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

1 item 3 ways challenge

I LOVE making the most of the things I have so when there was the chance to join a hop where we need to use an item 3 ways based on a theme I wanted to join in :)

This month is the first one and the theme was fathers day / creations for the males in our lives. I gave myself a double challenge as used the same Stamping Bella stamp (Daddy's little girl) for all 3 cards and used the same First Edition paper pad Grand Plans for all 3 makes. As a bonus at the moment you can get this 6x6 paper pad for just £1.50 in the DRK crafts sale!!!

I LOVE this First editions Paper pad as it is so perfect for this theme and the bright colours along with the texture that the speciality papers give your make with the glitter and glossy elements really make your project look expensive.

This first card I cut one of the pieces of 6x6 paper diagonally across it and then took the page that is all sentiments cutting the sentiments out separately using this one on this card. Around the edges of the card I have doodled a border. 

This second card I used this fun green paper as an extra layer of colour for this card and again I doodled around all the edges.

These fun white glitter foam letters are from Simply creatives alphabet sticker set. and add a great bit of dimension to the card.

For this last card of the three I have fussy cut around one of the design papers cutting around the records and album covers making some of them overlap the frame I have created for the image.

The sentiment for this card is from a set of  Dovecraft stamps called essential general and has 15 general sentiments in the pack that you can find HERE.

I am entering these cards for the following challenges:

As you like it - Girl or Boy : I have gone for boy as I like the challenge

Creative Fingers - Anything goes

Pattie's creations - Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. - Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.

Huge hugs

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.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog and I would love if you wanted to follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

You're a treasure

I have lots of people that I could send this to right now. Friends are so important and this whole thing I think really shows how much people are there for each other even when we can't be physically there. This adorable March Mertot is a digi from Sweet November stamps. If you haven't checked out their store yet then you are missing out. There is a growing range of adorable images from the incredibly talented Amy Young. Don't forget to sign up to the newsletter to be kept in the loop for all the updates and special offers as well while you are looking around their store.

I coloured her with copics using the following colours:

Hair: RV69, R59, R27, R17

Skin: E31, E21, E00

Tail: 100, C7, C5, C3, C1

Top:G28, G17, G14

treasure chest: E49, E37, E35 + Y17, Y06, Y11

Sand: E35, YR31

Water: B000

I also added Spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen and glossy accents to her tail so its really sparkly and shiny.

I used a mix of papers again for this card The red keys paper is from Dovecrafts folkland set and the blue seahorses are from the First edition Beyond the shore paper set. I added some further texture with Nuvo gold drops and the sentiment which I embossed with gold wow! embossing powder is from Create a smile all hands on deck stamp set.

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

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog and I would love if you wanted to follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

April Mer tot

 

This adorable little April Mer tot by Sweet November is another great digi. I am loving digi's at the moment as I like that I do not have to wait for the post. I can just buy them and get colouring :D 

This cute little one I coloured up with my copics using the following colours;

Skin: E31, E21, E00 (R81 for her tongue)

Hair: E35, Y17, Y15, Y11, Y00

Tail and top: B39, B29, B24, B12

I then added some night sky, midnight blue and sea breeze nuvo drops to her tail to give some dimension. The paper is from a mix of First edition beyond the shore and Dovecrafts Folkland packs. I hand drew some dots around the edges and then added some more Night sky nuvo drops just to finish it off. 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:
The sisterhood of snarky stampers - Magic

The fairy and the unicorn - Anything fantasy goes

Creative fingers - Anything goes

Cute card Thursday - Anything goes