New Stuff!

 I recently made a couple of purchases to add to my collection (not that it needed adding to!). One was this happy birthday die which I have already used several times. The other was a tartan/plaid stamp which I stamped with twisted citron DO. The flower die cut is from the floral sheet pad I mentioned in this post coloured with alcohol markers and mounted on foam pads. The edges were sponged with brushed corduroy DI and some gems were added.

Mellow Yellow

 A bright birthday card for a friend who loves yellow. This gave me the chance to use another Sizzix layered flower die called Winter Flower. As it was the first time it was a bit tricky trying to work out the different layers but I got there in the end. In addition to the dies I used in this card it comes with dies for a layered pine cone, some berries and some fir style leaves.

The background embossing is a Crafters Companion Beatrix Potter folder and the flower was raised on foam pads. The banner sentiment is by Clearly Besotted stamped with Impress lemon yellow. I also used the yellow ink to add a border to the white card blank. Some tiny gems finished off the card.

Nature Pocket Card

 Some bits on my desk and a strip of peeling bark from my garden were what prompted me to make this pocket card. The base patterned card was left over from this project and the birds were the waste from this coloured with an alcohol marker. The bark is the small jagged piece under the text and the flower. I played around with the elements and added some punched leaves, a paper flower, some gems and a hemp bow. I am loving putting together these little cards - it reminds me of the joy of making ATCs which I haven't made for a few years now.

Spread Happiness

 

Trying to cling to the last remnants of summer I made an ombré background using hot colours of Distress Oxide - fossilized amber, spiced marmalade, crackling campfire and candied apple. I sprayed the panel with water and dabbed off the excess. I then added some strips of card in toning colours with a small gap in between. The lavender die cuts are from a Sizzix set called spring stems and I added an organza bow to tie them together. The sentiment is from a sunflower stamp set edged with crackling campfire. The completed panel was raised onto foam and mounted onto a white card blank.

Monthly Tag Challenge - September

 Stencils, washi tape and peel-offs oh my! This month's theme is Birds with blue, green and brown colours and I managed to use some long neglected supplies - these days even using a few centimetres of washi tape is an achievement.

The 8cm x 14cm tag was stencilled with 2 TH stencils and peeled paint and brushed corduroy DI. I used a Sizzix die to cut the birds into the tag and backed it with some blue card. A small piece of washi tape was added and edged with gold peel-off lines. The words are cut from a Sizzix Hunky Dory strip alphabet coloured with a brown alcohol marker as was the strip attached to the top of the tag.

Summer Pocket Card

 

It's been a while since I posted on my blog - a lot has been going on. Despite being very careful and still wearing a mask in shops etc I managed to get Covid last month. Fortunately I don't seem to have passed it onto family or friends and spent 10 days in my own little isolation unit of bedroom and bathroom with meals and snacks left at the door. Thank God for iPads and Netflix! After a few days of doing little else but sleeping and drinking lots of fluids I felt much better and caught up on a few series that I had wanted to see. I am fully recovered now and have my sense of smell back.

I thought I'd break myself back into crafting gently with a pocket card which I haven't made in a while. This came together very quickly. The background is a serviette from a pack I had bought a few months ago for all the BBQs we were going to have in the summer (ha, ha, thanks a lot summer!). I die cut the letters for summer, coloured them with worn lipstick DI and cut the word sweet out of a book of tags. That's about it sweet and simple!