Shell shaped card

Good Morning all

A while ago a friend sent me some large shell die cuts and a couple of shaped card bases which i knew would be ideal with the Pink Ink 'shell nymph' stamp

The base shape is die cut from a lovely cream pearl cardstock, onto that i matted the gold solid layer and then the fancy top layer which was also die cut from cream pearl card - sorry i don't know what brand the dies are my friend used.

I stamped the image, watercoloured with derwent inktense pencils and cut her out, i gave her body a bit of shape and attached her to the card front with pinflair glue gel.  I added a stamped seahorse, starfish & shell plus 3 real shells.  Clearly besotted stamped sentiment, Glitter glue & glossy accent hightlights to finish. 

Showing it stood up side on

Just a little close up, i picked 3 little shells from my collection.

Items Used

Pink Ink stamps 'shell nymph'

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

Starfish & seahorse stamps (old craftstamper mag freebies)

Derwent Inktense pencils

Ranger glossy accents

Ranger stickles 'crystal & frosted lace'

Thank you all for stopping by.  Hugs Emmax

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Hello Fungi

Good Morning everyone

I got this fab fungi stamp in the black friday sales and this is his first outing, Ive teamed him up with kraft card to make a happy mail card. 

5x5" kraft card base.  I stamped the fungi twice, once onto the base card and a 2nd time onto more kraft card.  On the base card i stencilled a leafy burst with oxide inks fossilized amber, crackling campfire & candied apple.  I added some cosmic shimmer glaze through a mushroom stencil - i was trying this new me product out but it added a different finish to the card for interest. 

On the 2nd stamped fungi I watercoloured with inktense pencils, cut out & decoupaged onto the base image.  I added some white highlight with a posca pen.  Stamped the sentiment and added 3 extra toadstools to the finish. 

Items Used:

Pink Ink stamp 'oyster frills'

Technique tuesday sentiment stamp 'hi there'

Altenew stencil

Derwent inktense pencils

Oxide inks

Kraft card

Cosmic shimmer glossy glaze 'daydream yellow' 

Thank you for popping by once again.  No sign of snow here but if you do have snow then keep warm.  Hugs Emmax

 

This little piggy

Good Morning everyone.  

A twist n pop card today using fab pig stamps from aall&create.  Ive teamed them up with a very old kaisercraft paper pad.  You can see previous twist n pop cards ive made here

This is the front of the card, very simple, matted and layered some of the papers from the paper pad with white and brown cardstock. 

And inside.  I used a green paper from a 12x12 paper pad that toned in perfectly with the kaisercraft paper pad and looked like grass.  Again all matted onto brown cardstock. I tore stripes of the green paper for the pop out panels to give more of a grass feel.

 I stamped the pigs onto white card and coloured with watercolour pens, i used a fineliner pen to add a little dress to the one of the left so she matches the one that already had an outfit. I then cut them out and added to the panels.  Stamped and added some of the words that are in the set to finish.

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Because i dislike colouring greatly, i had stamped 2 sets of pigs and coloured at the same time so using the left over papers i made a DL card also.

White DL base card.  I added a panel of the green grass paper and then tore the pink clover paper and added what was a very small strip of the lilac paper behind, again with a torn edge to give a more natural feel.  Then arranged my piggies and a katzelkraft stamped sentiment to finish. 

Items Used:

Aall&create stamps 'bacon'

Katzelkraft word stamps

Birthday circle die

Kaisercraft paper pad 'botanica'

The works paper pad 

A3 craftUK ltd white card

Chocolate brown cardstock

Watercolour markers

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you all have a good end to the week and weekend. Hugs Emmaxx

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Red Poppies

Good Morning everyone.

When looking through my large dies i found these spellbinders grand labels4 that ive hardly used and knowing how much they cost all those years ago im now on a mission to get some use out of them...hopefully you won't get sick of seeing them😁

For these 2 little cards, i die cut the labels 4 and folded in half.  1 is die cut from card coloured with brushos and 1 is plain white using the brusho'd card for the mats. The poppies were die cut from scraps of white card and coloured with alcohol markers.  Stamped sentiment and mini butterflies i had on my desk to finish.

This poppy was smooth white card coloured with alcohol markers. I added a little glitter glue to the butterflies for a little sparkle.

It stands up well.  Think i will make a few more like this for a bit different shaped card

Are this poppy was cut from a scrap of pearl cardstock, i used the same pens to colour them both and it looks totally different.  The pearl still shines through when the light hits it.  

