Hi all. I'm back! I've got totally out of the way of blogging and haven't been making a whole lot of cards this past while, but I'm aiming to knuckle down and do better!
It's been a busy old summer, the weather back in July was amazing, so there was a lot of gardening, fence painting and sorting stuff outdoors. August has been much more meh, so we've been painting and busy indoors. Work has been mad busy too, we did a lot of work with the Belfast Fleadh which was amazing, but glad to change down a gear and get back to normal business instead of being permanently flat out! And we're finally off on our holiday soon to Majorca, I'm sooooo looking forward to doing absolutely nothing for a whole week!!!!
Anyway, down to the cards... This first one is for my sister who loves Highland cows! Cow from Unity Stamps, isn't he a cutie! The green hearts weren't planned, but Id decided to add some stencilled clouds and of course hit the striped panel so needed a cover-up.
Hi all, and Happy Easter to you! It's a windy damp one here, I don't believe it stopped raining for more than 10 minutes today - hopefully tomorrow will be better!!
I'm back with my Unity Stamps tulips again, this time I've gone all colourful. Not a great photo, it was dreary when I took the pic, should really have got my lamp out. Coloured with polychromos and some sparkle added to the Pussy Willow.
Sweet Stampin - spring or Easter
Just Us Girls - Easter/spring + dies
Addicted to Stamps #514 - any occasion
Word Art Wednesday #746/747 - anything goes
As you like it - favourite embellishment - mine are gemstones, I use them on most of my cards to add some sparkle but not bulk
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Hi all, back this evening with my Mother's Day card using another of my new Unity Stamps images. I haven't seen any tulips blooming yet, but the daffodils are in full show, all the hedgerows are starting to waken, and baby lambs in the fields. I love seeing everything coming to life at this time of year!
This took me a while to colour, but I love how it turned out. I added a touch of glitter to the Pussy Willow and some silver splatters to the background.
Simon Says Stamp Monday - beautiful blooms
Inspired by #IB379 - spring brights
The Card Concept #225 - spring flowers
Crafty Calendar March - spring
I've had a run of family and friends birthdays recently, so it's been an age since I actually made a card just for the fun of it! I've been a long time admirer of Unity Stamps but could never find a UK stockist (if anyone knows of one, please let me know!) but they had a brilliant sale just recently which meant I could kinda justify the postage costs. This little bee dude was the first to get inked, isn't he a cutie!
Coloured with polychromos and some hexagons stencilled to the background; clear gloss and glitter added to his wings and some gold sequins and white die cuts to finish.
Allsorts #845 - things with wings
Moving along with the times #187 - the birds+/or bees
Word Art Wednesday #742/743 - anything goes
Just Add Ink #781 - just add wings
Hi all, here this evening with a birthday card for my lovely niece who turned 16 yesterday. Hard to believe, it feels no time since she was a wee tot! I had to do a last minute addition of the heart border as I cut my base panel of pink totally wonky and could not get it straightened, and that kinda threw my placement of the silver 16 so it looks more squished than I had planned! She a Valentine's Day baby, so there's always a heart or two on her card. Stamp from Lili of the Valley, coloured with polychromos.
And this is Greg's Valentine using a real oldie Whipper Snapper stamp. I had gone on the hunt through my stash for a pack of red card and came across a pack of kraft card that I had absolutely no recollection of buying! The love die is from Penny Black.
As you like it - cute or elegant - I'd say 90% of my stamps are cute so an easy choice for me!
Sweet Stampin' - no designer paper
Let's Craft and Create #228 - from the heart
Crafty Calendar February - love is in the air
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We've had nothing but rain all year so when a sunny day coincided with a day off work, we treated ourselves to a wee trip to the beach and fish'n'chips by the sea. It was absolutely Baltic though, and snow on the Antrim Hills on the way up, definitely not a day for a paddle! It must have been a very rough high tide as the beach was covered in sandy foam (and not a sinner on it but ourselves!)
Hi all, roll on Spring... apparently we've had the wettest January in almost 150 years, and February is shaping up not much better. We'll be going rusty soon! Anyway, here this wet evening to share a couple of cards for Greg and my brother. Their birthdays are close and I was chasing time, so they ended up the same but different! I've dug out this 20 year old stamp from Whipper Snapper - isn't it fab when you still love them after all this time!
For Greg's card I went to the bother of masking off my stamp and double stamping it so his neck would be even longer ... and then went and and stamped it in virtually the same place 🤣. Oh and I was delighted to come across some lost googly eyes on a recent hunt through my stash!
Hi all. Here this damp evening to share a card for one of Mum's friends. I treated myself recently to some new Penny Black blooms (like I really needed more new stamps lol) and thought these lovely roses would do the trick.
Coloured with polychromos and some red glitter added to the little berries. I thought it looked a bit meh, so got my metallic paints out, added a few gold and pink splatters and it looks much more party time now!
Penny Black Saturday January - something new
We Love Stamping January - new things (my stamp)
Time Out #305 - favourite technique - I do love a splatter to give some interest to an empty space
Addicted to Stamps #509 - any occasion
Hi all, I have a few personalized cards to share, so here's the first two
This one is for a neighbour of Mum. My colour theme was entirely inspired by this sheet of cardstock, so I was quite pleased with myself for getting the colour of my flowers reasonably matched! I did have a time of it getting the sentiment right, the one I settled on was version #4! My stamp is an oldie from Colorado Crafts - coloured with polychromos and a few gold splatters added to the background, along with some gold sequins.
