Pretty Pink Posh June 2022 Release - Adorable Dino's!

 Hey friends!  Today I'm delighted to be joining Pretty Pink Posh on the June 2022 blog hop!  There are so many cute new sets and I just couldn't wait to use those cute Dino sets!!

Be sure to stay tuned to the end of the post as there are 3 $50 gift certificates to be won!  You'll also find a full list of blog participants.

For my project I have used Dinosaur Friends and Dinosaur Additions stamp set and co-ordinating dies.  I started by stamping my images on to copic friendly cardstock with a black dye ink.  I used some nice rich earthy tones to color my images...here are the colors I used in case you want to use the same:

T-Rex - YG67, YG63, YG61, E08, YR07

Brachiosaurus - E47, E44, E43, E42, YR24, YR23

Diplodocus - E44, Y26, Y23

Palm trees - G99, G94, E27, E25, E23

Grass, E43, E43, YG63, YG61

Bones - W3, W1, W0

Once all the images were colored I used the co ordinating dies to cut out all the images.  I set them aside while I worked on the card scene.

I cut a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock to 4.5" x 3.25".  I created some wavy shaped masks from sheets of masking paper and used these to create some desert style hills.  I used Distress Ink in Vintage Photo, concentrating the color towards the tops of the hills.  For some added interest and texture, I loosened some of the Vintage Photo with some water and used a small paint brush to flick on some splatters.  For the sky I used Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass, making sure to blend from the top down to give a gradient effect.

Using a combination of liquid adhesive and foam tape I secured the images to the scene.  The sentiment was stamped using a black pigment ink.

I really like the look of layers so I secured the scene panel to a white panel measuring 5 1/8" x 3 7/8" and secured the whole thing to a light grey A2 sized card base.  

I created a matching tag using a tag die from Stitched Essentials 1 Dies.  I used the same masking techniques and ink colors, I love giving cards with a matching tag!  

I hope you enjoyed my project today....now for the chance to win a prize!  Be sure to leave a comment on each blog on the hop (participants below) - winners will be picked randomly and all comments must be left by 11.59pm PST on 6/23/22.  Winners will be announced on the PPP blog.

Hop participants

Pretty Pink Posh blog

Rachel Alvarado

Davina Cantrell

Jeanne Jachna  

Elaine Wakeling

Leica Palma

Mindy Eggen

I hope you enjoy all the inspiration on the hop and love all the new products in this release!  Happy hopping (and shopping!! 😜) 

Crafty hugs, Elaine xxxx

Mama Elephant Little Gingerbread Agenda Card & Tags

Hey Crafty friends!  It's been a while since I posted on my blog but I just had to share this card with you here as I just love these cute little Gingerbread Agenda stamps from Mama Elephant. I couldn't resist making a couple of tags to go with the card too.

To start the card I cut a panel of smooth white heavyweight cardstock to just larger than 5.5" x 4.25" and blended on ink using Distress Inks in Festive Berries, Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar.  I applied Spun Sugar all over the panel first, then applied Worn Lipstick all around the edges trying to keep the centre from getting too dark, then I applied the Festive Berries around the edge, carefully drawing the colour in with my blending brush.  To add some interest to the panel I smooshed some Festive Berries on to my mat, loosened it with a few drops of water and then splattered on ink all over the panel with a small paint brush. I set the panel aside to dry and in the meantime ink blended on Spun Sugar all over another piece of white cardstock measuring 4" x 5.25".  Once my ink splattered panel was dry I ran it through my die cutting machine along with the Mama Elephant Little Globies Cover Plate.  I also ran the Little Globies Cover Plate through my machine again with a piece of white heavyweight cardstock.  With the plain white negative pieces I used the stitched hill borders from the Landscape Trio die set to create some snowy hills to sit inside my snow globe cut outs. I set all my die cutting aside to work on stamping and colouring my Gingerbread people.

I used my Silhouette machine to cut out all the little Gingerbread Agendas.  I then stamped them and coloured them with my Copic markers.  The pinks and reds I used are my favourite combos and I use them a lot in my projects!

Before assembling the card I took some glittery gold cardstock and die cut the bases for the snow globes.  I applied some liquid adhesive to the back of the snow globe panel and adhered it to the panel covered with Spun Sugar Distress Ink.  I then placed the stitched snowy borders in to the snow globe openings and adhered the gold glittery bases to the front of the card.  I used my Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen to apply a thin layer of shimmer on to the hills and then glued my gingerbreads in to place.  

