Sweet November Stamps Valentines release YouTube hop

 Spiin embroidery floss from DRK crafts. I got the pack of 144 so there are so many options and I also got the needles and the needle threader with the threads that I didn't even realise came in the pack. 

This little guy is from the brand new clear stamp release by Sweet November Stamps and this set is called Kitty Cuddles : Sully. You can grab it from my Crafty Purple Frog store HERE for you UK people or direct from Sweet November Stamps HERE and they are based in the US. 

Here is a YouTube video showing my colouring and how I added the stitching to this little guy

I used the following copic colours to colour in this little boy and his cat:

Skin: E33, E11, E00

Top:YR07, YR04, Y08

Jeans: B99, B97, B95

Shoes: E25, E23, E21

Cat: W8,W6,W4, E04

When I do this again I will use a thicker card stock or add more tape to the area I am putting the thread in just to strengthen the card a bit more. I would also probably give the area I am adding the thread to a base coat of a colour just to hide some of the gaps and add a bit more depth but I am still so happy with how this turned out :D

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

The crafty addicts - anything Goes

Crafting from the heart - Anything Goes

Make my Monday - Use your patterned paper

Stamps & fun = creativity - Anything Goes

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

National Teen Self Esteem Hop

#nationalteenselfesteemhop21

A great group of crafters have come together to spread love, joy and encouragement to our younger generation. Do you have a teenager in your household or maybe a younger child who struggle with Self Esteem, please share with them the lovely projects put together in this hop and maybe they can take some encouragement away from it!

I made this card for the instagram hop which has ended up being quite large, larger than originally expected which goes to show how many people out there want to show their support and spread some joy amongst the community, don’t worry you have 7 days to hop along so you don't need to do the whole hop in one go :D

Please visit @jasmincraftymakes to find the full line up!

You have until 22nd May 2021 to hop along; winners will be announced Monday 24th May 2021 over on @jasmincraftymakes Instagram.

Sponsor Prizes:

- craftypurplefrog 10% discount throughout the hop (ues code CPF10), £10 prize voucher to the store and FREE Designer digital paper for all participants during the time of the hop!

- thepapergardengals - $15 voucher to the Etsy Store

- kitandclowder – 3 x $15 (AUD) vouchers

- Janesdoodles - $25 voucher

- timeforteadesigns - £20 voucher

- artful.angel - $20 (USD) gift certificate

- makeitbymarko – 2 x $20 vouchers to the Etsy Store

- Rachelleannmiller - $20 voucher

- Lucyabrahams - $20 gift certificate

- whimsystamps - $20 voucher

- wizardessofcards - $20 voucher to Whimsy Stamps

- sweetnovemberstamps - $20 voucher

- jude_creates1 – 2 x £15 vouchers

- scrappytails - $25 voucher

- lawnfawn - $25 voucher

- Heffydoodle - £20 voucher

- Altenew - $30 voucher

- icrafter - $5 off any $25 or more order

- pinkandmain - $25 surprise pack (Free US shipping, international winners will need to pay postage)

For my card I used the papers that you can get for free during the hop from Crafty Purple Frog (you can find them on the Crafty Purple Frog blog HERE) and the first Crafty Purple Frog digi stamps which are a collection of cute sloths. I coloured him up with spectrum noir triblends and stuck him on the card with foam pads so he has a bit more dimension. The sentiment also comes as part of the Sloth digi set.

I hope you love this hop there are a lot of amazing creations in it.

