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Wednesday 31 January 2018

Football Crazy Birthday Card using For the Love of Stamps Set

Good Morning! 

Just a quick message before my post that the For the Love of Stamps February Launch is on Saturday at 9am and 4pm on Create and Craft with the lovely Pauline Wheeler demonstrating. There are some fun and cute stamps launching so keep and eye out for them!

Today I am sharing a card I made for my Hubby's Birthday using the Football Crazy by For the Love of Stamps


I used a grass colour Matt-tastic for the background and stamped the net all over, using fineliner pen to fill in the gaps. I stamped the other elements into white Ink Me Card and used white embossing for the details. The painted with my Distress Oxide, Candied Apple and added a few die cut elements to finish. I am happy with how this one turned out and its great you can make the football elements the colours to suit which ever football team!

 
Thanks for looking,

Sarah x

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Monday 29 January 2018

Girl with Bear Card using Shooting Star Stamps by Mama Elephant and Star Mix Stamps by Imagine Design Create

Good Morning! 

Today I am sharing a card I made using the fab Shooting Star Stamps by Mama Elephant and Star Mix Stamps by Imagine Design Create. I made this card using a circle mask for the Distress Ink centre and a seperate Distress Ink Background for the border.


I stamped, coloured and die cut the girl and gold star seperate and added them over the background circle. I used black Versafine to stamp the hanging stars


I stamped the lovely sentiment on another inky background and cut this into a banner shape. To finish I added small stars and sequins going across the page for extra magical detail.

 
Thanks for looking,

Sarah x

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Friday 26 January 2018

Blooming Fabulous Guest Design Team Card for Imagine Design Create using Doddled Flowers Stamps

Hello Everyone!


Today I am sharing an inky card I have created using the beautiful Doodled Flowers Stamp Set, Circles and Squares Stencil by Imagine Design Create with Distress Inks and Oxides. 

You can view the original blog post here!






For this card I have also used:

6” x 6” Scalloped Card Blank

White Heavy Weight Card

Black Card


Blending Tool, Water filled brush


Distress Oxides: Broken China, Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron

Black Fine liner Pen, Masking Tape, Double Sided Tape





I started by masking the stencil to one corner of the card square and inking through with the purple ink along the card edges, gradually blending with the blues toward the centre of the card.





I then moved the stencil to the next corner lining up so the circles follow on and continue with the blending until the whole background is covered in circles.





I then take the purple ink around the edges blending softly toward the middle and lay out the flower, leaves and sentiment stamps I plan to use. I stamp the flowers and leaves down through the middle, stamp the sentiment in the corner and hand draw the black border.





I stamp the Oxide ink onto my acrylic block and use a water filled brush to pick up the ink and colour the stamped images. I love Oxides as lay on top of other inks and are really bold.




To finish I matt the card onto black card and adhere to a scalloped card blank.

I love playing around with ink and don’t always have a plan for the finished card. Sometimes I have clear ideas and then other times I see where the ink takes me, I love experimenting and am pleased with this finished card!







Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

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Princess Birthday Card using Crafty Ribbons Bling Velvet Ribbon - Design Team

Good Morning Everyone! 


Today I am sharing a 2nd Birthday Princess Card I made which I'm also using as my Crafty Ribbons Design Team inspiration!  I wanted to add some sparkle and when I saw this ribbon I knew it would be perfect :) I have used the Bling Velvet Ribbon in Irrediscent from the Bling Velvet Collection!


I am not sure my photos do this ribbon justice as it is really sparkly and pretty!


The topper collection I have used for my card is the Perfect Princess Luxury Topper Collection by Hunkydory. 


I made the card for the kit, adding in a small ribbon loop to the side and a ribbon bow to the top corner to finish.

Thanks for looking, 

Sarah x

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Wednesday 24 January 2018

More Distress Oxide Inky Cards using For the Love of Stamps Floribunda and Dainty Daisy Stamps

Good Morning and Welcome back! 

Today I am sharing a Birthday card I made for a work colleague using the Floribunda and Birthday Wishes stamps and a thank you card using the Dainty Daisies stamp set by For the Love of Stamps by Hunkydory and Distress Oxides.



For my first card I made an inky background using the Distress Oxides in Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet and Antiique Linen. Ink up the glass mat and spray with water - dragging the card through to pick up the colour! I then stamped the flowers in Versamark and used black embossing powder to create this card. To finish I matted onto black card and added a few tiny pearls. I have noted that the PVA glue with the pearls dries darker underneath as it reacts to the Oxides. So less glue is prob best!

