Happy Birthday Erin!

So it’s maybe just still a special person’s birthday over on their side of the world, a teamie from the SBS DT, Erin’s, and I’ve a card made especially for her with the super cute image Betty drew for her.

I had to do this card in a limited time due to work being so busy so boy was I glad my new step card die arrived in the mail just in time.  It made doing up the base super easy and allowed me to do a fancier card than time would otherwise have allowed as no measuring, just used the die pieces.

I was a bit stumped on how to decorate the card, when I layered on the die cuts it looked a bit plain so I did what I always do when I need inspiration, I went and checked out the challenges listed on Paper Playful.  Clear It Out has a challenge going to use an animal, had that so then on to the stash item, it was striped paper.  Had a bit of a dig around my scrap draw and ta-dah! this fab messy stripe paper in purple too, from the back of it I’d say it’s from Graphic 45’s Halloween in Wonderland collection.  The messy stripes kinda look like twigs I thought, perfect for little owls to perch on.

And aren’t those owls just gorgeous, loving the dies in the La-La-Land Club Kits!  The tag is from the same kit and I layered things up with different adhesives to add depth to my card.  With all my layers I am entering this in the current challenge over at Come and Get It.

The image comes with and without the fabby frame; I decided my card shape really needed a frame so I went with that version.  As I have a frame I am also entering this in Stamps & Fun = Creativity’s current challenge.  Rather than fussy cut the inside of my frame too I decided to add a bit of sparkle and bling with a painted background using some Twinkling H2Os, which I think finished off the card nicely.

Sure hope you had an awesome day Erin and you like your card, it isn’t quite coming to you via Owl Mail but is winging its way over to you!

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes BG70, BG72, BG75

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit B02, B04, B06, N0, N1, N2

Owl E11, E13, E15, E18, E30, E31, Y23, Y26, Y28

Frame E42, E44, E47, E49, G05, G09, R20, R22

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Crafts-Too Die ~ Step Card

La-La Lands Die ~ Owl & Tag (La-La Land Club)

Embellishments

Petaloo Darjeeling Collection ~ Mini Daisies with Leaves

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Vintage Photo

Twinkling H2O ~ Royal Satin

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Pansy

Kaisercraft Attitude ~ Dude

Prima Cartographer ~ Les Yeux

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Erin and Hoot

Challenges

Clear It Out ~ Theme: Animals, Stash: Striped Papers

Come and Get It ~ Lots of layers

Stamps & Fun = Creativity #238 ~ Frame

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Beloved of Amun-Re lord of thrones…

I have a cute little image, Jude Tut, a new digi from Simply B Stamps, on the card I’m sharing.

I’ve made this card up following the current sketch over at RetroSketches, one of my favourite sketch challenges.  I swapped out the circle element for some die cut cattails because this is going out to a friend who is a landscaper.  Hence the lovely bit of woven matting for the horizontal element too.

I think little Jude is just adorable dressed up as King Tut so I guess I’ve got the cute theme at Crafting Musketeers covered so I’m entering my card over there.  Being King Tut I couldn’t colour Jude up in anything but blue and gold with a white skirt (sure the Egyptians don’t call them that but you know what I mean!) and as there is definitely no red or pink on this I am also linking it up at Open-Minded Crafting’s current challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E30, E31, E37

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit B00, B02, B04, B06, C00, N0, N1, N2, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, 0

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

La-La Land ~ Cattails 

Embellishments

Freckled Fawn ~ Epoxy Stickers from October Oh-Deer-Me Kit

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Scattered Straw

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Admiral

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice

Kaisercraft Hunt & Gather ~ Trek

Woven Matting from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Jude Tut

Challenges

Crafting Musketeers #22 ~ Cute

Open-Minded Crafting #29 ~ No red and no pink

RetroSketches ~ Sketch #152

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My heart seemed full as it could hold

I’ve got a little banner to share today featuring the gorgeous A Heart for You Rio from Simply B Stamps.

And here’s a close-up of the beautiful image.

It’s a Valentine banner, but you guessed that right?  I’ve used dies from the December Club La-La Land kit as well as the idea for the banner from the included project.  I love the dies in these kits they are just awesome.

Given the theme of my banner I am entering it in the current challenge over at Creative Corner.  It is going to form part of the decorations of an office for Valentine’s Day, I’m turning the office into the “tunnel of love” in revenge for the occupant (a male manager at work) covering my desk with glitter balls for Christmas.  As a crafter I’d never inflict glitter on someone’s workspace, I’m still trying to get the glitter off so he must pay and what better way than having to work in an office decorated like the tunnel of love?!

My project is clearly not a card so I’m also entering it in current challenge at C.R.A.F.T. challenges.  Love to Scrap is running a challenge asking you to use at least one item starting with an initial of their name.  I have “L” covered with the word love, “T” for twine, “S” for sentiment and “B” for blossoms.  I almost had a clean sweep but I just couldn’t think of anything starting with “C” to add to my banner.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E30, E33, E37, 0

Lips R24, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit N5, N7, N9, R24, R29, R46, R59, R89, T6, T8, T10, 100

Heart E08, E33, E35, E47, R05

Dove C0, C1, C3, R0000, R000, R00

Chalks & Powders etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Embossing Powder ~ Candy Cane Red Gold

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

La-La Land ~ Heart Header Border, I {heart} You Sentiment, Love Owl Tag & Open Hearts Banner (December Club La-Land kit)

Embellishments

Prima Flowers ~ Peaceful Sarasota

Inks & Paints etc

Smooch Glitz ~ Firecracker

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Red

Blue Fern Studio Sanctuary ~ Conservatory

Ribbons & Trims etc

Twine from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ A Heart for You Rio (retired)

Challenges

Creative Corner ~ Love is in the air

C.R.A.F.T. #293 ~ Not a Card

Love to Scrap #45 ~ Initial Challenge of 2015 (use at least one item starting with L,T,S,C or B)

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Nibble, nibble, gnaw who is nibbling at my little house?

This is my last Halloween card for this year and it features the fun new image, Elisabete Spider Witch, part of the fab Halloween Gals collection from Simply B Stamps.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch over at Cheerful Sketches, I just swapped out the circle element for some cobwebs and made the left rectangle a bit larger to accommodate my image.  I managed to raid my scrap drawer for all of the papers on this card too and stuck to traditional Halloween colours.

Being a Halloween card, the best holiday in the year, I am also entering this in the current challenge at Die Cut Diva’s.  I cut my cobweb die twice to create my circle element so I’ve got their die cut element covered.  Given my image is of a witch I think this card definitely qualifies for a fantasy theme so I am also linking it up at C.R.A.F.T. for their current challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eye E21, E23, E27

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit C0, C1, C3, N4, N6, N8, V12, V15, V17, W6, W8, W10, 100

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

La-La Land Crafts ~ Spider Web Corner

Embellishments

Close to My Heart ~ Haunted Assortment

Inks & Paints etc

Gel Pen ~ White

Spica ~ Silver

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Mowed Grass, Scattered Straw, Seedless Preserves & Spiced Marmalade

Papers

Close to My Heart Cardstock ~ Orange

Close to My Heart ~ Mischief

Core’dinations Cardstock ~ Black Cat

DCWV ~ Bewitched

Graphic 45 Hallowe’en in Wonderland ~ The Mad Hatter

Graphic 45 Patterns & Solids ~ An Eerie Tale

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Elisabete Spider Witch

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches ~ Sketch #18

C.R.A.F.T. #283 ~ Fantasy

Die Cut Diva’s ~ Holidays! Any Holiday?

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