Handyman Henry

This great fun stamp is from C.C.Designs and is called Handyman Henry I coloured him up with spectrum noir tri-blend markers. I used up scraps of card and patterned paper that I had saved for this card. I think the yellow check paper from Time For Tea's Rainbow brights paper pack really works well with this guy :) 

I hand drew some little screws onto the black card strips using a white gel pen and then used a black liner pen to edge around the patterned paper and the card blank. The sentiment comes in the stamp set.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

 International art and soul - Masculine

The sisterhood of snarky stampers - Masculine

Colour crazy challenge - Anything Goes

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Altenew Educator Certification Program

 

I am so excited to be able to tell you that I have been accepted into the Altenew Educator Certification Program. I am so happy to be able to learn from such amazing artists. This is a card I have put together based on the first class All about layering 1. As part of the class you see how to layer up this beautiful Painted Poppy stamp set. I love the way that the sketchy feel of it means you don't have to be too exact with the stamping as it adds a bit of a arty and unique touch to it. 

I used Deep iris and Midnight Violet Altenew crisp dye ink for the flower and Firefly Altenew crisp dye ink for the stem and leaf. I wanted the poppy to be the main focus of the card so I kept the rest of the card quite simple. The gold sparkly card is from Papermill direct and I cut it with the stripes cover plate die and I feel like that breaks up the background without taking the focus off of the poppy.

You can grab the All about layering class for free at the moment so why not have a look and get inspired.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Crafty Creations - Anything goes

Creative Moments - Anything goes

Through the craft room door - Anything goes

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

How are you doing friend?

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.

 This was such a quick and fun card to make. I hope you are all OK and having a good week so far?

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Dream valley - Anything goes 

Make my monday - Clean and simple

Dare 2 be Artzy - Anything goes

Lil patch of crafty Friends - Anything goes

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Paper hugs

 There are so many people that I could send this card to. It is such a hard time at the moment for everyone and I love how this cute new stamp set Happy Mail is just perfect for sending some socially distanced love. I coloured these cuties up with Spectrum noir tri blend markers and added an extra envelope that comes in the Be Kind Be You stamp set. For the background I used the Rainbow pack Beautiful Blender Brushes with distress inks and the Brick Wall stencil for the pavement and the Scene It stencil for the clouds in the sky. To finish it off as always I added a sprinkling of Nuvo drops to add sparkle and texture. 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

 

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes

Dare 2 B Artzy - Anything Goes

Lil patch of crafty friends - Anything Goes

Craft Calendar - Make it cute

Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Dream Big

 

This is a little reminder for anyone that needs it....Never be afraid to dream big :)

I do really love this Dream Big sentiment die.

I had a lot of fun with inks and the new Rainbow Beautiful Blender Brushes and the Cosy Sweater stencil when I was making this shaped card. 

For the main card itself I used a couple of the Circle Of Love dies. Then I blended Wilted Violet, Worn Lipstick and Fossilized Amber distress inks using the Beautiful Blender Brushes before then adding in some stenciled details using the Cosy Sweater stencil and pumice stone distress oxide. To give it that last touch of sparkle and texture in put a sprinkling of Nuvo drops all over it:) 

 I hope it brightens up your day today.

Don't forget you can also always use my code T4TAMY10 to get 10% off your order.

 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

 

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes

Dare 2 B Artzy - Anything Goes

Lil patch of crafty friends - Anything Goes

Crafters Castle - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Time for a me day I think

 

 I am taking some time out today to be able to do some crafting. It has snowed a little bit here again but not settled and the rain that followed it has insured that there is no white left to be seen. 

I am still loving these snow men from the very talented Amy Young of Sweet November Stamps though. They really do bring a smile to my face :)

I have teamed this one from the Drop it like it's cold stamp set with a die called It's Your Day from Time for tea designs. I also used one of the new Time for Tea stencils in the back ground to add a few stars to distress my inking. The stencil is called Falling Stars and I used Squeezed Lemonade distress ink along with a beautiful blender brush to colour up the white paper. 