To go with the card I created the cute tags using some more Mama Elephant goodies.  I used the smallest tag die in the Tags A Lot die set and applied the same Distress Inks, along with some splatters.  With the some left over ink blended cardstock from the card I cut two hexagonal shapes from the Winter Taggins die set.  I also created two stitched hills by die cutting a white hexagon shape and using the same hill borders to create snowy hills.  I cut two snowflake tags from white cardstock with the Winter Taggins set plus 2 white bows for layering and also 2 bows from gold glittery cardstock.  The gold elements helped to tie the two projects together.  Before assembling all the tags together I stamped a sentiment from the Mama Elephant Mixed Holiday Greetings stamp set in Versafine 

Clair Nocturn Ink.  All my layers were adhered together with liquid adhesive and then my little gingerbread people on top.  I used some bakers twine through the holes at the top.  As a final touch I used a white Gelly Roll pen to add dots to the cheeks and some highlights to make things pop!

I really hope you enjoyed this project!  Please feel free to drop me a message if you would like anything explained or have any questions... I love getting messages and spreading the crafty love!

Hopefully I'll be back soon soon with another festive project to share xxx

Lawn Fawn Slimline Christmas Scene Card - Happy Holiday Critters

 Hey friends!  Today I'm sharing details of this super cute mouse filled slimline card for the which I created for Lawnfawnatics Challenge #89 'Happy Holiday Critters'.

I stamped and coloured lots of images from various sets of Lawn Fawn stamps (see below for a full list of supplies).  I coloured all the mice the same colours and many of the images are coloured with same pinks and reds (all listed in the graphic) to keep the colouring quick and keep the card looking cohesive throughout.  

For the background I used Distress Oxide inks in Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry, focusing the intensity of the colour at the top of the card stock.  To deepen the shade further I brought in Distress Ink in Festive Berries.  I added some white dots with a gel pen to create more interest and give the look of wallpaper to the scene.

The idea of the card was to create a production line so I know my oven would go in the middle of the card.  I spent some time arranging the left side of the card to feature all the baking and mixing elements and on the right of the oven, I pulled together lots of images to create a feast for Santa!

I kept the sentiment simple, not least because I didn't have a great deal of room, but also wanted to keep the focus on the images.  The sentiment uses two stamps from 'A Creature Was Stirring' stamp set which were white heat embossed with my favourite white embossing powder (Ranger Fine Detail) on to black card stock and cut into thin strips.

My card panel measures 8 3/8" by 3 3/8" and was secured down to a white card base measuring 8 1/2" by 3 1/2".  

To embellish the card I added some sparkle with my Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen and some shine with Nuvo Crystal Glaze.

For a full video tutorial please view my YouTube video!

If you liked this card you might also be interested in this one too!

Here is the list of supplies I used to create this card (pssst....affiliate links are included.  I appreciate any purchase made through my links - it's at no extra cost to you but helps me out so much and enables me to keep bringing you the crafty goodness 💗)

Sprinkled with Joy – Lawn Fawn 

A Creature Was Stirring – Lawn Fawn 

Baked with Love – Lawn Fawn 

Ho Ho Holidays – Lawn Fawn 

Holiday Helpers – Lawn Fawn 

Dandy Day – Lawn Fawn 

Jet Black Ink – Lawn Fawn 

Distress Oxide Spun Sugar - https://amzn.to/3pJ8BrQ 

Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry - https://amzn.to/3pLxbbC 

Distress Ink Festive Berries - https://amzn.to/3kKifac 

White Gel Pen - https://amzn.to/2K1oIkd 

Black Glaze Pen – Gelly Roll - https://amzn.to/3lO2oZl 

Versafine Onyx Black Ink - https://amzn.to/38F7EL6 

Versamark Ink - https://amzn.to/3nDbo47 

Embossing Buddy - https://amzn.to/2UEX7Ya 

8” Guillotine – Tonic/ Tim Holtz - https://bit.ly/34VYLJD 

Mini Misti Stamping Tool – My Sweet Petunia - https://bit.ly/2ISjnv0 

Super Fine White Embossing Powder – Ranger - https://amzn.to/38YsYeX 

Aqua Shimmer Pen - https://amzn.to/3lQFzV5

Copic Markers

Red - R59, R39, R29 Pink - R85, R83, R81 

Mice – E44, E43, E42, E41, E40, R20, R00 

Greys – C7, C5, C3, C1, C00 

Dark Green – G99, G94, G21 

Gingerbread House - E35, E33, E31, E29, E27, E25 Y13, Y11, C1, C00

Gingerbread Mice - E27, E35, E33 

Pudding – E79, E77, E74, C3, C1, C00

If you are inspired by my card and create something be sure to tag me and show me!

I'll be back next week with a new project.  Elaine xx

Gnomey Winter Wonderland Slimline Card

 Hello and welcome back to my YouTube channel and blog!  Today I am sharing a slimline card featuring a winter wonderland full of cute gnomes using stamps and dies from Mama Elephant.

To start with I ink blended a piece of light blue coloured card and starting at the top ink blended on some Distress Ink in Peacock Feathers.  I focused the majority of the colour at the top.  To darken the sky a little more I used Distress Ink in Blueprint Sketch and finally used a dye ink in Navy from Hero Arts.  

