Good Cluck To You - Doodle Pantry/Incy Wincy

Heevnin crafty chums!

We have a lovely challenge for you this week at Incy Wincy - Old MacDonald had a Farm and our sponsor is Doodle Pantry.

I chose Quirky Rooster and Hen. This download comes with several images (some in colour), background papers and sentiments.

I used the cute little hen (I'm biased), here she is...

Image by Doodle Pantry - Coloured in by me!

What you need...

Digital stamp: Quirky Rooster and Hen - Doodle Pantry

Card stock: white
Patterned paper: Greenhouse by Carolyn Gavin - K & Company 

Promarkers: Bright Green, Ivory, Lime Green, Magenta, Mandarin, Moss, Oasis*, Walnut
Baker's twine: bright pink
Button: bright pink
Adhesives

* Limited Edition Colour

What you do...

Re-size the image and sentiment, print and colour.
Mat the sentiment onto an A6 top fold blank.
Cut out the hen and adhere to the blank near the sentiment with foam tape.
Hand cut scallops along on edge of dotty paper and stick to the top of the blank.
Cut a banner shape from cactus paper and fix to the top right of the blank.
Wrap twine around the top of the blank three times, thread through a button and tie in a bow.

Sadly the Greenhouse paper pad by K and Company is no longer available, I've had it in my craft stash for quite some time. Even then I had to have it shipped over from the US (so glad I did). There may be one or two out there on the Internet if you have a good search.

Click on the Doodle Pantry badge to take you to the store. There are oodles of cute and fun images.

The Incy Wincy DT have come up trumps again with some absolutely gorgeous makes this week. If you are looking for inspiration then pop on over for a peek!

Well I'll sign off for now. Thank you for stopping by and happy crafting! xx

Hey There!

Aft'noon lovely peeps!

Hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend.

Last night I was having a look through my paper and die cuts and I came across the Carolyn Gavin Greenhouse collection by K & Company. I adore these papers and die cuts, they didn't seem readily available at the time and are now sadly discontinued. QVC had the die cuts in stock for a brief time and I had to get the paper pad sent over from the US.

I decided to make a simple card using the papers, a journaling spot and a die cut butterfly. So here it is.

What you need...

Stamps: Sentiment Sampler - Paper Smooches

Ink: Vintage Sepia - Versafine

Patterned paper

Die cut butterfly

Journaling spot

Card stock: chocolate brown

Glitter dots

Adhesives

What you do...

Create a top fold blank 13cm x 14.5cm and attach a slightly smaller piece of chocolate card to the front, in line with the fold.

Cut three 2cm wide strips in co-ordinating patterned papers. Trim to length, snip a notch from the end of each strip and adhere to the right side of the blank.

Stamp a simple sentiment onto a co-ordinating journaling spot and fix to the blank just above the notched end of the paper strips. Attach a butterfly die cut to the journaling spot and finish with a few glitter dots. The apple journaling spot and butterfly are so cute!

Top tip alert!!!!

This project is a good way of using up strips of paper. I bought some of those 12" x 12"  grip seal bags, I labelled them with manufacturers such as Bo Bunny, K & Company etc. Any scraps of paper that I have left over I put into the bags. The beauty of labelling the bags is that you don't have to spend hours rummaging through scraps of paper to find the collection you want.

The bags are kept in a decorative scrapbook box, which is kept handy; so if I go to use a sheet of paper, I check in the box first to see if I have any already cut into. The times I've cut into a new sheet of paper and then realised there is one already chopped up. So annoying!

You can buy the 12" x 12" grip seal bags (10 for £1.25) from Sarah's Cards

Okay, that's me for the nonce. Thanks for popping in. xxx

Could it be spring?

Greetings all!!

I'm just sat looking out of my craft room window and the sun is shining, not a cloud in the sky, the birds are singing, the fact that all the trees in the back garden are bare makes you realise it's still winter. Spring is definitely on it's way though. Is it just me or do birds sound different when spring is round the corner?

I have been busy with more commissions for Crafts Beautiful. Plus we've got loads of people coming round to give us quotes on new central heating, radiators and new bathrooms. All these things to think about at the mo, my brain aches. You know what I mean, when it hurts to think, or to put it another way, you can't be bothered to think.

It was my Dad's birthday yesterday. I did him a fab card, I used the new Portobello Road collection from Papermania. It was very British, the main focus being on Big Ben. I placed it on the card at an angle (well it is leaning). Both my Mum and Dad really liked it. Forgot to take a photo - oops - slap wrist!

I have a friend who has just started a new job at the vets where I take Bazoo, so I've done her a Good Luck card with a black cat on it (very apt). Very bright and funky. Also, someone we know is going travelling round the world for a year, so I made her a Bon Voyage card. I remembered to take a couple of piccies this time!

Here I used papers from My Mind's Eye - Good Day Sunshine collection, First Edition - Animal Antics pad and K & Company - Greenhouse by Carolyn Gavin. The aeroplane is from a Cuttlekids die set, the flowers and fence are from a K & Company die cut pad which matches the papers. The Bon Voyage is stamped onto canvas all wonky like.

I used the same K & Company papers and die cuts as before, the black cat is a Judikins rubber stamp and I used the Tim Holtz - Scallops - On the Edge die. A few brads, ribbons and a rub on....ta da!

The photos really don't do them justice, they are so bright and funky in real life. I know the Carolyn Gavin collection is really hard to get hold of, I had to get mine from the US. The Judikins stamp was still available from Stamping Mad last time I looked.

The whole thing about crafting and looking at other people's work, isn't necessarily to copy like for like, but for inspiration and to use what you have or is available and put your own twist on it and enjoy!!

Happy crafting!!!