Wedding Wishes

Can't believe it's taken me so long to get around to blogging this card. It just kept getting lost (weird) in the masses of photos (which I've already accumulated on this new laptop.. another thing I said I didn't want happening *mental note* - must buy external hard drive)

So here's another gorgeous Tiddly Inks image! This time round it's Flapper Couple! :) 

I coloured them couple in black, white, blue and yellow to match my papers from My Mind's Eye.

This was a commission for a lovely lady who wanted a special card to give to her friends for their wedding. I wanted to add a lot of froo froo with it being a wedding card. So I started with the die cuts. I added a bird cage from La La Land Crafts, and an XCut heart. I then added the sentiment from Lawn Fawn and the date of the wedding.

As for the rest of the embellishments, I added a gorgeous spray of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, some petrol blue organza ribbon and a bunch of pearls, rhinestones, Stickles and Doodlebug brads. 

Such a pretty image, I can tell I am going to enjoy colouring these cuties up every time. 

Enjoy your Saturday, whatever you're up to. :) xx

Thank You Teacher

It was kinda like fate.

I spotted a make a lovely girl over at Digi Galore on FB had created with THIS image from Saturated Canary, Beauty and the Beaker.. but I couldn't justify spending money on an image I probably wouldn't use.. even if I did love it..

..then I got a message from my niece a couple of days later, asking I could make a thank you card for her biology teacher! Hah. MAJIK! ;) Of course I said yes, and quickly rushed off to purchase the image from Saturated Canary.

Ahhh! I coloured her up with lime green, blue and orange.. bits and pieces around her.. to match my rediscovered papers from My Mind's Eye and then went to work decorating my card.

My niece wanted 'Thank You' and her teachers name included on the front of the card, so they were the first things I created by stamping and embossing some letters from a Lawn Fawn alpha set. 

I then rummaged through my button stash (I have a serious lack of orange buttons) and added some lime green and orange buttons to the design. I went crazy with some flocked brads from Doodlebug, some sequins from Doodlebug and a bunch of gold liquid pearls here and there! :) 

That's all from me today. I'm doing pretty well with this post a day for the month of July, aren't I? ;) Although, it's till only the 4th. We'll see how this goes! ;)

** Oh.. HAPPY 4TH JULY to my American friends!! **

Football Mad!

Hey, hey!!

Who doesn't love a male card?! I always get questions like.. "How do you do it?" and "How do you make them look so full?"

The key.. is just going with it. Forget that you're making a card for a male.. expect when you start eyeing up your paper flowers.. then you gotta take a step back and try and remember what you're tryna achieve.

Football is always a winner, no? Blues, blacks and kraft was the colour combo for this card.

I used a new brick stencil and some white embossing paste coloured with Desert Sand Memento ink to create a wall pattern on the base, and I layered my design up from there. :) xo

SMILE

Yoohoo! I'm back again today with some more My Mum's Craft Shop inspiration goodness!

Yesterday you seen me go all out with my card for the BRIGHT COLOURS callenge. Coloured image, patterned papers, loads of froofroo. Throughout this week however, all of the DT girls will be showing off their CAS cards using MMCS products. 

I just had to break out my new set from My Favorite Things - SMILE for this card.

I paired my sentiment with some leaves and dots from Paper Smooches - Reflections stamp set.

I stamped SMILE in Blue Raspberry Hybrid Ink from MFT.

I stamped the rest of the sentiment in Onyx Black Versafine, 

The leaves have been stamped in Grout Gray Hybrid Ink,

.. and the dots in Spearmint Hybrid Ink.

To finish off this super CAS I scored all edges of the card stock about 1/4" from the edge for a little more added interest. :) I hope this inspires you to leave the patterned paper behind and just have a good play with your stamps and see what you can come up with! 

Be sure to stop by the blog each day this week to gather more inspiration from the awesome DT girlies. xo

A Little Something..

Morning guys! Seven months into 2014.. how do you feel about that? LOL! I know how I feel.. exhaused - it's zoomed by super fast! When I look back and think about everything that has happened so far this year, it's scary - it feels like everything has blurred into one! 

It won't be long until I force myself to start on some Christmas designs. To be honest, I don't know why I keep putting it off. I think it's mainly because I don't want to admit that it's actually going to be happening.. sooner than we think.

ONWARDS! Today marks the first of the month, which means we have a brand new challenge for ya over at My Mum's Craft Shop. This month we wanna see..

BRIGHT COLOURS

Stamping Bella - Paisley Has A Prezzie

My Mind's Eye - Record It; Here Is Happy

My Favorite Things - Wonky Scallop Border

- Rolled Daisy

- Pierced Traditional Tag STAX

My Favorite Things - Spring Flowers Stencil

Small Flower Buttons

Basic Round Buttons

Doodlebug Designs - Assorted Sequins

All of the supplies listed above can be found over at My Mum's Craft Shop.

This is the first Stamping Bella stamp I have bought and coloured up.. why did I wait for so long?! I love this girl! ..and it's unusual to find stamps that are from the back - saves colouring up a face for a change, right? 

I stamped and embossed the sentiment that comes with the Stamping Bella image and added it to a die cut tag from MTF. I added a tonne of froo froo, including buttons from the £1 embellishment packs, Doodlebug sequins and a bunch of liquid pearls.

I tried something a little different with my bow. I used some waaay old ribbon that I've had since I started crafting (the colour matched perfectly, and it certainly is bright) and layered some bows up. I first created a bow with four loops and then a smaller bow with two loops, squidged them together and adhered them to the card with a ribbon across the knot. :) I kinda like how it looks, but I think I need some more practice on layering them.

That's all I got for ya today. Be sure to stop by the My Mum's Craft Shop blog to see what my awesome teamies have whipped up for the BRIGHT COLOURS challenge this month. xo