To add the falling snow I dotted on white dots using a white paint pen by Jane Davenport (link down in the supplies section).  Sometimes I just can't be dealing with the splatter clear up :) and this method is so super quick!

I used the Slim Woodland die by Mama Elephant to help build the scene.  I cut two from heavyweight white.  I trimmed the bottom section to just leave the snow banks and ink blended on some Peacock Feathers.  For the trees I used Distress Inks in Antique Linen and Vintage Photo.  

For the gnomes I used Little Gnome Agenda stamps and used the candy house from Cookie Christmas and coloured these with my copic markers as follows:

To add more interest to the card I coloured some holly sprigs from Snow Friends stamp set and some gift packages taken from Page Huggers stamp set.  To ensure they co-ordinated I used the same colours of copic markers.

On the trees I added some chunky glitter, I can't make a card without adding sparkle at this time of year! 

I trimmed down my blue ink blended panel so that it fit behind the woodland die cut and then adhered the snow banks on top.  I made a card base from heavy weight white card (I have a stash of these pre made....the card base measures 8.5" x 3.5") and secured the scene panel to the card base.

For the sentiment I used Mama Elephant's Jingle Greetings stamp set and used Versafine Onyx Black Ink to stamp this on to the card front.

To finish up the card I applied some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen on to various parts of images and also accented certain elements with Glossy Accents....I love the dimension this gives.  I added a small clay heart to the gnomes sign.

For a full 'how-to' tutorial check out the video below!  I'd love to know what you think :)

Supplies used:

Slim Woodland Creative Cuts - Mama Elephant
Little Gnome Agenda stamps - Mama Elephant
Cookie Christmas - Mama Elephant
Jingle Greetings stamps - Mama Elephant
Page Huggers stamps & dies - Mama Elephant
Snow Friends stamps & dies - Mama Elephant

Distress Ink:

Peacock Feathers - https://bit.ly/36zomca

Blueprint Sketch - https://bit.ly/2UqcymQ

Antique Linen - https://bit.ly/2Um8ZxZ

Vintage Photo - https://bit.ly/35sreIt

Pool - Navy Ombre Ink Pad - Hero Arts

White Paint Pen - Jane Davenport https://bit.ly/2Iyf7RB

White Gel Pen - https://amzn.to/2K1oIkd

Versafine Onyx Black Ink - https://amzn.to/38F7EL6

Copic Markers (see colour map)

Aqua Shimmer Pen - Nuvo - https://bit.ly/2UocEvp

Glossy Accents - Ranger - https://bit.ly/3py1qD5 & https://amzn.to/3lv1DnN

300gsm Premium White Card Stock - Hobby Craft

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Thank you for joining me here on my blog!  I look forward to seeing you back here again soon for some more wintery themed cards!

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Affiliate links are contained in the post.  This means should you purchase something through one of my links I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.  I appreciate every purchase made and am truly grateful for your support xx

Fox Costumes Before 'n Afters - Halloween Card #6

I'm back with another card for Halloween!  Couldn't wait to used my new Lawn Fawn Fox Costumes stamps and make a fun fall themed card.

I started by finding an inspiration photo on Pinterest then picked out some Distress Ink and Oxide colours that I thought matched quite well.

I cut a scalloped slim panel from Strathmore Bristol Smooth card stock using Scalloped Slimline Die from Time for Tea Designs.  Using an assortment of Distress Inks I ink blended the panel.  The colours I used were Distress Ink in Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans & Black Soot.  I also used a little Weathered Wood Distress Oxide to blend from orange to blue.  To add some distressing to the panel I splattered on some rose gold metallic paint and some black paint.  I set the aside to dry.

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I stamped and cut the foxes and coloured them in with alcohol markers.  A list of the main colours used can be found in the colour map pictures below

The grass banks the foxes are each standing on were made from black Sparkle card from the Autumn sparkle card pack.  I cut a long strip, 1/2" wide and then ran the strip through the die cutting machine with a grass border die from the Landscape Borders die set by Time for Tea designs.  I cut the strips in to 2" lengths.  The strips were adhered with liquid adhesive at alternate intervals down the card.

To give the strips the scalloped edges I ran the whole panel back through the die cutting machine with the same scallop slimline die.  

The scallop panel was adhered to a white heavy weight card panel measuring 8 3/16" x 3 3/16" then the white panel adhered to a black slimline card base.  The card base measured 8 1/4" by 7" scored at 3 1/2" to create a card front measuring 8 1/4" 3 1/2".

Scotch 3M foam tape was secured to the back of all the foxes and adhered to the card on the sparkly grass banks.  The accessory images (some from Fox Costumes and some from Spooky Village stamp set) were applied using liquid adhesive.

