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Thursday, 1 April 2021

Spring Daffs and a Brand New Image

Hello lovelies and hope everybody is OK today.

Not such a warm Spring day today but at least it isn't raining - yayy!!

I'm sharing a card which I made using one of the brand new digi images by my sweet friend, Ruth Hamilton.

I've known Ruth for quite a few years and I can say without hesitation that she is one of the nicest, sincerest and most genuine people I've ever met (she will hate me saying that but it's so true).

She's also rather good at the craft thing as well.

And I'm proud to call her my friend.

So I've used one of her images - this is Daffodils.

It's perfect for this time of year.

I coloured it with Nuvo markers in the following colours -

401 - Lemon Drops

405 - Indian Saffron

391 - Butternut Squash

409 - Desert Sage

410 - Persian Lime

420 - Wildwood Moss

485 - Feather Grey

507 - Blender

I added a teeny tiny bit of glitter and some highlighting using a Posca Pen.

The sentiment is from Tonic Studios Sweet & Simple Sentiments stamp set - I really like this set because there seems to be something for every occasion.

I'll add links and my affiliate links at the bottom in case you want a mooch :)

OK so you know I like a button and bow combi!!

And I have a LOT of buttons.

But could I find one in the exact shade I wanted?

No!!!

So I just coloured one with my Nuvo pen and added a few Posca pen dots.

Simple :)

I also like a nice spotty paper and the ones I used here are both from Crafty Devils. They are a really good quality and good value as well - they are 8x8 and you get 48 in a pack (4 sheets each of 12 colours).

Ditto their stripey paper.

They work nicely together because the shades all match which I really like.

So that's my bright and cheery daffodil card and I hope you like it.

I'll be back soon with some more stuff.

I am expecting a couple of things today which I am dying to use.

One is an upgrade to something I sort of already have, and the other bag of goodies ... well let's just say I've waiting far too long to join this particular party!!

All will be revealed once they arrive.

Oh please let it be soon lol.

Take care, stay safe and well and lots of love to all xx

Links

Daffodils Image

Gypsy Meadows Paper Pack - Spotty

Gypsy Meadows Paper Pack - Stripey

Affiliate Links

Nuvo Alcohol Pens - Perfect Pastels

Lemon Drops, Persian Lime

Nuvo Alcohol Pens - Radiant & Bold

Butternut Squash, Spiced Orange

Nuvo Alcohol Pens - Muted Midtones

Desert Sage, Wildwood Moss

Nuvo Alcohol Pens - Shaded Accents

Indian Saffron

Nuvo Alcohol Pens - Principle Collection

Feather Grey - Blender

Nuvo Alcohol Pens - Full Collection

(best value)

Sweet & Simple Sentiments Stamp Set

Monday, 1 February 2021

Chicky Chicky Cheep Cheep :)

Hello my lovelies and hope you are all OK today and that you had a nice weekend.

I'm sharing a nice bright and sunny little Easter card which I made using the Tonic Studios Egg-Cellent Easter showcase set.

There's chicks, bunnies, hats, eggs etc etc and loads and loads of cuteness in that set and there's dies and stamps so a lot going on..

I've popped my affiliate links below so you can have a nosey if you want.

I made the striped background using Nuvo alcohol pens, double sided tape and glitter.

I've put together a step by step tutorial over on the Tonic blog which shows you how to do this, and also how to colour the chickadee and put the card together and you can see that here

There's also a YouTube video which runs through the kit and there's more samples for using the showcase there, plus a tutorial on putting a sweet little pop up card together.

You can see that here

Right, I'm off to the shed. It's a busy week for me so I need to make a start., The fire is on already in there and it should be nice and toasty now.

Have a great week and stay safe and well xxx

Affiliate links -

Tonic Studios - Showcase - Egg-cellent Easter

USA

Tonic Studios - Showcase - Egg-cellent Easter

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

The Bees Knees :)

Hello lovelies and hope you are all OK .

It's a quick post today and the card I'm sharing was made using a brand spanking new Tonic Studios release.

This is one of the Scribble dies.

There are 4 in total - and this is the Bees Knees Floral Scribble set.

They're available at Create and Craft at the mo but will be on general sale soon.

So what I did was cut out the design in black card and the matting layer in white and stuck them together.

Then I just coloured in various areas with Nuvo markers and added a bit of glitter here and there.

Dead easy and a bit quicker than paper piecing.

I love the bright colours here - really cheery and we could all do with that at the mo couldn't we lol.

And the little bees are soooo cute.

So that's my card for today and I hope you like it.

Sending love and hugs to everybody and hoping you are all safe and well xxx

Saturday, 21 November 2020

Bright and Cheery

Hello lovelies and wooohooo, it's the weekend at last.

So I thought I'd show you another bright and cheery card I made using the newest set of showcase dies ....

... these here.

It's the same set that I used for the bee card yesterday but this time I used one of the 4 flowers and I went with the daffodil.

Wouldn't this be a nice set if your were making cards for Marie Curie - I only just thought of that!!

So firstly I made my background by just taking a piece of watercolour card, dropping some of the ink from some Nuvo Aqua Flow pens, spritzing it so that the colours ran and leaving it to dry.

Once it was dry, I cut out a piece to go across my card. I added a narrow strip of black card and a lace border in black, cut from the Luxurious Lace die set.

For the daff, I cut out the backing piece in white and the main design in back and glued them together.

I used alcohol pens to colour in some detail but them I cut another flower from the leftover watercolour card and paper pieced the other areas. I wanted the add a bit of texture as these parts would be raised higher as the card is thicker.

You can't really see it here but IRL you can.