Buffalo Check with Signs Of Santa for a Non-Festive card!

Hello there,
Today I have a card which uses some Christmas stash for a non-Christmas card!
The background Buffalo Check stamp is on the carryover list so is still available but the Mrs Clause from Signs of Santa is retired now. Did you get this set? I love her sweet expression and think that in pink she looks just adorable and not at all festive, let's have a look...

 I do love this buffalo check stamp, I used it with Blushing Bride here, layered with a fine edge of black card.

 I coloured Mrs Clause with blends and as she has a holly sprig in her hair I added a punched flower to cover it which has the added bonus of adding a little dimension too!
I also think she'd look fabulous like this on tags for homemade jams etc..

 Finished with a chalkboard tag which was also a Christmas set and some sequins (of course) ;-)

So, that's all for today, I'll be back on Wednesday with a new challenge from Inspire. Create, so please do stop by for that!
Thanks for looking today :-)
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Products Used to create this project:

Last Cards of 2018 - Wishing You A Happy and Crafty 2019!

Hello there,
I hope your Christmas was brilliant! We have had a lovely time here, seeing most of our dearest people and despite working some over the holidays, we have had a really nice Christmas. I have also started to tidy and sort out my craft room o_o ... I have a feeling it may take a few more days, lol!
I have just two/three more festive cards to share with you and so I'm back again today to share them all with you! Fair warning, this is a picture heavy post for your new years eve viewing so I do recommend a cuppa to go with it ;-)
Let's start with the Winter Woods make first. I made this as part of a challenge by my SU! up, upline Monica recently...

I teamed it with the Festive Farmhouse Elements, coloured with a Cherry Cobbler blends pen...

Adding a little blue sponging under the trees and some gold glimmer paper to finish.

So that's the first card for today, I hope you enjoyed it?
Next I have a pair of cards to share - hence the two/three statement at the beginning ;-)

So, we made this design at my All Day Class and coloured it with Aqua Painters and ink pads (the right hand card) and then I made a second version using slightly different papers and coloured it with my Blends pens, let's take a look at the cards together first...

This is the class card with this cute spotty paper. The sentiment is the "Warm Hearted" hostess set from the A/W catalogue and it will not be available after the 2nd January :-(

 We coloured the "So Santa" image on this make using aqua painters and ink pads on Thick White card.

 And for this second card I used some of the Christmas lights papers...

 And coloured the image with my blends on regular Whisper White card.

And here they are together again to finish.

So, that's my two/three cards for today and also my last offering to you for this year!

It's been a very crafty year here and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for joining me both on here and on social media and for all your love and support xoxo 

I hope that you have enjoyed my makes and will continue to visit me to share in our crafty passion during the next year also. 

Many crafty hugs for a fantastic 2019!

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Some of the products used to create these projects:

Winter Woods Clear-Mount Bundle (£46.75)	Gold Glimmer Paper (£4.75)	Very Vanilla A4 Cardstock (£9.00)	So Santa Clear-Mount Stamp Set (£13.65)	Warm Hearted Photopolymer Stamp Set (£9.50)	All Is Bright 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper (£8.20)	Festive Farmhouse Cotton Twine (£7.50)
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock (£7.25)	Whisper White A4 Cardstock (£9.00)

Delightfully Detailed Floral Paper Coloured With Blends

Hello there!
So, as I'm discovering as I upload my cards on here I am realising I use my Stampin' Blends pens a LOT!  Yep, I can highly recommend these pens, if you hadn't noticed ;-) I mean, I'm no expert colourer but they are super easy to use and give you a great effect with minimal effort. Today I used them to colour the floral Delightfully Detailed DSP. I originally intended to just colour a few of the flowers and leaves on this panel of paper but in the end, as you can see, I just couldn't stop...

I backed the coloured in paper with a layer of crumb cake card then basic grey card.

Topped with a sentiment from the Banners For You, silver thread and then layered onto a Bermuda Bay card base.

I currently have just the first release of the Blends but am looking forward to expanding my collection over the coming months. You can find all the BLENDS that are now available HERE, in my shop :-)
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Thanks so much for looking today!

Products Used to create this project:

Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper (£13.00)

Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies (£25.00)

Banners For You Photopolymer Stamp Set (£25.00)

Crumb Cake A4 Cardstock (£8.00)

Basic Gray A4 Cardstock (£8.00)

Silver Metallic Thread (£3.25)

Stampin' Dimensionals (£3.75)

New Month, New Promo! Colour Your Season by SU!

Happy new month! I can't believe it's August already! How the heck did that happen??
Stampin' Up! Have a fabulous, new one month deal starting today. These stamp and die sets will only be available during August or while supplies last - meaning if they sell out before the end of August they will become unorderable *-*

Here's a closer look at the stamps and dies that are in the sets. I adore the double stitched edges to these dies!

 And here's a closer look at a few samples made by SU!

A lovely, festive Christmas card...

 A soft and pretty floral make...

 A fresh, leafy wreath...

 And a gorgeous, autumnal make...

 Which one is your favourite?

Also the stamps and dies are available as a bundle with an extra 10% off and there are some new colours of watercolour pencils being released to coincide with this bunde too! yay!

Head over to MY SHOP to purchase ;-) What a fab start to the month!
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Products Used to create this project:

Blended Seasons Clear-Mount Bundle (£60.00)

Blended Seasons Wood-Mount Bundle (£72.00)

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 (£11.75)

Flirty Flamingo and Lovely Lipstick Tropical Chic

Hello there,
I was having a play with the Tropical Chic stamps and dies the other day while on the phone to my friend and this little card kinda came from nowhere as I was chatting!

I started with stamping the leaves down the side in Tranquil Tide before stamping a few flowers on a separate piece of thick white card and die cutting them out.

To create these two tone flowers: Ink the whole flower first using Flirty Flamingo ink then, using a sponge dauber, add Lovely Lipstick ink around the edges before stamping the image.

I added some of the flowers with mini dimensionals and some flat before stamping, fussy cutting and layering the sentiment. And of course, finish with a few sequins!
I love when a card just "happens" don't you?
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Thanks for stopping by today!

Products Used to create this project:

Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Bundle (£40.50)	Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock (£7.25)	Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Whisper White A4 Cardstock (£9.00)	Iridescent Sequin Assortment (£4.75)
Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock (£8.00)