Spiffingly Good Easter

Hello there!

I'm back with the second card I did for Easter. Again this is a remake of a card I did a couple of years ago. 

In my last post, I changed the colour scheme of the original card but kept the same layout. With this one I have done the card exactly the same as the original because I just love the colours.

What you need...

Stamps: Claudine Hellmuth Doodles, Claudine Hellmuth Nature - Ranger; Cheree the Chicken - The Rubber Stamp Gallery

Embossing folder: Spots & Dots - Cuttlebug

Card stock: white, lime

Promarkers

Ink pads: Key Lime - VersaMagic; Onyx Black - Versafine

Buttons: orange, pink, yellow

Crochet cotton: white

Adhesives

I have the original card with full instructions here. For the sentiment banner, I created the sentiment on the computer, printed it out and then trimmed into a fish tail banner shape. I recommend printing a full sheet of sentiments, so that you have them to hand for future.

I am loving these bright zingy colours for Easter. This card could also be adapted for a birthday and you could use more muted colours for a male card.

I'm going to sign off now. Thank you for popping by and I'll be back soon with the birthday card I did for my husband Simon.

Good Luck 2 Ewe!

Good afternoon peeps!

I have another card to show that I did for the September 2013 issue of Crafts Beautiful. It featured in a booklet showcasing celebration cards.

What you need...

Stamp: Shirley Sheep

Patterned papers: So Happy Together - Echo Park

Card: white

Promarkers: Bright Green, Chestnut, Ice Grey 1, Ice Grey 4, Ice Grey 5

Ink pad: Onyx Black - Versafine

Punch: corner rounder

Adhesives

What you do...

Round the top right corner of 12cm square blank and a piece of spotty paper 9cm x 12cm. Mat the paper onto the blank. Cut a curved section from flower patterned paper and fix to the bottom.

Stamp colour and cut out two sheep. Attach to the blank, tucking the legs of one under the flower paper and the other lower down, to the right.

Cut a small cloud from white card and adhere to the top left with foam tape. Cut a small circle from the centre of a yellow flower and attach behind the cloud. Finish with a printed sentiment mounted centrally at the bottom.

I love this Shirley the Sheep stamp, the expression on her face is so funny. I purchased the stamp from The Rubber Stamp Gallery, pop on over and have a browse, there are lots of other farm animals available.

Well, that's me for the nonce. Thanks for popping by! xx

Have a Spiffingly Good Easter...

Mewnin' my lovely peepsicles!

Hope you are all well. Soon the first day of spring will be upon us, but we have more snowy weather forecast here in 'ol Blighty :o(

The best thing to do is stay indoors where it's warm and do some creative messing about (or crafting as it's commonly known)

Yesterday I made another Easter card, again with a comical feel and bright zingy colours. Here it is, ta da da da da da dah........

What you need...

Stamps: Claudine Hellmuth Doodles, Claudine Hellmuth Nature - Ranger; Cheree the Chicken - The Rubber Stamp Gallery

Embossing folder: Spots and Dots - Cuttlebug

Card stock: white, lime

Ink: Tuxedo Black - Memento; Key Lime - VersaMagic

Promarkers: Cool Aqua, Gold, Hot Pink, Lime Green, Magenta, Mandarin, Pumpkin, Summer Sun

Buttons: yellow, orange, pink

Crochet cotton: white

Adhesives

What you do...

Create a 10.5cm x 14cm top fold blank. Ink the embossing folder with Key Lime and run a sheet of white card through and trim to 9.5cm square. Adhere to the blank in line with the fold.

Stamp the chicken, cloud shape, large circle, dotty border and three flowers in black ink and colour in. Cut out and attach to the blank as shown.

Use a computer and printer to create the sentiment and fix to the lower section of the blank. Finish with buttons tied with cotton for the flower centres.

I wanted to make the embossed pattern stand out a bit, not too much to distract from the main images, so I used the technique where you apply ink onto the embossing folder. Using the Key Lime chalk ink just gives enough definition without overpowering. The photo's don't really show it up that much, because it is so subtle. I like!

The Rubber Stamp Gallery has lots of handmade (usually to order) stamps. They have some really unusual and quirky images. As I love chickens, I couldn't resist Cheree with her 'I'm not impressed' face. This card would be perfect to send to the Bah Humbugs! of the Easter season.

I'm going to sign off now, I have a couple of lads here servicing the central heating and I've got my next PaperCrafter commission to start. Thanks for popping in. xx

Pumpkins

It's been a while since my last post. I've been really busy with the Crafts Beautiful commissions and trying to get my Christmas cards done as well!

Here are some pics of the pumpkins I carved for Halloween. Some are in daylight by the front door and the rest are after dark. They looked really good. We don't have many children in the village, so it was a fairly quiet night, but I still like to do the whole Halloween thing.

It was my dad-in-law's birthday yesterday. He loves birds and I found this stamp (Wading Birds 2) on a site called The Rubber Stamp Gallery. They have some wonderful and unusual stamps that they make to order. They come unmounted so you have to put them on some EZ-Mount, but the quality is brill. I've put a link to their site in the 'Fab places to visit' section. It's worth taking a look.

Dad loved the card, my skills with a camera don't really do it justice.

  

To make, stamp and emboss the image onto white card, colour in and die cut out. Adhere to a larger die shape black card, then mount onto aqua card and trim. Tie a length of garden twine, black ribbon and black bakers twine around a kraft card base (with the fold at the top) keeping the knots to the right. Fix the image over the cords with foam pads on the left. Add a button threaded with bakers twine to the bottom of the image. Stamp 'Happy Birthday' in black on the bottom right of the card and round off the bottom corners. 

Right, back to work. Happy crafting!