How adorable is this little Giraffe from Heffy Doodle's Two by two safari animals stamp set? As soon as I saw it I knew I needed to make it into a baby card.
I have ink blended the back ground with tattered rose, dried marigold, wild honey and rusty hinge distress oxide inks. The stitched edging around the card is thanks to the Heffy Doodle Whimsically wonky dies
For this card I took my inspiration from the Beyond Basic Backgrounds class. I have to say I have been crafting for many years now but I absolutely loved this class! There were so many tips and techniques that I could learn from and I had so much fun making and playing with the different techniques.
But my favourite was the idea of bleaching with water. Why oh why have I not done this before??
I just LOVE the way it stretches your stamps as well as giving this subtle but beautiful result. I am also so impressed with how well it has kept the fine detail that is in the Altenew Quaint Blooms stamp set. I was so sure it was going to bleed over the edges and give a sort of fuzzy look. For the record you can get that look if you add more water to your stamp. It gives a different but equally beautiful look.
I have definitely been feeling the summer vibes with the hot weather we have had here in the UK. And I made this card using the turtles from the Turtley Awesome stamp set as they just scream summer to me :D I coloured them up with copics before putting them on with some foam pads to add a bit of dimension.
For the back ground I did some tone on tone ink blending and then did some more inking through the She sells sea shells stencil to give another layer and pattern to the background. I used squeezed lemonade, mustard seed and Fossilised Amber distress oxide inks for my stencilling. I used an oval die to cut in the middle of my inked panel to create a frame that I used for this card and I used the oval on another card that I shared last week :D
The sentiment is from the Heffy Doodle Pebble sentiments and die cut with the pebble add on die. I stamped in Catherine Pooler Tiara ink. I also used the Tiara ink to colour the strip of card so it perfectly matches the card.
I have definitely been feeling the summer vibes with the hot weather we have had here in the UK. And I made this card using the turtles from the Turtley Awesome stamp set as they just scream summer to me :D I coloured them up with copics before putting them on with some foam pads to add a bit of dimension.
For the back ground I did some tone on tone ink blending and then did some more inking through the She sells sea shells stencil to give another layer and pattern to the background. I used squeezed lemonade, mustard seed and Fossilised Amber distress oxide inks for my stencilling. I used an oval die to cut in the middle of my inked panel to create an oval for this card and leave me with a frame that I can use on another card. I sprayed the card blank with Salvaged Patina distress ink stain. The seniment is a combination of the sunshine die from Heffy Doodle and a hello stamp from Sweet Dixie's Big sentiments set.
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 used a mix of Blueprint skecth and Tumbled glass distress oxides for the blending and smooshing. I felt it needed a little something else so I used a sentiment from the MFT "Friends with Fins" set and some nuvo drops for a touch of sparkle and texture :)
I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiment - Anything Goes
Through the craft room door - Anything Goes
I really love playing with this badger from Crafty Purple Frogs The Sett stamp set and cropping it to just his face and neck gave me this idea. The sentiment is from the Heffy Doddle Close at heart sentiment set. For the back ground I masked off the bottom of the card and then used the Heffy Doodle Circles of life stencil, Time for Tea beautiful blender brushes and distress oxide ink to add some interest and colour to the back ground. I coloured the badger with spectrum noir tri-blend pens and put him on some foam pads to give a bit of dimension.
Hi everyone,
This is DT Amy here :) I am just moved to sunny Whitby this weekend. It has been hectic and tiring but it is done. I am so lucky that there are so many people who helped me make it possible. So my card today is a thanks card. I am so thankful for all of you for your kind words of encouragement as I haven't been able to be around here as much as I wanted to be. You all inspire me so much with all your makes.
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.
This
is Amy back again for the second time this week to share my make using
some of the amazing new November release from Time For Tea Designs.
First off just check out this adorable little door! Isn't it so cute!
Its called open the door. I knew as soon as I saw it that I wanted to
add a little brad as the door handle. I used the brick wall stencil with a beautiful blender brush to add some tea dye and vintage photo distress oxide ink to give the bricks a two toned effect.
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 (must include an animal)
I am so so so excited this is my first project as DT for Time For Tea Designs so please be kind :) I felt like we all needed something bright and happy with everything that is going on so what better than a panda with googly eye?? OK so I went one better and it's not only a panda with googly eyes its also on an action wobble!! I couldn't resist.
This adorable set of stamps are called Pandamonium Party
and in my personal opinion they wont fail to make people smile. I added
a tiny bit of shade around their white bits with a light grey triblend marker, Coloured the hat and the balloons with more triblend markers
before adding some sparkle with a crafters companion sparkle pen. To
make the balloons look shiny with some glossy accents. I used the coordinating dies to cut them all and then added the hats and balloons before fixing on their googly eyes.
For the background I used my time for tea beautiful blender brushes and some distress oxide inks to make this colourful background (I used Wilted Violet, worn lipstick and antique linen) before then adding sparkle using some pineapple delight glacier paste with the starry sky stencil
The squares behind them I cut using the quilted square nesting dies.
For the solid square I wanted to add some texture so embossed it using
another time for tea stencil called say cheese so the black has some
slightly raised spots on it. The sentiment is from the stamp set and the
rectangle that it i stamped on is from the coordinating dies. I heat
embossed it in white embossing powder to stand out and match with the black and white of the pandas.
I hope this has given you all a little smile and that you are all staying safe and well.
Huge Hugs
Amy xx
I am entering this card for the following challenges:
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 (must include an animal)
