How are ya? The sun is shining here in Sunny Surrey, England, and I have just had a productive session in the craft room! Yeay! I have quite a few birthdays coming up so i made a list of cards to make and as there are about 10 needed in the next few weeks, i got cracking! I managed to get two done- both playing with distress inks as a water colouring medium. Videos to follow soon, i promise!
I have a video for today. OK. So, I’m not sure if it is supposed to be a Christmas card (?) or a valentines card, or a anniversary card, or simply a generic ‘hey there, i love you’ kinda card. Lets just say it could be used for all or any of the above.
I few awesome products to mention – the lawn fawn stitched rectangle dies of course. LOVE THESE! You know that anyway because they are practically in EVERY video you see! heehee! Also, the cottage cutz deer die. Its an oldie, but a cutie! Another favourite is the sakura glaze pen. I have it in white and black – perfect for eyes and noses of critters (as in this video) but i also used it in a cool way to create another awesome look! Check it out!
I have been tidying the craft room- yes, it happens every now and again, and this is usually when i realise that i have made lots of cards and not yet shared them with you guys. So i thought i would share them with you now. It turns out these three have something in common- they all incorporate some pattern paper mixed with stamping to create valentines cards. Take a look —>
First up is this Valentines card featuring the elephant from HeroArts Elephant stamps -i always use the big fat chubby elephant, but rarely let this little guy out to play. I thought it was his time to shine. Its a simple peek-a-boo design incorporating some pattern paper as well.
You can’t really see in the photo above, but the yellow paper has a woodgrain effect. It is such a sweet yellow colour- perfect for Springtime! I also added a few hearts stuck along the fold to create a 3d heart embellishment. The best thing is that it folds flat for mailing!
Here is another Valentine’s card made with pattern paper. I used an envelope stamp (from a set that came free with a magazine) to create a design with lots of envelopes. The ‘i love you’ sentiment is from a MyFavoriteThings stamp set – its is sweet, simple and perfect for the finishing touch.
I think the music paper and paper doily create a sweet romantic feel to the card.
Just one more to share – with this little guy! HELLO FOXY! He was bought at a craft fair and was unbranded – i think the stamps also came from a magazine once. I simply couldn’t resist his cute face!
It also came with the chevron stamp that i embossed below mister fox – i didn’t quite line it up perfectly but never mind. It was the first time i used it so i was still trying to master it.
I used the sakura glaze pen to give him a cute shiny nose. And of course the grass and sky is made using distress ink.
Time to go and package all these guys up, and get crafting some more!
Another video to share today – and another play round with using stamps to create backgrounds for cards. For this card I was experimenting using the envelope stamps from the SimonSaysStamp Happy Mail stamp set. I think this stamp set is so versatile!
I am really loving the text as well as the other images! Here’s a video walkthrough of how i made the card. Enjoy!
