Easter Bunny Card Set & Box

Hey Crafters!!

I've got this really cute card set I want to share with you today. I found this really pretty Sarah Hurley stamp in my clear stamp box that I got free with a magazine a couple months ago.....if not longer. As soon as I saw it I knew it would be perfect for some Easter cards.

I haven't had much luck with my Spectrum Noir pens and almost gave up on them but decided my bunnies needed some colour and started playing about with the colours again until I was happy. I fussy cut around my bunnies and used foam pads to give them some dimension.

These took me about 5 minutes to come up with I just prepared all the colours I wanted and even made the cute box to put them in. To make the whole set of 6 and the box I think it took me about an hour to get the project finished which isn't bad if you ask me. I was definitely in the zone!

I really like how these turned out. I put in 2 of each design to make a set of 6. What do you think??

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting.

Giraffe Bookmark

Hey Crafters!!!

It's Monday again, so that means the start of another week. Today I have something a little different to show you!

After making my giraffe card for last weeks Daring Cardmakers Challenge which you can see here (if you missed it). I couldn't stop thinking about giraffes and what else I could make and so I went playing with my stash and came up with this fun bookmark.

This is what I came up with for my first attempt. How cute is he?? I love him. I was playing about with stamps and just used this thank you from my Stampin' Up - Blooming with kindness stamp set. 

I just so happened to pop the bookmark next to the card and couldn't help but think what a nice gift idea this could be. The bookmark needs some ribbon or twine (I don't have any in the colours I wanted......YET!) for that finished look but I would definitely think about putting together a cute gift set with my giraffe.

What do you think?? Please feel free to leave me any comments. I love reading them.

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting.

Mini Thank You Card

Hey Crafters!!

I've got another mini card to show you today. I'm really loving making 3x3" cards. I finally used a couple of my Stampin' Up products for this dinky card and I love how it turned out. It was also my second attempt at triple step stamping and I have to admit this time it turned out much better than my first attempt here.

I used the Blooming with kindness stamp set for this card and my Tempting Turquoise ink pad. This was so easy to make. I stamped the flower onto the white card stock first then matt and layered it onto black card. used a piece of scrap white for the sentiment and cut it into a banner. Inked the edges with Tempting Turquoise and popped it up using foam pads. For that finishing touch I used a turquoise gem and put it into the 'O' from You. I hope you like it.

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting.

Challenge | Daring Cardmakers - Mellow Yellow

Hey Crafters!!

Happy Humpday! I can't believe we're mid week already, the time is flying by!

So today I wanted to share with you a couple of cards I made for the Daring Cardmakers challenge this week which is Mellow Yellow.

The first card I want to share with you was my first attempt at triple step stamping. For a first attempt it's not bad but I can see where some of my ladybirds haven't quite lined up. The card measures a dinky 3x3" and I used a spring stamp set that was FREE with Creative Stamping magazine. 

This is the first card I haven't added any bling too. I did use antique linen distress ink around the edges of my white card stock. 

 

The second card I want to share with you is a super cute Giraffe card that kind of just happened. I bought a really cute 6x6" paper stack for £1 from The Works and it's animal print. When I saw the giraffe print I grabbed my little giraffe stamp and got to work. It's simple but it works. My son LOVES Giraffes and has a comforter called Geoff!

The Giraffe card measures 5.5"x4" and I just love it. I used some brown card I had in a paper stack and some yellow cardstock. I popped up the giraffe with some foam pads and finished it with yellow and orange gems. 

Which one do you like? 

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting.

Fairy Wishes

Hey Crafters! 

Another week and I can't believe we're in March already! Spring is on it's way! YAY!!!! I can't wait for the lighter evenings.

Today's card I want to share with you is this really simple yet pretty fairy card that I created. It was one of those cards that just happened. There wasn't much thought to it and I really like how this turned out.  

I made my own card base using a white textured card that measures 5.5" x 4" I added the pretty background paper which was from a Dovecraft Back To Basics 3 8x8 paper pack.

I already had some yellow and pink card stock cut down ready for matting and layering from some old card stock stacks I had lying around in my stash. I cut a strip of scrap paper and went round the edges with a silver ink pad and stamped the fairy onto my yellow piece of card added some glitter on her wings and the swirls. The fairy stamp came with a really pretty set I got FREE with the December issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine.

  

Popped some foam pads on the back for a bit of dimension, added some faux stitching around the edge, punched a 1" circle from my scrap paper,  added the sentiment and that was it finished. I did include some pink and yellow gems for added bling. You know I love bling! 

I really like how this turned out.

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting.

Valentine's Day Cards For Work

Hey Crafters!!

Happy Friday! We've survived another week!! I hope you've all got a fab weekend planned. Today's card I want to share with you, is something I made for the lovely ladies in work. 

 I really like how this turned out. I made 10 of these so made them in stages. I embossed the red card using my xcut falling hearts embossing folder. Then I heat embossed the butterflies in pastel pink added the gems for that bling and fussy cut them out.

 I used the butterfly stamps on the inside of the cards too for that finishing touch. I stamped the sentiment and sweet onto white card matted it onto black card and cut it into a banner, added a red ribbon for that finishing touch.

