I have a couple of Jane’s Doodles cards that I haven’t shared here on my blog yet. My life has been SUPER crazy busy the past month – but hopefully things can start to get back to normal soon (but who am I kidding – both my kids have their birthdays in December, school finishes soon so I’m finalising school reports, end of year activities, Christmas is looming….you get the idea. Bring on January I say :))

First up, I have a one layer card using the Winter Wishes stamp set – which is one of my favourite Jane’s Doodles set. I now know why I don’t make one layer cards very often as I’m not a fan of masking. I like the idea, but the actual practise of it is another thing. But it was fun to give it another go. Laura Bassen I take my hat off to you. You are the one layer queen in my eyes!

Next up is a a sentiment-less card using the Doodle Flower and Doodle Flower II stamp sets. This card was really quick to make and could be used for a variety of occasions. I could even add a sentiment really easily if I wanted too. I stamped the images in various colours of inks and then coloured some of the images in with a matching Copic marker colour.

Thanks for stopping by today,

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Hello and welcome to the CardMaker Magazine and Sunny Studio stamps blog hop. You should have arrived from Gini Williams Cagle’s blog. If you happen to get lost along the way, you can find the blog hop order and links below.

For today’s blog hop, we are all getting into the Christmas spirit – and let’s face it, it is only about 7 weeks away. I used the adorable Snow Kissed stamp set, along with the Birthday Smiles stamp set to create this cute little scene.

Giveaway:

Sunny Studio Stamps is kindly giving away two stamp sets to two lucky winners over on the Sunny Studios Blog. Use the Rafflecopter to enter. Mendi is also having a 20% off sale. Just use the code word “CARDMAKER” (valid until Saturday the 14th of November, Noon PST).

 

Blog Hop order

CardMaker
Melissa Bowden
Chitra Nair
Audrey Tokach
Mendi Yoshikawa
Heidi Criswell
Stacy Morgan
Elise Constable
Gini Williams Cagle
Marion Vagg  <——– You are here
Jennie Harper
Sunny Studio Blog

Your next stop on the hop is Jennie Harper. Thanks for visiting.

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Hello! I’m back with a sneak peek of a cute kitty cat Christmas card that I have over on the Simplicity at its Best blog. To see the whole card with instructions, you will need to head here.

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I’m back with another card using Sunny Studio stamps.

This week the Design Team have been using the Happy Home stamp set. I stamped a row of houses onto some X-press It Blending card and then coloured them with Copic Markers. I fussy cut around the images to create a panel of houses. I sponged in a blue background with Salty Ocean distress ink and then popped up the front panel with some foam squares.

Short and sweet from me today. Thanks for visiting,

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Hello again! Three posts in three days is such a rarity for me! But I do have some fun Christmas tags using some new Penny Black  products that I hope you will like.

A couple of week’s ago, I made this card which uses the same technique as the tags below. I stamped a whole lot of images from the Penny Black Tiny Treasures stamp set onto water colour, and then loosely water coloured around the images to create a fun and whimsical effect. To add some extra sparkle, I coloured in all the white images with a clear Wink of Stella glitter brush pen. They are really sparkly and shimmery in real life, but was hard to capture in the photos.

The sentiments are from the Holiday Snippets stamp set, which has just about every Christmas greeting you will ever need!

Penny Black products used:
Tiny Treasures Stamp set 30-268
Holiday Snippets Stamp set 30-30
Tagged die set 51-007

I can’t believe it is almost November! Yikes. Christmas will be here before we know it. How is your Christmas card/tag making going?

Until next time,

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I’m back today with some cards using Sunny Studio stamps and dies. You can find my post here on the Sunny Studio blog.

This week the Design Team have been using the Birthday Smiles stamp set and the Fishtail Banner dies.

First up I have created a watercolour-y ice cream scene that just reminds me of summer. I white heat embossed the images and then coloured them with Distress inks and a paintbrush.

It’s a bit hard to tell, but the scoops of ice-cream are all shimmery from a coat of clear Wink of Stella brush glitter pen.

Next up, is a graphic card design using the Fishtail Banner dies. I just love the stitched banner die – it is one of 4 designs to choose from in the set. Both the Hugs and the Love sentiments are from the Furever Friends die set, as are the heart accents.

Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll be back real soon with some more cards.

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