Love you to the moon and back

I am loving making backgrounds using the ink smushing technique. For this one I covered a whole back ground for the card to make it look like outer space. I used Squeezed Lemonade, tumbled glass, salty ocean, blue print sketch and Black soot distress oxides

I also added a lot of sparkle to the entire background by flicking wink of stella all over it and then putting some yellow bird glitter gem drops and for that extra special touch I also added some Banana split glow in the dark gem drops, so when the lights go out this card still stands out.

I have combined two of the new Heffy Doodle stamp sets for this card. The cute little spaceman and space ship are from the "Spaced out" stamp set. The sentiment and Moon are from the "You're weird" stamp set. 

They have been coloured with the following spectrum noir tri-blends:

Moon: Ice grey

Space ship: Orange, Citrus green and Ice grey

Spaceman: Orange, Earth brown, fair skin and Ice grey

I put the space man on a action wobble so he looks like he is really moving in space.  

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

Happy craft challenge - Anything goes

Love to craft - Anything goes

Lil' patch of crafty friends - Anything goes

The corrosive challenge - Anything goes

Whatever the weather

The weather here is definitely changing. The wind is picking up and it is raining on and off. The up side to that is that it will be perfect crafting weather :D 

For my card today I have used the adorable "Quack me up" stamp set from Heffy Doodles. I stamped the duck and coloured it with the following Spectrum noir tri-blend markers:

Beak and feet: Orange, Citrus

Body: Gold brown

Umbrella:Pale pink, Earth brown

I used the Heffy Doodle "rain on my parade" stencil with tumbled glass distress oxide and a blending tool to give the rain effect back ground to the card base. I also used the same tumbled glass distress oxide to ink around the edges of the card blank. For the panel behind the duck I did some ink smushing on my glass mat and used 3 distress oxides (tumbled glass, salty ocean and blue print sketch) I wanted to add a bit more sparkle and dimension to the panel so I added some blue lagoon nuvo glitter gem drops in the shape of rain drops. 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Brown sugar - Anything goes
Colour crazy challenge - Anything goes
Creative fingers - Anything goes
Pattie's Creations - Things that fly

Hello sunshine!

Wow! the weather here in the UK is amazing today. I can't believe it is a bank holiday weekend and there is actually sun :D

I hope you are all having a good weekend.

I got some time to craft and have been playing with some of the newest Heffy Doodle release. I am loving this "Hello" die. I couldn't resist the "You're weird" stamp set when I saw it and the moon and this little cutie were just calling out to be coloured. I coloured the moon and the little space critter with Spectrum Noir tri-blend markers. I have to say they are a lot easier to carry a set of around than the spectrum noir illustrators.  

I used the following markers for this make:

Moon -  Brown Grey

Critter - Ice Grey and blue turquoise. 

For the background I used 3 distress oxides, Tumbled glass, Peacock feathers and Chipped sapphire. I spritzed them and then added some dots of sparkle with a wink of stella brush pen. Then I mounted that on some navy blue card. The Hello I cut twice, once in white and then in the navy blue. The white die cut I added some more distress oxides to. I used Squeezed lemonade and fosilized amber to give it some colour, and then layered the inked one on top of the navy one slightly off center so that it looks like a shadow. I also added a touch of wink of stella to it for that bit more sparkle. For the finishing touch I put the little space critter on an action wobble so he moves around :D

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Colour crazy challenge - Anything goes

Aud sentiment - Masculine and a sentiment

I was going to throw the left overs from the navy blue Hello die away when I got inspired by the weather to make this next card. I used some white card that I again added some sqeezed lemonade distress oxide to just so it isn't such a bright white and has a bit of texture. Then I stuck the negative image of the Hello to it. Using a white pen I added some dots around the word and a frame. The back ground I went for 3 distress oxides ( squeezed lemonade, mustard seed and spiced marmalade) to ink through the "rays the roof" stencil. I finished the sentiment by using part of one of the sentiment in the "Quack me up" stamp set stamped in chipped sapphire distress oxide. The Hello sentiment I put on with foam pads so it stands out a bit from the rest of the card.

I hope you like both my creations and follow my little blog.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Alphabet challenge - K is for Kind thoughts

CAS on Friday - Use a stencil

A little jelly

I the just love the way these Heffy Doodle stencils are so easy to use. I used a Tim Holtz blending tool to mix cracked pistachio, wilted violet and mermaid lagoon distress inks to create the swirly background with the bubble waves stencil.

The "congrats" is a die by Heffy Doodle. I cut it out once in navy blue and then again in silver card and layered them up together to give a kind of shadow effect.