For the sentiment I stamped 'Trick or Treat' on to treated black card stock with Versamark Ink, coated the inked piece with Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder and heat set with my heat tool.  I cut the words out using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Trimmer, popped double sided adhesive on the back of each piece and secured them to the card.  A T-square ruler helped to get the strips straight.

To finish off the card I added some 'BOO' and 'EEEK' all over the background with Versafind Onyx Black Ink and a few bats from Spooky Village stamp set.  I applied some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen on various elements of the copic coloured images for some subtle sparkle.  Lastly I added a few small dots of glue and adhered some small gold star confetti.

I really hope you enjoyed this card, I really had fun making it!  Check a out the YouTube video below for a full how-to tutorial.

Supplies used:

Fox Costumes Before 'n Afters – Lawn Fawn
Spooky Village – Lawn Fawn
Scalloped Slimline Die – Time For Tea Designs **
Landscape Border Dies – Time for Tea Designs **

Strathmore Bristol Smooth Card
Distress Inks
- Dried Marigold
- Spiced Pumpkin
-  Stormy Sky
-  Faded Jeans
- Black Soot
Distress Oxide
- Weathered Wood
Classic Metallic Paints – Komorebi Watercolor Paints

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Black Paint – Gansai Tambi Watercolor 36 pan
Black Sparkle card stock (Autumn) – Lawn Fawn
Copic Markers/Script markers
- Foxes - E99, YR24, E97, E33/E33, E31, E30
- Stripes/accessories - BG9, BG7, BG3, BG1 (Script)
- Yellow stripe/chicks - Y17, Y15, Y13, C3
-  Cake Frosting - RV66, RV66/B66,  B63
- Pumpkins - E09, YR27, YR24
-  Candy corns. Y07, Y04, Y02/Y17, Y13
Iridescent White Glitter – Glamour Dust
2 Way Glue Pen – Kuratake
Versamark Ink
Versafine Ink (Onyx Black)
Superfine White Embossing Powder – Ranger
Embossing Buddy – EK Success
Heat Tool
8” Guillotine – Tonic/ Tim Holtz

Liquid Adhesive - Tombo

Gold Star Confetti

Look forward to seeing you back here again soon for card #7 in the Halloween series!

Elaine xx

* some of the products used on this card were gifted (as part of work on other design team work).  I am not obliged to use these products on non-design team work, I do so because I love them :)

some links in the description list are affiliate links.  I appreciate and am grateful for any purchases made through my blog and supplies list!#

xxx

Mama Elephant 8th Anniversary Release! Toasty Friends

 Hello wonderful crafty friends!  I'm so excited to share these projects for Mama Elephants 8th Anniversary release!!  Mama Elephant kindly sent me some goodies to play with and create some projects for you to get you all excited and inspired for all the newness coming on 15th September (release is available at 12am EST)!

My first project(s) are a card and tag using Toasty Friends(*) stamp set.  

How cute are these little critters huddled up around the fire with hot chocolate and marshmallows?!  I can't cope with the cuteness and those heart thought bubbles?  I just had to put as many as I could on the card!  

The soft ink blending on the background was achieved by using Strathmore Bristol Smooth card stock (so easy and soft to blend on) along with Distress Oxides in Victorian Velvet and Weathered Wood with some soft blending brushes.  To add extra interest I splattered on some gold paint from my 36 pan Gansai Tambi watercolour pallet.

The images were stamped on copic friendly card with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.  The images were colored in Copic Markers.  I used a lot of colours and I have listed them all on this colour map:

The A2 card base is made from Simon Says Stamp 'Fog' card stock.  I trimmed the scene card panel to 5" by 3 3/4"" so that I had a nice 1/4" border around the edge,  This helped to frame my scene.

For the tag I used Mama Elephant Framed Tags Madison Avenue Creative Cuts with a left over piece of Bristol Smooth card stock.  I used the bunny and heart thought bubbles again from the Toasty Friends(*) stamp set.  I also used a sentiment from the new Mixed Holiday Greetings(*)  stamp set.  To finish the tag off I added a small piece of silver thread and a crisp white satin bow.  

If you would like to see a more in-depth video of the making of these projects be sure to check out the video below:

Here is a list of the rest of all the products used:

- Toasty Friends stamps & dies - Mama Elephant (*) 

- Mixed Holiday Greetings - Mama Elephant (*) 

- Framed Tags Madison Avenue CC - Mama Elephant 

- Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock 

- Fog cardstock - Simon Says Stamp 

- Distress Oxide - Victorian Velvet 

- Distress Oxide - Weathered Wood 

- Gold Paint - Gansai Tambi 36 pan watercolour set 

- Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black 

- Versafine Onyx Black Ink 

- Copic Cardstock - Make it Blend (Marker Geek) 

- Copic Markers 

* Fireplace - E79, E77, E74, E71, E70, E19, YR27, YR24, Y15 Y11, E13, W8, W6, W4, W3, E29, E27, E23 

* Dog - E27, E25, E23, R20, C3, C1, C00 

* Bunny - E44, E43. E42, E41, RV52, R89, R85, R83 

* Lamb - W4, W1, W0, E44, E43, E42, R20 

* Thought Bubbles - C3, C1, C00, R89, R83, R83 

* Stockings & Rug - C3, C1, C00, R89, R85, R83, YG67 YG63, YG61 

- Foam Tape - Scotch 3M 

- Liquid Adhesive - Scotch Quick Dry

The Mama Elephant release will be available to purchase on 15th September at 12am EST.

