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

Chill in the hair

This cutie is form the Sweet November Stamps A chill in the hair stamp set. I love all the little extras that they add to these cute girls hair and all that hair is so much fun to colour!

I drew in the background with the help of one of Sandy Allnocks colouring classes. To finish it off I added in some Silver crystals nuvo drops. I love these nuvo drops to add some texture and sparkle :)

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Passion for markers - Anything goes

Holly and Ivy - Anything Christmas goes

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

 

Shake it up

 

For the first time in ages I have had a go at a shaker card. The shakers bits are all from random things I have picked up off of e-bay over the years and decided to put together for this. I ink blended a background with Blueprint sketch, broken china and tumbled glass distress oxide ink. Next I used the Kraftin' Kimmie snowflake kisses stamp set as well as some clear sparkly embossing powder to add a bit of sparkle and texture to it. To finish it off I used some gold embossing powder and a sentiment from the Holiday wishes stamp set to make the sentiment stand out from the background. 

I used some acetate that I cut to the same size as my inked panel and added foam tape all around the edges of it. Before sticking it to the inked panel I used an anti static bag on the inside of the acetate and then put my chosen shaker bits in it. To hide the tape I die cut a the scalloped slimline frame from the Falalala die set and stuck it on the front of the window.

The adorable mouse is from the Cool critters stamp set and coloured him up with copics before attaching him to the front. 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' - Create your own background

Gem of a challenge - Anything goes

Dare2BArtzy - Christmas in July

Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas in July

The Holly and Ivy - Anything Christmas goes

Ike's World - Christmas in July

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Huge hugs

Amy xx

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! This is it we are in the first proper week of this new year. It's so exciting. I always like new year as its like a clean slate. 2020 taught me a lot though, I am lucky as there are some great people in my life that really made a very tough year a lot better. That includes all of you reading this. Thank you for all of your love and support for my creating. I am so happy to be on this DT. So this card is for you as well as them :D

For this card I have used the brand new Cosy Winter stamp set and combined it with a sentiment from the Winter Wonderland Sentiment Card set.

The background is cut from a piece of the Winter Wonderland 6x6 paper and then I layered the trees from the Winter Background stamp set on top of the snowy background paper before framing it all with the frame from the Zig Zag frame and tag die set. Oh and the big foam roll made it so much easier to put that frame on my card! I die cut all the images with the co-ordinating dies after colouring them with Spectrum Noir tri-blend pens. If you want to get anything from the Time For Tea Designs store don't forget you can use my code T4TAMY10 to get 10% off your order.

 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

613 Avenue create - Anything Goes 

Dare2Bartzy - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes 

Allsorts - Anything Goes

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Crafters Castle - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Make it Cute

I hope you are all well and staying safe.

Loads of love

Amy xx

Catmas Cracker

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all well and staying safe. I am having a mad couple of weeks trying to get moved but wanted to pop in here and share my card using the Catmas Crackers stamp set and the great Zig Zag Frame and Tag die set  They were just calling out for me to use them together :)

I also used one of the papers from the Winter Wonderland paper pad. If you haven't seen these papers yet they are well worth a look as they are beautiful and can be used for more than just Christmas makes.

To finish it off I used one of the sentiments from the sentiment cards which I inked around the edges of and added some glitter to :) 

There is a great giveaway at the moment on the Kit and Clowder face book page. Where you can be in with a chance to win this stamp and die set as well as other yummy Time for Tea goodies so why not check it out. Also there is the black friday sale still on at the Time for Tea Designs shop until midnight tonight (BST 30th of Nov) So there is still time to grab yourself a bargain! On top of that you can use my code (T4TAMY10) to get 10% off your order at the Time for Tea Designs Shop so even if you have missed the black Friday deals you can still get some money off :) 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

2 Crafty Crazzie critters challenge- Anything goes with a critter

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

A perfect time to craft - Anything goes

Animal friends - A Cat or Dog

This new Time For Tea Designs release is snow much fun!

Happy Saturday everyone! Wow! What a week this has been. Have you enjoyed seeing all the new release?? What are your favorites? And who got their orders in yesterday? I am so excited to see what you all create :D

Lets be honest, if you have seen all the new items you would know that I was never going to be able to resist these cute little penguins for long and they work so well with the new display card die I had to team them up :) I started by die cutting the card base and then decided which layers I wanted to use with it. I love that this looks so 3D but folds flat to fit perfectly in a C6 (6"x 4") envelope. I used a beautiful blender brush and a mix of blue print sketch, mermaid lagoon and tumbled glass distress oxides to do the sky in the background and add some depth to the snow.

