Dahlia Fae

This beautiful oldie but a goodie digi is called Dahlia-fae and you can get her from the awesome Sweet November Stamps. I had a lot of fun colouring her up with copics and will have a video on my colouring shortly on my YouTube channel. If you haven't already I would love it if you would follow me over there. You can find my YouTube 

For the background I used a stencil called Laurel from Lavinia stamps and inked blended Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn distress oxide inks before flicking some Rustic Wilderness distress oxide spray. 

I coloured her with the following copics:

Skin: E33, E11, E00

Hair: W9, E49, E59, E57

Flower: YR18, YR04, Y08

Leaf and dress: G28, G19, YG09

Shoes: W9

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

2 princesses and their dragon

This is my second card as an official Sweet November Stamps Digi team member. I have combined a few different digi's to create this scene as well s using a clear stamp set called Royal Treatment for the sentiment. I had so much fun putting this scene together and colouring it up. Below are the copics I used to colour this card.

Sitting princess (Rhianna): 

Skin - V17, E35, E13. Eyes -E57, E55 

Hair- W9, W7, W5 

Dress - Y38, Y18, Y11 - R89, R29, R05

Standing princess (Ilyse): 

Skin: E33, E11, E00 Eyes- G07, YG03 

Hair - YR27, YR24, Y35 

Dress - G19, YG07, YG01 - T3, T1

Dragon (Zsu Zsu): 

Scales - B66, B23, B21 

Eyes- G07, YG03 

Spines - Y18, Y11

Wall: Bricks -W6, W4, W2 - C6, C4, C2 - T6, T4, T2  Moss - G46, YG63, YG61

Grass: G94, G24, YG03

Sky: B00

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

Jan's digi stamps - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Lil' patch of crafty friends - Anything Goes

Gem of a challenge - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

The fairy and the unicorn - Anything Fantasy Goes

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Die cutting First Edition craft Vinyl

I have another Christmas in July inspired make for you today. This time I am showcasing the mat-less vinyl from DRK Crafts. I got sent some to play with and used the white, silver and blue to create the tea light holder using a cheap glass I got from the supermarket. And I also upcycled a glass jar that had cooking sauce in it to make a vase. Rather than using a cutting machine as I have not got mine on hand at the moment I used my dies (I used the snowflakes from the falalala Time for tea dies) and die cutting machine to create these.

This is what I learned from die cutting these snowflakes.....

It die cuts easily and it gives a great option for those that don't have an expensive cutting machine. However getting the little unwanted bit out of the dies before you can use them again is a bit annoying and time consuming. Plus you generally can't use the transfer film as the cut shapes can lift with the dies so do not stay on the backing sheet with this method. So the weeding process is harder and of course you need to cut repeated times as can only cut as many as you have the dies for each time. All in all I would prefer to do this sort of project with a cutting machine but am pleased with the results so I hope you like it too.

The glass tealight holder has a fake candle in it and the glass itself was 50p in ASDA. 

The "vase" is as you can see a recycled curry sauce jar. 

I really enjoyed using this First Edition matless vinyl and can not wait to use it with a cutting machine but this showed me that there are so many more options for how it can be used.

I am entering these makes for the following challenges:

The crafty addicts - Anything Goes

The holly and the ivy - Christmas

Crafting from the heart - Anything but a card goes

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

Pearly Sparkles - Christmas in July

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Gerbera daisy fae my first post as part of the Sweet November Stamps DT

I am so excited to be able to share this card as my first official post as part of the Sweet November Stamps DT. This is one of the beautiful Flower Fae digis.

I have coloured this Gerbera daisy fae with the following copics:

Skin: V17, E35, E13 (R22 for lips)

Hair: W9, W7, W5

Flower:YR27, Y19, Y13

Leaf: G28, G09, YG03

Dress: V17, V15, V12

Hay bale: Y28, YR31, Y11

Grass: YG25, YG03,YG01

Sky: B00

For the rest of the card to spotlight her I have used a mix of 2 Dovecraft A4 card packs, Summer and Primary. On the yellow card I used the Heffy Doodle Flower power stencil and rather than inking through it I used a white gel pen to make lots of dots forming the flower shapes. Then I moved the stencil to fit even more of them in.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

Pammies Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

A perfect Time to craft - Anything Goes

Ally's Angels - Anything Goes

Bastel-Traum - Plants/flowers

Beautiful blossoms - Anything Flowers

Classic design challenge - Anything Goes

Crafts galore encore - Anything goes

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Christmas in July

This super cute little fairy wants to make sure you have a lot of fun making for Christmas in July. Right now over in the Friends of Sweet November Stamps Facebook group there are a load of Christmas in July challenges going on so if you like joining challenges and want the chance to win some prizes hop on over HERE to join in the fun :D

For this card I used the adorable Sweet Christmas Fairies clear stamp set to make this card. 