As normal for me I have finished the card by adding some sparkle and texture with some Nuvo drops. And I added the little raccoon on to the card with an action wobble just to give an extra fun element to it :D

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Cardz 4 Guyz - Let it snow

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Shopping Your Stash - What's New With You? (use your new stash)

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Try it on Tuesday - Use a positive or uplifting quote

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Miss you

 

This Cosy Winter stamp set from Time for Tea Designs has so many adorable little critters that really do work for far more than just Christmas. I have coloured up this super cute bear with Spectrum noir tri-blend markers and done a very simple bit of stenciling in the background using just the wilted violet distress ink, a Time for Tea Designs Beautiful Blender Brush and the Time for Tea Designs Cosy Sweater stencil. I let it fade out and just made it a bit darker where I wanted to put the bear. As a finishing touch I used the speech bubbles stamps and dies to add this little sentiment. The speech bubbles set are just so versatile. There are sentiments for most occasions you can think of so I feel its a real staple to have in your stash. 

If you haven't already seen Time For Tea Designs now also have a new set of Beautiful Blender Brushes! There is a set of 5 brushes in rainbow colours. They are not only beautiful to look at but it is very handy to know easily what colour ink you are using them for :) 

 

You can get 10% off any orders at Time For Tea Designs by using my code T4TAMY10.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

 C.R.A.F.T. - Anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes

Moving along with the times - New (I have used new stamps and brushes)

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything goes

Creative Fingers - Anything goes

 

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Frosty Feet

 Well the snow has turned to ice here now which is not as much fun so I would love it to snow again :D For this card I have used the brand new Frosty Feet stamp set by Sweet November Stamps. You can grab in now in either the Sweet November shop or the Crafty Purple Frog store. If you buy both the new snowmen stamp sets then you can also get the digi sentiment set that has been made to work with them for free!! 

I did some ink blending in the background using distress inks and the Time For Tea Designs beautiful blender brushes. I also added a bit of texture to the blue by spraying a bit of water over it then I tore a piece of white paper for the snow drift my snowmen are standing on. I coloured the snow men with Spectrum noir tri-blend markers and finished the whole thing off with the brilliant huge "Let it snow" die from Time for Tea designs and scattering around some sparkly nuvo drops.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Crafters Castle - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Crazy 4 challenges - Use something new

The fairy and the unicorn - Anything Fantasy goes (what can be more fantasy than magical dancing snowmen?? :) )

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Drop it like it's cold

 

 I am so excited to announce this new release from the amazing Sweet November. Amy Young is so clever with her art and I feel very lucky to be the only other store to stock her stamps. This release is another 2 stamps sets that have a lot of fun snow people dancing and some little critter friends with them. There is also a digi sentiment set to go with them and while stocks last if you buy both stamp sets from the Crafty Purple Frog store I will send you the sentiment set for free!

This release could not have been better timed for me as yesterday we had a load of snow here and I made my own snowman in one of the fields :D

 

I am sure you aren't here for a weather update though so here is my first card that I have to show you for these sets. I used the Drop it like it's cold stamp set and one of the digi sentiments. Of course the snowman had to have an action wobble so he can actually twerk. 

 

I coloured him with Spectrum noir tri-blends and inked up the ground with some Distress ink. For the background I used one of the new Time For Tea Designs stencils called Nordic Star with some more Distress ink and inked through the stencil with the Time For Tea Designs beautiful blender brushes. To finish it off I have added some sparkle with double sided tape and then poured some Wow! Hammerhead shark earth glitter on to the tape. This glitter is brilliant as it is environmentally friendly! It is made from a plant rather than plastic.

If you like to craft and like what is for offer in the Crafty Purple Frog Shop then why not join the new FB page? I have just set it up and would love to make a nice community from around the world of crafters helping, inspiring and supporting each other. If you want to join us please follow THIS LINK. 

I hope you are all keeping warm and safe. I am entering this card for the following challenges:

 Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything colouring goes

Creative Fingers - Anything goes 

Patties creations - Anything goes

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

A perfect time to craft - Anything goes

Bastel-traum - An interactive card

Crafts galore encore - Anything goes

Le Annes world 101 - Anything goes

Love to craft - Anything goes

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

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

Winter Fun

 

 Happy bank holiday to you all :D 

I hope you have had a lovely crafty Christmas so far. It is nearly time for us all to move out of 2020 and I can't wait to get the new year started. What are you all hoping to do more of in 2021? 

I want to be able to do more crafting and making time for me. Fingers crossed it works. 

On to my cards for today and I love this stamp set so much I couldn't resist doing a couple of cards with it. This is Life's Ups and Downs stamp set and you can make this adorable little interactive seesaw! It is so easy to do all you need is a brad/ split pin to make it work :)

That is all from me today. I hope you all have a great new year and I will see you in 2021 :D

You can still get 10% off any order at Time For Tea Designs by using my code T4TAMY10

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Cosy Winter Wishes

 

 I can't believe we are in the Christmas week already! Even though plans have had to change I am still looking forward to Christmas this year. I hope you are all still able to enjoy the time in some way. 

