#Lawnfawn Hedgehugs......Part 2

Hi there,

back again with another card using the adorable Hedgehugs stamp set from Lawn Fawn. They have the cutest critter stamps that are so whimsical.

Ok here's the card.I made another card with this stamp that had a whole sponged background. You can see that card HERE.  This time I wanted a quick, clean and simple card that would be easy to mass produce, particularly if you use a Misti.

I stamped the images and sentiment in versa fine black ink, put on some clear embossing powder and heat set it. I then  used coloured textas to colour the images, and once coloured put on a coat of Wink of Stella. I stamped the little hearts in red ink.

Here's a close so you can see the shiny Wink of Stella.....yes my Wink of Stella which is usually most bashful when it comes to being photographed played nicely when photographed today!

That's it for today. Pretty simple and quick. I think I may be a colouring convert! Thanks for stopping by.

Hoping your day is magnificent.

Cheers Donna :)

#LawnFawn Hedgehugs

Hi there,

I recently went to a craft fair near my house. I had been eagerly anticipating this event for several weeks.  To say that I was more than giddy with excitement on the day would be an understatement. 

 It was awesome!

 Whilst there I found this cute little stamp set from Lawn Fawn. My daughter said we had to get it so we could make a card for my mum and step-dad. They had sent us photos of an echidna that had visited their garden the day before...the stamp set reminded us of the echidna. There is a little bit of a similarity between hedgehogs and echidnas in appearance, so we bought the stamp set and matching dies.

OK here's the card using the gorgeous stamp set Hedgehugs from Lawn Fawn. I love the sentiment. I stamped the hedgehogs and sentiment in black versa fine and then dusted with clear embossing powder and heat set them. I also bought the dies that matched the stamp set so I die cut the images out.

I used a stitched circular nesting die from Kaisercraft and die cut the circle. I  sponged  green and blue to represent the sky and grass on to the circle and masked a circle for the sun. I coloured the hedgehogs with  coloured textas, no fancy copics because I'm rubbish at colouring and shading. I don't normally do hand colouring. I did brush my Wink of Stella over the top of the image once I had completed the colouring, bit hard to see in the photo :( 

Here's a couple of close ups of extra details.

 Cute right? Well I thought so. I have made another card using this stamp set, I'll save that for another post.

Here is the visitor on their verandah! Cute Right?

Have a great day.

Cheers Donna :)

#Altenew Beautiful Day........again

Hi there,

yes some more "fan-girling" over Altenew's Beautiful Day stamp set!

These two cards are almost the same as the cards from yesterday's post HERE. the only difference is the shape of the card and the stitched die the flower is sitting on. Have a look.....

 

Details are as follows:

 Altenew ink Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Deep Iris and Midnight Violet for purple flower and for the pink flower were the new pinks, Rose Quartz, Puffy Heart, Purple Wine and Cosmic Berry. 

Rectangular stitched nesting die Kaisercraft. 

Gold embossed sentiment from the Beautiful Day stamp set.

Wink of Stella brushed onto flowers.

Gold sequins.

Ranger Glossy accents put over the stamen that was coloured with a black sharpie pen.

As you can see these are rectangular cards and yesterdays were square with a stitched circle. So which cards do you prefer, the square or rectangular? Do leave a comment and let me know.

Have a lovely day. 

Cheers Donna :)

#Altenew Beautiful Day

 Hi there,

my crafting is quite sporadic at the moment. My creative spark is on a mini vacation, so rather than craft I'll show you what I have been doing the last couple of weeks

So, if you have visited here lately you'll know that I'm totally "fan-girling" over my new Altenew stamp set, Beautiful Day. So without further ado, here are the latest couple of cards featuring the stamp set.

  

 A purple version and pink version. I used my new Altenew inks that I purchased in a group of four mini ink pads. Colours used were Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Deep Iris and Midnight Violet for purple flower and for the pink flower were the new pinks, Rose Quartz, Puffy Heart, Purple Wine and Cosmic Berry. I do have to say that I love these colour inks, much better than the colours I stamped this flower in on previous cards seen HERE. I just think the Altenew purples and pinks are much softer than the ink colours I used previously. That's just my personal opinion.

 Some close up photos... of the beautiful gold embossed sentiment included in the Beautiful Day stamp set. The stitched circle was popped up on craft foam to give extra dimension. The flower was also fussy cut and popped up on foam tape. The leaves were stamped directly onto the card stock.

  I went over the stamen part of the flower with a black sharpie and then put glossy accents over the top of that. Some lovely gold sequins  randomly artistically placed  on to the card, wink, wink!

One past photo of both cards together.

So what colour flower do you prefer? Do leave a comment and let me know.

Have a great day and I hope you got some crafting in!

Cheers Donna :)

You Are Awesome.....

Hi there,

here's a little something again inspired by the amazing Jennifer McGuire over at Jennifer McGuire Ink. Jennifer calls this particular technique sentiment backdrop

you are probably wondering what I'm talking about, so let's look at my cards to see lol. 

The sentiment has been stamped in the background. I stamped the fox first, then masked the fox so I could stamp the sentiment over the top down the centre of the CS. If you pop over to Jennifer McGuire's blog she explains this in depth. There is even an amazing video showing you exactly how to do it. It 's so easy to follow, that's what I did to create these cards, nine in total! Click HERE to go to her blog post and video to see for yourself.

