It's Raining Cupcakes!

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all having a good crafty week, today I have a card for the

 Lawnscaping Challenge #100 Birthday Celebration and the DT are really partying with invited guests, so check it out!

7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog #119 Anything goes with a optional twist Sweet Treats

So I thought my card fitted both of these great challenges. I started with copic blending card for my base, as I wanted to create my own background with these cute cupcakes from Lawn Fawn Birthday Tags, all coloured with copic's and the icing has clear Wink of Stella glitter pen. The fishtail dotted tag is from Avery Elle and sponged with distress ink after I masked off the edges with micro pore tape. I stamped and coloured the little bird, then die cut it with the coordinating die and cut out three balloons all from the Hello Sunshine stamp & dies from Lawn Fawn. I coloured the balloons with copics and added wink of stella to those as well, I have hand drawn the balloon strings and stamped the wire for the bird to sit on. The piece of patterned paper is from my stash, The sentiments are also from birthday tags and stamped with versafine onyx black ink. I added some little sprinkles from doodlebug, these are gorgeous!
Here is the inside of my card, just to tie in with the front, I also added a piece of white card stock to the other inside piece as the colouring did bleed through from the front.

 These are the copic markers I used

Now I had a blast making this card and you still have heaps of time to enter both these great challenges.

Lawnscaping Challenge #100 Birthday Celebration!

7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog Challenge #119 Anything Goes with a twist Sweet Treats.

Thanks so much for visiting me today.

Happy Critters!

Hi Everyone,

Today I have a card that's jam packed full of cuteness and critters.

I had so much fun with this card, all the critters are from Lawn Fawn and coloured with copic markers and prisma pencils, I also used the Lawn Fawn stitched hillside border and grass die. The sky is distress ink with some white embossed clouds, the little sentiment tags are from Avery Elle.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is All Creatures Great & Small

Now this week SSS is showcasing Paper Smooches Products, but I don't have any yet, notice I said yet he he.

I would like to enter the challenge with my Happy Critters.

Supplies Used

Lawn Fawn Stamps, Dies & products Simon Says Stamp

Distress Inks Simon Says Stamp

Avery Elle Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by, 

Happy

Hello Everyone,

I hope this finds you all well & happy! I was asked to make a Birthday card for a girl turning 19, well I always seem to stumble a little with the teen cards, does anyone else have this problem? This time I am very happy and I really hope the recipient will be too.

 I started with the balloons stencil and distress ink, using evergreen bough very lightly and then some peacock feathers at the bottom and edges, then spun sugar and picked raspberry with the same technique for the other balloon. I stamped the strings & small sentiment in London fog Memento ink.

For the die cut word Happy and my stitched frame, I blended  the distress inks on white cardstock and cut them out. I die cut some little stars and the tails top & bottom from some American crafts silver glitter paper, I then used the other stencil in the set to do some pink diagonal stripes for two of the corners.

I would like to enter the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is All Things Bright & Beautiful

They are also featuring Hero Art products, and that's where my inside sentiment is from

I also added a little label on the other side to finish the card off

I almost forgot, I added some clear wink of stellar glitter pen to the word Happy on the front and 19 today words.

Supplies

Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangles, Balloon & Patterns Stencils pack, Happy word die, Celebrate Stamp set & dies.

Distress Inks - Evergreen Bough, Peacock Feathers, Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry.

Lawn Fawn - star dies and stamps.

I hope you like my creation today, and thank you for all the wonderful comments, they truly make my day and boost me along.

Baby Boy

Hello Everyone,

Well I have been MIA for the past couple of weeks, as I have had my dear Mum staying with me, but today I am back at my desk and just in time for a brand new challenge at

  Lawnscaping challenge blog.

I have created a baby card as I have 2 nieces expecting babies at the moment so I am trying to be prepared and today I thought I would do a baby boy card.

The Lawnscaping Challenge #99 asked for Clean & Simple . I used Lawn Fawn Hello Baby Stamp set. The card design is one I have seen on you tube & blogs recently, using little windows and I love how it came together. All the colouring is done with copic markers C 4,2,0 V 01,0000 BG01,000,0000 and G20 all very soft colours, and the little hearts are stamped with Memento Summer Sky ink. The circle were cut out using spellbinders standard circles and my front panel is lifted up with foam squares for a little dimension.

The inside is stamped with simon says stamp Happy stamp set, I created a pale blue card base for my card and also a matching envelope.

I love how these simple little details finish off the project and make it that little bit extra special.

So thanks for visiting me, and jump over to the Lawnscaping Challenge # 99 with your Clean & Simple project, and be in the running for a fantastic Store Credit from Ellen Hutson.

Have a wonderful crafty day.

Critters in a Snow Storm

Hi There,
Oh my goodness, I have a shaker card today and have you ever put a little toooooo many shaky things in your shaker cards? Well just have a look at this one.....

I think a blizzard is happening he he he. Well the Lawnscaping Challenge blog #97 has this winter theme board to follow, with a great gift certificate from Ellen Hutson.

For my card I have used Lawn Fawn Into the Woods Stamp & Die Set, Stitched hillside borders, the snowflakes from Winter Penguin, Stitched Rectangles from Simon Says Stamp, and the tree die is from Memory Box I just cut some of the leaves off to make it look more like winter. I used distress inks in tumbled glass, broken china and peacock feathers for the background, and copic's to colour my critters Fox - YR 21,23,24,27 W00,1 Squirrel E30,34,37,W3 , 1 00 and the Deer E30,31,33,55,57.
I added some Frosted Lace stickles on the hills, tree, and snowflakes, although you probably can't see that at all. The little shaky flakes are from my Daughter's craft stash, shhh she doesn't know yet, I am not sure where she got them. A little touch of white ribbon and simple sentiment along the bottom and that finished off my card.

I hope you all have a wonderful day, thanks for visiting me.

CAS Card

Hi Everyone,

Today I have a card to show you and this card practically had a mind of it's own lol! I started with my CC Designs Swiss Pixie and coloured her with copic markers and prisma pencils, then I thought she seemed just floating there on the paper. So I grabbed some X press it masking paper and created a mask for her and stamped the CC designs bench seat, added some more copic's for the seat and grass and sponged in some clouds for the sky. I added some clear wink of stella pen for her wings, pink glitter pen for the cupcakes and glossy accents for the cherry on top.

I cut her out with a stitched rectangle frame die, and also used the larger version for the gingham paper. Added a little ribbon and bow and that finished this sweet card.

Just a little close up and the inside.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog - #116 Anything Goes

Without Words Challenge Blog - January : Dreaming of Spring

Bizzy Bec's Store Blog - January Anything Goes

Thanks for joining me today, reading your lovely comments makes my day!!! Thank you

Oh Happy Day + Storage Idea

Hi Everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and your New Year is looking 

bright & beautiful.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog is asking for Anything Goes! I would like to enter my Oh Happy Day card.

I have been thinking about this card idea for a while, but with Christmas cards to make it got put on the back burner. I adore the little rabbits in the Lawn Fawn Snow Day stamp set and always thought they should be playing in the grass, and this is what I came up with....

I used distress inks for the sky background, ( I will list products used at the end of the post ) I didn't have a hot air balloon stamp, but I had a die so cut it out of white cardstock and used a copic liner pen to define the sections and coloured with copic markers, I thought it looked a bit flat, so I used some colorless blender solution on a paper towel and just pushed it on the balloon part to give it some texture. The clouds are die cut then dry embossed. I used some hillside borders and grass dies from Lawn Fawn. The bunnies and tree are also coloured with copic's, and the little flowers are stamped with a tiny coloured rhinestone for the centre. The pumpkin pie chevron ribbon just to finish off this card is 5" x 7". 

I added this stamped sentiment to the inside, I thought it suited the card perfectly.

I would also like to enter Cute Card Thursday Challenge #354 of Anything Goes

Products Used

Lawn Fawn Stamp & Die Sets, Hello Sunshine, Snow Day, Sweet Christmas & Hello Baby

Memory Box & Poppy Dies , Hot air balloon , clouds

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder , Swiss Dots

Distress Inks , Tumbled Glass , Broken China , Peacock Feathers

Copic Markers , Hot Air Balloon YR 18 , YR 16 , YR 14, YG 17  ,YG 25, Bunnies R00, R20, C00, C0, C2 , 0 colorless blender,Tree YG 25, YG 17, YG 09 and  Y18 for the rhinestone flower centres.

Well I hope you are still with me as I have a really quick storage idea for 6" x 6" paper pads. I don't 

know about you but I want to use every little bit of designer paper that I can, and I don't want to waste any, recently I bought the Lawn Fawn Snow Day paper pad for my Christmas cards, tags and goodie bags and I had a lot of little bits left over, they were too good to throw away and I wanted to 

keep them all together, the light bulb went off ( lol ). I got a zip lock sandwich bag and it fit perfectly.

The bag measures 18cm x 17cm , or 7 1/8" x 6 5/8" they zip lock you can write on them and they are cheap, so I thought I would share this idea in case anyone else has the same problem.

 Whew !!! that was a long post, thank you for visiting me, and I hope you all have a lovely day.