 
For my second card (which is similar to one I made last year) I made the inky background using the Distress Oxides in Broken China and Spiced Marmalade. I then stamped the flowers in Versamark and used white embossing powder to create this card. To finish I made and orange border with the Distress Ink and added a few tiny pearls. 

Thanks for looking,

Sarah x

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Monday 22 January 2018

Because of You . . . Birth Flowers Sweet Pea Design Team Card for Hunkydory - For the Love of Stamps

Good Morning Everybody!

Today I have another of my Design Team Cards to share from the beautiful Hunkydory Birth Flowers range. My card has been made with the lovely Birth Flower stamps and the Words of Wisdom stamps by For the Love of Stamps.

Products Used:

Birth Flowers Stamps, Words of Wisdom Stamps
4” x 6” Card Blank, Matt-tastic Card
Ink Me! Professional Stamping Card
Versafine Ink– Onyx Black
Distress Oxides; Frayed Burlap, Spiced Marmalade, Wilted Violet, Lucky Clover
Faber Castle Gelatos; Lime, Boysenberry
Fine liner, Pearls,
Waterbrush, Tape and Foam Pads

For this card I inked the two corners with the brown oxide and splashed some water. Once dry I stamped the flowers and the beautiful sentiment. I then used my oxides and gelatos to colour the flowers and finished by adding some peals and matting onto Matt-tastic Card. 

Thanks for looking,

Sarah x

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Saturday 20 January 2018

For the Love of Stamps Design Team Card using Birth Flowers Stamps

Hello Everyone!

Today I have another of my Design Team Cards to share from the beautiful Hunkydory Birth Flowers range. My card has been made with the lovely stamps by For the Love of Stamps.

For this card I have used the Daffodil stamp which is the Rose flower and wanted to create some different textures for this card, so I distressed the edges of the card and used one of the background papers that looked textured. 
 

Products Used:


Birth Flowers Stamps

5” x 5” Card Blank, Matt-tastic Card

Ink Me! Professional Stamping Card

Masking Sheet punched out as 1” circle

Versafine Ink– Onyx Black

Distress Inks; Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet

Distress Oxides; Fossilized Amber, Lucky Clover, Waterbrush

Black Fineliner, Glitter Glue

Tape and Foam Pads

I created a Distress Oxide background and stamped onto this using the Oxide ink to stamp the rose wording to make the backgound. I stamped the rose in versafine ink and used a waterbrush with the oxide ink to colour. I added pen lines, a hand cut banner and gems to finish. 

Thanks for looking,

Sarah x

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Friday 19 January 2018

Design Team Card using Birth Flowers Stamps by For the Love of Stamps

Good Morning!

Today I am sharing one of my Design Team Cards from the Hunkydory Birth Flowers range! My card has been made with the lovely Birth Flowers stamps by For the Love of Stamps.

For this card I have used the February stamp which is the Violet and I used a strip of the masking sheet to create the white line to stamp the wording into. 

Products Used:

Birth Flowers Stamps
4” x 8” Card blank, Matt-tastic Card
Ink Me! Professional Stamping Card
Masking Sheet cut into a strip
Distress Oxides; Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, Lucky Clover
Versafine Ink– Onyx Black
Waterbrush, Foam Pads, Tape, Gems

Icut a line of masking sheet for the middle and stamped the flowers on either side. Once I removed the tape I stamped the wording across the centre. I used the oxide inks to colour with a waterbrush, layered with the matt-tastic and added some gems to finish . 

Thanks for looking,

Sarah x

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Friday 12 January 2018

Imagine Design Create Guest Design Team Card - Dream Big - Using Star Mix stamp set


Hello Everyone!


Today I am sharing a single layer card I have created using the funky Star Mix, Reach for the Stars Stamp Sets by Imagine Design Create and Distress Oxide Inks. I love the ombre look and thought the star stamps would be fab as an ombre background!

The original post can be found here!







I have used:

6” x 6” card blank

White and black Cardstock

Distress Oxide Ink: Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade and Fossilised Amber

Versafine Ink: Onyx Black

Double Sided Tape





This is such a simple card. I began by stamping the orange stars down the middle of the white square. I then cleaned the stamp and used the yellow ink to the right of the orange stars, lining up where the stars indent to create the background.





I then repeated this process on the other side using the red ink to create the really cool background. To finish I stamped the sentiment and the hanging stars in black and layered onto black card.





Such a simple but fun card, the ombre colour combos are endless and if you batch make the backgrounds these are ready to hand for when you need them!


 

Thanks for stopping by,
Sarah x

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