Tag: cute
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New Year…New me!!!
Hello crafty friends…. Well!….I’m back in bloggy land…my last blog was waaaayyyyy back in October and things were getting a bit manic…nothing serious, but work, family and friends and Christmas were taking over and my crafty streak had to take a back seat 😦 I have made a few changes this year… I have joined…
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Everybody loves a COWGIRL!…
Hi crafty friends… Today I am sharing with you a card I made as part of The Paper Nest Dolls DT inspiration for October. The image used is called Cowgirl Emma and can be found here. The card is ashadow box card and the image has been coloured using Copic markers….Don’t forget to join in…
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Hocus Pocus…
Hello crafty friends!… Today I am sharing a card I made as part of the Aliciabel.com design team…. This image is similar to Winnie from the film Hocus Pocus. The background has been stamped using Oxide inks. The image has been coloured using Copic markers and popped up on to foam tape for added dimension.…
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Incy Wincy Spider!…
Ghoulish greetings, my crafty friends!… Halloween is nearly upon us so I wanted to share with you a DT card I made for Aliciabel.com. This little witch is so cute that I don’t think the spider will frighten her!… They are probably best buds!… The image has been coloured using Copic markers and popped up…
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You’re Pretty Fantastic!…
Happy September peeps!… After a long hot summer, I am (almost) ready for the cooler autumn days!… Today I am sharing with you a DT card for Aliciabel.com. This beauty is called ‘Fall Faery‘, she is a digital image and can be found here. I have coloured her with Copic markers and added lots of…
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Like no one ELF!…
Today I am sharing with you my DT card for the September Paper Nest Dolls Challenge… I have used Elf Emma with Reindeer which is from the August release. I have used distress inks to watercolour this adorably pretty image…added some sparkle and voila! CHRISTMAS!!! I especially liked using the the multi coloured crystals for…
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Thankful Foxes!…
Well… we’re nearly into September!… and you know what that means for card makers…. Autumn/Fall and Halloween!!! The new stamp release over at Gerda Steiner Designs fits in perfectly! Todays post includes two cards made using the new clear stamp set called “Foxes“, there is also a coordinating die set available to buy. When I…
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Simply Bee!…
Hello crafty friends!… I’m back today, sharing another DT project for The Paper Nest Dolls… This adorable image is called Bee Happy Ellie… The background has been ink blended with Wild Honey Distress Ink and then using a dotty stencil to add glittery texture paste. The image was coloured with Copic markers and fussy cut…
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Desert Island Delights!…
Hello crafty friends!… Today I am sharing a DT card for The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge…. Its anything goes!…so why not join in this month? I’d love to see your entries xx I decided to use Pirate Emma and have a go at making a stepper card. Emma was coloured with Copic markers and fussy…
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It’s PANDAmonium!!…
Hello crafty friends!… This is a card I made for my son’s birthday… it turned out soooo cute! It is a double slider card and took a bit of working out…so, I have included a step by step tutorial, to show you what I did to make it… I used a Woodware Clear stamp set…
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I scream for Ice cream!…
Hello crafty friends!…. Wow! We are having the best summer here in the UK! So todays’ Inspiration card for The Paper Nest Dolls is Ice cream Ellie xx…. Life is indeed, better in flip flops! I live in flip flops in the summer months (my grandkids actually call me Nanny Flip Flop LOL!!) Sun, Flip…
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Turtle(y) Awesome!…
Hello crafty friends!… Today, I would like to share 3 cards, made with the new stamp set release “Turtley Great” by Gerda Steiner Designs. 1 Turtley Great Day! A2 landscape, top folding card, Tattered Rose Oxide ink for background, Memory Box Scribble Clouds die, Lawn Fawn Grassy Borders die, Gerda Steiner Turtley Great 4x 6…
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Adventure awaits!…
Hello crafty friends… Just a quick post today….I would like to share a DT project made for The Paper Nest Dolls challenge… why not pop on over to join in this month, click here for rules and prizes… we would love to see you❤️ I have made a card using the image Captain Owen and…
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Easy Sky Background….