Elaine xxx

Disclaimer:  Some items in  this blog post have been gifted for design team purposes.  Items which have been gifted are identified with an (*).  All other items in the creation of these projects was purchased by me.

Interactive Pop Up Box Card for Halloween featuring Hello Bluebird stamps

 Hello crafty friends!  I'm back today with another interactive card for Halloween!

For this card I cut out all the pieces for the card using black cardstock with the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box Pop Up die.  I cut 2 of the large panels which creates the box shape when adhered together with the flaps and 3 struts.  This card is fairly simple so I only needed 3 struts to create the scene.

For the grassy elements which adhere directly to the struts I used Lawn Fawn Sparkle Cardstock in black from the 'Autumn' pack.  I used a Mama Elephant grassy border die (I used one of the dies in the new Slim Window Dressing die set).  These grassy sparkly panels measured just ever so slightly shorter than 3.25" so that they fit nicely inside the box.  The box won't fold up nicely if the grassy panels are cut to exactly the same length as the struts.

For the panels around the edge (on the inside of the card) I used the dies in the Scalloped Box Pop Up die set to cut the rectangles from Bristol Smooth cardstock.  I inked on some clouds in Wilted Violet Distress Ink with the Mini Cloud stencil from My Favorite Things.  I splattered on some black paint splatters to add to the spookiness of the card.

My images were taken from the Spooky Spellers stamp set by Hello Bluebird.  The images were stamped on to copic friendly cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I used my copic markers to colour the images and a colour map is included here:

For the bat I added a small strip of acetate to the back to help him look like he was flying inside the card.  I used 1/8" double sided adhesive to help me get in less of a mess for this step.

I glued down all the cloudy panels to the inside flaps, adhered all the sparkly grassy borders and secured the bat (trimming off any excess acetate).  

For the sentiment I heat embossed in gold a 'Happy Halloween' sentiment from the Spooktacular Friends stamps set by My Favorite Things on to a scrap of black cardstock.  I trimmed it in to a thin strip and placed this on the front flap with double sided adhesive.

On the outside of the card I used some patterned paper from Spooky Boo 6x6 paper pad from Pebbles.  I love this dark grey design with black embossed bats.  I cut all the squares/rectangles needed and secured them with liquid adhesive ensuring an even border all the way around.  

For the very back of the card I placed a piece of white cardstock so that I have somewhere to write a message.  This measured 3 7/8" x 2 7/8".

Click below to watch the YouTube video:

Here is a list of the supplies used in this card:

Spooky Spellers stamps - Hello Bluebird

Spooky Spellers dies - Hello Bluebird

Scalloped Box Card Pop Up - Lawn Fawn

Spooktacular Friends stamps - MFT

Black Cardstock - Creative Expressions 220gsm

Sparkle Cardstock - Lawn Fawn (Autumn)

Grassy Border Die - Mama Elephant

8” Guillotine Trimmer - Tonic/Tim Holtz

Bristol Smooth Card - Strathmore

Mini Cloud stencil - MFT

Wilted Violet - Distress Ink

Black Paint Pan - Gansai Tambi Watercolour 36 set

¼” score tape (double sided adhesive)

1/4” score tape Strong Acetate (I used some old packaging)

Bone Folder - Lawn Fawn

Mini Misti Stamping Tool - My Sweet Petunia

Gold Embossing Powder - Papermania

Heat Tool - Papermania

Embossing Buddy - EK Success

Spooky Boo - Pebbles/American Crafts

Liquid Adhesive - Quick Dry Scotch Adhesive

I hope to see again soon with card #4 in my Halloween 2020 card series!

xoxo

Card 1 - Halloween Card Series 2020

 BOO - Pretty Pink Posh stamps & dies

Hello and welcome back!  I'm thrilled to be doing another Halloween card making series on my YouTube and blog this year!  My last was one back in 2018...its flown by!  I've linked to the playlist for 2018 down below...be sure to check it out!

For today's card I'm using the amazing BOO stamp set by Pretty Pink Posh.  I adore all the stamps in this style (LOVE, BABY & JOY) and I was excited I could finally get to use the BOO version.

Before stamping all the images on to copic friendly cardstock I planned out the background on a piece of white copy paper.  I wanted to make sure I was happy with the placement before inking on to my speciality card which is more expensive!