Have you seen this adorable Cosy Winter Stamp and Die set from the new release? There are so many cute critters in it.

I teamed this fox and the snowglobe background from the Cosy Winter stamp set up with the Winter Wonderland paper pad as that tree pattern was just crying out to be used :D The sentiment is from the Sentiment Card Pack. They just make things so easy to have some sentiment ready that I just have to cut out. Don't forget you can get a 10% discount on your Time For Tea Designs by using my code T4TAMY10

I hope you all have a lovely Christmas 

Huge hugs to you all

Amy xx

Trying out a new technique for me

 

 Hi everyone,

DT Amy here at the start of a brand new week. Are you ready to see the new mini release later? I am excited for you all to see it :D be sure to join Jo Live at 8 to see some great demos and get all the details.

Now onto my card for today. This was my first time trying this kind of card and I really enjoyed it. I used the adorable Caroling Critters stamps and dies. I coloured all my critters with Spectrum Noir tri-blend markers then I tore a piece of paper and used that as my mask to make the snowy mounds along the floor. I inked the rest of my paper with some distress inks and the beautiful blender brushes. 

The sentiments were from a mix of the caroling critters and the Warm Winter Wishes stamp set. The Warm Winter wishes stamp set will be back in stock very soon and Jo did an amazing live using it last Thursday so be sure to catch up on that if you missed it :)

If you want to get your hands on these critters or anything else from Time For Tea Designs shop don't forget you can get 10% off using my code T4TAMY10

I hope you all had a good weekend and are staying safe.

Huge hugs

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

Have you picked up these Penguins?

 

I can not tell you how much fun I am having with these adorable little Skating By Penguins. They just make me smile so much. This little car was so quick to make as I used the Winter Background stamp and then trimmed it to fit on this little 4x4 card. I put the penguin on an action wobble so he can be dancing for joy and then added sparkle with some nuvo drops. Who else has gone for these penguins? What are your plans for them? If you haven't brought them or if you want anything else from the Time For Tea Designs shop you can get 10% off if you use my code T4TAMY10

Huge hugs to you all 

Amy xx

 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

 Sisterhood of snarky stampers - P is for penguin

Crafty Calendar challenge - Anything Goes

Crafters castle - Anything Goes

Time for Tea Designs Sneak Peek day 1

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.

Then what is more perfect to be the other side of the door than this caroling mouse from the new caroling critters stamp set. You might also notice a couple of other little things like the paper and some sentiment strips that you will see more of later in the week ;) 

There is just so much to show you this week so I hope you are ready for it and don't forget to watch out for the FB lives with the lovely Jo as well so you can see even more of each of the new products. They will all be available from Friday and if you like a bit of a bargain don't forget you can use my code T4TAMY10 to get 10% off your order at the Time For Tea Designs store.

Thank you for reading this and check out the FB page to enjoy the rest of the sneak peeks :)

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) 

Time for some Pandamonium!

 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)

Hogs and kisses

 

 

Have you seen this adorable new hogs and kisses stamp set from Time for Tea designs? It is just so perfect for a whole load of occasions and I new I wanted to team it up with their Speech bubble stamp set as well. I stamped the missing you speech bubble in grey Catherine Pooler ink all over the card and used the ink to make a perfectly colour matched layer to use for my matting and layering by inking the edges. I added a mix of nuvo glitter drops to add some sparkle and a pop of colour :D

    

 

I am entering these cards for the following challenges:

  

LeAnns world 101 - Anything goes

The creative crafters - Anything goes

The happy craft challenge - Anything goes 

Love to craft - Anything goes

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

A fairy new release

 

Seriously how adorable is this new release from the amazing Sweet November?? I am so in love with the super cute fairies from the Falling into fairwees clear stamp set. I coloured this cutie up with copics and then put her on an action wobble to pop her up from the card and give her some movement :D

The sentiment is from the Time for tea Speech bubbles stamp set and I stamped it in grey Catherine pooler ink before using the coordinating speech bubble dies to cut it out. The stencil I used for the back ground is also from time for tea designs and has the best name ever....tropic like it's hot. I inked through the stencil using the amazing super soft Time for tea beautiful blender brushes and kraftin' kimmie hybrid inks. 

