Good evening,

These two cards use the Hero Arts Playful Animals stamp set….so cute! I am doing a lot of cute animals/critter cards of late! (I put it down to having 2 little kids!). When I saw these two animals from the set the first thing I thought of was them juggling buttons, and so that is what I did!

I cannot take the credit for the design of the first card however….it is a complete CASE of this bright and cheerful card by the very talented Amy Wanford. As soon as I saw this card on her blog I fell in love with everything about it…thanks Amy for sharing your talent!!

The second card uses the same bright colours but is very different. I had fun making my own patterned paper with words from the same set and Versamark watermark ink.

You will have to excuse the glossy accents on the monkey’s yummy….it wasn’t quite dry, hence the cloudy look!

Supplies:

[Hip Hip Hooray]

Stamps: Hero Arts Playful Animals stamp set (CL155)
Ink: Memento Ink – Tuxedo Black, Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square fold), X-Press It blending card, The Paper Mill textured card – Brights, Black and purple Bazzill card
Other Supplies: Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Basic Grey buttons – brights, Black buttons (from my stash), foam dimensionals, Glossy Accents, googly eyes, Creative Memories circle cutters

[Celebrate]

Stamps: Hero Arts Playful Animals stamp set (CL155)
Ink: Memento Ink – Tuxedo Black, Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versamark watermark ink
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), X-Press It blending card, The Paper Mill textured card – Brights, Black Bazzill card
Other Supplies: Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Basic Grey buttons – brights, foam dimensionals, Glossy Accents, googly eyes, Creative Memories circle cutters, Making Memories Metal ‘Celebrate’ tag (which I went over the words in a black permanent texta)

Well that’s all from me for now.

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Hi! I’m back!

Today I FINALLY got a chance to get creative and make some cards! I have some new stamps that have arrived over the last few weeks and today I christened some. This stamp is one of them. It uses the Hero Arts Tall Flower woodblock stamp. I used Prismacolor pencils to colour in the flower and instead of grabbing the Gamsol (my usual go to) I used a Derwent blending pencil…still some practise is needed! Lots of blending of distress inks on the background with the HA Envelope Pattern stamp lightly over the top.
I am entering this into the current Hero Arts challenge which is to use at least one flower and I also used a coloured pencil technique!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Tall Flower (K5431), Hero Arts Envelope pattern (S5507)
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versa Color – Umber, Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Worn Lipstick, Scattered Straw and Dried Marigold
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured DL fold), X-Press It blending card
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, Derwent Blending Pencil, Kaisercraft pearls – pearl, Making Memories Metal ‘Thanks’ tag (which I went over in a black permanent texta), White sheer ribbon,thin green satin ribbon, foam dimensionals, WRMK Corner chomper

Thanks for looking. I hope to have another card to share with you really soon!
Take care,

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Hi,
If you have been trying to access my blog during the last 24 hours…my apologies for it being offline – it was beyond my control – a data centre problem…but all fixed now!

This is my entry to the current Scrapbook Boutique Easter Challenge….squeezing it in before the deadline tonight!

I have never made an Easter card before….not something I would normally do, but I do love to make little tags! My hubby is away for work at the moment, but my dear friend invited me and my kiddlets to her place for the afternoon and dinner, so I just had to make each of her family a little something special to give them for Easter. It was a bit of a rush job but they turned out OK. Everyone got a little personalised tag to go on a couple of Easter eggs which I packaged up in clear bags and tied off with some ribbon. On the back of the tag I put the bible verse “If the Son sets you free, then you will be free indeed” – John 8:36. A very fitting verse for Easter I thought!

You will have to excuse the photos, but I had to snap these quickly before I had to head out the door to give them away and they weren’t the easiest of things to take decent photos of (cards are a little more straight forward!)

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts ‘Flourish Background’ Cling stamp (CG119), Scrappy Cat ‘Playful Serie’ letters stamps
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versacolor cubes – Atlantic, Heliotrope, Green Tea, Petal Pink, Bamboo
Card: White card
Other Supplies: Spellbinders nesties – label 4, Cuttlebug, Kaisercraft Flowers, R.E.I buttons, ribbon, clear cello bags, kitchen twine, sponge dauber

Thanks for stopping by. I have got some super cute animal cards to share with you soon…some new stamps arrived last week and I have been having soooo much fun playing with them. Until then,

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Good evening,

Today I have another card set to share with you – this one I am entering into the Card Sets Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

It uses the Hero Arts ‘Kiss from the Sun” set (I know I am using it AGAIN!).

There are 6 small cards – each say ‘Just a note’, but three have the bird houses and the other three have two birds on a branch. I just had to do matching envelopes as well. I made another folder to house them in – I am becoming a pro at making these and my cards wouldn’t be complete without Glossy Accents!!

Phew…lots of photos there!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts “Kiss from the Sun” (CL439), Hero Arts “Magic of Christmas” (CL 462) (branches), Anita’s docrafts – ‘Just a note’ sentiment
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white horizontal single fold), Purple Bazzill card (for folder), Purple spotty card (don’t know brand)
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, Glossy Accents, Purple and pink gingham papers (from my scraps), hole punch, black felt pen, WRMK Corner Chomper, white ribbon

Thanks for coming by my little neck of the woods,

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Hi,

I have been playing around with the digi stamp ‘Eric the Dino’ from the DigiStamp Boutique again (in this case I think Eric looks very feminine – so Erica!). Having extra birthday cards around will always be put to good use sooner or later. I am entering this into the DigiStamp Boutique April customer competition.

I put Glossy Accents on the scales and her eyes and also a few spots on the banner – which is a Hero Arts Stamp from my favourite set – ‘Kiss from the Sun’.

Supplies:

Stamps: Eric Dino – Digi stamp from the DigiStamp Boutique, Hero Arts “Kiss from the Sun” (CL439)
Ink: Printer, Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white horizontal single fold), white card
Other Supplies: Kaisercraft patterned paper (can’t find the name sorry!), Copic markers, glossy accents, kitchen twine, foam dimensionals, American Crafts black fabric covered Thickers – Doll, Weave Extras teeny tiny letter stickers – black, Creative Memories circle cutters, Prismacolor Pencils and gamsol (for light blue sky background), stubbs

Until next time,

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Good evening fellow crafties,

Today I have a ladybird set to share with you. They are small cards – A6 size…and there are 8 in total with matching envelopes in their own little folder…all thank you cards.
I have been going through my stamp sets and am trying to use some of the stamps that I always overlook and have never or hardly used…and this little ladybird is one of them! It is from the Hero Arts “Antique Engravings” set.
They were so simple to make…stamp, colour with one Copic colour and then Glossy Accents! Simple as! I could easily churn out tons of these if need be.
The folder I made to house them in however, was a little more time consuming and fiddly…but after a few attempts I got there in the end. Thanks to Debby and her great folder tutorial from her blog Lime Doodle and Christina MacLaren’s folder idea from her blog Sea Grass and Sentiments… I am happy with how mine turned out! I adore both of these lady’s creations!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts “Antique Engravings” (CL383), Hero Arts “Classic Messages” (CL414)
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Memento Ink – Tuxedo Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white horizontal single fold), white Bazzill card, plain red card
Other Supplies: Copic Marker – R14, Glossy Accents, Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug embossing folder – Polka dots, black grosgrain ribbon

Thanks for stopping by,

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