You Slay Me

Good afternoon!

I know, it's been a while again, but sometimes life just seems to get in the way.

Well, I'm back and I have an adorable card to share with you today. It's fun, quirky and full of sass. The image is taken from a fab stamp set called Mythical Grumplings by Taylored Expressions. It's packed with mythical creatures with attitude and sassy sayings.

I decided to use the cute dragon and here he is in all his glory...

What you need...

Stamps:

Mythical Grumplings (#TEMD179) - Taylored Expressions

Dies:

Mythical Grumplings (#TE1422) - Taylored Expressions

Small stars

Embossing folder:

Multi Circles - Darice

Ink pads:

Black Soot Distress Ink - Tim Holtz

Carved Pumpkin

Squeezed Lemonade

Twisted Citron

Onyx Black - Versafine

Card stock:

White

Extras:

Adhesives

Masking paper - Altenew

Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray - Imagine Crafts

Tools:

Big Shot - Sizzix

What you do...

1 Cut a piece of white card stock 2¼" x 4¼" (5.5cm x 11cm). Stamp the dragon towards the right hand side with Onyx Black ink.

2 Die cut the dragon from masking paper and mat over the stamped image. Die cut three small stars from masking paper and place around the dragon.

3 Starting from the left hand side, blend the Carved Pumpkin, then the Squeezed Lemonade followed by the Twisted Citron inks.

4 Smooch some Black Soot ink onto a surface, such as an acrylic block. Add a drop of water and use a paint brush to add spatters of ink over the blended surface. 

5 Stamp the sentiment at the lower left. Spritz shimmer spray over the surface, allow to dry and carefully remove the masks.

6 Emboss the circles onto white card, trim to 4¼" x 5½" (11cm x 14cm) and mat onto a white top fold blank the same size. Add the dragon panel across the blank, just below half way down.

I have had this embossing folder for many years, but you can use any you have in your stash. A star or spotty themed background would look good.

There are a few stamp sets in the Grumplings range and they are all as sassy! Why not pop on over to Dies to Die For and have a look? Click here to take you to this wonderful site.

I am now thinking of starting my Christmas cards. I have so many stamps and dies that I haven't played with yet, some of which I've had for quite a while (even years). I do promise myself every year that I'm going to start around July/August, but I never seem to get round to it. This year I am determined.

As always, thank you so much for stopping by. I'll hopefully be back soon with a Christmas card, if not it will be a normal card from my stash of recent makes.

Take care! 

Resting On A Cloud (Hope Jacare) - Stitchy Bear's/Incy Wincy

Heevnin' peeps!

How are you today? I hope you are keeping warm and cosy wherever you are!

This week at Incy Wincy the challenge is Tic Tac Toe. Choose any row of three items to use on your card.

Our sponsor is Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet...

Here is the Tic Tac Toe board...

I chose brads, twine and any punch. Here is my DT make...

What you need...

Digi stamp: Resting On A Cloud (Hope Jacare) - Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet
Stamps: Falling For You - Paper Smooches

Digital card stock: white - Craftwork Cards
Card stock: pale blue

Promarkers: Arctic Blue, Cerise, Icicle, Leaf Green, Lemon, Pink Carnation, Soft Lime
Embossing folder: Multi Circles - Darice
Punch: corner rounder

Brads: blue, green, pink, white, yellow
Baker's twine: green, pink, yellow
Ink pad: Onyx Black - Versafine
Adhesives

What you do...

Re-size the image to suit. Colour in and cut out.

Hand cut scallops along the top of pale blue card 10cm x 14cm and emboss.

Adhere the image to the embossed card and attach five coloured brads around it. Mat onto a white A6 top fold blank.

Cut two lengths each of green, pink and yellow twine. Wrap around the base of the card and tie at the right.

Stamp the sentiment in the top left and round the corners with the punch.

This image is so adorable. I really wanted to keep it light and fresh and had the yellows, pinks, green and blue in my head before I even started to make the card. I'm please with the way it's turned out.

Nip along to Incy Wincy and see the gorgeous makes my teamies have done. There is lots of inspiration!

Thank you so much for popping in. TTFN! xx

Cosmic Colours Challenge #9 - Warm Thoughts

Happy Sunday my lovelies!

Finally! I got to do my take on this month's colour challenge. I love the Christmas holidays, but it does throw your head out a bit regarding days and dates, I'm sure I'm not the only one :o)

I hope you all had a lovely time over Christmas and are ready and raring to go for another year of yummy crafting.

Without further ado do, here is a reminder of the colour palette...

Comfort Tones - Design Seeds®

and here is my card...

What you need...

Stamps: Breakfast Club - The Alley Way Stamps; Sentiment Sampler - Paper Smooches

Dies: circles

Embossing folder: Circle Background - Darice

Card stock: brown, pale pink, white

Ink pad: Onyx Black - Versafine

Promarkers: Duck Egg, Fresh Bloom, Rock Pool, Walnut

Washi tape: blue houndstooth

Buttons: blue, brown, pink

Baker's twine: blue, pink

Hemp cord: brown

Gems: pale blue

Adhesives

What you do...

Stamp a mug, shadow, sentiment and steam onto white card. Die cut into a circle. Stamp the mug again, colour in and cut out. Mat over the first mug with foam tape.

Emboss the circle background onto pink card, trim so it measures 10cm x 12.5cm and mat onto the top of a 12.5cm square blank. Add a strip of Washi tape directly under it.

Fix the image to a larger circle of brown card and attach to the lower right of the blank. 

Thread and tie twine through the buttons and glue to the lower left of the circle. Add a gem to the heart on the mug and four to the steam.

Oooh!  This card puts me in the mood for a nice hot mug of cocoa which would be perfect today as it is cold, bright and frosty.

Click on the colour swatch above or here to take you to the challenge and the linky (I've also added a picture of my make to the challenge post).

Thanks for calling by and I'm looking forward to seeing all your scrummy designs. xx