Valentines cards

I had a new stamp to get inky for my Valentines card for Mr P.  It is from new Penny Black T for transparent set 'Hearts Aplenty'

The papers used are Basic Grey 'Two Scoops' and the sentiment is from Stampin' Up.  The image was coloured with Promarkers.

The second card used a digi-stamp from the Flirty Flamingo set (The Lovely Studio formerly Pink Petticoat).  Again the image was coloured with Promarkers, die cut with a Stampin' Up labels framelit and mounted onto pink glitter cardstock

And as always I had to make a jokey cash cow card using Penny Black 'From the Folks'

The sentiment was made with Stampin' Up alphabet stamps and the crystal heart is from Majorcrafts.

I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas

It is with great joy that I can say that one of my favourite digi-stamp designers is back in business - Pink Petticoat is now The Lovely Studio and to start with she is re-introducing all the previous Christmas collections and designs including these flamingos.

I love love love these digi-stamps and have been busy making Christmas cards for my open house fundraiser next Saturday.

The background papers used are all from Craft Creations own range apart from the very bright pink one which is Basic Grey.

I coloured all the images with Promarkers and added a hint of Stardust Stickles for some sparkle.

The dies used are mainly a Stampin Up/Sizzix thinlet set and the snowflakes are All Occasion dies with various brands of glitter cardstock.

Beat the Christmas Rush - the September Edition

I am busy getting ready for my first big fundraiser of the year so I haven't had a lot of time for cardmaking.  This month I grabbed some toppers that I already had die-cut and coloured some months previously and hadn't got round to using yet.

The sweet gingerbread man is a digi-stamp from Pink Petticoat that sadly no longer exists (I must remember to back up all my files from them!!).

I coloured the printed images (which came with the sentiment) with Promarkers and then made the holly clusters from a Joanna Sheen holly die and either red pearls or red gemstones (both from Majorcrafts). The cards were covered in paper from Hot off the Press.

If you would like to take part in Beat the Christmas Rush and hopefully be a bit more organised for Christmas, then please link to your blog post in the linky below.

Beat the Christmas Rush - January 2016

Apologies that I am a bit late sharing this month - I will be on time in February!!

When I made this card I also coloured in a lot more images so that I could batch make more cards.

I cut the image out with a Stampin' Up framelit die, mounted it on a card covered with various patterned papers from Craft Creations, inked the edges with chalk ink and then decorated with snowflakes diecut from glitter or pearlescent cardstock.

I made seven which has got me off to a good start for this year.

The snowflakes are mixture of Cuttlebug and All Occasion Dies.  The flamingo digi-stamps are from Pink Petticoat which has sadly closed down.

If you would like to join in and get ahead with your Christmas cards then please make some cards, blog about them using the title Beat the Christmas Rush and then add your blog post to the linky below so that I can come along to see what you have been doing.

Beat the Christmas Rush - January 2016

I wasn't sure if I was going to carry on with Beat the Christmas Rush this year but have decided to as it helps me to keep on track with my Christmas card requirements.  I usually need about 100 for myself and then I also need about another 50 to sell later in the year at a couple of fundraisers.  So it would be lovely if some people would like to join me during the year and save ourselves a mad panic come the beginning of December, when we don't have enough cards.

You can make any amount of cards that you like each month and there will be a linky so that I can find your blog post and see what you have been up to.  I will share my favourites the following month.

And now for the confession - life has got in the way of me getting started with my Christmas cards so far this year - I have some toppers prepared but they haven't made it onto cards yet, so I will be a bit late posting January's cards.  I am hoping to have them done and blogged by 28th.  In the meantime I will share a Christmas card that I made last year for someone that loves flamingos.

 The flamingo is a digistamp from Pink Petticoat Boutique but sadly is no longer available to buy as Pink Petticoat has closed.

I used a Stampin Up thinlet to cut out the image and was coloured with Promarkers.   The die cut background is a Penny Black die and I used some Hobbycraft glitter cardstock.

I will be back in a few days time with my proper Beat the Christmas Rush post!!

Blogtober 2015 Day 14 - Thank you Cards Part 2

And here I am again with more Thank you cards as promised.

Warning - there are a lot of photographs!!

I used SU Hostess set 'I Like You' with some Thank You printables from Pink Petticoat.  After I had printed out the sentiments and then cut them to fit various sizes of card blanks, I stamped the different flowers.  They were all coloured with Stampin' Up markers and then matted onto matching cardstock before adding to the card blanks.  I added a little touch of glitter to all the flower centres with a Wink of Stella brushmarker pen.

And if you have made it right to the end - thank you!!!!  I will be back tomorrow with another batch of Thank you cards xx

Easter Cards Part 1

In the run up to Easter I will share some of the Easter cards that I have made this year. 

For my first batch I used a stamp from Stamping All Day.  I coloured the stamp with Promarkers and highlighted the flower centres with gold stickles.  I then die cut the image with a stitched rectangle die and mounted it on a mat cut from the same die set, which was then mounted onto an embossed mat.

 For the next three, I mounted the die cut image onto a mat die cut using a Spellbinder die.

The sentiments are all from Pink Petticoat

Beat the Christmas Rush - February

Confession time - I actually made these last weekend!!!  I had no time in February to do any so on our crafty weekend away in Hereford I did my February and March BTCR cards.

Beat the Christmas Rush is hosted by Sue at Me and Mine and is to help us get a headstart on making our Christmas cards.

These are my February ones using a set of digistamps from Pink Petticoat - I can't see them on her website anymore so they have probably been discontinued but she has lots of other lovely Christmas collections available.

 I coloured the digistamps with Promarkers, added glossy accents to the nose so it was lovely and shiny and then added small touches of Stardust Stickles for a hint of sparkle.  The images were diecut with a stitched circle die and added to a square mat of paper from Craft Creations.

 A bit of bling was added to each corner and the card is still flat enough for posting.

 

 If you want to get ahead with your cards then do think about joining in with us each month, there is no pressure to join in every month and every card you get made now will be one less to do nearer Christmas!!