy Gould @craftypurplefrog

Amy Young @amyyoungforever

Caitlin Anthony @caitlinannaleecards

Claire Harrison @mrs_h_crafty_corner

Cline Passio @clinepassio

Danielle Dunlop @danielledunlop21

Faye Wynn-Jones @fayewynnjones

Jasmin Oliver @jasmincraftymakes

Jeannean Marshall @jeanneanmarshall

Lisa Jannaway @craftytrain1

Lucy Dyer @owlwayscrafty

Sweet November Stamps @sweetnovemberstamps

This giveaway is sponsored by Sweet November Stamps.

For my card I used the adorable Paisley stamp.

I coloured her with the following copics:

Skin: V17, E35, E13

Hair: W9, W7, W5

Dress: B18, B16, B12

Shoes, hair band and belt: RV66, RV55, RV63

For her balloons I used a few layers of Wow! Turkish nights after colouring in the balloons with a wow! embossing pen. The back ground I started by inking the background with Kitsch flamingo and a bit of picked raspberry distress oxide. Then I added some stencilling using Heffy Doodles confetti heart stencil before doing some ink splattering with Picket fence spray stain and Cocktail party distress mica stain.

If you like this little girl there are 2 chances to win her and the entire June Sweet November Stamps release by joining a hop over on Instagram CLICK HERE.

And another hop on YouTube CLICK HERE

There is a load of inspiration on the way for everything from the new release.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Leigh SB Designs Inspirational Challenges - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Shaker mermaid treasure mix

If you have not seen yet Sweet November Stamps have come out with some new shaker/ sequin mixes! This is one of them called Mermaid treasure mix. and as you can see, as well as the gorgeous sequins there are also loads of adorable little tiny mermaids in it!

To make this card I used the brilliant Sweet November Stamps digi stamp called Mutiny highseas. For the background I used a clear stamp from the Guppies stamp set.

I used the following copics to colour her and the background:

Skin: E33, E11,E00

Hair: Y28, Y26, Y13

Tail and red feather: R89,R37, R35

Top and hat: W9, W7, W5, Y08

Bottle: G28, G14, E39 (cork E84)

Water: BG01,BG000,B02,B00

Sand: E43, E42

Seaweed:G28,G09,YG03

Urchin: R24,R22,R21

Fish and starfish: YR16, Y18

Coral:E71, E70

For the actual shaker frame I used Heffy Doodle stitched square dies and extra thick acetate. Then foam tape to give the gap between the coloured in back ground and the acetate window. 

The sentiment is from another of the Sweet November Stamps clear stamp sets called Lynn.

I am entering this card for the following challenges: 

A place to start - Anything Goes

Crafting happiness - Anything Goes

Jan's digi stamps - Anything Goes

Make My Monday - Summer

Lil' patch of crafty friends - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me if you like what you see.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Fairy summery review

I have something a bit different to share today. It is time for another Sweet November Stamps review ahead of an adorable clear stamp release that will be out next weekend. I have used the Fairy hair stamps from last years release and sublimated my copic coloured image to make a coaster!

I did this by first colouring my chosen fairy and fussy cutting around her so there was no white outline.

I used the following copics to colour this pretty fairy:

Skin: E33, E11, E00

Hair: RV66, RV55, RV63

Top: G09, YG05

Skirt: Y11

Wings: B02, B00

Butterflies and ladybird: Y38, Y15

Next I scanned her into my computer. 

NOTE: I added glossy accents to her wings and the lady bird before I scanned her...DO NOT do that. Learn from my mistakes. The glossy accents even though I had left it for a couple of days to dry did stick to the window of my scanner! I was originally just going to use her for a card or I would not have added the glossy accents and thankfully they have come off of the scanner but don't give yourself that extra work lol. 

Then I found a nice cloudy sky background and some pretty daisy flowers on creative fabrica and went to work putting them all together a way I liked in photoshop. I got 9cm sublimation coasters so I set my images to be in a 9.5cm square just to make sure the image went all the way to the edges of the coaster.

Next step is printing the new square image out on my sublimation printer and then using my Cricut heat press to sublimate the coaster (cook the ink into surface the coaster). For these coasters I set the heat to 200 and pressed them for 50 seconds.

I am very happy with this result and also I did check with the lovely ladies at Sweet November Stamps first to confirm I was allowed to use their images in this way. This may be different for other companies so please always check with them first if you are going to do this kind of project.

I now have a load of ideas for other projects so watch this space :D

If you would like me to do more about sublimating just let me know and I can go into more detail/ do my posts and videos about it.

Be sure to check back on my blog later for a sneak peek of the new clear stamp release that will be available next weekend (17th June 2023).

I am entering this coaster for the following challenges:

Crafty Fingers - Anything Goes

LeighSB Designs - Anything Goes

Patties creations - Anything Goes

Paper dragonfly creative - Anything Flies

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Ellibelle's crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes

Little red wagon - Things that fly

Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes

Unicorn challenge - Fantasy

Thank you so much for taking the time to check out my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Nova paint pens on glass

 

After the fun I had the other week using these Nova paint pens on tin I thought I would try them out on glass. They worked just as smoothly and I love the final result. Trust me you don't need any real drawing skills to do this yourself. 

I am going to put some lavender bath salts in these as gifts.

Here is a little video of how I decorated this glass so you can follow along and make your own :D

I am entering this decorated glass into the following challenges:

Crafty Gals - Flowers for mom

Double D - Flowers

Crafting from the heart - Anything but a card

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Sending you a little vitamin sea

Have you seen the beautiful new digi release from Sweet November Stamps? There are gorgeous mermaids with their animal friends This is the very beautiful Cari and Neo. I had so much fun colouring this duo up. You can grab them right now and as they are digi's there is no waiting or paying for postage which is even better! The sentiment is from the new clear stamp set from Sweet November Stamps Sea birds stamp set. I used peacock feathers distress ink to make a circular shape in the middle of my square card. Then I flicked it with prize ribbon and mermaid lagoon distress oxide sprays. To add a last bit of sparkle and texture I added a few Nuvo silver crystal glitter drops.

I used the following Copics to colour this duo:

Skin: V17, E35, E13

Hair: W9, W7, W5

Tail: R85, R83, R81

Top: B01

Dolphin: B45, B21, B000

 I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Cupcake Inspiration - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me if you want to see more of my makes.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Rediscovery hop - Birthday

Hello everyone! With every new month brings rediscovery. Today I am participating in an Instagram Hop highlighting rediscovery. The premise of this hop is to dig through that drawer, route through that hidden pile, or open those bins and find what has been forgotten about. I encourage you to try this and instead of buying new product, take a look at the treasures you already have. This is a monthly hop so if you are interested in joining us, message @craftwithme101 to get all of the information. 🙂

The theme for this months hop is Birthdays. I have had this super cute little fairy from Stamping Bella coloured up for a while now and just knew I had to get her on this card. I have used a beautiful paper from the First Edition "Let's Celebrate" 6x6 pack that you can get for a bargain price of just £1.50 right now over are DRK crafts. I love how this paper has little bits of gold foiling on it so it really adds a nice shine to my card. The pink card is from the Dove craft summer pack and I used it to mat behind my patterned paper and then also used another old craft item the white orbs stencil from Lavinia stamps to emboss those spots onto it. 

For the sentiment I used Dove craft A4 smooth metallic card and the happy and birthday dies from Heffy doodle. I think they work well with the touches of gold foil in the patterned paper and add even more shine.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Patties creations - Anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - Things with wings

My time to craft - Dry embossing

The fairy and the unicorn - Anything Fantasy goes

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx