Baa-thday CCC

   Hi Everyone, my first DT make today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

  

 

My card today is for another family member, I blame the large numbers on my Mum & Dad. Bless them.

 

I love this sheep image, but haven't used it for a while. I thought it about time, seeing as the fields are filling with the sheep and their lambs.

 

I stamped it onto a hammered white card, the black face is supposed to be black all over, but because of the hammered card it has not filled the face. I didn't mind the fact, so went ahead with it, colouring the sheep and the eyes, then the background of the frame with a light blue. I die cut it, leaving space for the sentiment. 

 

I stamped the "happy" and went to my Silhouette to cut the "Baa-thday". I chose the font, sized to fit the centre, and cut it. I then added the stamped piece to light blue card to match the frame. 

If you would like to see others with the same stamp see HERE & HERE & HERE

 stamp - Sheep Woodware 

inks - Distress Inks, tattered lace, mustard seed, hickory smoke

die - Card Making Magic, A4 Rectangular Nested

sentiment stamp - Uniko, Up & Away

Silhouette

font - Whimsy Wonder 

 after reviewing this post, I realised that the photo is slightly blurred, apologies, I've had new specs since!

Thank you

 Hello Everyone.

I have to thank you all for your continuing support of my blog, something I am struggling with. Someone on my blog asked how I was doing recently, so I am going to let you know, rightly or wrongly, opening my heart, I shall hopefully make it brief.

I am not in a good place and find card making and blogging too much pressure at this time. You may say 5 months after he died I should be feeling OK now. I'm afraid it's not that easy for me. He was my life and I had been with him since I was 16, 63 years. A few of you will know how I am feeling. I had to let you know that I will try to visit you, and appreciate your wonderful work, and the inspiration it gives me. I will continue to make cards, with difficulty, and try to blog them too, as I have said many times we are a large family, so plenty to make. Time seems to get away from me, with extra tasks to do now, and struggling with my condition. 

Please know I appreciate you all for your messages, help, and the love that comes through too. I will get there, but things are popping up that I am finding difficult to deal with, like our beautiful garden, today the gardener I employed said he doesn't do weeding etc. He did grudgingly do the hedges that needed a prune.  Martin always kept it so beautiful, and no one wants the work involved.

My apologies for revealing my worries, but that's part of what is going on, making blogging seem not so important. I hope I will find time to visit you all at least occasionally. 

Thank you all again. 

Keyring gift box

Hi Everyone, my post today is about a box I made for a keyring my Niece is making. I bought a few to share with their names on, for some girls of the family. They were different colours for each one, I gave them when we got together for a night out to see the Shen Yun Show locally.

The box is a design by Lori Whitlock, which I sized to fit the keyring. The card is from Craft Sensations named Enchanted Garden, each one was different from the same pad. I thought I had taken a photo of them all, but seems I didn't duh! I undid one for my SiL to take a photo, then packed it up again.

The keyring is available here, I thought we add links for other items, and thought it would be OK to add a link for the keyring. 

WLSC Spring has Sprung

 

 This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme 

Spring has Sprung

 

I saw this stamp set and had to have it, I thought it cute.  My mojo is still on holiday, so a sketch from 2013 for inspiration this time. 

I stamped the girl, then the raindrops, can you spot my deliberate mistake? The raindrops are upside down, duh! I then die cut it, with a larger size to layer. Next I went looking for umbrellas in my files, and found these fab papers, so perfect for what I wanted and forgotten about.  

The girl was coloured with DI's and I simply watercoloured a background to match the papers, which were cut to fit the 6x6 base card. I then stamped the sentiment. They were all layered and placed to match the sketch, but I also wanted a couple of umbrellas on the paper to show, and the "singing in the rain" showing too.  

I think I may go to a couple more sketches, perhaps I'll get some mojo back. I really enjoyed making this card, even though a couple of things could have been better. 

 stamps - Polkadoodles, Hello Sunshine

papers -  Jessica Dunn "Singin' in the Rain" Bundle, at Digital Scrapbook.com 2019

 (It is still available, you may have to register)

inks - Distress Inks, carved pumpkin,shaded lilac,mustard seed,stormy sky,

tea dye,vintage photo,tattered rose,wild honey,seedless preserve,

shabby shutters,twisted citron,

dies - Tonic Pin dot

pink card - Lidl 

 

 I hope to see you at WLSC 

What do you think of in Spring? 

 

We have Two lovely prizes of Lavinia stamps

 

 

Spring weather we had last week, lots of hail, the photo was taken after it had melted a bit, the reflection as it was taken inside.

  

Penguin Birthday

Hi Everyone, I had to make another birthday card, and used another digital stamp. I used papers from a pad I fancied, and layered them onto plain paper that matched. I then sent the image into Silhouette and print and cut it 3 times. Already having made the birthday wishes circle awhile ago, I then added the shape of the penguin with the balloons merging them, so the circle incorporated the shape of the balloons. Something like masking!

Anyway, the penguin was coloured with marker pens, I then coloured the wishes on the shape and added the penguin image to the layer. With my mind not on things, and mojo still absent, I'm happy to say it all came together quite quickly, surprisingly, and I like the nearly monochrome look too. 

digital stamp - Bugaboo Stamps, (sorely missed)

markers - Spectrum Noir 

Silhouette

wishes frame - my own 

papers - Craft Sensations, Watercolour Designs (The Range) 

WLSC Spring has Sprung

My DT card today is for

 We Love Stamping

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme 

Spring has Sprung

 

Of course to me Spring means Daffodils and that's what I have for you today, not one but two, and a two Spring piccies too. I'm being generous!

 

My daffodils were stamped and coloured with DI's, then I cut each of them out, now what to do? 

 

I embossed a frame around a piece of card and die cut the shape. I remembered a card that I had done with a die cut replaced into the die cut area, so decided to case it and die cut the piece. It was replaced it inside the shape and glued it to a piece of yellow and blue spotted paper, although the spots can't really be seen. 

 

A sentiment was stamped, and the daffodils were then glued into place. Next I splattered some rose gold onto the first card to match the daffodil colours and gold onto the second to match the yellow daffodils. Simple cards but it was good to make two enabling me to help fill my long birthday list of birthday cards.

 

stamps - Magazine Freebies SCP#240 

inks - Distress inks, dried marigold, spiced marmalade, peeled paint, 

squeezed lemonade, fossilized amber

die - rectangle, Card Making Magic 5 x 7 box set

die - square Sue Wilson square noble dies

die cut out - a very old die, I think it's Tattered Lace  

 sentiment - magazine freebie SCP

 

 

 

What does Spring mean to you? Show us in our Challenge.

 

We have Two Lovely prizes of Lavinia stamps

 

Vehicles Or Transport TMR

Hi Everyone my second DT card today is for

 The Male Room

 Still without mojo, when will it return? I have too many family cards to get made, it's going to be hard at this rate. I had already die cut a car, but it didn't go anywhere, even after a few attempts!  So off to my files again and found this image. My brother sent it to me many years ago, so I don't know where the original came from, I was under the impression, he added the ivy etc to an old car in Photoshop, but I may be wrong. He used to be a photographer, so very experienced.

Anyhow, I took it and added it to a scalloped half, in Silhouette, found some quotes to suit the men whose birthdays were in March. The scalloped image, and the background with a quote, were print and cut, then added to the base card, the scalloped shape was 3D'd onto the card. I used a landscaped 5 x 7. Next I found some gears and cut them out in Silhouette with rose mirror card to match the rust of the car. Then they were added.

I was happy to have 2 cards with one sitting. 

image - unknown 

scallop circle -  Digichick, Scraporchard

gears - The Free SVG blog 2017 

quotes from the web 

 

 What will your mode of transport be?