Once happy with my 'cheat sheet' I stamped all of the stand alone images in the set on to copic friendly card stock using my mini misti and my Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured the images with copic markers.  A colour map is provided below.  The panel was then trimmed to 4"x5.25".  

For the BOO letters I placed a piece of black card into my Misti, treated it with an anti-static powder tool and then inked up the stamp with Versafine ink.  I coated the card with clear embossing powder and then heat set until the images.  The letters were then cut out with the co-ordinating dies.

I cut another set of BOO letters and used liquid adhesive to secure them together to give extra dimension on the card. 

My card base measured 4.25"x5.5" and the coloured image panel was secured to it using liquid adhesive.  I used liquid to adhere the BOO letters ensuring they were straight with a T-square ruler.  

To pull the card together I added a bright orange sentiment by colouring a piece of white card stock orange using the same copic colours as the pumpkins on the background.  The sentiment was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black Ink and coated with clear embossing powder, then trimmed down to a small strip.  This was again secured with liquid adhesive.

For a full 'how to' tutorial, please see the video below:

Copic Colour Map

Full supplies list:

BOO stamps & co ordinating dies - Pretty Pink Posh
Copic Markers
Anti static powder tool
Mini misti stamp platform - My Sweet Petunia
Clear embossing powder
Heat tool
Tuxedo Black ink - Memento
Pumpkin ink cube - Taylored Expressions
Lilac - Memento
Onyx Black ink - Versafine
Black Card stock
Copic friendly card stock

Big Shot die cutting machine

Liquid adhesive

Tim Holtz guillotine trimmer

2018 Halloween Series - click here

Thank you so much for stopping by!  See you next time! x0x0

Mama Elephant Little Ghost Agenda Halloween Card

Hey crafters!  

Today I'm sharing (I've already shared on Instagram!) on my blog and YouTube channel this adorable Halloween card using the Little Ghost Agenda stamps by Mama Elephant.

For the main panel of the card I used a medium weight piece of raspberry cardstock and cut it slightly larger than an A2 size.  I used Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves and Black Soot to build up colour around the edges of the cardstock to create a gradient from darker on the outside to lighter at the centre of the card.  

I added some black and white splatters to add interest and texture to the cardstock.  Once the panel was dry I used the Mama Elephant Star Grid Cover Plate on the ink blended card.

I raided my patterned paper stash and picked out a number of pretty papers which I thought matched my colour pallet and cut out some stars using the same Star Grid Cover Plate.

Before adhering my ink blended panel to a black A2 sized cardbase I trimmed down the edges along the stitched frame using my guillotine trimmer.  

The panel was adhered to the card base using liquid adhesive and the decorative patterned paper stars were also adhered.

I stamped the ghost images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured them with the following markers:

Ghosts

B01, B00, BG0000, 0, RV10

Accessories

C10, C7, C5 (hat)

YR27, YR15, Y15, YR02, YG65, E15 (pumpkin)

RV19, RV17, RV13 (lollipop)

E44, E43, E57, E55, E53 (broomstick)

E44, E43, E57, E55, E53 (sweet)

I heat embossed the 'happy Halloween to you' stamp from Pretty Pink Posh 'BOO' stamp set on to black cardstock with white embossing powder.  I trimmed it with my guillotine and adhered it to the front of the card with double sided tape.  

The ghosts were adhered with liquid adhesive along with some ebony jewels scattered around too.

Click below to watch the YouTube video

Here are all the supplies used for this card:
Little Ghost Agenda stamps (Mama Elephant)
Star Grid Cover Plate die (Mama Elephant)
BOO stamps (Pretty Pink Posh)
Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Black Soot
Copic Markers (colours listed above)
Copic Opaque White
Raspberry Cardstock
Copic friendly cardstock (Marker Geek)
Assortment of patterned papers
Black Cardstock (Creative Expressions)
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Super Fine White Embossing Powder (Ranger)
Liquid adhesive (Gina K Connect glue)
Guillotine (Tonic)
Ebony Jewels (Lucy's Little Things)
Clear Sparkle Pen (Spectrum Noir)

I hope you enjoyed this card!  I have lots more Halloween cards planned so stay tuned and be sure to follow me so you don't miss any projects :)

Have a good day and thank you for joining me! xxx

Disclaimer: all of the supplies used in the making of this card were purchased by myself.  

Lawn Fawn 'Fun with Food' Lawnfawnatics Challenge #80

Hey Crafters!  Today I'm sharing a super cute food and Christmas themed card tutorial which I have recreated from the Lawnfawnatics challenge #80.  I was super excited to be a featured Fawnatic and I really hope you like the tutorial and corresponding information.

