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

Time for Tea ~Simply Cards & Papercraft

So delighted to see some tags I made in this months magazine ~Simply Cards & Papercraft (issue 159) ~ A snowflake is not just for Christmas - You can see my original post right here

Onto this months Magazine and if you haven't got it you really need it

The Freebies WOW!

Time for tea teacup die and stamp set

Such a beautiful teacup die that cuts so perfectly with ease

and a stamp set containing 19 different stamps!!

I actually did not know where to start, this set could be used for so many occasions.

I decided on the Valentine route , but decided to keep it in pastel shades.

I think I am a little fed up with red after Christmas

So I used a 6 x 6 blank card

Printed heart paper - Polkadoodles Love & Kisses Collection

Pink cardstock - Papermill Direct Pastel Pink

Time for Tea die & stamp set

Graph'It Markers

Memento Ink Toffee Crunch

I layered up my base card, and then set to work decorating the top - The teapot has some flowers across it , I masked these of as I wanted the teapot to co-ordinate with the background paper. The teacup was die cut using the same .

The flowers were stamped , coloured in and the decoupaged to give some depth, same as the sweet little macaroon.

Tea-bag stamped and colored

I then stamped the sentiment and stamped the little hearts

Thank you for stopping by today

xx

I would like to enter this into
Papermill Direct - Valentine craft Challenge
Dream Valley - Love
Gem Of A Challenge - Hearts & Flowers
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes
Sunny Day Crafting - Anything Goes

Let it Snow-Well I Never - Simply Cards & Papercraft

Yepidoodle this time last week was that time of the month , 

the time I start stalking my postie for my delivery of *Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine*

I adore reading it from front to back, skipping through first off, stroking the freebies and then later a nice long read through

However this month things did not go to plan, I was skipping through and when I got to the readers page , I thought ohhh I made a card very similar to that, rubbed my eyes, looked again that was my card !! Star Letter Ohhhh Wowser I was absolutly chuffed to bits 

You can see my original post here

I then had to tell everyone that would listen

Now I love all the freebies that we get but this month's Let it Snow absolutly lush

What did we get ?

The most stunning embossing folder (6 x 4)

The most beautiful snowflake die

A stamp set containing 6 stamps

Now I described last months free gift Santa Claus is Coming to Town as pure magical, could I do it again and use the same description? You bet I could, these adorable little snowflakes, the most beautiful sentiments, If you have not seen the magazine this is a must have.

Soooooo after all the excitement, what did I make?

I decided on a Christmas tag, (I enjoyed making it so much I ended up making three)

I used Memento inks throughout for my stamping and Distress inks for the edges

Main Snowflake cut in coordinating card

Finished them all with some matching ribbons and little gems.

Inks - Toffee Crunch & Black Soot

Inks - Toffee Crunch & Tumble Glass

Inks - Toffee Crunch, Angel Pink & Spun Sugar

Scatty's Top Tip

Before I finish today's post please do not think Snowflakes are just for Christmas , just take a look at the negative from the die! How pretty is that , it would look fab as a mask simply used with some Brusho's or similar - I can see lots of ideas

~Thanks for stopping by today ~

I would like to enter my tags into

A Gem of a Challenge - Snowflakes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Anything Christmas

My Time to Craft - Distress It

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes/Snowflakes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Tag Your It

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - Add Ribbon

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon/Lace

Creates and Makes - Anything Goes (Ribbon)

Craft Stamper - Anything Goes

Simply Cards & Papercraft Goodies - Santa Claus is coming to town

Whooohooooo Yes it's that time of the month again when my Simply Cards & Papercrafts arrives through the letter box.
I love nothing more than sitting with my morning cuppa admiring the freebies and reading through the mag *** this time though , I let out a squeal as I had noticed one of my cards had been published- I was absolutly thrilled to pieces as those that know me , know that although I have been card making for a few years now , stamping is really quite new to me , I used to shy away from stamps now I LOVE them!***


Sooooo what was our treat this time?
A Wonderful set * Santa Claus is coming to town*

Oh my goodness where to start ......
A wonderful sleigh die, Snowy embossing folder and a set of 9 stamps
Wowsers so much fun to be had...
I decided to make a pop up box , I love these you can add so much and there relativly flat for posting , (although I did add jingly bells to this one). I used Kraft card for the base and all papers used are from my favourite go to collection Winnnie Winterland.

I used Memento inks through out for the stamps 
Coloured Santa using Graph'It Markers
Sleigh die cut twice in red & gold
Sentiment - Tuxedo Black and edged with fluffy stuff

Using Ink Lady Bug & Bamboo Leaves
Added a couple of Jingly Bells on a legnth of ribbon

Sack cut from Santa stamp and filled with present stamps

Using Ink Lady Bug & Bamboo Leaves

Snowy Embossing folder used

Reindeer inked with Rich Cocoa

Starry stamp Using Ink Lady Bug & Bamboo Leaves

Red Gem for the nose

Thank you so much for looking 

Hope you enjoyed todays little project

xx

I would like to enter this into
Inkspirational - Use 5 or more Stamps (9)
Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Christmas Die cuts
Stamping Royalty - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Crafting from the heart - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Home For Christmas

What an absolutly stunning set arrived this month with my Simply Cards & Papercraft.

I adore Christmas and couldn't wait to play

How spoilt were we, embossing folder , stamps and dies!!

To start I used a white A5 centre- stepper card blank.

 I covered it in a Christmas red paper leaving a slight border of white showing through.

I die cut the door three times, once in red , twice in white. I wanted the door to stand off the page so used sticky foam tabs to adhere and cut the panels from the red door and adhered with glue

Using Memento ink lady bug I stamped the number, knocker , letterbox and sentiment.

I stamped the lights with Memento black ink and coloured using watercolour paints.

The wreath was again die cut twice to give some depth 

The holly leaves were die cut and watercoloured . Once dried I added some ruby red liquid pearls.

I stamped the pots (twice )using Memento gray fog and the plants with Memento bamboo leaf adding again liquid pearls and adhered with foam tabs.

The bows were stamped using lady bug and bamboo leaf dabbed over with glossy accents for shine.

I had tons of fun making this card

And can see a fair few of these being made

Thank you for looking

xx

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra - Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Christmas

Paper Creators Crafts - Christmas

Craft Rocket - Anything Goes

Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes

Crimbo Crackers - Shaped Cards

Crafty Creations - Use a number

Simon says Stamp - Stamp It

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge - leaves

Holly Jolly Christmas - More than one fold

Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff - Watercolour

Penny Black and More - Stamped Sentiment

Alphabet Challenge - N for Numbers

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes