Hi There New Catalogue and a Fable Friends Card!

Hello and happy Saturday,
I am hopping on today to share botha  card and (finally) the link first to the new annual catalogue with you! It's a corker, for sure...

 I was made up to see that Fable Friends had stayed in especially as I still had this card to share with you ;-)

 I made a starburst background by sponging over the edge of a piece of scrap card from a pivot point behind the bunny.

 You might remember *this* card I made with the floral headband, I made this one as I loved making the first so much!

 The scalloped edge is from the "Stitched Be Mine" dies

 Love this Flirty Flamingo and Grapefruit Grove colour combo

So, that's it for today from me, I am still decorating at home but the end is in sight, hopefully...

Thanks for looking today :-)

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Two Cards Today! A Birthday Card and a Birth-Day Card!

Hello!
I hope you are enjoying the bank holiday weekend? We have been to B&Q already this weekend to get the supplies to start painting the new extension this week :-/ but we are yet to start. Today, we will start today...
But before that, cards! As you probably know the exciting new catalogue is going to be with us soon (4th June) but the downside of that is we will be losing lots of the lovely current stamps and dies. So I figured as I have so much to share still I would do a double card post today ;-)
The first card today is one I made this card for my eldest boys birthday a while ago...

 I started by randomly watercolouring a piece of watercolour card before drying. Die cut with the Celebrate You thinlints and then stack it onto three more die cuts made from thick white card.
TIP: Use a coordinating colour card to layer up your sentiment (see next card) for a different effect.

 Pop up the centre section using the rectangle framelits (a similar technique to THIS card) and finish with stars, a heat embossed sentiment, some enamel shapes and a little twine :-)

 And for the second card today I have a new baby card or a different kind of  Birth-Day card ;-)
I made this for my lovely friend who had a beautiful baby boy recently and I just couldn't resist making an Eclipse card using the Large Letters framelits and the First Steps stamp set to make this...

 The "Welcome Baby" sentiment is layered as before but this time using the Well Written dies - which are not retiring, Yay!
TIP: Use foam strips to pop up the letter die cuts and make this card super speedily!

 I do love an eclipse card, it just makes any card special. Sadly this stamp set and letter dies will be leaving us though, this catalogue change :-( I'm seriously going to miss these both of these items, although I'm definitely keeping both of mine.
If you love these or other items too, then please be sure to order your favourites before the 3rd June...

OK, so that's my two for one deal for today!
I hope you've enjoyed today's makes and I'll be back soon with even more :-D
Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you enjoy your bank holiday weekend, whatever you're up to :-)
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Products Used to create this project:

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies (£21.00)	Aqua Painters (£16.00)	Watercolor Paper (£4.75)	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)
Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies (£33.00)	Large Letters Framelits Dies (£92.00)	First Steps Cling Stamp Set (£16.00)	Well Written Framelits Dies (£37.00)	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock (£7.25)	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Foam Adhesive Strips (£7.25)

Fable Friends Gingham

Hello there,
Two days in a row, get me! Lol! Todays make is a Fable Friends card that I made but I just realised I added an Easter sentiment and didn't blog it earlier, doh. Anyway, you could recreate this mke but swap out the sentiment, no problems. So, let's see this card shall we?

I love how well these gingham papers work with this stamp set, I shall really miss them when they go at the end of the month :-(

This little squirrel was stamped onto shimmer white card and coloured with ink pads and a blender pen. Such a soft and pretty look.

Crumb cake card and self adhesive sequins finish this card off today.

Well, that's all for today from me, I hope you have enjoyed todays make?
Thanks so much for looking today, I'll be back soon with more crafty ideas, 'till then happy stamping!
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Products Used to create this project:

Fable Friends Cling Stamp Set (£20.00)	Shimmery White A4 Cardstock (£8.25)	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (£5.50)	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Blender Pens (£11.25)	Crumb Cake A4 Cardstock (£8.00)
Gingham Gala 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper (£10.25)	Gingham Gala Adhesive-Backed Sequins (£7.00)	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies (£28.00)	Layering Circle Framelits Dies (£33.00)	Linen Thread (£4.75)

Perfectly Paired (Noah's Ark) Baby Card for Inspire. Create. Challenges.

Hello there and welcome to another challenge with Inspire. Create and this week it's a "Baby" themed challenge. I seem to be surrounded by new babies here, my granddaughter was born in January, one dear friend had a baby a few weeks ago and another is due any day! I LOVE it!! And it also gives me an excuse to make lots of baby cards, whoop!

Todays make uses the Perfectly Paired, Noah's Ark style stamp. If you are a regular reader here you'll know that I do love a bit of colouring, be it watercolour (like here) or using Stampin' Blends (alcohol markers) so I knew I just had to get this stamp set as soon as I saw it! It is leaving us at the beginning of June though so if you love it too, make sure you get yours ;-)

Let's see todays make...

I stamped this image onto watercolour paper using memento and I did add clear embossing powder to the stamped outline to seal the ink in and prevent it running with the watercolouring. Honestly, usually it's perfectly ok but I find if you add a bit too much water (as you do sometimes when coloring on watercolour paper) it can run and I didn't want to get halfway through and have any ink bleeding so I heat embossed it to be sure ;-)

I used a combination of aqua painter and a blender pen with my ink pads (or you could use re-inkers) on smooth watercolour paper.

Stitched rectangle and the Be Mine Stitched Dies make up the pretty scalloped and stitched layers on this card.

So, that's my "Baby" make for this challenge, to see what the rest of the DT have made please do head to the challenge blog HERE and we'd love you to join in with this challenge too. 

And as I have so many babies around I will be back on Friday with another baby card for you!

'Till then, happy stamping!

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Products Used to create this project:

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies (£33.00)	Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies (£33.00)	Perfectly Paired Cling Stamp Set (£18.00)	Blender Pens (£11.25)	Aqua Painters (£16.00)	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (£5.50)	Neutrals Classic Stampin' Ink Refill Assortment (£31.50)
Brights Classic Stampin' Ink Refill Assortment (£31.50)	Subtles Classic Stampin' Ink Refill Assortment (£31.50)	Regals Classic Stampin' Ink Refill Assortment (£31.50)