 The stamps were from a Clearly Besotted set I got FREE with Simply cards and papercraft magazine.

  I really enjoyed making these. I know the lovelies in work liked getting their secret valentine card. They took me a couple of days to prepare but to put together they took me about half an hour. 

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting.

Mini Valentine's Cards

Hey Crafters!!

I shall be bringing you another Valentine's Themed card for you today. This time though they are dinky cards. I made them 3x3 size.

These dinky cards were something I just came up with, I didn't really know what I was doing and they just sort of happened. Hehehe! I started off using some black scrap card stock I had and cut it to 3x3 size. Added some red spotty paper I had in my stash.

I stamped the I Love You sentiment onto some scrap white paper and the balloons onto red scrap paper. I added glitter to my balloons for that bling. Matted the image onto black card and cut the sentiment into a banner and used foam pads to give them a little dimension.

I couldn't decide which of the finished cards I liked best and still can't. I really like how they both turned out. For the inside I just used white paper and stamped a little heart image onto it.

Which one do you prefer??

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting.

Valentine's Day Cards

Hey Crafters!!

I know I haven't posted in a good few weeks but I will try and catch up. The next few posts from me will be Valentine's ones (Sorrrrrrryyyyyyy). But I'm still feeling inspired by the love theme.

The card I want to share with you this evening is this simple but pretty Valentine's card. It took me about 20 minutes to make from start to finish as I had the idea stuck in my head for days.

It was really easy to put together. I prepared all my "ingredients" before starting. I die cut the hearts, scalloped squares and the ticket (not sure what it is). Heat embossed I Love You, punched out the squares and butterflies.

The background paper and sentiments were a free download from Docrafts. They have some great freebies on there to download.

I made the insert using pink paper and cut a scalloped square from patterned paper and of course added red gems for that extra something.

I like how this turned out and was really impressed that it only took me 20 minutes. Hope you like it too.

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting.

Request | 50th Birthday Card for Mum

Hey Crafters!

The weekend is upon us which means I can do some crafting. Yay!!!

One of the beauties I work with asked if I could make a card for her mum's 50th and of course I said yes. She let me know what colours her mum liked and off I went.  

I played about with heat embossing, layouts, flowers and other embellishments until I came up with the finished card. I absolutely LOVE this and have to admit it's one of my favourite cards I've made in a while.

  
The photo doesn't show off the sparkle and prettiness but in person it's so pretty! 

I made my own insert for the card just for that finishing touch. I stamped the sentiment and presents using some Forever Friends wood stamps I bought from eBay a while back.

It's simple but so pretty and I really hope that it's loved by the lovely lady that will be getting this for her birthday.

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting.

  

Wedding Card For Our Friends

Hey Crafters!

Hope you all had a fun weekend! I was supposed to post this last week but work has been absolutely CRAZY!!! 

I was at a friends wedding last week, which was absolutely beautiful and, of course, I made a card for the occasion. I would love to share it with you today.

I used an 8x8 pre-scored card blank to make this card. I wanted something simple and elegant that also matched the colours of the wedding.

I used a gorgeous piece of silver cardstock I had left over from Christmas as my background then added some black ribbon with the silver heart buckle. I added some clear gems to it to give it that extra sparkle. 

The topper set is one I had from Hunkydory's Milestones and Special Moments collection. I added some flat back pearls and some more gems to the bride on the topper and my card was complete.

   
It was such an easy card yet it looks so elegant. I was happy with how it turned out. I also added my own insert for that finishing touch.

 Until Next Time, Keep Crafting.

Easel Cat Calendar with Post It Notes & Pen Holder

Hey Crafters!

Me again! I'm impressed with how well I've been doing with my posts lately! Let's hope I can keep this up for you! So today I thought I would show you a little calendar I made.

I had these little calendar tabs in a docrafts goodie bag and had no ideas what to do with them then I made the beautiful easel desk calendar that I gave as a Christmas gift (you can see it here) and after that I was hooked, I set about asking Google to see what he could throw my way and I came across a video from ScrappyBookworm1. I fell in love with the project and set about making some (which I gave as extra gifts for Christmas) I had some die cut cats left over and wanted to use them. 

I went for a yellow and blue colour scheme and used pretty much scraps to make the whole thing. It was so easy to make and I love how the finished project looks. I embossed my blue background paper with a Sizzix embossing folder (I got with my big shot) I had to add some bling so I put blue gemstones onto the scalloped square and some glitter around the cat.

I had another die cut cat left over so I made a cute and simple calendar. I went with the blue and yellow colour scheme. I cut a piece of yellow card to 14.5cms x 10.5cms and my blue patterned card I eye balled and it's about 3mms smaller than the yellow card.

I added a piece of yellow ribbon and a bow to my blue card then matted it onto the yellow card. I added a scalloped square which I added faux stitching and light blue gemstones to, then punched out another square from a scrap of the embossed cardstock I used for the easel calendar. Put my cat onto some foam pads and added him to my squares.

I added some twine to the back so it can be hung up. I absolutely love how both of these turned out. My cat dies are also ones I know I will get out a lot more as I have so many ideas for them.

I really hope you enjoyed this post and my calendars.

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting.