Live in the Sunshine

I have had an afternoon of stamping fun
and decided this time on a bookmark for my Granddaughter Felicity
She loves reading and joined in the Summer reading challenge at our local library.
She has her own book bag for when she comes to stay but all the bookmarks we have made she has taken home so here is the start of a few for here.
I know she will love this but may not be too happy that I've used shrinkles without her she loves the magic paper!!

I have used watercolour card I like to use this when using the Distress Oxides 
So the background was done using Oxides - Salty Ocean ~Broken China ~Peacock Feathers and Lucky Clover - The stamping (except for the sentiment ) was done using Faded Jeans.

The actual bookmark was Salty Ocean and then spritzed
I then did the background and gave a good spritz and added droplets of water
I used stamp set
Oceania
and
Wish you were here
The sentiment was stamped and then cut out
I coloured the starfish and the dolphin using my lovely polychromo pencils
adhered the starfish 

added one of the dolphins with a few foam tabs and the other which had been stamped on shrinkles was attacked with my heat gun 
I soooooo love him, uber cutness

I finished of with splashes of white pen and a little doodling with black pen
and a slice of ribbon
Thank you for looking
xx
I would like to enter this into
Pause, Dream, Enjoy - Ocean
Country View Challenges - Blues/Greens
World Wide Open Design Team - Anything Goes
Papermill Direct - Bookmark Challenge
Thats Crafty - Not a card
As you like it - Fav Embellishment ~Has to be shrinkies all day long, you can make them to perfectly match your projects

Little Bird ~ Tag and Card

Ohhhhh squeal what an exciting week, after a few months break  due to moving I re~newed my subscription to my favourite magazine Simply Cards & Papercraft

(I had to cancel so I was not led into temptation to craft lol)

I am now fully crafting again and have so many ideas and new things I want to try.

Now one thing I do love is using shrinkles

 ( I am very new to this but can see it becoming addictive)

When I saw the freebie's on the mag I immediately grabbed the shrinkles pack!

Talking of freebies........where to start?? Two Die's (bird and wing) ~24 stamps (I counted them twice so I hope I got it right) and then  prima exclusive paper collections , beautiful papers and stunning toppers, I could not wait to start crafting.

I started making the tag first ~ layering up the different papers ,so lush I really did not want to cut them up ! I inked around using distress ink shaded lilac

I used one of the toppers in the center, now here is the fun part

I stamped and die cut the bird onto shrinkles and coloured him in using Polychromo Pencils and then set to work with my heat dryer , I then had the most cutest tiny bird in the world, I stamped the branch , flowers, Love sentiment and his feet using Memento dew drop ink

Die Cut a couple of flowers using another of the papers 

 and finished of with a few Nuvo jewel drops and a slice of ribbon.

I then set about my card , starting with a 6x6 card blank 

I layered up the same papers as the tag

Changing a few ink colours this time I added more stamped detail to the bird and decided to keep him at his original size

Flowers were made the same as before and using two of the stamps * happy bird-day*

Thank you for looking

xx

I would like to enter this into

Crafting by Designs - Summertime

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Try it on Tuesday - Tags

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes

Country View Challenges - With Wings

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper -Patterned Paper

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff - All creatures great and small

Di's Digi Challenge - Layers

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Anything goes with Ribbon