I coloured all my little penguins and the up with copic markers and then stamped out coloured up some of the little trees from the winter background stamp set to go with them. The sentiments are from the new sentiment strip sets. To just finish it off I added some nuvo drops around which add some glitter and texture to it.

 

 I hope this has made you smile and that you all have a great weekend. Don't forget if you want to grab these little guys or anything else from the Time for Tea Designs store you can use my code T4TAMY10 to get 10% off your order.

 

Huge hugs

 

Amy xx 

 

I am entering this card for the following challenges: 

Coulour crazy challenge - Anything colouring goes

Crafty catz - Anything goes with a twist of outdoor pursuits

Creative fingers - Anything goes

Pattie's creations - Anything goes

Winter Wonderland - Festive things with wings

Mr McFlurry

I am so in love with all these Sweet November digis. I love the way you can just get them instantly and start playing. This little cutie is called Mr McFlurry. I have coloured him with the following copics:

Snow man:BG01, B000 + YR07, YR16 for his nose

Hat and scarf: RV69, R59, R27, R14

Squirrels: W5, W3,W1 + R81

Acorns: YG95, YG91

Wreath: G28, G17, G14, YG41

Then of course I had to add some little nuvo drops to the holly berries.

The paper is from First editions Jolly Christmas paper pad and the sentiment I cut using Heffy Doodle stitched strips of ease and the sentiment itself is from Heffy Doodles Warm hugs stamp set.

I have no idea why I am suddenly in a bit of a Christmas mood but it can only be a good thing and save on my panic later in the year if I have got a few made now I guess.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

The Holly and the ivy - Anything Christmas goes

Artsy stamper - It's a guy thing

Fab n' Funky - Christmas

The paper Girls - All about boys

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas goes

Cute card Thursday - Stripes!

Christmas kickstart - Wreathed in Christmas smiles

As you like it - Favorite embellishment (Mine are Nuvo drops I love how versatile they are and can add sparkle or shine or texture in almost every colour)

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Huge hugs

Amy xx

My first Christmas card of the year

I can't really believe I have made a Christmas card already and in this heat! This Kraftin' Kimmie Fox really spoke to me though. My Nan's maiden name was Fox so they are kinda a special animal for me :)

This little dude is from the Furry Holiday Wishes stamp set and the sentiment comes from the same set. I coloured him up with the following copic markers:

Fur:YR27, YR68, YR15 + E41 on tip of tail/ under chin

In ears: YR61

Jumper: G7, G14, YG03

Shorts: C9, C7, C3

Candy cane: R59, R29 + B00, B000

I wanted the fox to be the standout of this card so kept the background quite simple. I used the starfall stencil from Heffy Doodle with some Golden Era Nuvo Glacier paste on some dark blue card stock then tore a piece of white card to give a sort of snow mound for him to be standing on. For a little bit of extra sparkle and dimension I put in a few sequins.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

The Holly and the ivy - Anything Christmas goes

A place to start - Make your own background

Artsy stamper - It's a guy thing

Path of positivity - Furry or feathery friends

Fab n' Funky - Christmas

The paper Girls - All about boys

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Winter Wonderland

I was really inspired by the latest Heffy Doodle challenge. They threw down a challenge to create a winter wonderland. I wanted to think outside of the box and had the idea to make their adorable elephants into a snow elephant. It has taken a while for me to be able to find the time to get creating again, I am so glad that I got the chance to play and make this one today :) It was just so much fun to change this elephant up.

So the sets I have used are.....Santa's Village for the trees, Elephant of surprise for the elephants and finally wanna build a snowman for the sentiments and the adorable penguins. I used the Heffy Doodle first snow stencil to create the snowy ground. The whole scene is matted on some gorgeous sparkly silver card.

I stamped the elephant in memento Summer sky to make it look more like snow and used the same ink with my ink bushes to add the colour to the sky. I then stamped out all the other images and coloured them with the following tri-blend markers:

Snow elephant - Ice Blue Blend

Trees - Alpine Green Blend

Penguins hats and scarves - Dark Red Blend, Coral Shades, Gold Brown Blend

Penguins - Ice Grey Shade, Gold Yellow Blend and Ice Grey Blend

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Heffy Doodle (On their FB Heffy Doodlers page) - Winter Wonderland

Addicted to stamps - Anything Goes

Lil patch of crafty friends - Anything Goes

Patties Creations - Animals or Bears

Jingle Belles - Christmas / Winter

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes