Thank You

Good morning, another sunny day here today. I have a cute card to share with you. I've got tons of stamped & cut out images ready to go onto cards so I thought I would attempt to try make them into cards. So here is one of them using some fun images from Avery Elle...

How cute is that bunny playing the cello!? All the images are from the Avery Elle Forest Dance Party Stamp Set. I coloured them with Copics and cut them out. I created a simple blended background by using Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo & Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Inks. I splatted the background with some water and white ink. The clouds are from the Avery Elle Cloud Mat Die and I added a little shading to them. I blended Twisted Citron & Mowed Lawn Inks onto white card and die cut it with my MFT Stitched Hillside Dies. I also used an old MFT die for the fence. The large sentiment is from The Greetery Opposites Attract Stamp Set which I also die cut with the coordinating dies. The smaller sentiment is from Concord & 9th Big On You Stamp Set. I added a few gems around the sentiments to finish.


Supplies;
Avery Elle Stamps - Forest Dance Party
The Greetery Stamps & Dies - Opposites Attract
Concord  & 9th Stamps - Big On You
Avery Elle Dies - Cloud Mat
My Favorite Things Die-namics Dies - Stitched Hillsides, Hill Fence
Distress Oxide Inks - Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron
Copic Markers
Gems


Thank you for popping by today and for all your likes/comments on my social media pages. I will be back with another creation very soon.

Kitty xx

Seasonal Snowmen

Good morning crafty friends. Today I am sharing my latest card that I whipped up. I had the images coloured up for ages so I'm glad I am finally getting around to using some of these ready images - it does make creating so much faster...

For this card I used the Avery Elle Snow Fun Stamps. I coloured in all the images with Copics and cut them out. I created the background by blending some Mermaid Lagoon & Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink. I then splattered the background with some white paint and water. I used my Lawn Fawn Slimline Forest Border to create the trees and Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillsides to create the snow hills. I added a touch of glitter to the top of each hill. The sentiment is from Mama Elephant Everything Nice Stamp Set and die cut using the coordinating dies. I added a few clear bubbles to finish.


Supplies;
Avery Elle Stamps - Snow Fun
Mama Elephant Stamps - Everything Nice
Mama Elepahnt Dies - Everything Nice
Lawn Fawn Dies - Slimline Forest Border, Stitched Hillsides
Distress Oxide Inks - Mermaid Lagoon, Tumbled Glass
Copic Markers
Bubble Embellishments


That's all from me today, I hope you can join me again soon.

Kitty xx

Splashy Hello

Morning crafty friends. There seems to be lots of new crafty releases at the moment which I love as it always means new things to play with so hopefully I will get my hands on some new sets soon! Today I am sharing a fun easy card that was made with an older set from Avery Elle. I do love their stamps, especially these cuties...

This one was made as part of my Distress Inky Backgrounds project that featured in Crafts Beautiful.  The stamps I used are Avery Elle Celebraytion Stamps. I coloured each of the images with Copic Pens and then cut them out. I created the background by adding a little distress ink onto some acetate and then spritzing it with water. I placed it directly onto my paper then heated it dry. I repeated the process until I had the background I wanted. The colours I used are Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink. I used my MFT Hello Die-namics Die to create the layered sentiment. I finished by added a few pearls.


Supplies;
Avery Elle Stamps - CeleBRAYtion
My Favorite Things Die-namics Dies - Hello
Distress Oxide Inks - Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass
Copic Pens
Pearls


Thank you for popping by to see my card today. I am always blown away by all your comments and likes across my media pages too. I will be back tomorrow with my latest DT card for Time For Tea Stamps.

Kitty xx

Sending Sunshine and Smiles

Good morning peeps. A week ago I decided I wanted to do something nice for people as the past year has been eventful for us all to say the least. I decided each day I would make little Random Act of Kindness things and give them out to random people I don't know that live in our neighbourhood. I've been making a gift bag, a tag to attach to it, a handmade card and also a handmade lemon drizzle cake. It's been keeping me busy and I just hope it brings some smiles to people. Anyway so here is one of the cards I made for that...

I've always loved this bunny image! It is from the Avery Elle Wheelie Great Stamp Set. I coloured the images with Copic Pens and cut them out. I created the background using my MFT Cloud Edges Stencil with some Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink. I then blended some Mowed Grass Distress Oxide Ink onto white card and die cut it using MFT Grassy Edges Die. I then added a stamped sentiment. I added a strip of patterned paper, added the images with foam pads and added some pearls to finish.

