An Aussie Baby Welcome

My cousin is due to give birth any day now so in preparation for the event I made this sweet little card as she is Queenslander but she lives in UK now, so I wanted to give her something that had an Aussie flavour and was gender neutral as the gender is unknown.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters Down Under stamp & die set

Coloured in Copics

Distress Ink: Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade

Other: Starburst stencil, twine, Kindtglitz, Nuvo Ivory Seashells Crystal Drops

9 Today!

My gorgeous niece celebrated her birthday this week and this is the bright & happy card I made for her.

Card Ingredients:

Stamp: Saturated Canary (Krista Smith) Lila

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04  R20

             Hair: Y08  RV14  YR02  V04  V06  V09

             Top: Y11  Y13  Y15  Y17  YR14

             Lips/Ribbon: RV14  RV09  RV19  RV69

Distress Inks: Wilted Violet, Pickled Raspberry, Mustard Seed

Other: Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops, Pure Platinum Nuvo Embellishment Mousse, stencil, ribbon, rhinestone number 9.

A Life on the Ice

Someone who my darling husband has worked with for over 20 years lost their mother, so he asked me to make a special card for her. He found out that she had Irish heritage, red hair and was a great ice skater so I put this together for her.

Card Ingredients:

Image: The Paper Shelter Fantasy on Ice

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04  R20

             Hair: E11  E15  E09  E18

             Dress:  G000  G12  G14,  YR00  YR02  YR14  YR18,  B21  B60

Papers: Watercolour paper, cardstock

Distress Inks: Carved Pumpkin, Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn

Other: Tim Holtz stencil, Mother of Pearl Nuvo Embellishment Mousse, flowers, lace, beads, pearls, doily, heart chipboard.

Beach cards

I loved this new stamp set which is Issue 23 of the Cardmaking In Easy Steps magazine. These two cards were featured & I loved them so had to give them a go! The first one is a direct copy, but the second one I put my own twist on it. Love the summer beach stamps that came with it too.

Card Ingredients:

Stamp: Magazine freebies

Coloured with: Distress Inks

Paper: Watercolour paper, cardstock

Other: Twine, Liquid Pearls

Card Ingredients:

Stamp: Magazine freebies

Coloured with: Lyra Watercolour Crayons

Paper: Watercolour paper, cardstock

Other: Twine, burlap, Ivory Seashells Nuvo Crystal Drops

Stardust & Nutcracker

I love being on holidays as it gives me plenty of time to play around with my markers. I had another go at the November Create & Learn class from Kit & Clowder but used a completely different colour combo and stamp.

Ingredients includes:

Image: Saturated Canary (Krista Smith) Stardust

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04  R20

             Hair: RV63  RV66  RV69  RV99

             Dress:  V04  V06  B16  B18  B39

             Sky: B00  BG000  YR30  Y15  Y17  YR14

             Walls: C0  C1  C3  C5, B18  B39

Here is what I created with the November Create & Learn class from Kit & Clowder:

Sending Love

A dear friend's cherished kitty had been missing for a couple of days before she received the terrible news that she had been struck and killed by a car. So to help her I made this quickly to let her know that I was thinking of her.

Stamp: Sliekje Designs 098

Copics: Kitty: E41  E43  E44  E37

             Hearts: RV23  RV25  R46  R59

             Clouds: C1  C3  C5 

             Sky: G00  BG70  BG000  B00  B12

Paper: Basic Grey paper pack, cardstock

Other: Twine, Ebony Black Nuvo Crystal Drops

Autumn Goddess

It was a successful day of being on holidays and ignoring the kids and spending the day in my studio challenging myself to put into practice all that I've learnt from the past Create & Learn classes from Kit & Clowder. I decided to use one of the recent Krista Smith subscription images over a random background images I found in my collection.

Images: Krista Smith (Saturated Canary) subscription Greek Goddess, Ivy Fence (unknown artist)

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04  R20

             Hair: B32  C7  C9  100

             Dress: Y17  YR14  YR18  R27

             Fence: E31  E35  E57  E79

             Leaves: R22  R29  R59,  Y13  Y15  Y38,  YR07  YR18  E07,  E07  E18  E49

             Grass: YG11  G21  YG67  G94  G99

             Sky: G00  BG70  BG000  B00  B12

Here are some of the previous Create & Learn classes which I've completed and drew inspiration from:

  

  

Galaxy Birthday

And the last forgotten draft post... Yet another play with my new stamp and die set from Lawn Fawn & playing around with the Galaxy background technique with Nuvo Aqua Pens.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Out of this World stamp & die set

Coloured with: Copics

Papers:  watercolour paper, cardstock

One

Another forgotten draft post... My dear friends celebrated the first birthday of their gorgeous little rainbow baby.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Saturated Canary Baby Girl

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04  R20

             Hair: E71  E74  E77

             Top: B00  BG45  BG57

             Nappy: W1  W3  W5

             Shoes: R81  RV34  E04

Papers: Basic Grey Kneehighs paper pack, cardstock

Dies: Spellbinders Standard & Scallop Circles

Other: Burlap, sequins, alpha stickers

Big Hugs to You!