Hello crafty friends!… Today I am sharing a card that I made for a DT project over at The wonderful World of Alicia Bel. To start things off…I am showing you how I make the sky background step by step… it’s a rather long post with lots of photos…so grab a coffee and join me…
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The Many Adventures of Ellie…
Hi all…. it’s Jayne here with some DT inspiration for The Paper Nest Dolls… I really couldn’t decide which digi image to use this month as they are so adorable! so… I went a little overboard and incorporated 7 images of Ellie onto a 12″x 12″ project, which I intend to frame and hang in…
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Fun in the Sun…
Hello crafty friends!… Today I am sharing my DT project for The Paper Nest Dolls…The image is called Ellie with Starfish and is one of the super adorable images for the June release… I have coloured her with Distress inks and added a sentiment and Nuvo drops. I layered her onto gold miricard for a…
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Hippo with Heart…
Hello crafty friends!… Today I am sharing with you my second card as a DT member for The Paper Nest Dolls! The image is called Hippo with Heart and was coloured using Distress Inks onto water colour paper. To find this little cutie, click on the image below Thanks for dropping by….Happy crafting and…
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Party Hippo!….
Hello crafty friends!… Today I am super excited to share my first card as a new member of The Paper Nest Dolls design team. Christine Young is the owner/artist of The Paper Nest Dolls and draws inspiration for the adorable “Dolls” from her gorgeous family. The DT team create awesome cards for lots of inspiration…
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Mondays!…
Hello crafty friends… There I was…having a fabulous weekend…hubby was home, two grandchildren staying over and the weather was an improvement on previous weekends and then BOOM!….it was Monday 😦 I think Monday’s should be optional, don’t you? Anyhoo…It’s my turn to showcase a project this week over at The Wonderful World of Alicia Bel…
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It’s Guinea(Pig) be ok!…
Hi to my favourite people!… I’m Guinea start by saying that this new stamp release by Gerda Steiner Designs is just adorable!… It’s called ‘Wheek, wheek, wheek Guinea Pig’ and is available as a 4″x 6″ clear stamp set. I’ve made four cards, all are A2 size, I hope you like them… Card #1 Raisins?!…
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Ahoy!…
Hello friends… Today I am sharing with you my DT project I made for www.AliciaBel.com… The theme for march is Freedom (Anything goes!)… I have wanted to colour this image for a while and just recently I remembered that I had a print and cut file for a treasure map (Cameo Silhouette). Supplies used: Treasure…
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Cute critters and chocolate…
Oh Yeah, doesn’t get much better than this!…. Cute critters and chocolate!…sounds like a cozy night in LOL! Today I am showcasing one of the new release stamp sets from Gerda Steiner Designs. This set is called ‘Peeking Easter Friends’ Card #1 EGG-stra Special Day Supplies used: Peeking Easter Friends clear stamp set, Momento Tuxedo…
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Game of clones…
Hello friends!…. I am going to have to admit that I am one of the few that hasn’t actually watched any of the Game of Thrones series…but I know it features Dragon’s (right ?!)… So, when Alicia Bel asked me to design a project with her new digital stamp release, I thought “yes, please!” and…
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Chocolate anybody?…
Hello crafters!… My second card for this month’s Design Team challenge – Easter, First Communion and Buttons- is this foxy bunny girl. You can get her from Aliciabel.com, she is a digi stamp called ‘Little Easter She Bunnie‘. Supplies used: A2 card base (5.5″x 4.25″), Gold Miri card, Your Next Stamp Stitched Rectangle die, Little…
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Love you more…
Hello crafty friends, Just a quick one today… I’d like to share with you a card I made using the bunny image for this month’s progressive challenge over at Gerda Steiner Designs… Supplies used: A2 size white card base (4.25″x 5.5″), Dies: Your Next Stamp – Stitched Rectangles, Memory Box – Scribble Clouds, Crealies –…
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Manatee or Coffee?…
Hello friends… I’ve been busy in my new craft room and using stuff that hasn’t seen the light of day for ages! This week I have cracked open my new Oxide inks and Wow! they are gorgeous… I want to share with you two cards featuring Gerda Steiner’s new stamp set “Oh Manatee“. So cute!…
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Is it Easter yet?