Showing it stood up, i added a coloured paper insert to pick up on the colour of the poppies

Items Used:

Spellbinders Labels4, Grand labels 4 & fancy labels 4

Pennyblack poppy die

Brusho's

Alcohol markers

CraftUK hammered white cardstock

Thank you all for stopping by once again. Hugs Emmax

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Colouring on kraft

Good Morning all

Today is 2 little cards.  I had strips of this printed kraft card left over and though they would be ideal to colour in, i used my inktense pencils to colour it and Im pleased with the outcome, i have several printed sheets in some paper pads i bought a few years ago in B&M so think i will colour in another one or two

 

6x5.5" kraft card blanks - i embossed the card blanks with a lovely swirly embossing folder to add a little interest.  I coloured the kraft panel with inktense pencil, adding grey alcohol marker to the background and leaving the kraft card plain for the highlights. I then attached it to the base card. Stamped greeting to finish.

Yep completely flat cards and some colouring in - both very unusual for me😁

Close up card 1

Close up card 2

Items Used:

B&M 12x12 Printed Kraft paper pad - Crafts you create 'Vintage Baroque'

Derwent Inktense pencils

Swirl embossing folder

Sentiment stamps

Thank you all for stopping by and all your comments last week.  I hope this is a good week for you all, its nice to finally see some sunshine.  Hugs Emmaxx

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Hello

Good Morning everyone.

Today im sharing a couple of little hello cards, all made with left overs and i loved them.

I had the images coloured and cut out from a previous project and the little frames too.

Approx size 5x3.5".  I first stamped my images and coloured with inktense pencils and cut them out. My little rabbit here as glitter on his tail.  My frame was cut from white linen card, i then folded white linen card and cut to size for my base card.  I splashed on dots of ink in the same colours as my image to add just a little interest to the background and soften all the white. 

I added foam tape to the back of the scalloped frame and added to the middle of the cardbase.  I took the middle panel that comes out of the frame and coloured it with the same inks as the rabbit and slotted it back into the frame.  I then took a 2nd piece that comes out of the middle of the frames - (i have several left over from just using the frames on other projects)  

And after deciding where i would place my rabbit i stamped the greeting, this is using 2 different stamps, one is the happy thoughts and the hello is from a different set - this panel i attached at a angle.

I then gently shaped my rabbit and attached with glue gel.  Little gems added to finish.

Version 2 with a little piggie - this time i didn't add a coloured panel.  After stamping the greeting i attached that panel back in the middle of the frame.  Glossy accents added to the eye and again little gems to finish. 

Hopefully my little cards made the recipients smile a little as they did me while making them.

Items Used:

Katzelkraft farm animal stamps

Stitched scallop frame die

Simon Says stamps - circle sayings

Hello sentiment stamp - magazine freebie

Derwent Inktense pencils

CraftUk ltd white linen card.

Thank you all for stopping by once again and hello to those reading this at home - all my email followers👋😸  I hope you are all doing ok.  Stay safe.  Hugs Emmax

Make My Monday #62 - Blue & White

Good Morning all, i hope you've all had a good first week of the year, seems to have flown by.  

So today its the first new challenge of the year at Make My Monday

The theme this time is:

BLUE & WHITE

I also wanted to try out my new stamps.

5x6" Blue cardblank.  I stamped the cat and flowers in colbalt archival ink, doodled in some ground and little extras with a blue fineliner to make a scene for the cat to stand on.  

I then water coloured the cat and foliage with colbalt blue watercolour and turquoise blue wink of stella pens on the flowers.  Once dry i added blue glitter to hightlight the flowers and glossy accents on the cats eyes. 

Die cut sentiment to finish. 

Items used:

Paperartsy Zinski Art ZA09 & ZN09

Spellbinders Sentiment die

Inktense pencils

Wink of Stella pens

So please do pop over and join in at

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Wishing you all a good week.  Thank you for popping by. Emma

Spring flowers

Good Morning everyone, I hope you are all having a good week.

So today I am sharing these cards i made to celebrate Spring

Base shape and tree die cut using Spellbinders 'just swinging' , I then used brusho's to colour the frame/tree layer and a light background.  I then die cut lots of little flowers, the sentiment, rabbits, birds from brusho coloured cardstock.  Glitter glue centres for the flowers. 

I made a set of 4, all slightly different. 

Items used:  Colourcraft brusho's

Spellbinder dies - 'just swinging - S4-391',

 'Delightful tree - S2-107',

 'Sentiments two - S2-114'

Sizzix 'susans garden - forsythia'

Impression Obsession rabbits 'DIE269-N'

You might also like this card using the forsythia die

Sizzix susans garden

Thank you for looking and all your comments on my bluebell card on Monday. Wishing you a wonderful day. Emma