The little jelly fish was just too cute for me to ignore so I decided to show it off by using it to create a background as well as being the main star of the card. For the back ground jellyfish I stamped them in the mermaid lagoon distress ink then outlined them with a light blue spectrum noir marker just to make them look a little less flat.

I used the following spectrum noir llustrator pens to colour the jellyfish:

Main jelly fish: PL2,LV2,LV1,

Background jellyfish: TB1

If you love Heffy Doodle as much as me don't forget they have a DT call going on at the moment. You can find the link to apply in my sidebar ---->

I am entering this card for the following challenges:
2 crafty critter crazies - Anything goes with a critter
A bit more time to craft - Anything goes
A perfect time to craft - Anything goes
Crafty animals - Anything goes
Crafts galore encore - Anything goes

Bots of love & a Heffy Doodle DT call !!

Today I want to tell you all how I have bots of love for you all :D

Aren't these just the most adorable little robots that you have ever seen? I can not wait to get them onto more projects. They are a super sweet stamp set called Bots of Love by Heffy Doodle. Now if you have seen much of my blog you will realise how much of a huge Heffy Doodle fan I am, so you can just imagine how excited I am to tell you......

THEY ARE HAVING A HEFFY DOODLE DT CALL!!

Yes that is right we can all try out to be part of the super talented team who show off these awesome products. There are different roles available so make sure you look to see which one could fit for you and then get over there and apply. As they say "you have got to be in it, to win it!" 

So now onto some of my Heffy Doodle creations. For this card I used the "Bots of love" stamps for the main robot images and also for all of the cogs that I scattered across the background. I heat embossed the cogs using superfine silver Wow! embossing powder so that have a real metallic finish to them. 

I wanted to play with the negative image from the Heffy Doodle "Hey" die cut as I do like to use up my scraps when I can and so have layers the grey card over the black to make the negative of the word really stand out. The grass at the bottom of the card is another Heffy Doodle die called "Grassy lass". I love that die set as it makes creating a grassy hill or scene so easy.

The little robots I have coloured with the following Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens:

Yellow robot: LY3,CT1, BG9, BG4, MG4

Grey robot: BGR5, IG9, IG7, IG2, Blender, RD5, DR4, CR10

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

 Catch the bug - Anything goes

Crafters castle - Anything goes

Crafty Calendar challenge - Anything goes

Colour crazy challenge - Anything goes colouring

Colourific challenge corner - Anything goes

Creative fingers challenge blog - Anything goes

I could not resist also trying out these adorable stamps with some fabric paint. They just shouted out to me to try something a bit different and these baby grows were all the inspiration I needed. 

The stamps worked a dream and the sentiments are so perfect for this kind of project. After a bit of trial and error I found I needed to be a lighter with my stamping than normal but otherwise it was quite easy to do. I love it when you can use one item for different kinds of projects :D

 I am entering these baby grows for the following challenges:

Send a smile 4 kids - Anything goes for kids

Brown sugar challenge blog - Anything goes

Simply create too - Anything goes 

Good luck to anyone else who is trying out for the Heffy Doodle DT.

Card making is my super power!

I am really love this stamp set. It is so much fun to be able to send out little super heroes in the post, and how perfect is this sentiment for fellow crafty friends? The set is called Super dudes and by the brilliant Heffy Doodle.

I coloured my little lady in with the following spectrum noir illustrator markers:

Cape; OR2,LY3,CT1

Pants, shoes and mask: DR5,DR2,CR10

hero suit: TB7,TB5,IB3

Hair: GB11,GB9,GB7,GB4

Skin: FS6, FS9

There is a great die set you can get with these stamps to cut he out if you don't want to fussy cut her and then I attached her with some foam pads so she stands out. 

For the back ground I used some ink brushes and festive berries then squeezed lemonade distress inks along with the Heffy Doodle stencil Zapp attack I then added touches of sparkle with yellow bird glitter nuvo drops.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Tuesday throwdown - colour inspiration

Dragonfly dreams challenge - No patterned paper

Lil patch of crafty friends - Anything goes

Arty Divas - Anything goes 

Through the craft room door - Anything goes

Pretty awesome

I think it is awesome that Mo's digital pencil have started doing monthly challenges again. I have had the cutie coloured up for a little while now and I thought she was perfect for this moths challenge which is anything goes with optional extra theme of spring. She is called Baby fairy butterfly and you can grab her from Mo HERE. I coloured her with pro markers and added touches of sparkle with stickles to her wings and the flower. The paper is from the Paper Addicts colour pop pack. 

I am not sure how it has been so long since I have made a card with Mo's images. I am definitely hooked again so be ready for more :)