Leaving Card

I had such fun making this card!  It's for a Spanish student in work who's been with us for a year but now his time is up.  It's been a joy to watch him having fun learning our colloquialisms and to hear him using them in his everyday speech.  Doesn't always go to plan though, so its even more hilarious when he uses a phrase incorrectly!   "The craic was ninety" translated in his head to "Nineties craic" which of course is absolute nonsense ;) Bwahahahaha (feel free to google it, it's not a rude one!)

I've used my Lawn Fawn weather dies and hand wrote in some of the sayings ... don't think I've ever shown my awful writing on the front of a card before!  I'll probably add in another few clouds but I'll listen to hear him saying them first as I just can't think.
Chalked clouds in sky.  Had to add in some raindrops as it seems like it's done nothing but rain all year here!  Image from Eat Cake Graphics: 8016-E Lewis and Trudy's wild ride - coloured with watercolour pencils.

• Tuesday Throwdown #277 - under the weather
• Cute Card Thursday #408 - a bit of fun
• Pile it On #99 - your first initial - L for Leaving card
• Inky Chicks #61 - anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - best friends

CAS Sympathy

I've had a bit of a run on sympathy cards from my stash, so need to get making these again.  It's definitely easier to make them when you don't know who they're for!

This one uses an oldie stamp from Cornish Heritage Farm - coloured with watercolour pencils and Wink of Stella added to the flower centres.  I added the dotty effect round my image with copic markers ... I decided after I took this pic that the bottom right corner was annoying me, so added a few random dots there too!

• Layout from Try Stampin on Tuesday #254
• CASology #181 - 'clear' (my mason jar)
• 613 Avenue Create #159 - anything goes

A three-fer

It's been a dark dreary old day today, but on the bright side the drop of snow that arrived on Thursday has long gone.  Hurrah.  A day or two of that nonsense is enough for me ;)
Anyway, I've had a busy card making day and have rediscovered some old oldies  ...

Card 1 - Wedding Birds
Now why haven't I used thise cute birdies from Art Gone Wild before now? ... I've no idea!   I added a touch of watercolours to my birds, and clear gloss to the beaks, and Wink of Stella to his bow tie and her flower.  Simon Says Stamp heart die.  My DP is an odd shade (sort of a sagey geen/grey) but I love how this card turned out!

• Layout / love theme from Share Joy #18
• Die Cuttin Divas #248 - bird
• Sweet Stampin - things with wings
• Bunny Zoe's challenge January - hearts
• Crafty Cardmakers #155 - 'new' baby / home / marriage etc

Card 2 - doggy theme

I bought this stamp ages ago thinking I'd use it loads, but I think this is maybe the second time it's been inked. I added some watercolouring to parts of the image (from Great Impressions) and then popped the little doghouse up on dimensionals.  Clear gloss also added to the bowl, bone and paw print. I also managed to use up a few snippets lying around my table :)

• Layout from Mojo Monday #430
• Cards 4 Guys #102 - male birthday
• Tuesday Throwdown #276 - add dimension
• Pixie's Snippets #212

Card 3 - card for Marlene

Using up some DP here ... I reckon it should have been horizontal rather than vertical, but beggars can't be choosers and it's good to get this used up.  Whipper Snapper image - coloured with watercolours.  Clear gloss added to the flower centres and mouse's nose.  WOS added to flowers.  Simon Says sentiment die - it was kinda lost in my snazzy DP, so I covered it with clear gloss and it looks much better.  New wonky stitched die from Die-namics.

• Get Creative #30 - something new (my die)
• Creative Inspirations #342 - florals
• Layout from The Sketchy Challenge #93
• Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #260 - anything goes

Blue sympathy

I've no sympathy cards in my stash, and I hate making them for such a sad occasion ... but then probably most crafters hate making them too!

Simon Says Stamp have an ombre challenge this week, so I thought I'd have a go.  I just used my chalks and layered it on a bit heavier at the top.  Whipper Snapper stamp - coloured with watercolour pencils.  Paper Smooches sentiment.  Die-namics scribble die.

• Layout from MFT Wednesday Sketch Club MFTWSC263
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - ombre
• Crafty Catz #306 - flowers
• Sweet Stampin' - flowers
• Addicted to Stamps and More #176 - anything goes

Robot party

I haven't got many masculine stamps, so this robot one is definitely a 'go-to' one for quickie makes!  They definitely look in the party mood!

Stamps from Eat Cake Graphics ...
1053-S The Boys (stick robots)
8151-D Happy birthday (fun text)

Coloured with watercolour pencils.  I also coloured a scrap of card in the same colours and used it to die cut my stars.  Clear gloss added to their eyes and buttons.

• General layout based on this week's featured stamper at Splitcoast, here's the card I chose to case.
• Stamping Sensations January - use a die
• Time Out #47 - Birthday
• Seize the Birthday - anything birthday
• 613 Avenue Create #158 - anything goes / option - birthday
• Simply Create Too #100 - it's party time

Super quick kitty card

Sorry, this isn't a great photo of my card, I hadn't realised my kittens were a bit fuzzy but I've sat down now and am not getting up again ;)

Anyway I felt I had to share it .... it's a rare day I get to finish a paper stack, but it's almost even rarer to finish a sheet of peel offs!  These kitten stickers have been knocking round my stash for absolute years, but no longer! Hurrah for me ;)  I had 2 kittens left, so one went inside the card and then I stuck the other to the envelope.
Sentiment and paw print from Paper Smooches.

• Layout from Try Stampin' on Tuesday #252
• CASology #179 - simple
• Creative Knockouts #123 - anything goes

ETA: Featured card at Try Stampin on Tuesday :)

Flowery giraffe

More new goodies on this card, this time my wonky stitched circles from Dienamics.
I've also used one of the new Stamping Bella images that I won in a recent hop ... Gigi the Giraffe Stuffie.

Coloured with watercolour pencils.  I think I need to change the colour of my leaves and grass to a greener green they don't look quite right here!
Clear gloss added to the flower centres, hooves and butterfly.

• Layout flipped from the Stamping Bella challenge 
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - something new
• Cute Card Thursday #407 - what's new
• Creative Inspirations #342 - florals