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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

Tween Texting

I have been colouring up random images for a while but never did anything with them until recently when I started putting them onto cards simply using Distress Inks, stencils & Nuvo Embellishment Mousse.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Krista Smith Saturated Canary Texting

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13  R20

             Hair: E35  E39  E59  E49

             Top: R24  R29  R59, RV02  RV23  RV14, BG10  BG32  BG13 

             Shorts: W3  B91  B93  B95  B97

Papers:  watercolour, cardstock

Dies: Annelies Karduks Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Stitch Circle

Distress Ink: Barn Door, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Other: Aquamarine Nuvo Embellishment Mousse, twine, Carribean Ocean Nuvo Crystal Drops, alpha stickers, chipboard speech bubble.

Genie

I love this little Genie by Saturated Canary. I coloured her a while ago with Distress Markers but only recently created the background with Distress Inks & Nuvo Embellishment Mousse over a Tim Holtz stencil.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps:

Distress Markers: Skin: Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo, Aged Mahogany

              Hair: Old Paper, Scattered Straw, Vintage Photo

              Gold: Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge

              Clothes:  Cracked Pistachio, Lucky Clover, Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet

Papers:  watercolour paper, cardstock

Distress Inks: Cracked Pistachio, Wilted Viole, t, Mustard Seed

Other: Tim Hotlz stencilRoyal Aubergine Nuvo Embellishment Mousse, gold ricrac, purple washi tape.

Starburst Fairy

Just playing around with some new stencils and Nuvo Embellishment Mousse!

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Krista Smith Saturated Canary Present Day Fairy Princess

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13  R20

             Hair: YG11  YG06  YG17

             Shorts: BV00  BV11  BV13  BV17

             Top: RV10  RV32  RV34

             Blue: B00  B02  B05

             Wings: Y11  Y13  Y15  Y17  YR14

Papers:  Watercolour paper, cardstock

Distress Oxide Inks: Seedless Preserve, Work Lipstick, Fossilised Amber, Twisted Citron

Other: Starburst & Star stencil, twine, Pure Platinum Nuvo Embellishment Mousse, Kindyglitz.

Never forget you are... older than me!

One of my oldest friends celebrated a birthday this month. She is older than me so I like to remind her about it and couldn't go past using this sweetie! I used a recent magazine freebie stencil for the background paper too.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Saturated Canary Ellie

Mepxy: Skin: W00  W11  W13  W15

             Hair: NO3  NO9  W37

             Pink: M21  M14  M29

             Cyan: C02  C05  C09

             Purple: P00  P04  P08

Papers:  Watercolour paper, cardstock

Distress Oxide Ink: Seedless Preserve, Worn Lipstick, Peacock Feathers

Other: Pure Platinum Nuvo Embellishment Mousse, rhinestones.

Schools Out!

School broke up last week and this is one of the cards which I made for my kids teachers. I coloured the image in first then created the background with distress inks & a white inked stencil.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: The Paper Shelter Back to School Madness

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21 E11  E04  R20

             Hair: E53  E55  E57

             Jeans: W4  B93  B95  B97 B99

             Red: R81  R85  R89

             Yellow: Y11  Y13  Y17  YR14

             Green: YG01  YG25  YG17

             Blue: B02  B06  B26

             Bag: C3  C5  C7  C9

             Shoes: W4  W6  W7

Papers: watercolour paper, cardstock

Distress Ink: Barn Door, Mowed Lawn, Faded Jeans, Mustard Seed

Other: Alphabet Stencil (unknown brand), rhinestones, twine.

Hope your birtday is out of this world!

My little boy celebrated his 7th birthday yesterday and as I've been playing with galaxy backgrounds lately, this is the result which I made him, complete with 7 planets!

Card ingredients include:

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

Copics Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13

            Hair:  Y11  Y23  YR12

            Suit: W4  W6  W7

            Purple Planets: RV63  V04  V15  V17

            Blue Planets: B93  B26  B29

            Green Planets: BG32  BG15  BG49

Papers:  watercolour card, cardstock

Distress Oxide Inks: Black Soot, Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserve

Others: Star stencil, Nuvo Embellishment Mousse

One Hundred

I often get asked by Darling Husband to make cards for him to give to people, but I've never made a card for a 100th birthday! In true DH style he gave me 24 hours notice to create something, so this is what I put together. I played on the 100's & 1000's & use of Scrabble letters themes to make it up.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Kaszazz Scrabble background & Truly Scrumptious magazine freebie

Copics: G12  G14  G17  G19

Papers: B&W from stash, cardstock

Dies:Annelies Karduks Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Stitch Rectangles (modified)

Other: Twine, 100's & 10000's, Wink of Stella, alpha stickers

Jawsome!

We celebrated Father's Day a little while ago but I never posted the creations I made for the special men in my life. Here is one of the creations.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Duh-Nuh Stamps & Dies

Coloured in: Copics

Papers: cardstock
Dies: Annelies Karduks Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Stitch Rectangle, Spellbinders Standard Circle

Other: sqeuins

I'm playing along with

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