SU Itty Bitty Buds

Afternoon

I had a little time today to play with my new Stampin Up stamps ‘Itty Bitty Buds’ which are very useful and made two very simple cards.  I have just added bold brights cardstock and ink dots to my growing collection so used these bright colours conservatively (if you can do that) in a simple design. 

This is Pixie Pink, Tempting Turquoise and Yoyo Yellow for the flowers (Kaiser Rhinestones for the centres), Green Galore for the stalks and corresponding cardstock (don’t they have lovely names!) and a little bit of ribbon from my stash as I had no pink SU ribbons, sentiments also SU.

Take care and hears to a good week weather wise!!

More LOTV Cards

Well, I told you that Lily of the Valley stamps would become a firm favourite of mine, and what with the footi on TV and the men in both tv rooms watching different games, I am card making this afternoon after scrapbooking this morning -aah, that’s the life…

I have made a card for my friends Karen adn Mike who are moving this week with the Teddy in the Shed stamp, just thought it would make a cute ‘moving’ card.  Coloured in Copic and Promarkers as usual, I used the blue card from SU Soft Subtles and the paper is from Papermania, a pack I seem to be using a lot lately, made it into an easel card with the Best Wishes stamp from SU along with the oval punches.  Where would I be without Jo and Stampin Up!

The second card is the Boy on the Computer stamp, so cute – I just love it.  Coloured as always, with cardstock again from SU soft subtles, the sentiment and square punch SU –  I just love the baby blue and banana colours together, buttons from my stash.

Have to stop now and make tea, made ten cards this afternoon which is great.

Take care…

New LOTV Stamps!

Afternoon

Well, I am happy the rain has come, if not just for the garden.  But for the chance to stay in and stamp  – so easily pleased am I!

My new Lily of the Valley stamps arrived this morning, two teddy ones and two little boy ones, just scrummy. And one of my Cardmaking magazines, how lovely.  So I have been busy doing a few cards with the heating on… brr, can’t believe how cold it is.

They are coloured in with Promarkers and Copics, the teddy layered on to Papermania paper and pink card and flowers from stock, old sentiment stamps that I haven’t used in such a long  time.

I might try watercolouring the teddy on the wall one next as it is quite fiddly with the promarkers but that means I will have to tidy my work area first… oh well, needs must.

Hope you all have  a good weekend, take care …

Vintage SU

Morning

Lovely out there but cold so although I should be finishing off in the garden from the weekend, I am going to do some cards and scrapbooking as I have to work tomorrow.

This is from the SU Vintage stamp set again, love it, but on a long card – I have loads of cards in my stash box and mainly use square but found a load of these hammered cream ones so thought I would make a change.  I have used inked cut and dry all around the edges of the card and panels, stamped the flowers etc with my new Spice Big and Juicy ink pad,cutting out for the decoupage and a few brads in the middle of the small flowers - a bit grungy from me but I like a change.

HOpe to get more done later.  Take care …

Red and Black

Morning

Another glorious one too, aren’t we lucky though the garden could use some rain!

We were at our crop at West Moors (David and Brendas) on Saturday and all talked about our scraps boxes, you know us crafters, can’t throw anything away – I am not that brave – so I thought I would start this week by using some of them. 

I had used black and red for a layout so have used the scraps to make a card with my new stamp set from Jo at SU, Vintage Vogue.  It is so versatile and looks good in any colour, and simply put black brads in the centre of the flowers after doing a bit of decoupage, and apaprt from doing a bit of cutting, simple.

Have a nice day, take care…

Same again, different colours!

Well, another glorious day – wonder if it will be like this in the summer??

I decided to do the same stamps as yesterday, just in different colours.  The Boy on the bike is just a simple easel card and coloured with just Promarkers this time (Craft Obsessions) and matted onto some bazzil cardstock.  The sentiment and oval punches are from Stampin Up. The little bear, so cute, is much the same but have used sparkes on the butterfly wings and glossy accents this time on his glasses, Promarkers again.

Hope you like them, sorry it is the same stamps but just love these LOTV stamps – wish I could get the whole lot!!

Take care…

Boys and Girls

Afternoon, and another glorious one!

I had a quick card to make for both a boy and a girl and thanks to Lili of the Valley stamps again and my friend Jo who had this boy stamp, I could make a quickie card this pm – isn’t he cute!!  Very simple, just matted and layered on to shiny red and black card with a Stampin Up sentiment, coloured in as always with Copics and Promarkers,  Much the same with the little bear but also using SU Card too.

Hope you like them – take care…

Fairy on Tiptoes

What a gorgeous day this has been again – those of you like me on school holiday have had two fantastic weeks of sunshine!

I coloured in last night after being at our lovely crop yesterday with all the girls.  So today I could just get on with making the cards, and I like this one a lot, love the fairy on tiptoes.  I used Copics and Promarker pens as usual and matted her on to green bazzil and pink card from my stash to make the easel card.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up as are the oval punches, and I used my embossing punch from Martha Stewart for the base part of the card.  I used Diamond Stickles on her wings and the roses from my stash, the leaf punch is from The Hobby House.

HOpe you like it, take care…

The cutest Tilda

Afternoon

I just had a few hours to colour in today so did a few more LofV cards and some Magnolia ones.

I love this Tilda card with the pigtails, coloured her simply with Copics and decoupaged her in front of the signpost also from Magnolia (I got these from David and Brenda at Craft Obsessions). Just finishing off the edge with a Martha Stewart punch eh voila.

Take care…

Lili of the Valley (2)

Well, I think Lili of the Valley are going to be a firm fave of mine, their designs are just so cute.

I especially loved this one, they are just so cute on the wall! I used K & Co papers again for the one above and sponged them with Distress Inks to soften the papers, colouring in with Copics and Promarker pens.  I used one of their sentiments, really like the font they have used, and punched some flowers again with gem centers.

The second one is old papers from my stash again using Copic and Promarker pens for colouring in and making a lace effect around the edge, flowers etc the same with her matted on to black glossy card and black gem centers.  I certainly think I will be using these stamps a lot – I have two more I haven’t even got out of the package yet!

Take care…