King for a Day!

A quick card using some new crafty things; Nuvo Aqua Flow & Crystal Drops plus some new magazine freebie stamps.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Enchanted Collection magazine freebie

Colour Mediums: Card: Copic R29
                             Background: Nuvo Aqua Flow Azure Blue

Papers: Watercolour paper, cardstock

Other: Mustache washi tape, Nuvo Ivory Seashell Crystal Drops

I'm playing along with:

Brown Sugar #251: Washi
Cardz 4 Guyz #170: Favourite Colour Combo (I love red & blue for a strong masculine combo)
HIMCR #301: Masculine
Crafters Cafe #173: Birthday (Winner!)
Tuesday Throwdown #344: Anything Goes

Critters of the Past

Got some time to play with my new dies & stamps from Lawn Fawn. I love this cute little dino set, I had to search high & low to find it though! Check out this tutorial to see how I created the background with dies & Distress Ink!

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters of the Past

Copics: Trees: G12  G05  G19,  E35  E57  E79

             T-Rex: YR21  YR24  E35

             Stegosaurus: R24  R29  R59  C7,  R11  R20  R22  R05

             Brontosaur: E71  E74  E77  E79

             Pterodactyl: BV31  BV02  BV13

Papers: Cardstock

Dies: Lawn Fawn Critters of the Past dies, Grassy Border & Stitched Hillside. Impression Obsession Clouds for background.

Other: Gathered Twigs & Salty Ocean Distress ink, green brads.

I'm playing along with:

Fab n Funky #351: Create your own background
Lets Craft & Create #125: Make your own background
Pile It On #130: Animal
Creative Knockouts #194: Humorous
Cute Card Thursday #478: Brads
The Paper Shelter #294: Stitching real or faux
Sparkles Forum #92: More than 4 legs (Top 3!)
Aud Sentiment #180: Anything Goes + Sentiment

Hello Mate

Having a play with a new image & Nuvo Embellishment Mousse!

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Saturated Canary Coffee App

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13  E15

             Hair: Y21  YR23  E35  E37

             Jacket: YG93  YG95  YG99  G99

             Scarf: R22  R24  R29  R39

             Skirt: B01  B12  B14  B18  B39
             Cup: E50  E53  E55,  E71  E74  E79

Papers: Kaszazz paper pack, cardstock

Other: Nuvo Embellishment Mousse, chevron stencil, sequins, doily, flower.

I'm playing along with:

Mojo Monday #497: Sketch
Use Your Stuff #264: Metallics
Crafting When We Can #144: Bright & Colourful
House of Cards #May: Sequins
Simply Create Too #127: Use a Digi Stamp
Creatalicious #115: Anything Goes + Stencils

New Baby

It seems to be baby season at the moment, either friends are dropping bubs or announcing pregnancies - its all very exciting! Here is a sweet little card for one new arrival.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Saturated Canary Butterfly Baby

Prismacolor Pencils: Skin: 938  140  927  939  945

                                  Hair: 1084  941  947

                                  Suit: 938  1013  928  1017  1031,  1018  928  925  1095 

                                  Wings: 938  1068  1083  1080  1081 

Papers:  Kraft, cardstock

Other: Gathered Twigs Distress ink, White Opal Liquid Pearls, twine.

I'm playing along with:

CAS Colours & Sketches #223: Colours
Inky Chicks #83: Baby
Dream Valley #156: Things with Wings
Crafty Sentiments: Pastels (Top 3!)
Snarky Stampers #84: Hatching, Matching & Dispatching
The Sketchy Challenge #119: CAS or Shabby (CAS)
A Bit More Time To Craft #44: Anything Goes

Beautiful Kind Mother

I'm joining in with the Simply B monthly Facebook Progressive Challenge. So in love with this gorgeous, timeless image.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Simply B May Blooms

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13  R20

             Hair: W4  W7  W9  100

             Dress: E07  E09  E18  E49, E50  R00  R20  R22

             Flowers: R83  RV34  E04, YG01  G21  G94  G99

             Ribbon: Y11  Y15  Y26  E27

Papers: Kaszazz papers, cardstock

Other: Lace, Pearls, flowers, seam binding ribbon, brad, doily, Wink of Stella.

I'm playing along with:

Simply B Facebook Progressive Challenge #May

Scrapping 4 Fun #90: Ladies

Allsortsn #415: Ring o Roses

Sweet Stampin: Shabby Chic

Cardz 4 Galz #47: Texture

4CC #350: Celebrate Women

Crafty Calendar Challenge #May: Flowers

Aud Sentiments #179: Flowers + Sentiments

Paradise of Stamps #56: For someone Special

Underwater World

I'd recently seen this style of card in a magazine (using acetate as a card base) and thought I'd give it a go. Its lots of fun creating the layered scene!

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: CC Designs Mermaid Emma on a Rock

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13  R20

             Pink: RV91  RV32  RV34

             Purple: BV31  BV02  BV13

             Yellow: YR21  YR24  E35

             Blue: B02  B05  B18
             Red: R24  R29  R39
             Rock: E13  E25  E29
             Reeds: YG11  YG13  YG17

Papers: Acetate, Kraft

Other: Wink of Stella.

I'm playing along with:

Crafting by Designs #May: Fantasy
Crafty Sentiments: Bright Colours
Creative Craft Cottage #83: 3 of a Kind (x3 different fish types)
Glitter & Sparkle #238: Inspired by Kids Film (The Little Mermaid)
Crafty Card Makers #188: Add a Sentiment

Footy Champ!

Throwing together some quick cards for kids parties over the weekend, this one is for a little Footy fan using the only stamp I can find for Aussie Rules.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Lala Land Footy Luka

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04  R20

             Hair: E50  E53  E55

             Uniform: W00  W1  W3, B12  B16  B18

             Ball: R24  R29  R89

Papers: Franchville Primary Basics paper pack, cardstock

Other: Gathered Twigs Distress ink, buttons, alpha stickers.

I'm playing along with:


CAS Colours & Sketches #222: Sketch
The Male Room Challenge #60: Stars
Fab n Funky #350: Kids & Teens
Shopping Our Stash #302: Buttons
My Time To Craft #345: Masculine
Morgan's Artworld #9: Anything Goes
Deep Ocean #154: Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #341: Anything Goes

Quilting Cards

With Mother's Day arriving this weekend I played around with my 3/4" square punch and some magazine freebies to put together these quick and simple cards.

Card ingredients include:

Stamp & Die set: Fancy Florals magazine freebie, faux stitching stamp

Papers: From the depth of my stash 

Other: 3/4" square punch, twine, white embossing powder, sequins.

I'm playing along with:

Just Add Ink #358: Just Add Stitching
Southern Girls #159: Use an Actual Punch (Top 5!)
Just Us Girls #392: Mother
Brown Sugar #249: Mother's Day
Creatalicious #114: Anything Goes + Mother's Day

Party Animal

I have got A LOT of craft magazine freebies so I finally sat down and used some. This is one of the finial results.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Magazine Freebie 'Safari Friends'

Colouring Medium: Prismacolor Pencils 

Papers: Kraft, misc paper from stash

Dies: Square punch

I'm playing along with:

Shopping Our Stash #301: Back to Basics (Fussy Cuts)
Cardz 4 Guyz #168: Inspired by a Film / Book / Music (The Jungle Book)
Allsorts #413: Embossing
A Gem of a Challenge #193: Embossing
The Male Room Challenge #59: Many Legs
C.R.A.F.T #413: Inspired by a Book (The Jungle Book)
Cards Galore Encore #May: Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #43: Anything Goes
Scrapping 4 Fun #89: Anything Goes