Birthday Chicks

Good Morning everyone, I hope you had a good weekend.  

Today im sharing a male birthday card made for my brother who has always kept chickens.  Its those aall&create chicken stamps in action again and a very old paper pad as i continue to try and make a dent in the old stash.

7x7" white cardbase.  I first stamped and watercoloured the chickens and cut them out....I die cut several polaroid frames from white card, adhering 3 on top of each other to build up a thicker frame so its almost like chipboard. I attached the frames to a teal blue paper which i cut slightly larger than the frames, i tore a yellow paper to fit in the frames to give the chicks some ground to stand on. I stamped the words from the stamp set onto the frames and then arranged the chickens gluing them with pinflair glue gel.

I took a sheet of wood panel paper from the set, inked the edges with walnut distress stain and added to the middle of the cardfront.  I had a few small offcuts from previous use of the paper pad that i used to add detail to the top and bottom edges, attaching just behind the wood panel paper. I added a large die cut circle to the middle and then added the polaroid frames.  Stamped greeting cut into a circle.

I had a couple of extra chickens so i added one to the bottom right of the front just for fun. 

Just a close up of the chickens.  I did add my usual glossy accents to their eyes.

Items Used:

aall&create stamps 'chicken dance'

Sizzix polaroid frame die set

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

Circle dies

My Minds Eye Paper pad 'miss caroline- dilly dally'

watercolour marker pens

Range glossy accents

Thank you all for stopping by once again and all your comments.  I hope its a good week for you.  We should be having scaffolding going up today for a new roof, that will be fun but good to get it done. Hugs Emmax

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Easter Chicks

Good Morning everyone

Today is a fun spring chicken wreath design, i had these left over aall&create chickens and then the idea came to me for an Easter wreath so i went with it.  Digging out another very old paper pad in my stash busting mission.

7x7" white base card.  I used one of the papers from the pad which had splashes of red, blue & yellow in it to pick up on the colours in my chickens and the woodgrain gives the effect of a chicken house.  I inked the edges in walnut stain distress ink.  I added little stripes behind it to look like its one long piece but actually i only had small offcuts left over. 

From one of the yellow papers in the pad i die cut pine leaves to give the effect of straw which the chickens bed on. I die cut a circular frame from a pale paper and glued to the middle of my paper - this was to act as a guide/base for my wreath to keep it round.  I then just got gluing the branches into place, overlapping them as i went. 

I then arranged my chickens - these has previously been stamped on white, watercoloured and cut out.  Glossy accents on the eyes.  I gently added a little shape to the bodies and attached with pinflair glue gel.  I then added some gems in the same colour tones, in groups of 3.....i thought they looked a bit like eggs in a nest

Die cut sentiment to finish.

A close up of my chickens

Items Used:

aall&create stamps 'chicken dance'

paper pad My minds eye - miss caroline 'dilly dally' 

Cheerylynn pine branch & easter joy dies

Watercolour markers

Distress ink - walnut stain

Gems

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you have a good day. Hugs Emmax

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Poultry in Motion

Good Morning everyone

Today is a large card using the Pink Ink Cockerel stamp.  He is a rather fabulous bird.

Card approx 8x9"  I first stamped the cockerel and coloured with inktense pencils and then cut him out. 

I took a piece of white cardstock and stamped the feathers and flowers from the set all over with a ombre ink pad.  I then die cut a large oval from the middle.  I also die cut an oval silver holographic card which i attached to the inside of my outside panel as a frame, added foam tape to the back and added to the base card.  The oval i cut from the middle i added back in place but flat - this added a frame for my cockerel to stand in.

I shaped the cockerel and attached him with glue gel to the middle.  I stamped the flowers onto pre-coloured red card  - picking up on the red in of his wattles.  I then cut them out and arranged around the oval. Stamped the pun and cut out and added enamel dots to the flowers to finish.

Just a close up of Mr Cockerel.

Items Used:

Pink Ink Stamps - 'Henpecked'

XL oval dies

Ombre inkpad

Inktense pencils

Ombre Kaleidacolor ink pad - caribbean sea

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  Hugs Emmax

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Easter Chicks

Good Morning everyone

Today is a batch of little Easter cards using the fab chicken dance stamps from aall&create

Approx size 3.5x5"  I first die cut the inverted scallop frame and on the middle panel that falls out i added a simple grass & sky with wink of stella pens, scribbling them on my craft mat, spritzing with water and dipping my cardstock into it.   I stamped the chickens, watercoloured with oxide inks and cut them out. I used a little oval die for my eggs, cut from white card with ink speckles on them.  

I added the frame with foam tape and added the background in flat.  Attached the chicks and eggs.  Stamped sentiment and glossy accents on the chicks eyes to finish.

I couldn't help but be happy making this batch of cards with these funky chickens.

Items Used:

Aall&create chicken dance stamps

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

Scalloped frame die

Oval die

Wink of stella pens 

Distress Oxide inks - lemonade, persimmon, peacock, raspberry, lilac, citron, 

Thank you all for stopping by and all your amazing comments.  I hope its a good week for you all.  Heading into April - its scary how fast the months pass.  Stay safe. Hugs Emmax

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Spring Chickens

Good Morning everyone

Today is a fun set of cards using Aall&create chicken fun stamps

For this 1st card i kept thinking the main chicken looked like it was doing some Irish dancing, of course i had to add one poor chicken that has missed its step😀

 I cut a piece of white card to fit my base and added blue and green distress inks for my sky & grass.  I stamped the chickens on white card, watercoloured with distress oxide inks in rainbow colours and cut them all out and added them to the base with glue gel.  I added glossy accents to their eyes. I added some shadow under them and some details to the grass with fine liner pens and paint pens.  Printed sentiment to finish.

and card 2 is using all the chickens in the set which i made for my Nieces birthday which is today - i can't believe she is now 3, she loves her animals and spending time with the chickens.  I die cut her name and the sentiment from white and navy cardstock.

Items Used:

Aall& Create stamps - #407 chicken dance

Distress inks tumbled glass, twisted citron, clover

Oxide inks Candied apple, marmalade, lemonade, lucky clover, salty ocean, wilted violet

Alpha dies

Sizzix bird-day sentiment die

Thank you all for stopping by and all your amazing comments on my glimmer of light card. Stay safe.  Hugs Emmax

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