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Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Nesting Birdies

Good Morning everyone


Today Im sharing another spring card using the katkin krafts 'love nest' stamps


I made a sky background with turquoise brushos, once dry cut to size and added to a white base card.  I added leaf green & lime green brushos another piece of white card and die cut the spellbinders leafy frame from it.  I die cut 4 more of the leafy frames from scrap card and glued them all together to give me depth to the frame and this is easier than trying to apply foam tape to it, it also gives the frame the feel of chipboard.

I worked out where i wanted the frame on the blue background and then stamped the branches into place, i then adhered the frame.

I stamped all the birds and cherry blossom onto white card and watercoloured with derwent inktense pencils, also colouring the base images - the inktense pencils work well over the brusho background.  I then cut out the bird nests and decoupaged onto the base images with pinflair glue gel. I cut out a few of the flowers and added.

Stamped sentiment die cut into an oval to finish.  This 'step into spring' was a magazine freebie and ive used it so much as i think its a lovely sentiment, stepping out of the grey of winter and into the beauty of spring. 


Just close ups.   

Im not sure what my camera/light box did to the colours of these, they arent quite as luminous in real life😀

Items Used:
Katkin krafts stamps 'love nest'
Sentiment stamp
Spellbinders die
Brusho powders
derwent inktense pencils

Thank you all for stopping by once again. Ive got a day with my 5 nieces today and tomorrow so will be crafting up a storm with them, but hopefully we get a bit of the break in the rain to get some fresh air.   Hugs Emmax

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Sunday, 7 April 2024

National look alike day

Good Morning everyone

Today im honoured to be a guest designer for Day of the month card club
and the theme is 'National look alike day'



So we are looking for 2 of anything i.e 2 flowers, 2 birds, 2 frames.  Now this one really got me thinking and i just kept coming back to the idea of twins so i dug out my old Carabelle Stamps SA60158 'Zinouk du jardin'    a fab old door stamp by Katzelkraft and some cherry blossom to give the feel of stepping out of the grey of winter and into the cheerful blossoming of spring. 



Approx card size 5x7"   I first stamped Zinouk twice onto white card and watercoloured with my inktense pencils and then cut her out. I gave them matching outfits so that they definitely look alike

I die cut white card into an arch card base, then used 2 smaller arch dies to cut a frame from white, from the middle piece of the frame i stamped the old doorway in soft grey ink and gave it a very light watercolour wash.  I stamped some twigs around the edge and some text in the background - all in grey. I then lightly inked the edges with a light brushing of black soot distress ink - I also did that to the edges of my base card. 

I added the white arch frame with 3d foam and then adhered the topper scene in flat.  I then added the 2 Zinouk's with glue gel so that they are 'stood' on the frame.  I stamped & coloured some cherry blossom, cut out and attached with glue gel and a stamped sentiment to finish.



Just a close up - i added a little touch of glitter to their earrings for a subtle bit of bling. The sentiment stamp is an old magazine freebie

Items Used:
Carabelle Stamps SA60158 'Zinouk du jardin'
Katzelkraft stamps 'les portes'
Katkin krafts stamps (background text) (cherry blossom) 'love nest'
aall&create stamps #851 'rise & shine'  
Sentiment stamp - old magazine freebie
Derwent inktense pencils
Distress inks - black soot, vintage photo, cracked pistachio, shaded lilac
Ranger stickles 'diamond'

Thank you all for stopping by, please do hop over to day of the month card club to join in and see everyone comes up with for National look a like day .  I hope you all have a fabulous week whatever you get upto, I shall be doing lots of crafting with my nieces as its the Easter holidays. Emmax












 

Thursday, 14 March 2024

Easter Birdies

Good Morning everyone

Today is some Easter cards made using these lovely bird stamps from Katkin krafts - a new company to me, loved these birds among the cherry blossom. .

Slim DL approx size: 3.25 x 8.25"  I went with this size to fit some envelopes i have and thought it would work well with the images.

I first die cut a white panel to fit the card front and stamped the birds & branches onto it, i stamped them again onto more white card.  The 2nd images i watercoloured and cut out the birds and nests and some of the flowers.

I folded and cut a piece of spring green cardstock for my base card and stamped over it using the smaller stamps in the set and similar colours to those i used to colour the images.  I also stamped the word 'spring' in orange oxide ink randomly.   

I then adhered the white panel flat and added the birds & nests with glue gel for a little dimension.  A few added flowers to finish.

Version 2 - the birdie on the right is slightly different.  I watercoloured the flowers with a shimmer ink so when they catch the light they sparkle.

My little flock of spring birdie cards.  Spring is well on its way here in Cornwall as I had 3 hedgehogs come out of hibernation in the last week,just need some encouraging weather😀 

Items Used:
Katkin krafts stamps 'love nest' KK0013
aall&create stamps 'seasons' #455
Distress inks
Lisa Horton cloud 9 interference ink 'fruit salad'
DL dies

Thank you for popping by once again.  Emmax

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