Fly

 

Fly fly fly what a wonderful feeling.  Clean and Simple like the card.

Background made by smooshing DI's, splattering with white ink.  "Fly" repeat stamped in a swoosh and dotted with Opal Dust to make a trail.  I debated adding a sentiment but decided "fly" was enough.  The dart is on 3D foam.

Stamp & Senti: unknown 

ALso: DInks, Opal Dust

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Sweetest

 

NBUS dies and senti stamp.  YUM.  I used a sketch for inspiration.  And yes you can find the snippets in the sprinkles and all the bits.

Die (bites): spellbinders oval 

Die donuts: MFT

Senti: uk

Also: various scraps/snippets of card for all of it.

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Cat prints

 

NBUS stamp & die.  Isn't it the cutest fairy cat?  leaving not so fairy-like footprints!

I coloured the image with Copics , added Stickles to the wings which I left free (unglued) to flutter!.  The lemon card is roughly textured.  I left it without a sentiment so I could add one as a suitable occasion arose... maybe "thanks for feeding my cat", or "don't pussyfoot around, go for it"...

Stamp:  uk

Die: uk

Also: Copics, Stickles

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Earth Day

 

It's Earth Day!  'Start somewhere' seems appropriate.  I used stuff I already had.

The background is previously made using distress inks residue of a stencil. Sparkle on the globe (opal Dust)  and some clear droplets.

Stamps: Tim Holtz 

Stencil: uk

Corner punch: Martha Stewart

Also: DI's, Opal Dust, cleardrops

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Birdie Birthday

I made this for the parents of a 3 year old little birthday boy who loves birds.  I have blocked out their faces & details for privacy.  The photo was supplied.  Inside message done on the computer.  The birds were diecut from previously smooshed leftover card.  The inside bird has it's song stamped on.

Die frame: ?Spellbinders

Senti die: uk

Bird dies: Sizzix

Number: uk

Inside senti: Kaisercraft

Star dies: dropouts from a die

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Rose Shaker

 

I do like a bit of sparkle, here it is in the shake.  Plenty of tutorials on how to construct these cards.  I used a few layers with shades of purple to stack.  I thought the clear sequins looked like raindrops on the leaves & petals.

Oval nesting dies: Spellbinders 

Label: SPellbinders

Embossed Sentiment: Hero Arts

Image: ? unknown - it's from my bits box

Twigs & leafy bits: Sizzix

Also: Copics, brads, sequins

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Citrus Sunshine

 

House Mouse & Friends challenge is anything goes with option of STENCIL!  (info below)

Wonderful inspiration from the design team here:  housemouse-challenge

This is my last time with the House Mouse Design Team.  I have enjoyed being in this wonderful team for more than five years - I will miss our friendly chats and mousey fun - thank you for having me! I will be popping in from time to time to join in the challenges, and so will see you all around in blogland.

I chose a fruity citrus stencil to go with the image and warmed it up stencilling with warm orangey inks.  The sentiment is diecut from sparkly red card.  The image is from a CD.  I imagine a dip in lemonade would be a mousey spa! (tickle tickle)

Image: House Mouse Designs CD

Stencil: unknown

Sentiment die:  Ultimate Crafts

Also: DI's, opal dust (in the drink for sparkle), white pen

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Goofy Things

 

I made this for a NZ cardswap buddy.  We had a sketch, and had to use an animal not it's natural colouring.  Lie in wait and jump out for a surprise .... who hasn't done this when they were kids?

I embossed card and swiped with DI's to make a brick wall with an opening in it (the shape of the sketch).  Stamped the cats onto patterned paper and fussy cut, added touches of Copic, glittery eyes on one cat and googly eyes on the other.  I think the background looks like a castle.   From Scraps and stuff I already had in my stash.

Cats: Tim Holtz 

Zigzag Die: Couture Creations

Senti: Tim Holtz

Also: white pen, DI's

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You're Fabulous

 I made this reveal wheel card for a friend of mine.

Image: Dearie Dolls    

"you're" sentiment & words: Rosie's Studio

Hill die: unknown

Cloud die: uniquely Creative

Cloud background: stencilled over diecuts

Arrow stamp: Heidi Swapp

Reveal Wheel die set: unknown

Stencil: sequin waste

Also: WoS, Copics, DI's

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Earth

 

Earth Day coming up 22 April.  RRR:  reduce-reuse-recycle.  

I re-used recycled packaging snippets: embossed,  torn, and diecut.  Also offcuts of gold mirror card.  The background is card I had previously experimented on, with splashes of blue.  Stamped on it, chopped it down into a slim panel.  Gold for precious and enduring, blue for the atmosphere.

Stamp: Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous 

EF: Craft Concepts

Stacked sentiment: Wplus9

Also: DI's (splatter), Perfect Pearls copper mist (metallic), Nuvo Crystal drops, mirror card

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Flowers of Life

 

I love this stamp.  It's perfect for colouring.  Here I used Distress Inks to colour after silver embossing it.

Stamp: Simon Says 

Sentiment: typed on computer

Also: cobweb, pearls

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Birthday Crown

 

A shape card, a square card, a card with jewels and a crown for a special birthday.  The word die cut from large floral print patterned paper, crown from gold metallic card.  The shape is accentuated with hand drawn doodle border in black & white ink.

Shape die: Spellbinders 

Crown die: Spellbinders

Word die:

Also: Black and white pens, multicolured gems

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Whatever the Weather

 I had a bit of inky fun with this.  I rather think it's like you're looking out a window that is running with rain, and I like how the rain on the umbrella changes and sprinkles a rainbow underneath.

There are DI's, Color Fusion powders with gold sparkle.  The diecut is stacked. Panel framed with gold pen

Umbrella die: Tim Holtz/Sizzix 

Senti: Colorado Stamps

Also: DI's, Paper Artsy Color Fusions, gold pen

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Warm My Soul Cat

 

Critter Crazy monthly challenge is always about critters, they need to be the focal point of the work.

The desgin team always provide inspiration, here:  crittercrazy

My cat is paper pieced & coloured, with a stencilled background oval stacked diecut.  The background is embossed and inked, decorated with a strip of inked border buttons.  All tied with yarn and dotted with gems.

Image: Katzelkraft 

Stencil: Rosie's Studio

Oval die:

Button die: Memory Box

EF:

Senti: unknown

Also: Copics, DI's white pen, yarn, gems

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