I have coloured her up with the following copics:

Skin: E33, E11, E00

Hair: W9, W7, W5

Wings: B00

Hat and dress: R89, R37, R35, W3

Boots: C9, C7, C5

Chocolates: E59, E57, E55

Background: Y18, Y13, Y11

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes 

Gem of a challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty calendar - Anything goes

Inkspiration - Christmas in July

The fairy and the unicorn - Anything fantasy

Most magical time of the year - Anything Christmas or Halloween goes

Pearly Sparkles - Christmas in July

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

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Join me for the first ever virtual retreat from Sweet November Stamps

I am excited to announce that Sweet November Stamps is hosting it's very first online retreat July 29th and 30th. Come camping with us as our talented instructors hold exclusive classes using three limited edition stamp sets and various other crafty goodies donated by Whimsy Stamps and Chibitronics. There are two options available, the first includes a box of Physical products that will be used in the various classes and the second is a Digital option where you will receive the same exclusive images that are in the clear stamp sets in digital form but all other products, Campers will have to provide themselves. This is a great option for our digi loving friends.

I mean really look at how cute this kit is!

Pre orders for both are now available in the Sweet November Stamps store. For my fellow UK/ this side of the pond friends are not limited to the digital option, as Crafty Purple Frog UK stockist has physical kits available as well. Stock is limited on the physical kits so sign up before they disappear, just like Bigfoot! lol

Huge hugs to you all and hopefully I will see you there when I host my first ever online class!

Huge hugs

Amy xx

SNS Sizzling summer YouTube hop

 

Hello and welcome to the Sweet November Stamps Sizzling Summer YouTube Hop, featuring our talented design team members and guests. Today we are celebrating a brand new clear release with eight stamp sets, and you have a chance to win the entire collection, which features a mix of summer and fairytale! To play along all you have to do is visit each of the YouTube accounts listed below, subscribe to their channel, like their YouTube Hop video, and leave them a comment. It’s a short hop but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t plenty of exciting inspiration to be found. You have four days to hop along with us, it will run from Saturday June 17th through Tuesday June 20th. One randomly selected winner will be selected and announced on Wednesday June 21st around 5 PM PDT. The winner will have a week to reply, and if no contact is made a new winner will be randomly selected. Thank you for joining us, and happy hopping!

Here is the full list of designers in the hop:

Allison Cope

Caitlin Anthony

Christy Gets Crafty

Crafty Purple Frog

Danielle Dunlop

Lisa Jannaway

Sweet November Stamps

Copic combinations used:

Wall: W6,W4,W2 - T6,T4,T2 - N6, N4, N2

Cauldron and night sky: C9, C7, C5 - YG05, YG03, YG01

Dragon: RV66, RV55, RV63 - Y19, Y06, Y13

Floor: E59, E57, E55

Sweet November Stamps Supplies:

For each one I have added the link to get them direct from Sweet November Stamps (SNS) based in the US and Crafty Purple Frog (CPF) based in the UK

Dragon Trio:

SNS CPF

Halloween room scene builder:

SNS CPF

Simple Room Scene builder:

SNS CPF

Halloween room add on:

SNS CPF

Island Splendor sequin mix:

SNS CPF

Other Supplies: Heffy Memo Tape

Crafts Too press to impress stamping platform

Heffy Doodle Big bug hugs (sentiment)

Wow! ultra clear slow drying embossing pad

White Wow! embossing powder

White Gel pen

Spectrum noir sparkle pen

Nuvo silver crystal drops

If you like this cute dragon there are 2 chances to win her and the entire June Sweet November Stamps release by joining a hop over on Instagram CLICK HERE.

And another hop on YouTube CLICK HERE

There is a load of inspiration on the way for everything from the new release.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

I spy - Something with wings

Alphabet - F is for flying

Unicorn - Fantasy

A place to start - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

Pammies inky pinkies - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for looking at my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx