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

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Amy xx

National Teen Self Esteem hop 2023

This is my card I have created for the Instagram #nationalteenselfesteemhop23

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 in this hop and maybe they can take some encouragement away from it!

I just couldn't resist using these great stamps from C.C. Designs. They are just the perfect example of young people with very different characters all coming together to do good. Most importantly they do it by being themselves!

I have used a combination of stamp sets to make this card. I used the girl, the BFF and the friends to be able to put all of these key characters from the hit Netflix show together.

I used the ink that was left on my blending brushes to make the rainbow of colours behind them then added some splatters with Brushed pewter distress spray stain.

I coloured them using the following copics:

Wednesday:

Hair - W9,W7,W5

Skin - E11, E00

Dress - N9, N7, N5, N3, N1

Eugene :

Hair - W9, W7, W5

Skin - E57, E55, E33

Blazer - B69, B18, B24

Jumper - W4, W2

Trousers - W6, W4, W2

Bag - E57, E55

plus glossy accents on his glasses

Enid:

Hair - E53, E51, RV23, RV21, B02, B01

Skin - E33, E11, E00 and E04 in mouth

Eyes - B45, B41

Hat and boots - W6, W4, W2

Skirt - T3

Jumper - RV23, RV21, B02, B01, Y15, Y11, V15, V12

Xavier:

Hair - E57, E55, E33

Skin - E33, E11, E00

Blazer - B69, B18, B24, T3

Trousers - W9, W7, W5

Bianca:

Hair - W9, W7, W5

Eyes - B45, B41

Skin - E57, E55, E53 - E4 lips

Blazer and jumper - V17, V15, V12

Skirt and shoes - W9, W7, T3, T1

Don’t worry you have 7 days to hop along so there is no rush.

HOW TO ENTER:

1)Be following me on instagram

2)Like and leave a comment on my instagram post

3)Follow each sponsor on instgram

4) BONUS: visit each participant of this hop and do the same. The more you hop, follow and comment the more chances you have of winning one of our amazing sponsor prizes

Your next stop is: @alisonchelsea9

If you get lost along the way please visit @jasmincraftymakes to find the full line up!

You have until 20th May to hop along; winners will be announced by 22nd May on @jasmincraftymakes IG

Sponsor Prizes:

@HeffyDoodle - £25 voucher

@Craftypurplefrog - £25 voucher

@ScrappyBoyStamps - Stamp set of your choice (US only)

@SweetNovemberStamps - $30 voucher

@Artful.Angel - $10 voucher

I am also putting this card into the following challenges:

Creative fingers - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations design challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes

The crafty Addicts - Anything Goes

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

May waves of happiness wash over you

It is almost time for another clear stamp Mermay release from the amazing Sweet November Stamps. Next weekend there will be a whole load of new mermaid and seaside related clear stamps. Before that though I wanted to show off one of the stamps That you can already get. This is Lynn she comes with feet or this mermaid tail so you could have her either way on your creation. 

I loved creating this card. I started by die cutting the white card with the Heffy Doodle Whimsically wonky dies to create the layer to work with. I then masked off a line across the card using Heffy memo tape before inking my blue line with salty ocean and a touch of faded jeans distress inks. Then I flicked water over it before adding some white splatters from picket fence distress spray stain. For even more depth I added a few silver crystals nuvo drops. 

The sentiment is from the Mermee set #2 stamp set. Then I stuck my little Lynn on top of my inking breaking out of the blue inked line just a bit. I coloured her using copics.

Come back later if you want to see a sneak peek of one of the new Mermay clear stamp sets that will be available next weekend (20th May 2023)

 I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Shopping our stash - She's a lady

Dream valley challenges - Make it female

Make my Monday - CAS base +1 Layer

Use your stuff - Inspired by water

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

New baby cuteness

 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 the new baby sentiment I used the Happy New Baby sentiment die to cut out some of the Man cave patterned paper and snipped off the word Happy so it just says New baby.

As the finishing touch I added in some of the yellow enamel dots from the Summer Holiday set. I love how easy these dots are to use and that there is no drying time.

I am going to enter this card for the following challenges:

The Paper Players - Kards for Kids

Lil' patch of crafty friends - Anything Goes

Corrosive challenge - Anything Goes

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Bleaching with water and it is beautiful!

 

I am back with my next card for the Altenew AECP level 2. 

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.

For this card I first blended Blueprint sketch, mermaid lagoon and salvaged patina distress oxide inks all over my piece of watercolour card stock. Then using my stamping platform I lined up the Quaint blooms stamp where I wanted it and then used a sponge to apply water to the stamp. I stamped with the water about 4 times to get these images to appear this clearly. Once I had that beautiful background I did not want to cover it up too much so added the Painted Encouragement stamp set which I embossed with Gold super fine Wow! embossing powder. Before finishing it off with a few sparkly gems.

I hope you can try this technique out for yourself and I can really recommend taking the class to find out all of the other hints and techniques :D

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Through the craft room door - Anything Goes

Pammies inky pinkies - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for visiting my blog

Huge hugs

Amy xx

 

Turtley Awesome

  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 am entering this card for the following challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

Pammies Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff - Summer Fun

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Amy xx

Summer feel

 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.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie - Anything Goes

Challenge up your life - Beach Time

Unicorn Challenge - Summer Time

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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