To finish it off I added a variety of nuvo drops to add some sparkle, shine and texture :D

I am entering these cards for the following challenges:

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

A perfect time to craft - Anything goes

Crafts galore encore - Anything goes 

The happy craft challenge - Anything goes 

Love to craft - Anything goes

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Heffy Doodle and Time for Tea Designs Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to the Heffy Doodle and

Time for Tea Designs Collaboration Blog Hop!

The design teams ( + me!) have come together to share some

amazing inspiration featuring Heffy Doodle

and Time for Tea Designs products, and there is a prize up for grabs, too!

I am so excited that I got to join in this awesome blog hop. I love both of these companies so much and as you can see from my 5 cards once I started combining them I just couldn't stop!

So sorry for the long post haha

For card number 1 I used the new small heart xoxo die set and the heart from the Mini frame and banner set of Time for Tea Designs to make my background. I cut all the hearts out of grey and pink card layered them and stuck them down to make this pattern.

The adorable Elephant is from Heffy Doodles Elephant of Surprise stamp set and I coloured his up with Spectrum noir ice grey tri-blends. The stitched square frames are from the Heffy Doodle Stitched square dies. The sentiment is also from Heffy doodle and is from the new Close at heart stamp set. Just to finish it off I scattered some Nuvo drops around adding sparkle and texture.

For my next card I inked up these super cute Pandas from Time for Tea designs Pandamonium party stamp set. I decoupaged their heads and used just a touch of Ice blue spectrum noir tri-blend pen to add a bit of shadow it their white areas. I couldn't resist adding some fun with googly eyes for them both as well. For the background in the circle I used one of the new Time for Tea stamps called Squiggly Giggly. I stamped it in 3 different colours of distress oxide and slightly off set it each time to make it look like patterned paper. The grey stitched circle is from Time for Teas Circles of love nesting dies set.

The sentiments are from two new Heffy doodle stamp sets. The Close at heart stamp set and the bold banner sentiments. The grass is die cut from green card using Grassy Lass dies from Heffy doodle. And again to finish I used Nuvo drops to add sparkle and texture.

Card Number 3 features the new Hot diggity dog stamp set from Heffy Doodle long side this awesome bold new Thank you sentiment die from Time for tea designs. I coloured the dog with copics and the thank you I cut out twice so the grey one could be used to look like a shadow. To finish this card I put a strip of grey card down the side and stamped it tone on tone using the new washi strips stamps from time for tea designs.

Card 4 and I had to do a slim line card among the cards I was doing somewhere. So here it is and I used the new Heffy doodle Slim line trio die to do the frame around this one. I used the biggest frame in the set and this is a DL card. I trimmed the ends off as this largest one is just bigger than a DL but as you can see the width fits perfectly. I then used the next size down to do the main image inking up the background using distress oxides and time for tea blender brushes along with the curved edge of the new heffy doodle green fields stencil to make a scene.

The new Sealy friends stamp set from Heffy Doodle was just too cute not to colour up. I coloured them using Warm grey spectrum noir tri-blend pens. The small stamped sending hugs sentiment is again from the Close at heart stamp set.

The big friend shadow die is from Time for tea designs and I covered it in Nuvo drops and scattered some more Nuvo drops to add sparkle and texture.

Last but by no means least I have done some stenciling using the Time for Tea designs scattered hearts stencil, blender brushes and two shades of pink distress oxides . The frame for this card is a time for tea design die called smile sentiment and scalloped frame. The thinking of you shadow die is a new one from Heffy doodle and I think is a great size to be just used alone on a card like this. As with all the other cards of course I added some Nuvo drops to finish it off.

Heffy Doodle and Time for Tea Designs will each be giving away a £25 voucher to spend in their respective stores.

Winners will be chosen randomly and announced on July 28th on the Heffy Doodle and Time for TeaDesigns blogs.

You should have come from Sharon Nettleship and the next stop is Laura Volpes.

Here is the full list of every stop on the hop in case you missed any :)

Heffy Doodle Blog

Shabneez Khan-Muztar

Amanda Fitterer

Natalie Seddons

Cassie Trask

Catrin Goodwin

Laura Sterckx

Katrina Howe

Tallie Clewley

Sharon Nettleship

Amy Gould <----- You are Here

Laura Volpes

Time for Tea Designs Blog

I am entering my creations for the following challenges:

613 avenue create - Sentiment as the focus

Dragonfly dreams - No patterned paper

Stamping sensation - all creatures great and small

The paper players - CAS and celebrate

Crafters castle - Anything goes

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx