Hey everyone,
and Happy Mothers’ Day to all the Mummsies out there. I was lucky enough to get spoilt rotten with a treasure hunt for gifts, including a super cute Squirrel stamp set from Sugar Pea Designs, “because Mummy loves Squirrels and she loves autumn”. 🙂 I am sure i will have a squirrely project to share with you guys before too long!
But for today, another card made using the Unicorns and Rainbows stamp set from Mama Elephant. I am still not over the cuteness of this stamp set. EEEEK! and i have realised that i really do * need * the coordinating dies! teehee.
One of the greetings in the set was the main inspiration for this design, and i wanted to create an ethereal look by using a lot of white in the design. I think it turned out super cute!
Of course i used some of my fave supplies from Mama Elephant and Lawn Fawn, as well as my distress inks. 🙂
I also got to try out the Stick-It double sided adhesive that arrived in the post last week – i really don’t know what took me so long to get this amazing stuff! it really makes life easy!
In other news, i got an email to say that my MISTI has shipped…. let the official postman stalking commence! YAY!
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Today’s card features some lawn fawn stamps and dies, along with some alpha stamps from Paperchase, but i think the star of the show award goes to the sparkly pearlescent watercolours!
To create these beautiful sparkly coloured lines under the cloud, i used the Stargazers palate from ArtQuest. I haven’t used them in a while, and the pearly sheen shows up much better on dark coloured card stock, but it still give a beautiful sparkle on the white background.
trust me, it looks much more intense in real life, but you can sort of see the effect in this photo.
Originally this was made as a valentine’s card, but really it could be used for a general encouragement card, or a simple ‘hello’ card either. I just loved how it turned out. But then again, that is no surprise because i looooovvvee bright colours! YAY!
Just a little note about the video. Normally i like to leave in the original background noises because i know some ASMR-lovin’ listeners will appreciate the sound effects of cutting paper and all the other good crafty noises, but unfortunately there was a helicopter flying around when i made the card. so my original clips had to be muted for this video, sorry guys. More crafty noises on my next video i am sure.
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One day last week, i was feeling a bit ‘meh’. The house was a mess, my back was hurting, and it was a busy week at work. Then, my darling husband spoke the magic words “why don’t you go and buy yourself a stamp!”. 😀 Lets just say he didn’t have to say THAT twice! I few days later i had some HaPPYMaIL!!
Of course, deciding between Lawn Fawn and Mama Elephant would be like choosing which child you loved the best, so i bought both! heehee!
For my first crafty adventure with my new stash, I delved into the Unicorns & Rainbows stamp set to make a shaker card. I kept the colours muted and soft – its a bit hard to see it properly in the video. The photos are better, but in real life it is even prettier! I don’t know why i don’t use soft colours more often???
I even incorporated a little paper piecing so my unicorn would have a pair or pretty wings! Cute huh?
I used watercolour cardstock and coloured my images using watercolour paint. To be honest these images are so small i didn’t even have to mix new colours, i just reactivated some dry paint that was on the palette! Simples!
I hope you enjoy the video – i certainly had fun playing with my new treat! Thanks Craigybear! love you, and i love that you know i love stamps. xx
