Hello! I had a lot of fun making this card. I wanted something colourful and ombre – hence this card was born! It uses this small Penny Black butterfly die that I had to run through my die cutting machine 18 times. But I had an idea and I had to go with it!

I coloured each butterfly with 3 colours of Copic marker – it wasn’t hard at all. After I had die cut 3 butterflies, I put them back into the negative space and coloured them quickly. To help me line them up, I drew a grid on the white panel, then erased it once they were adhered.

Penny Black products used:
Flights of Fancy Creative Die 51-132
Kind Words Stamp set 30-226

Well we are into the second week of the school holidays. We have had some lovely family time together – fishing, building Lego and generally lazing around! That’s what holidays are for aren’t they?

Until next time,

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Hello. I hope you have had a fabulous Monday and a great weekend. I’ve just had 2 very lovely days with my Mum, two sisters and my niece in Sydney. We went to see Matilda on Sunday night and it was a brilliant show! I’m back home now and feeling tired, but I’m on holidays, so I’m going to take things very slowly!

I’m popping in with a couple of Jane’s Doodles cards that were over on the Jane’s Doodles blog recently.

First up is this floral card and I love how easy it was to create. I white heat embossed the image from Spring Blessings onto coloured card stock and then did some simple colouring with Copic markers.

Next up is this hello card that uses the Jane’s Doodles Mom set. Lots of fussy cutting, but I find that quite relaxing. And I also used some patterned paper. Go me!

Thanks for stopping by,

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Hello and welcome to the blog hop of a brand new stamp company that is making its debut today – Sunny Studio Stamps. You should have arrived from Elise Constable’s blog.

First up I have made a CAS card using the Birthday Smiles stamp set. I coloured the cupcake in with Copic markers and added some Clear Wink of Stella Brush pen to the frosting.

My second card uses the Snow Kissed Stamp set. I had a lot of fun colouring this cute little penguin in with Copics. I masked off the rectangle in the background and sponged in some Distress ink to create a focal point.

…and popped him up on some mounting foam for some dimension.

If you want to be in the running to win a new Sunny Studio stamp set, then read on. Mendi is giving away one stamp set to three lucky winners, offering a free digital stamp download on the Sunny Studios blog and offering free shipping (in the US) for all orders over $35 in the Sunny Studio Online Store.

Below is a link to a Rafflecopter giveaway where you could be a winner. (You have until Friday at Midnight EST to comment).

Blog hop order:

 

I hope you will check out the store and the blog. Your next stop on the hop is Jo Williams.

Until next time,

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I have had a few cards over at Jane’s Doodles blog over the past couple of weeks and I thought it was about time I shared them here as well. If you haven’t checked out Jane’s stamp range, you really should – Jane’s Doodles stamps.

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Hello! I haven’t posted in over 3 weeks – but I needed a blogging break and so took one. But I am back now and have a cute card to share using some Penny Black products. This little fox is coloured with Copic Markers.

Penny Black products used:

Stamps:
Woodland Friends 30-278
Textures 30-240
Sprinkles and Smiles 30-297

Hope you have been busy crafting in my absence! I have crafted a little bit, but not much. We did however have 400mm of rainfall in 36 hours last week which caused some significant flooding here on the South Coast but we were fine. I can report today that the sun is out and shining brightly! First day of spring tomorrow and I can’t wait! I LOVE spring.

Until next time,

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Today I have an inky card over on the Simplicity at its Best blog. I hope you’ll head on over and check it out. Below is a little teaser for you.

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