Another recent card I'd forgotten to post... .

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Saturated Canary Penelope Revised

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13  R20

             Hair: Y21  E53  E33  E35

             Blue: W3  B91  B93  B95  B97

             Pink: R00  R11  R35  R35
             Red: R22  R35  R28  R59

             Bunny: W00  W1  W3

Papers: Basic Grey Mint Julep paper pack, cardstock

Other: Lace, flowers, heart chipboard, pearls.

Rainbow Cupcake

Another forgotten draft post (don't know how I could forget to post this one!!!)... The celebration of 15,000 members at Kit & Clowder had a group colouring event this gorgeous free image! Alyce did a colouring tutorial and everything to encourage everyone to have a go and join in. So I couldn't help but join in! I wanted to add my own flare to the image so I went with something bright and colourful!

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Lala Land Heart Cupcake Marci

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21 E11  E04  R20

             Hair: B32  C7  C9  100

             White: W00  W1  W3  W5

             Yellow: Y11  Y15  YR23

             Orange: YR02  YR07  YR18
             Red: R22  R27  R59
             Pink: R83  RV34  E04
             Purple: V06  V17  V09
             Indigo: BV02  BV13  BV08  BV29
             Dark Blue: B90  B26  B39
             Light Blue: B00  B02  B05
             Blue Green: BG53  BG57  BG78
             Green YG11  YG05  G05

Papers: American Crafts 'Starshine' paper pack, cardstock

Other: Ribbon, doily, pearls, Wink of Stella.

100% Unique

Another forgotten draft post... was for my darling Husband's birthday. I'd been sitting on this cute little guy for a while not sure what to do with him until I found these perfect papers.

Car ingredients include:

Stamp: Saturated Canary Backyard General, Kaszazz Stains

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13

             Hair/Gun: E35  E57  E79

             Top: E51  E55

             Jacket: YR30  E81  YG91  YG93

             Hat/Pants: YG91  YG93  YG95  YG99, R22  R27  R29

             Shoes: W5  W7  W9

Papers: Kaiser Craft 'Attitude' paper pack, cardstock

Other: Gathered Twigs Distress Ink

Make a Wish

Another forgotten draft post... I'd been playing with some new stamp and die sets from Lawn Fawn and practicing the galaxy background technique with my Nuvo Aqua pens.

  

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Upon a Star stamp & die set

Copics: Foxes: YR16  YR18  E08  E09,  W1  W3

             Bunnies: W3 E41  E4  E44,  R32

Papers: cardstock

Dies: Lawn Fawn Grassy Border, Annelies Karduks Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Stitch Rectangles

Reading is Magic

Going through some old draft posts which I'd forgotten to publish. This one was a card made for you nephew.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Saturated Canary Summer Reading

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13  R20

             Hair: E74  E77  E79

             Top: R24  R28  R59  C7

             Yellow: Y00  Y11  Y15  YR23 

             Blue: B93  B95  B97
             Wood: E31  E35  E57  E79

Papers: Random paper from stash, cardstock

Other: chipboard, metallic blue embossing powder, red burlap.

Racing by

My brother-in-law is one of those fitness fanatics who loves to challenge the limits of his body by competing in Ironman competitions (which are insane ultra triathlons of 3.8km swim, followed by 180km bicycle ride, finished off with a 42km marathon run!!!). He competed in one in early December and earned a place to go to Kona in Hawaii for the world championships! He celebrated his birthday the other day so I wanted to create a special card to recognise his super efforts.

Card ingredients include:

Stamp: Bloobel Jogger

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13  R20

             Hair: E23  E25  E29

             Top: YG01  YG03  YG05  YG07

             Shorts: W3  B93  B95  B97  B99

             Shoes: BV20  BV23  BV25  BV29

Paper: Watercolour paper, cardstock

Distress Ink: Twisted Citron, Stormy Sky, Broken China

Other: Various stencils, Nuvo Embellishment Mousse Black Ash & Pure Platinum, twine, Nuvo Crystal Drops Ivory Seashell & Ebony Black