Magical Mermay release from Sweet November Stamps 2023

Today is the day for the new Sweet November Stamps Mermay Clear stamp release!! I am so excited to be able to show you not one but two of the new stamp sets with this card. I have used The Sea birds stamp set and the Horizon lines Seaside cliffs. I stamped the little sand piper birds then masked them with Heffy memo tape before stamping the brilliant cliff stamp over the top.

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I coloured this scene using the following copics:

Sand pipers: E35, E32, E77, E74, E71, E70

Sand: E42, E41, C3

Cliffs: G28, G46, G24, C6, C5, C4, C3

Sea: B02, B01, B000

Sky: B91

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Creative Fingers - Anything goes

Pattie's creations - Anything Goes

Daring card makers - sunshine (This always makes me think of the beach)

C.R.A.F.T. - Anything goes

Creative Knockout - Anything Goes

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Possitive vibes

This little guy just makes me feel so happy and summery. This whole Gnome matter what set is just so cute. I coloured this one with my Nuvo alcohol markers. The background I made by cutting a rectangle out of white card with the stitched rectangle die then using the grassy lass die cut to cut the grass shape across it. Next I inked the sky half in Mermaid lagoon and a touch of faded jeans and the grass half in twisted citron with a touch of mowed lawn distress oxides. Finally I put them back together and layered them on another piece of white card then black card again which I cut using the stitched rectangle dies.

The sentiment is from the Heffy Doodle whatcha saying now? set and I cut the speach bubble from the coordinating die set. For a finishing touch I added the nuvo drops right across the whole card.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Give a crafter a cookie - Photo inspiration and I have used the colours from the cookies to inspire me.

Southern Girls - Anything goes

Heffy Doodlers FB group - Happy mail

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Love to craft - Anything Goes

Paper craft challenges - Spring

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Huge hugs

Amy xx

A little toucan of my affection

I have been in love with birds for a very long time and so when I saw the Toucan do this set from Time for Teas designs I just knew I had to have it. It has taken me a while to get the chance to colour it up and get it on a card but I can't help feeling this will not be the last card they appear on :D

For this card I coloured my toucan with my new copic markers. I am completely converted to Copics I think. They are going to take me some getting used to BUT the difference in my colouring is clear to me as soon as I started to colour in some hair. The flick motion you can get with the brush nib is amazing! Any way onto the card.....

The sentiment, the branch, the hearts in the background and the pretty Toucan are from the Toucan do this stamp set so this whole card is made with just the one set. 

I used the following Copics to colour the images:

Toucan body: C7, C5, C4, C1 (and C3,C1 to add shadow to the white areas)

Toucan beak and tail feathers: Y17, Y15, Y11 and B05, B02, B00

Branch: E79, E29, E35

Leaves: G29, G17, G02

 

I added some glossy accents to its beak so it looks all shiny. For the background I used Tumbled glass and broken china oxide inks and then added more dimension with the Wow! gold embossing powder to make the hearts pop and nuvo key lime and sunlit meadow drops. The stitch rectangle is from Heffy Doodles stitched rectangle die set.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Colour crazy challenge - Anything goes 

Creative fingers challenge blog - Anything goes

As you like it - Animals or people (animals for me. I have always loved how calming it is to be around animals)

Cute card Thursday - Wings

Southern Girls Challenge - Anything goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything goes

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

A perfect time to craft - Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes

Craft -Dee BowZ - Anything goes

Love to craft - Anything goes

Alphabet challenge - A is for anything goes

I Love you

I think we are all missing people at the moment. Here we are in lock down and I am not able to see my boyfriend as we don't live together. Of course we are still in touch and are looking forward to when we can get back together but in the meantime I thought I would make him a card. 

I was watching a live stream yesterday and someone said about a critter holding letters so that gave me the idea for this card :)

I have used the super cute Chimply the best stamps and dies for the main feature. I coloured them with Copics. I can not tell you how excited I am to have copics. I have wanted them for over 10 years and I have to say I am not disappointed. The only problem now is that I want them all.....my bank account is not so sure about that though 🤣

For the background I used Tumbled glass, Peacock feathers and blue print sketch oxide inks for the blue back ground and then used stitched rectangle dies for both the blue back ground and the rectangle to frame the chimps. For the one around the chimps I altered it to be thinner just so it worked better for the layout.

The letters that the chimps are holding are from the stitched alphabetters dies and they were very easy to put in the chimps arms as the chimply the best dies have some really good internal cut lines which cut around the arms for you. The heart is cut using the whole lotta hearts die.

And the grass is another die called grassy lass. I added a bit of mowed lawn distress oxide ink to add some dimension to the grass. 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Heffy Doodlers Facebook challenge - CAS

Addicted to CAS - CAS with an animal