I have owned the 'Sprinked with Joy' stamp and die set and the 'Milk & Cookies' set for a couple of years now and never made a card with them.  I just couldn't think up an idea or design that I loved.  Then I saw the 'Holiday Helpers' set and just knew they were the addition I needed to pull together a cute card.  The 'Baked with Love' set just finished this card off but I only used the mixer....I ran out of room 😂.  Next time I'll create a slimline version so I can fit more images on!

Supplies

- Sprinkled with Joy (Lawn Fawn)

- Milk & Cookies (Lawn Fawn)

- Baked with Love (Lawn Fawn)

- Holiday Helpers (Lawn Fawn)

- Quilted Background Cover Plate (Lawn Fawn)

- Copic Markers 

  ~ Pinks - R85, R83, R81

  ~ Cool Greys - C5, C3, C1, C00

  ~ Warm Greys - W3, W1, W0

  ~ Warm Browns - E44, E43, E42

  ~ Skin Tones - E13, E11, E00, E000, RV21

  ~ Browns (hair) - E79, E77, E74, E71 / E29, E27, E25, E23

  ~ Golds - YR24, Y38, Y15, Y11

- Distress Oxide

  ~ Spun Sugar

  ~ Picked Raspberry

- Distress Ink

  ~ Antique Linen

  ~ Vintage Photo 

- Copic Cardstock (Marker Geek)

- White Heavyweight cardstock (Hobby Craft)

- Woodgrain Cardstock 'White' (Lawn Fawn) 

- Jet Black Ink (Lawn Fawn)

- Brads (Woodware) shorturl.at/sMO68

- Crystal Glaze (Nuvo by Tonic)

- Embossing Buddy (

- Mini Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

- Guillotine Trimmer (Tonic)

- Big Shot Die Cutting Machine

Spooky Halloween! Slim Card Little Mummy Agenda Halloween Card

Welcome to a super fun and cute Halloween card tutorial!  I absolutely love making Halloween cards and think its a great chance to explore vibrant and colours.  For this card I used Mama Elephant Little Mummy Agenda stamps along with the slim card basics dies from Mama Elephant.  A full list of supplies can be found towards the end of the post.

I created lots of grassy layers for my cute Mummy's to stand in and I think it just looks adorable!  

The finished card measures 8.5" x 3.5", heres a diagram to help....

The distress inks I used for this card were:

Tumbled Glass

Peacock Feathers

Blueprint Sketch

Chipped Sapphire

Black Soot

Check out the video for a full tutorial on this card...there were quite a few steps but I think it was worth it!

Supplies List

Mama Elephant Little Mummy Agenda Stamps

Mama Elephant Slim Card Basics

Mama Elephant Galactic Cover Plate Die

Lawn Fawn Grassy Border Die

Pretty Pink Posh Boo Stamp

Distress Inks:

Tumbled Glass

Peacock Feahers

Blueprint Sketch

Chipped Sapphire

Black Soot

Copic Markers:

Mummy's - C00, C1, C3

Skin - E17, E15, E13 / E13, E11, E00

Pumpkin Basket: YR27, YR24, E17, Y38

Gina K Connect Glue

T4TD Blending Brush

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Big Shot Die Cutting Machine

My Sweet Petunia Mini Stamp Platform

Heavy Weight White Cardstock (300gsm)

Black Cardstock (250gsm)

One Layer Valentines Card ft. Cool Cat and Quilted Heart Background Stamps

Hi Everyone, today I am back a love themed card, perfect for Valentines Day!  I've had these cute little Cool Cat stamps by MFT for ages and I have finally got around to using them!

I don't have the co-ordinating dies for this stamp set so it is perfect for one layer cards and masking techniques!

I firstly cut and stamped out all the masks I needed on to Hunkydory masking paper - I like this masking paper because you stamp on one side and then remove the backing paper when you are ready to use your mask...not too fiddly! 

 I then began stamping out my images onto to my card panel which was a 4.25" x 5.5" piece of copic friendly cardstock (250gsm) and ensured I worked forwards (closest images first) to backwards (stamped the images furthest away last)

I covered the wall background with a light layer of spun sugar distress ink and then used the Quilted Heart Background stamp from Simon Says stamp to stamp out the detail on the wall...I used spun sugar again for this giving a tone on tone background.

I used some more distress inks to shade the baseboards and carpet/flooring.

The images were coloured with my copic markers (colours listed below).

For my sentiment I used a 'love' scripty word die cut out several times from coloured cardstock with the top layer coloured with my copic markers for an ombre look.

I coated the 'love' word with Nuvo shimmer pen and a layer of glossy accents :)

I hope you liked this card!  If you'd like to see how I made it with a video tutorial just click the image below!

