Thursday Thoughts

There is such a wonderful photo inspiration at Pinspirational at the moment that I just had to play along!

I've used one of the super cute elephants from T4TD Elephantastic and mirror stamped it using my misti.

I created a background of words after seeing this card by AAA Birthday teammie Tina. Love how it looks and will undoubtedly be using this idea again. Thanks for the inspiration Tina!

I cut the heart from the matching die set to cover up where the hearts on the stamps overlapped and looked a bit messy.

Supplies:

Stamps: T4TD, Elephantastic + matching dies

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black

Pens: Copic, W0, W3, N1, N3, C1, C3, C5, R20, RV09, B23

Card: Papermill Direct, slate grey

I'm so pleased you found my blog today, thanks so much for your visit.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

Hi!

Today I'm joining in with the challenge at {PIN}spirational.

Since Easter is now over I went with the pinks, the lacy frill and flowers as my starting point.

I found the two papers lurking in my stash and long overdue to be used and they dictated my colours. I dies cut the lacy border and layered up my card front.

The image is a Polkadoodles digi - Twinkle Tulips, now discontinued. Isn't she just the prettiest? I so enjoyed colouring her with my Copic pens.

Supplies:

Stamps: Polkadoodles digi, Twinkle Tulips; sentiment from Uniko, Floral Vines

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Dies: Spellbinders, petite ovals large, petite scalloped ovals large; Lawn Fawn, Lacy Border

Pens: Copic, E000, E00, E51, E53, Y04, Y11, R20, YG63, V00, V01, V12, RV52, RV55, RV63, RV66

Thanks so much for stopping by today, it's been a pleasure to have your company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Tuesday Talk

Today I'm playing along with the challenge at {PIN}spirational.

Well  it was obviously the little cutie that caught my eye and also the stripes.

I headed straight to my Polkadoodles digi folder and printed out this adorable image plus the paper and greeting from the same Cool Dude download.

Supplies:

Stamps: Polkadoodles, Cool Dude digi

Paper: Polkadoodles, Cool Dude digi

Die: MFT Die-namics, stitched basic edges

Pens: Copic, R20, YR12, E00, E31, N1, N3, BG15, BG49, B93, B95, B97

Thanks so much for stopping by today, it's been fun to have your company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Thursday Thoughts

Today I'm sharing a card I made that was inspired by the photo at {PIN}spirational. 

Here's my card:

I started by stamping the very cute koala hello from tracey hey and then cut a mask to put over it. Then I used a Funky Fossil stencil to create a tartan corner to echo the blanket in the photo.

I removed the mask and added some extra leaves and seed pods. I coloured the koala in mustard tones as the jumper from the photo is very distinctive - I know koalas are grey but as I said that mustard had to be used! I also added some blues as the mugs in the basket also caught my eye.

Supplies:

Stamps: Tracey Hey, Wreath Rascals

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Abstract Bamboo Background

Inks: SU, real red, baked brown sugar, pacific point

Colours: Miya oil pencils

I'm so pleased you had time to come visit today, huge thanks.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

Today I'm sharing a fun card I created inspired by the photo at the {PIN}spirational Challenge.

Well I went with the monster, but I have a few and they're more colourful too!

The image is a Bugaboo digi and I die cut it onto a stitched square before colouring it up with Copic pens. I added the computer generated greeting under the image before printing it out.

Supplies: 

Stamps: Bugaboo digi, Birthday Monsters

Die: Lawn Fawn, stitched square stackables

Pens: Copic, W3, G24, G85, YR02, YR07, BG11, BG32, BG72, V04, V15, E31, E55, E57, E59

Thanks so much for dropping by today, it's been fabulous to have you visit.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

I'm really loving the challenges over at {Pin}spirational and the current one has lots of pink. Right up my street then!

I decided to give an older Clearly Besotted stamp set some love and keep to my preferred CAS style:

Tempting though it was to go overboard with the pink I kept myself under control and limited it to the images and card base.

Supplies:

Stamps: Clearly Besotted, Colour Chameleon

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black

Pens: Copic, R81, 83, 85, C1

Thanks so much for dropping by today, it's so good to have a little company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Tuesday Talk

Today I'm playing along with the challenge at {Pin}spirational. They've another awesome photo to be inspired by and I love its autumnal feel.

Just before I share my card I need to say a big thank you to {Pin}spirational for picking my card as their winner from their last challenge.

Here's my card for the new challenge:

Well it had to have chickens on didn't it? And I love these sketchy chicks from STAMPlorations. I coloured them up to match the different chicken colours from the photo.

But I also wanted to get a feel of the blues and greens from the photo so I added a couple of layers of Polkadoodles patterned paper to the top right corner.

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations, Fowl Play

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Papers: Polkadoodles, All About The Dudes

Pens: Copic, E00, E21, E23, E31, E44, E47, YR01

I'm so pleased that you found your way to my blog today, I always love to have a bit of company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Sunday Slot

I've found a new to me challenge to play along with - {Pin}spirational - and they have the most adorable photo to use as inspiration.

And as I'll be needing a new baby card this Autumn I decided to join in with this card:

I picked up on the knitted blanket with the Funky Fossil Knitted Background stencil and used colours from the photo. Then I stamped the greeting from Uniko's Sweet Baby above. 

Next I stamped some stripes onto scrap card and them over stamped them with the onesie suit, also from Uniko.

I die cut the stitched rectangle - probably my used die set ever - and stamped the abc along the bottom before adding the onesie suit popped up onto foam pads for added dimension.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Sweet Baby, Background Blocks Pinstripe II

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Knitted Background

Inks: SU, sahara sand, smoky slate; Versafine Clair, nocturne

Die: MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles

Thanks so much for you time today, I really appreciate you visiting my blog.

Stay safe and keep crafting!