Hi Peeps!…. I know… we got a while yet before Easter but the chocolate eggs are in the stores now so it’s begun (*shock*)… Anyway the theme for this month’s Design Team at The Wonderful World of Alicia Bel is Easter, First Communion and Buttons. So here is a cute little critter called Chester and he’s…
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Same but different!…
Hello crafty friends!… Today I am sharing with you 4 cards I made with the same card sketch but have different finishes to them. I have included a photo of the card sketch, please feel free to use 🙂 All are an A2 size (4.25″x 5.5″) top fold card. The outer frame has been cut…
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Safari Friends…
Hello friends… Hope your day is going as well as mine… I have organised, purged (unnessasary crafting materials) and played in my new craft room. Going through all of my stash… and I gotta say, there’s more than I thought there was (don’t tell my Hubby! Lol) I discovered stamp sets, paper pads and other…
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Pretty Penguins all in a row!…
Good morning, my lovely followers… Today i would like to share with you two cards I made using the new stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs called Valentine’s Penguins. Both cards were coloured using Copic markers for the Penguins. The backgrounds were coloured with Distress inks. They are such friendly characters… I love them all!…
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Panda Love!…
Hello everybody… Just had to share this card with you… It turned out so nice and it has a Panda on it!!! I want me one of those (Lol!) The image used is the monthly challenge image from Gerda Steiner Designs, he is just so adorable ! I coloured him with Copic markers, several times,…
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Alecia Bel DT projects January…
Hi Peeps, As you may know I started designing for Alicia Bel in October. Her digital images are so fun and beautifully drawn. You can find her on Facebook and buy her digi’s at Aliciabel.com. I will be posting twice a month. This month’s theme is Enjoy the Winter and I have made two cards.…
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Thanks a Latte!…
Today I am sharing with you two cards I made a while ago for Gerda Steiner as one of her DT members. The first card was coloured with Copic markers. I added the spots on his scarf with a white gel pen and finally I used glossy accents to raise the heart on his coffee…
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I’ll protect you from the hooded claw…
…Keep the vampires from your door! Is she mad? I hear you all say… well yes! most likely 🙂 I will be sharing quite a few cards with you in the run up to the BIG day and I have set myself the goal to start my posts with lyrics from Christmas songs. I will…
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I do solemnly swear…
…that I am up to no good! Hello friends, today I am sharing with you, a card I made for my Granddaughters 10th birthday. The whole family are Harry Potter mad!… they even named their new puppy “Nox” …which apparently is a spell to extinguish wands, previously illuminated by means of the Lumos charm, when they no…
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You are invited…
Today I would like to share with you a little project I made earlier in the year… To celebrate my In~laws 60th Wedding anniversay and mother in law’s 80th birthday, I was asked to make some invitations for a big family/friends bbq. I loved all of the box cards that crafter’s were making so I…
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Rudolf’s at it again!!…
Hello, my crafty friends… I cannot believe it’s November already! As you know, us crafty peeps have started our Christmas projects weeks ago, so today I am sharing my first Christmas cards with you… and yes!…nutty Rudolf has returned this year!… All stamp sets are from Gerda Steiner Designs and are available to buy here.…
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BOO!….
Hi, my crafty peeps! I’m back… and today I am sharing with you 4 cards featuring some awesome Gerda Steiner images. The first card sums me up… I’m a bit of a wimp when it comes to spiders!!! The second card has my two favourite trick or treaters’…so cute! The third card needs no more…
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It’s a Jungle out there!…
Today I am showcasing some cards I have made using Gerda Steiner’s April new release stamp sets GO WILD and PARTY ANIMALS. Check out her site to get even more inspiration from some very talented designers! Supplies used: Go wild 4×6 clear stamp set; Neenah solar white 80lb cardstock; Copic markers; Momento Tuxedo Black ink;…
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Ay, caramba!!….
Today is Margarita Day! At last…justification for imbibing copious amounts of Tequilla! I don’t know who decided to make February 22nd Margarita day but I doth my cap and be rest assured it will be celebrated annually from now on in this house 😉 As you know, I am guest designing for Your Next Stamp…
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Bundles of fun!…
Hello Crafters! Just wanted to share with you the February Digital Bundle available at Gerda Steiner Designs. This collection of images are so cute! If you purchase this bundle …and why wouldn’t you?…don’t forget to share your creations with Gerda and her followers and be in with a chance of winning a $15 store credit!…
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Your Next Stamp New Release Blog Hop…
Eeeekk!!! It’s here! Hello friends! Today is New Release day and Your Next Stamp is celebrating with a Blog Hop. Be sure to follow all of the design team’s posts to see the amazing new range of stamps and dies and what they have done with them! Also, don’t forget to leave a comment for a…
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Your Next Stamp Preview Day…
Hello everyone! I have been invited by Your Next Stamp to Guest Design for them this month and I am SUPER excited to share with you several projects over the next 4 weeks from the February new release stamp and die sets. This months release is full of fun and utter adorableness (is that even a word?).…
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Christmas card series 2016…The 12 days of Christmas
Oh my goodness…where has this month gone?! I have six more cards remaining in this series so I have decided to include all of them in this blog post as I cannot guarantee finishing the series… So here goes… card 7 through to 12! Card #7…seven swans a swimming… card #8…eight maids a milking… card…
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Christmas card series 2016 #6…six geese a laying…
Appologies to all my blog followers for being MIA for the last three weeks… What should have been a simple switch over to some supercalafrajalistic fast broadband turned out to be the most stressful three weeks of my life…long story short, the new company notified the old company of the switchover date then changed said…
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Christmas card series 2016 #5…Five golden rings!…
Happy Monday everyone… Yes, we have reached the fifth card in my Christmas card series for this year…doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun!… Only 7 weeks to the big day… now Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night are over, I am a little more comfertable sharing Christmassy goodies, lol 🙂 So lets get singing (all…
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Christmas card series 2016 #3…Three French Hens…
Good morning my crafty friends!… Welcome back to the third day of my Christmas Card series… ‘On the third day of Christmas my trulove sent to me…three French Hens…(still singing!… 🙂 ) #3…three french hens… oooh la la! That wine sure looks good right now… As with the other cards, I have printed the sentiment…
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Christmas card series 2016 #2…Two turtle doves…
Welcome back, my lovelies!… The second card in my Christmas card series 2016, The 12 days of Christmas, is… ‘On the second day of Christmas, my truelove sent to me…two turtle doves…’ (and yes! I am still singing in my head 😉 ) #2…two turtle doves… You can now see which way this card series…
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Gerda Steiner…new release!
Hello my crafty friends… Check out the new October Digital Bundle (reduced price) just released over at Gerda Steiner Designs, not only that, Gerda is having a giveaway to celebrate 1000 followers on Facebook! (A little sneek peek to some new product coming to the store) In my previous post I showcased two of the…
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It’s going to be a long night!…
I thought I would share a card with you today featuring the new stamp set ‘Up on the Housetop‘ from Gerda Steiner Designs. This set has a lot of adorable images including some small elements that can be used with Gerda’s other Santa stamp sets and the little gifts could be used as birthday gifts,…
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All in good time, Rudolf!….
Yep! Still in the Christmas mood….are you with me? This post is to show you the new Christmas stamp release from Gerda Steiner Designs featuring a very active Santa and a few of his cutsie friends 🙂 The first 2 cards feature the stamp set ‘Snow Angels 4×6 Clearstamp set’…both cards have been coloured using…
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It’s all about the eyes….
I thought it was time to start my Christmas cards this week…so my first cards are featuring Your next Stamp’s images! To get into the mood, I am now listening to Kylie Minogue’s Christmas album…quite difficult to blog when you are dancing ’round the room 🙂 Ok, I’ve sat down now…hot chocolate..Check, glitter…Check, warm fuzzy…
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Dogs, cats, squirrels and bears…Oh my!
Oh my goodness! I cannot tell you how much fun I have had this week making new cards with the new Gerda Steiner September Digital stamp Bundle 🙂 So many images, so many ideas, so little time 😦 Any hooo, this newly released stamp bundle includes 4 adorable critters and is available at a discounted…
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Cheerful hedgehogs…
I love Hedgehogs!… When Gerda Steiner released these cuties, I just couldn’t resist…This wonderful stamp set can be purchased here. The first card has been coloured with Copic markers with a distress ink background… The second card has also been coloured with Copic markers with a distress ink background… All of the Hedgehogs, umbrellas and…
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Your Next Stamp Card Sketch#47
Today I am sharing a card I have made for the Your Next Stamp card sketch challenge #47. When I saw the sketch, I immediately thought it would make a good giftcard project…I am seriously lacking in Birthday cards and so the hunt through my YNS stamps began… YNS stamps are all incredibly cute so…
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Aaahhh September!…
September is here! Warm days, cool nights….one of my favourite times of the year 🙂 Now that it’s possible of a good nights sleep, I can get back to doing what i like best…Crafting! Today I am sharing a couple of cards with you featuring one of the new Gerda Steiner Clear Stamp Sets “Fall…
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One image, three cards….
Today I am sharing with you 3 cards i made from one of the new digi stamps available to buy from Gerda Steiner Designs. The image is called “Mermaid” and is also the image for this months progressive card challenge…this means that if you purchase the stamp, make a card with it and link it…
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Made to order….
