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20 July, 2018

Farmyard - by Sam (age 10)

This is a card that resembles our house with some farm animals and our kitten Sooty.  I made it in Nonna's studio. I stamped the animals and then coloured them with colouring pencils and used glitter pens.






















This is the inside with a pop up.







Nonna's Note:
Sam used my blog because he doesn't have one of his own.  They have lots of animals on their farmlet.
Word dies:WPlus9
Square & round punches: unbranded
Stamps: MFT + unknown brands
Speech Bubble die: X-Cut
Glitter glue, gems


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19 July, 2018

Cupcake by Holly (age 8)

This is my card that I made in Nonna's studio.  The inside is special, it is an accordian.  I am going to give it to mum and dad.  I made it out of a paper napkin with cupcakes on it.













This is what it looks like on the inside.






Nonna's note: Holly used my blog because she doesn't have one.
She used the clingwrap technique to fuse the cupcake napkin then cut them out.
Dies: Spellbinders
Punches: Martha Stewart
Sentiment stamp: Art Impressions
Also: ribbon, gems


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16 July, 2018

Sunshine Zeb


It's a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge at Incy Wincy Designs this time.  Check it out here: incywincydesigns








Thanks to sponsor Fabrika Fantasy who provided this Cute Zebra image to work with, get it here:
fabrikafantasy cute-zebra-1-digital-stamp











Image: Fabrika Fantasy - Cute Zebra
Precoloured, cut out
Sun die: unbranded
Zigzag die:
Smile die: Wplus9
Papers, Kindyglitz
The sun is cut from a snippet of smooshed card leftover from another project.





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Dragonfly Roses

Roses, dragonflies, summertime.
I have been experimenting with different ways of coloring on black.

Here I stamped with Versamark, white heat embossed and then painted with iridescent watercolour paints.  The roses are actually yellow, apricot, pink, rose and purple, but the differences in colour don't show very well in the pic.  The dragonflies are stamped in two shades of turquoise and painted with Wink of Stella. Anyway, it shimmers and the dragonflies have a low twinkle.

All Stamps : free with magazine
Dollar shop iridescent paints
Wink of Stella


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15 July, 2018

Friends Hug

At the Crafters CafĂ© this time the challenge is Layers - lots of layers!  See what the design team have done here:  crafterscafe














Thank you to sponsor Lia Stampz, who provided this wonderful image, get it here: best-friend-hug-digistamp 





Everyone likes a hug from a friend!  (although this looks more like an 'ugh').  Isn't this the biggest smile you've ever seen?  and doesn't it make you feel good when you get a hug like this - usually from a child!


Image: Lia Stampz - best friend hug
Coloured with Copics
Die panel: unbranded
Die hugs: Simon Says Stamp
EF: magazine freebie
Also: ribbon, doily, Enamel Accents, sparkly craft foam.

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Thinking Roses

"Lots of Layers" is the theme at the Crafters CafĂ©, and you can get inspiration here: crafterscafe














Our lovely sponsor is Sheepski who provided this beautiful spray of old fashioned roses.  Get it here:









Image: Sheepski
Coloured with Copics
Banner die: Unbranded
Doily die: Spellbinders
Stamp sentiment: magazine freebie
Ribbon, PPapers, sequins, WofS




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02 July, 2018

Sunflower sunshine

This fortnight's challenge from

FLOWERS!






Our sponsor, who has provided this image, here:


I coloured plain white card using distress inks by smooshing, when dry printed it with the image and cut it out.  The label is also coloured with distress inks but is sponged and spritzed with water, then stamped with a sentiment.

Image: ScrapN'Dipity -
Coloured with distress inks
Label die: C Art
Coloured with distress inks
Sentiment stamp: freebie with magazine
EF: Heidi Swapp
Also: Nuvo drops, gems

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Herd Wishes

I was inspired by a MFT sketch  and thought a card from these cute little critters would work nicely.  I specially love the kitten and little piggy.  My grandchildren love puns and they would all love this.

Stamps: MFT
Coloured with Copics
Die: unbranded
Cut from a piece of card coloured with shaving cream technique, and a dab of distress ink on the flames
1" square punch: unbranded
Edged with gold pen, Wink of Stella on flames












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01 July, 2018

CAS girl

CAS - Clean And Simple!
That's it!
Meet us at the Crafters Café to see the amazing design team work, and enter your own, here:
crafterscafeblogchallenge


And see the selection from Mari Digis, our kind sponsor, here: maridigisstore2.blogspot.com/2017/08/brat-girl-c23



Image: Mari Digis
Washi tape

I printed directly on the base card, masked the image and sponged around in yellow and pink distress inks.  Her eyes are coloured with Copics.

I often don't put a sentiment on as I like to keep my options open for the occasion, but will put an appropriate sentiment inside the card when I use it.
So this could be for hello, birthday,  first day at work, really for any happy wish.

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Feline Frenzy Selfie

Check out this month's challenge at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies, here: 2craftycrittercrazies


and our sponsor CREATEFUL HEARTS goodies are here:  

I used their image called "Feline Frenzy"


I used a stencil directly onto the card base using distress inks.  The image is coloured with Copics, cut out and raised with foam, as is the camera.  I used Glossy Accents on the eyes and touches of Kindyglitz here and there. Useful for any celebration.

Image: CreatefulHeart - Feline Frenzy
Coloured with Copics
Stencil: Rosie's Studio
Sentiment stamp: Penny Black
Camera stamp: Amy Tangerine
Also: Glossy Accents, Kindyglitz






Happy Bear-thday

What a lovely bear this is and there are lovely supporting images in the set.


I stamped the bear, balloon, and flower on a piece of scrap paper, and cut out for a reverse mask.  I used distress inks sponged through the mask/stencil, then stamped over the colour with black ink.  Edge of card inked.

Stamps: Rosie's Studio
Distress Inks
Black Enamel dot

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