Happy New Year! It's a cold one here and blowing a blizzard at the minute, definitely an evening for my PJs and the heat on. Miss Molly loves the snow but it's no fun for either of us defrosting the snowballs from her wee legs!
Anyway here to share a card that was sent to my aunts, using this new-to-me set from Penny Black. Coloured with polychromos and the girl in the centre popped up on foam pads. For the sky I used a snowy stencil and just coloured through the holes with a white gel pen.
Simon Says Stamp Monday - sparkle and shine
Word Art Wednesday #730-733 - anything goes
Penny Black Saturday December - anything goes/ something new
And this is Mum's birthday card - I had an absolute stinker of a cold when I was making it so it's not my best work, but better than expected!! I only thought of it after but I wish I'd had the numbers spelling out her birth date instead of just random.
Cut it up #346 - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - add a sentiment
I was asked to make a stack of 50 Christmas cards for our volunteers in work so that has kept me busy these past few weeks! I had a bit of a production line going...some evenings prepping my card bases, some evenings stencilling and adding snowy silver splatters, some evenings sticking them all together, and most evenings with my pencils out! I can't deny that I'm glad to have them all finished.
I mostly used these stamps from Gerda Steiner, with a few Penny Black carolers to mix it up a bit. I made a few in our company colours of purple and green, but I'm 100% sure nobody will notice but me LOL. I added chunky glitter to all their hats so they're nice and sparkly, as a Christmas card should be!
I made maybe half a dozen of each design, only took a few photos but they will give the gist of what I made...
Just add ink #774 - stencils/ dies
Fab n Funky #626 - all that glitters
Addicted to Stamps #506 - make your mark
Stamping Sensations November - Christmas
Sparkles Christmas challenge #178 - festive wear
Hi all, I've taken another break from my Christmas card order to make a card for my mum to her sister. Mum has a beautiful rose garden with every colour of bloom, so I thought I'd send Cilla some roses from her garden!
This Penny Black image does take a while to colour but it's worth it, though I'm never entirely happy with how I colour the vase, some day I'll take some time and learn how to do it LOL. I happily found some DP which kinda matched the roses, I've added some metallic gold splatters to the background and then some pink, red and gold gems to pull it all together.
Hi all, I've been missing in action again ... but I've been flat out making an order for 50 Christmas cards. Thankfully I'm on the homeward stretch now, so hopefully I'll be sharing them soon. (And then I need to get a shift on with my own Christmas cards!!) I've also squeezed in a few birthday cards too so I apologise for not having any blogging time!!...
This one is for my friend in work, my buddy for almost 35 years! I've used this tasty looking image from Lili of the Valley, coloured with polychromos and clear gloss added to the cherries. I got my gold metallic paint out for the splatters in the background, spots on the wrapper and then touched up my die cut flowers too.
Word Art Wednesday #724/725 - anything goes
Seize the Birthday #316 - birthday+ fall treat (well a cupcake is a treat any time of the year LOL)
Just Us Girls #800 - anything goes
This one is for my sister in law with this Gina K stamp - I love it, but it does take me an absolute age to colour...
This one is for my nephew (who works for an aerospace company) - I would have liked a more grown up image but this was all I had LOL
We've had a wild couple of days with Storm Amy passing by, but thankfully it wasn't as bad as Storm Eowyn earlier this year - still plenty of trees down and flooding in parts but I think the worst of the rain missed us. i love how storms are named nowadays, it certainly makes them more memorable!
I'm back with another one of my little carolers, this time in pink. I hadn't intended to add the tag in the corner but it's covering an oops from my ink pad and the snowflakes are covering a splodge from my sparkle pen too! They do kinda hide the circular stencil I used though.
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - think Pink
Simon Says Stamp Monday - trees
Addicted to Stamps #502 - Christmas
As You Like It - square or not - I used to make A6 sized cards but always struggled to cut my base layers straight, so getting some square dies and going down the square card size was a godsend for me!
Sparkles Christmas challenge #177 - non traditional Christmas colours
Here's a wee pic of Molly post-walk, not looking too impressed with getting caught in the rain!
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I am sooooo behind with my Christmas cards, but hoping this sweet set from Penny Black will give me the oomph to get going! I reckon you'll be seeing a lot more of these carolers!
I had a good root round my stash and found this old holly die and a wee sentiment to match. Coloured with polychromos; clear gloss and glitter added to the bauble on her hat and the bells (?) on her top. A few red gems on the holly to finish. I used a snowfall stencil for my blue card and just coloured through the holes with a white gel pen.
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Just Us Girls #794 - use a stencil
I'm back! Can't believe the end of September is in sight - we had a lovely dry summer (not much sun though!) and are not long back from a fab holiday to Spain with day trips to Barcelona and Gerona.
I've had a bit of time off from blogging and haven't made too many cards this past couple of months but the darker evenings are here and it's time to knuckle down! With the damp run of weather here there are lots of wild mushrooms sprouting up everywhere, so I thought I'd colour up this cutie from Creative Depot... I did have an unfortunate placement of my sentiment when it had a run in with a splatter of metallic paint!