I am also entering this card for the following challenges:

Colour crazy challenge - Anything colouring goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Crafty creations - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday - Anyhting digi goes

Through The Craft room door - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back. And don't forget to join the actual Insta hop for the chance to win all these amazing prizes.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Monkeying around

I have been wanting to get these adorable little cheeky chaps onto cards for ages. For this first card I have used Paper addicts colour pop paper and some green card scraps torn to make kind of vines or leaves. Some yellow and orange Nuvo drops in the corners and coloured the monkey with the following Nuvo alcohol markers:

Skin:478,472,473

Fur:465,463,461

Banana: 405,401

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Through the craft room door - Anything goes 

Dream Valley - One for the boys

This second card I wanted to also try out some nuvo shimmer powder and I am so happy with the effect that it gives for the background. So you can expect to see me using them again :D

As well as the Nuvo shimmer powder I also finished the card with some more dark blue nuvo drops in the top corner and although you can't really see from the picture there is glossy accents on the balloon.
This little monkey has also been coloured using the following Nuvo alcohol markers:

Skin:478,472,473

Fur:465,463,461

Balloon: 430,428,427 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Arty Divas challenge - Anything goes

All fun challenges - Anything goes

You're awesome fur real

I had so, so much fun creating this little fold out card for my adorable Nephew Rory who was 2 recently. I can't resist using Lions for my creations for him but I felt like I wanted to mix it up so used a few different stamp set from the brilliant Create a Smile range. The lions are from the "Fur real" set, the Lemur is from "Little Lemur" and the armadillo is from the "On a roll" set. 

For the base of this card I used some craft card from Crafters Companion and first cut it at 4 inches before then scoring it at every 4 inches so it was a little concertina of 4' x 4' squares. I stuck the two strips I got from the one piece of A4 card together and then cut one more 4' x 4' square of the craft card to cover where I stuck the two pieces together. I knew I wanted to have a square for each leter of his name and a further one for the number 2 but you could just use more or less card to fit for any name.

The card that I used for the matting and layering are all craft perfect card in various colours. I really like this card as it is not only a good thickness but also has a bit of texture to it and a great colour. I have to say that I have only just discovered this card properly and I am going to be getting it and stocking it in my store for sure so watch this space if you want to get your hands on it. For the layers I cut a range of 3 and 3/4 inch squares, 3 and 1/2 inch squares and the smallest squares are 3 and 1/4 inch. I then layered them all on angles for the inside panels and stacked for the front one.
The letters are just die cut out of the same tonic carft perfect card so the colours all matched perfectly. The happy sentiment die is from Heffy Doodle as is the little birthday stamped sentiment (from the "super dudes" set). The "you're amazing fur real" sentiment is from the "Fur real" set.

The critters are all coloured using the following Spectrum Noir tri-blends:

Lions:
Fur - Gold Brown Blend
Mane - Gold Yellow Blend
Nose - Gold Brown Shade
Ears -  Pale Pink Blend

Lemur:
Fur - Grey Brown Shade, Grey Brown Blend
Ears - Pale Pink Blend
Eyes - Ice Blue Blend
Balloon - Light Green Blend

Armadillo:
Grey Brown Shade, Grey Brown Blend and Ice Blue Blend on his eyes


I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Crafty Rocket - Happy Birthday
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Colour crazy challenge - Anything goes with colouring
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything goes
A bit more time to craft - Anything goes
A perfect time to craft - Anything goes
Crafty Animals - Anything goes with a critter

Love you to the moon and back

I am loving making backgrounds using the ink smushing technique. For this one I covered a whole back ground for the card to make it look like outer space. I used Squeezed Lemonade, tumbled glass, salty ocean, blue print sketch and Black soot distress oxides

I also added a lot of sparkle to the entire background by flicking wink of stella all over it and then putting some yellow bird glitter gem drops and for that extra special touch I also added some Banana split glow in the dark gem drops, so when the lights go out this card still stands out.

I have combined two of the new Heffy Doodle stamp sets for this card. The cute little spaceman and space ship are from the "Spaced out" stamp set. The sentiment and Moon are from the "You're weird" stamp set. 

They have been coloured with the following spectrum noir tri-blends:

Moon: Ice grey

Space ship: Orange, Citrus green and Ice grey

Spaceman: Orange, Earth brown, fair skin and Ice grey

I put the space man on a action wobble so he looks like he is really moving in space.  

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

Lil' patch of crafty friends - Anything goes

The corrosive challenge - Anything goes