I did heat emboss the sentiment that was stamped with black Versa Fine. This particular ink stays wet longer, allowing you time to sprinkle it with clear embossing powder and then heat emboss it.

The little heart was brushed with Wink of Stella and then had Ranger's Glossy Accents put on top to give it some shine. You can't see this in the photos but it does look amazing in real life, wink, wink!

Here are a couple of close up photos to show some detail.

An aerial shot of all the cards! My attempt at arty photography lol 

One last photo for you. So what do you think? I really like this technique. It was made easy with my Misti stamping tool . Not necessary to achieve this technique but it certainly does make the job easy with one.

I'd love to hear if you try this technique. Don't forget to pop over to Jennifer's blog to see just how easy it is. Jennifer explains and shows you how to do this. Go on give it a try, you'll love it.

Have a fabulous day.

Cheers Donna :)

Home Sweet Home for a Ghost!

Hi there,

today I have the cutest little 3D item to show you. They were  (yes there are three of them!) made using the new Home Sweet Home Thinlets Dies from Stampin' Up.

Aren't they just adorable or what?

Before I go any further I was inspired by this great post and video over at  the Simon Says Blog. Click HERE to see what I'm talking about, you will be amazed. Now I don't have the Tim Holtz Village dies so I couldn't re-create it nor do I have  any of the distress inks or texture paste or anything that  Shari used in the video. What's a girl to do when faced with this dilemma? Buy all the stuff or see what I had that I could use? Seeing as I had not long purchased the Home Sweet Home Thinlets Dies and hadn't used them my dilemma was sort of solved.

My first house was the experimental house, you know the one where you try different stuff and see what works and what does not....yes there was quite a bit of does not lol.

I used Basic Grey CS for the house, Black CS for the window and door trims as well as the roof, all from Stampin' Up. Once I had run all the dies with the paper through the Big Shot and cut out all the pieces I would need, I set about "oldenizing" ( yes it's a word it means grunging up lol) my house.

To do this I found in my stamp stash a very old grungy background stamp from Kaisercraft (I have had it for so long I don't know the name of it sorry). I stamped all over the walls of the house pieces using Old Olive, Basic Grey and Black ink from Stampin' Up to give it a mottled, crumbling & really old look. I then attached all the trims around the windows and doors with glue. I attached the roof I had cut out of black CS. For the door I cut another small piece of the grey CS and stamped it with the Hardwood background stamp from Stampin' Up in black and attached a small brad from my stash & glued it on top of the existing door.  It looked great so far but it was missing something. I found some medical gauze I had in my craft stash from years gone by.... I think it was from when I tried my hand at shabby chic crafting - something I am not good at and avoid at all costs!

 Anywhoo back to the gauze, I stamped it with black and silver ink and then artistically draped it over part of the roof and around the doors and windows.....faux cobwebs anyone?

I was quite chuffed at this stage with my haunted house so I decided to make two more. I mean why not right? I had out all the stuff, my fingers were already covered in ink I may as well. When it came to the roof this time I thought it looked too new....mmmm how could I grunge up black CS? Black ink wouldn't really show up unless I heat embossed it....mmmm light bulb moment was when I had a go at stamping it with that grungy back ground stamp using silver ink. Eureka it looked like it had lichen growing on the shingled roof. 

You can just sort of see it in the photo below. It was really hard to photograph the houses to show up the details properly with the natural light available ( it was quite overcast here at the time). They look so much better in real life.

 Here are some more photos to enjoy.

 A couple of close up shots of the little bat....awww cute!

  A back view of the houses.

One last photo of all three houses.

Do pop over to the Simon Says Blog to see  the project that inspired me.

Have a awesome day.

Cheers Donna :)

Using Up Your Scrap Cardstock

Hi there,

I'm certainly on a roll with my creating and posts.... the question is,how long will I be able to maintain my momentum? Mmmmmmm....the answer is "How long is a piece of string?"

OK onto today's cards. I was inspired by the super talented and awesomely creative and all round  lovely person Jennifer McGuire over at Jennifer McGuire Ink. 

 If truth be told I just  copied Jennifer's cards using what I had. I didn't do the inlay technique Jennifer      showed in her video and on her blog, I 'll explain why later. Click HERE to go to Jennifer's blog post with her video.


 I grabbed my scrap pieces of CS and cut them into strips.I  adhered my coloured strips of paper onto  another piece of thick white CS. It looked super. It was just too thick to die cut the word 'love' out of though as Jennifer had. 

 Instead I die cut the word out of black CS. I then covered the word with glossy accents and sprinkled a bit of dazzling diamonds  glitter over the word while the glossy accents was still wet. 

 Once the glossy accents had dried I just attached the word "love" to the stripey piece. The stripey       piece was backed with black CS to give a small border top and bottom of the stripey piece and then attached onto a card front. Pretty simple really!

                                                       One last photo of both cards for you.

So what do you think,? Don't forget to pop over to Jennifer McGuire's blog to see her video on how to make this card.

Have a beautiful day.

Cheers Donna :)