Hello crafty friends…it’s been a while since I last posted anything. I have been soooo busy! I am pleased to announce that I am now part of a very strong and talented team of designers for Gerda Steiner Designs. Yay! So as you can imagine, the pressure is on to come up with some awesome…
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Happy Bear….
Today I am sharing with you two cards made using an adorable digi stamp form Gerda Steiner Designs. We are having some beautiful weather at the moment so when I saw this happy little bear I knew I had to have a sunny card. This bear is me when the sun shines…lol 🙂 I used Copic…
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Let’s Hang Out….
Today I am sharing with you the card I made for the Gerda Steiner progressive stamp challenge. This cute little monkey is a digi stamp and has been coloured with Copic markers and popped up on to foam tape for dimension. Thank you for visiting my blog and see you soon… Happy crafting xxx
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24 Carrot Gold…
Today I am sharing with you the card I made for the Gerda Steiner monthly progression challenge using this super adorable image ‘Carrot Bunny’. I have decided to keep it simple this month and focused on the colouring. I hope you like it! If you want to join in, here are the rules: Create a design with…
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Pure Hoppiness!
Can someone please tell me where the last two months went?!! Can’t believe we’re in March now ;p Anyhoo!… the card I am sharing with you today is a Spring/Easter card featuring the Your Next Stamp ‘Smiley Happy Critters Crew Set Three’ stamp set. This adorable bunny can’t think about anything but carrots!!! I am entering…
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You are Fin-tastic!…
Hello friends! Today I am sharing with you a card I made for the Your Next Stamp card sketch challenge#32. They have card challenges every two weeks and give you the choice of either using a card sketch (designed by Julie Elak) or a colour suggestion, or you could use both 🙂 They, very generously, offer…
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Heart skips a beat…
Today I would like to share with you a card I made for the Gerda Steiner’s monthly progressive card challenge. This month’s cutie is an adorable bunny skipping with a rope. I coloured the image with copic markers. I fussy cut him out and replaced the skipping rope with some twine and popped him up…
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Cute Kitty Love
For this months progressive card challenge, over at Gerda Steiner Designs, I decided to make a 6’x6′ card. I threw in a little thread and foam tape and voila! ….. Yes, it’s another spinning card… I love doing interactive cards…lol! The card base is a white 6’x6′ card and i used the largest Xcut Nested…
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Card share #16 Gerda Stiener Card September Challenge
Todays card is for the Gerda Stiener September progessive card challenge, using this cute little mouse on a witch’s broom. I used Spectrum Noir markers to colour the image and picked out all of those Halloween colours from various paper pads. My design shows the little mouse flying past the moon, obviously on it’s way…
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Card share #13 Gerda Steiner card challenge
Today, I am sharing with you a card using Gerda Steiner’s ‘Snoozing Puppy’ image. This image has been released for the August progressive card challenge and is an excellent way of building up you digital images. If you purchase the image for this month and enter it for the card challenge, Gerda will send you the next…
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Card share #12 Your next stamp card challenge
As you may have gathered by now, I am a big fan of Your Next Stamp, I just can’t get enough of their products. What makes them stand out to me is the clean and fun images, they are so easy to colour and they bring out the (amateur) designer in me! The bi weekly card…
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Card share #11 Your Next Stamp Challenge
I received some ‘Happy Mail’ in the post last week from Your Next Stamp just in time to use some of it for the new YNS card sketch challenge #18. I decided to use the lizard from the Happy Dance Stamp as it made me smile 🙂 I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the…
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Card share #10 Gerda Steiner 72h challenge
I just can’t help myself… when Gerda posts a challenge, I just have to join in!! A new 72 hour challenge and another chance to colour one of her lovely digi stamps. This adorable little image is called ‘Cute Mouse with Balloon’ and if you would like to purchase this digital stamp, then head over to…
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Card share #8 Gerda Steiner June/July Challenge
I have made two cards for this month’s card challenge. The first card is the ‘Cheese Please Bunny!’ digital stamp and the second card is ‘Watermelon Kid’. These digital images are so fun to work with and I am fast becoming a big fan of Gerda’s designs! You can purchase these stamps at gerdasteinerdesigns.com and while your…
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Card share #6 Gerda Steiner Skunk Digital Stamp
Hi ya all, This week I discovered a (new to me) stamp designer, Gerda Steiner. Her stamps are fun and whimsical and an absolute pleasure to colour. So, just because I enjoyed making these cards so much, I decided to enter one of them into her monthly card challenge, where you can win some more…
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