Good Morning everyone
I made up 2 box sets as Christmas presents for non cardmaking friends. I used the Katzelkraft farm animals stamps, brushos & pixie powders for the backgrounds and tim holtz snarky chat stickers
I used A3 cream card to make my box and then decorated the sides and tops to make it sturdier. On the top i stamped all the animals from the set using an ombre ink pad and stamped quote.
5x7" white cards. I first die cut stitched rectangles from white cardstock, then stamped the animals in black. I then did brusho backgrounds, by first stamping the character in place it gave me an idea where i could use different colour brusho's for the sky and ground areas. Once dry i doodled in the ground for them to stand on and a few little details to make up a scene. I used gel pens, alcohol markers & paint pens to add colour to the doodled scene. I mounted the topper onto black cardstock and added to the base card. I used small strips of card coloured with the same brusho's to add interest
I stamped the animals again onto white card and added a little shading with distress inks, i wanted to keep them mostly white so they stood out against the really colourful backgrounds - plus as you know i dislike colouring in greatly😀. I cut them out, gave a little shape an added with glue gel on top of the original one stamped on the background.
I picked a chit chat sticker for each one to finish. I did 2 for each animal, so one for each box set
Left one reads - 'of course i talk to myself....sometimes i need an expert opinion'
Right one reads - 'I'm not arguing, I'm explaining why i'm right'
Left reads - Today is full of possibilities
Right - Look on the bright side
Left reads - It's the little things that make life big
Right reads - Stay curious
Left reads - Lucky is a state of mind
Right - Listen, before I had my coffee, I didn't know how awesome I was going to be today, either
Left reads - I admit that my weirdness is above the national average, but I'm comfortable with that
Right reads - I am Fabulous
Left reads - Relax, we're all crazy... it's not a competition
Right - Im just waiting to see if my coffee chooses to use its powers for good or evil today
Left reads - Be fearless
Right - Not only does my mind wander... sometimes it walks off completely
Items Used:
Katzelkraft farm animal stamps
Double stitched rectangle dies
Brusho powders
Cosmic shimmer pixie powders
Distress inks
Tim Holtz snarky chat stickers
Paint pens
Fine liner pens
Black cardstock
CraftUK ltd white card
Thank you for popping by, i really do appreciate it and all your amazing comments. I hope you have a good end to the week and weekend. Stay safe. Hugs Emmaxxx
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Wow Emma you have been busy,brilliant idea and very lucky friends to receive such a wonderful present xx
ReplyDeleteLove these fun farm animals,two beautiful gift sets of cards,love the backgrounds and your layout
ReplyDeleteWow you have been busy! Love each and every character and those sentiments ... sure to bring a smile to anyone who reads them! Fab gift ideas ... Steph x
ReplyDeleteA stunning selection of boxes Ginny
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Hi Emma just love these quirky animals love the backgrounds so colourful just so awesome love love love them .
ReplyDeleteHugs Babs x
This is wonderful and fun images.
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Kuni
They are fabulous e Emma, I’m sure they’ll be over the moon with this gift xxx
ReplyDeleteHi Emma, a fun set of cards to give as gifts, love the layout and layering you have used. Have a wonderful week.. Megan
ReplyDeleteWow Emma, you are a clever girl! Love all these funky cards! what a great idea to give them as gifts! Where did you get the boxes from? Did you make them?
ReplyDeleteWow.. what amazing works!
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Such a thoughtful awesome idea! Love your upbeat, vibrantly hued cards. There's no way these cuties aren't going to brighten many peoples' days.
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Great gift idea love all the backgrounds and fabulous animal stamps
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These are absolutely amazing and what lovely gifts for your friends, just perfect. Love all your cards designs, just brilliant. Big hugs Kirsty. x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful creations! Thank you for sharing with us over at The Creative Crafters. We hope to see you again.
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Beautiful card set. Lovely gift for someone special. Thank you for joining us at Through the Craft Room Door this month. Hope to see your pretty art work back here again soon. Judy DT
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