Here is a list of all the products used in the making of this card:

Cool Cat stamps - My Favorite Things

Cosy Christmas - Clearly Besotted
Quilted Heart Background stamp - Simon Says Stamp
‘Love’ die -
Copic friendly cardstock - https://bit.ly/2ChEi4Y
Tuxedo Ink - Memento Black - https://bit.ly/2KsWwW5
Versafine Ink - Onyx Black - https://bit.ly/2tvJL2H
Masking Paper - Hunkydory
Distress Ink:
Spun Sugar - https://bit.ly/2RSyEih
Iced Spruce - https://bit.ly/2FxhOQn
Antique Linen - https://bit.ly/2W0mAuv
Vintage Photo
Mini Blending Tool - https://bit.ly/2tMdvs8
Mini Blending Foam Pads - https://bit.ly/2RyFcDe
Mini Misti Stamping Tool - My Sweet Petunia
Tim Holtz Stamp Platform (full size) - https://bit.ly/2SToETm
Embossing Buddy - WRMK
Copic Markers:
Cat Basket - RV66, RV55, RV52, RV00, E27, E25, E23
Cat 1 - W4, W3, W1, W0
Cat 2 - E21, YR27, YR24
Fireplace - C5, C3, C1, E44, E43, E42
Fire - YR27, YR24, Y38, Y17, 0
Mantle - E35, E33, E31
Fishbowl & Fish - RV00, B60, YR02, YR01
Clear Embossing Powder - Papermania
Heat Tool
Tonic Guillotine Paper Cutter - https://bit.ly/2FwVLtc
Glossy Accents - Ranger - https://bit.ly/2FFt787
Glue Pen - Kuratake
Multi Medium Matte - Ranger
⅛” Double Sided Adhesive Tape - https://bit.ly/2Hjg5Qi
Uniball White Gel Pen Size 1.0
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Disclaimer:
*All products used in this video have been purchased by me and are products I love and enjoy using!
**Affiliate links are contained in this post. This means that I will receive a small commission should you decide to purchase anything through one of my links, at no additional cost to you. Thanks for using my links if you are able to, it means I will be able to keep bringing you crafty goodness
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Mermaid Shaker Card using stamps featuring Time for Tea Designs!

Happy Friday crafty friends!  Today I'm super excited to be sharing this shaker card using Time for Tea Designs stamps and dies.  I was thrilled to be contacted by owner, Joanna to see if I wanted to designs some cards using her stamps and here is my first creation!

For the background of my card I used some alcohol inks to create a watery ethereal background.  The frame for my shaker was created using the rectangle die from the 'Best Fishes Banner and Border Dies' which I lightly inked with wilted violet distress ink.

 

I filled my shaker with a selection of sequins from my stash....I love using a variety of shapes and sizes in my shaker cards!

I used copic markers to colour my images and I'ved listed all of the shades I used down below!

For the foiled dots on the mermaids tail I used a quickie glue pen and left it to dry/go tacky for 5/10 mins.  I then rubbed some rose gold foil over the top of the tacky dots which left behind small dots of foil and created a super shimmery effect...I love this technique!

Please join me again soon as I will have more cards featuring mermaid themes by Time for Tea Designs - be sure to find links to their products in the list below....go check the full range out NOW by clicking here!

Here is a list of all the products used in the making of this card:

Shell Phone stamp set - Time For Tea Designs - https://bit.ly/2CZOQWJ
Shell Phone die set - Time For Tea Designs - https://bit.ly/2Rh8gPR
Best Fishes Border & Banner Die Set - Time For Tea Designs - https://bit.ly/2shClj9
Copic friendly cardstock - https://bit.ly/2ChEi4Y
Yupo Paper - Ranger
Alcohol Ink - Raspberry, Amethyst - Ranger
Alcohol Ink Solution - Ranger
Distress Ink - Wilted Violet
Perfect Pearls - Copper
Felt Pads - Ranger
Mini Blending Tool
Mini Blending Foam Pads
Mini Misti Stamping Tool - My Sweet Petunia
Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black
Staz-on Ink - Cotton White
Clear Acetate Sheets
Embossing Buddy - WRMK
Copic Markers:
Mermaid Tail - RV66, RV55, RV52, RV00
Skin - E00, E11, E13
Hair - E23, E25, E27, E49
Phone - B63, B66
Sequins - Gingerbread Sequin Mix - Lucy’s Little Things, plus others from my stash (which ive been collecting for over 10 years)!
Big Shot Die Cutting Machine
Tonic Guillotine Paper Cutter
Glossy Accents - Ranger
Quickie Glue Pen
Rose Gold Foil - Crafters Companion
Tombow Mono Multi Glue
Nuvo Liquid Adhesive
Jewel Picker
Multi Medium Matte - Ranger
⅛” Double Sided Adhesive Tape
Uniball White Gel Pen Size 1.0

Time for Designs Social Media Links

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timeforteadesigns
Blog: https://timeforteadesigns.wordpress.com/
YouTube: https://bit.ly/2H6FXim

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Disclaimer:
*the stamps and dies used in this video have been sent to me as part of design team work. All other products have been purchased by me :)
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