Supplies;
Avery Elle Stamps - Wheelie Great
MFT Die-namics Dies - Grassy Edges
MFT Stencils - Cloud Edges
Distress Oxide Inks - Mermaid Lagoon, Mowed Lawn
Copic Markers
Patterned Paper
Pearls

Thank you so much for checking our my creation for today. I will be back with another creation soon. Stay safe.

Kitty xx

Mother's Day Hugs

Hello crafty friends. Today's card was actually my prototype that I made. I actually went on to make over 300 of this card for a charity close to my heart. Each one was sent out on Mother's Day to mothers that don't have contact with their child due to PA. I received tons of comments from mothers who normally dread the day that were so cheered up by this, so I am happy that I contributed to making the day that bit easier. Here is the card...

For this card I used Altenew Rose Bouquet Stencil. I coloured the image with my Worn Lipstick, Mowed Lawn & Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Inks. I then splashed the background with some of the ink watered down. The sentiment stamps are from Avery Elle from the set called Simply Said Hugs. I then added some gems from Lucy's Little Things. I had to keep it simple of course making that many, especially as nearly all my cards are one offs! Thank god for my Misti & Media Mat!

Supplies;
Altenew Stencil - Rose Bouquet
Avery Elle Stamps - Simply Said Hugs
Distress Oxide Inks - Worn Lipstick, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron
Lucy's Little Things - Gems

Thank you ever so much for taking time to read my blog and for all your comments and likes on my SM pages. You guys rock! Have a great weekend and I will be back next week.

Kitty xx

Smile, It's your birthday

Hi all, I am back today with another creation. This one was made for my Aperture Cards project that was featured a while back in Let's Make Cards Mag. I loved creating this one as it's a little different from my usual sceneic cards. I love all the cute critters!

For this card I used Avery Elle Peek A Boo Pets Stamp Set. I coloured the images with Copics and cut them out. I die cut mint cards using MFT Inside & Out Stitched Circle Dies. I added the critters around the circle and popped the panel onto foam pads onto green card to create a 3D apeture effect. I added the Smile sentiment cut from white card using MFT Smile Dies. I added some pearls to the corners to finish.

Supplies;
Avery Elle Stamps - Peek A Boo Pets
MFT Die-namics Dies - Inside Out Stitched Circles, Smile
Copic Markers
Coloured Card
Pearls

Thank you for stopping by today, I will be back soon with another project.

Kitty xx

Sea-Prise!

Hi all, I hope you had a fab weekend! Today I am going to share with you a fun aperture card that I made a while back for Let's Make Cards Mag. It's a non Christmas one featuring this fun shark from Avery Elle...

For this card I used Avery Elle Sea-Prise Stamp Set. I coloured my shark with Copic Pens and cut him out. I used some blue card for the background and added some die cut clouds using Sunny Studio Fluffy Clouds Die. I blended some Distress Oxide Inks onto some white card for the waves and die cut them with my Lawn Fawn Simple Stitched Wavy Borders Dies. I created a die cut square panel from patterned card in my stash and created a window in the centre with a white card mount frame. I added a stamped sentiment to the front wave and added some clear raindrops.

Supplies;
Avery Elle Stamps - Sea-Prise!
Sunny Studio Dies - Fluffy Clouds
Lawn Fawn Dies - Simple Stitched Wavy Borders
Distress Oxide Inks - Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon
Lucy's Little Things - Clear Raindrops

Thank you for popping by today and I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Sharky Smile!

 Hi all. Today I am sharing my final card I made for Crafts Beautiful Magazine for my Bridge Shaped Cards project. If you scroll back on my blog you can find my other two cards for this project...

For this card I used Avery Elle Sea-Prise Stamp Set. I coloured up the super cute shark with Copic Pens and fussy cut it out. I covered the background panels with some papers I found in my stash. The smile word is die cut twice using MFT Die-namics Smile Dies, i layered two together for a shadow effect. The sentiment was stamped using MFT Smile Maker Stamp Set.

Supplies;
Avery Elle Stamps - Sea Prise
MFT Stamps - Smile Maker
MFT Die-namics Dies - Smile
Copic Pens
Patterned Paper


Thank you for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with another creation!

Kitty xx

Wheelie Great

Hi all. What a scorcher the weekend was! I did manage to get out in the sun for a bit but it always makes me sleepy so I didn't get any crafting done. My craft room was like a sauna! So today I am sharing a super cute pop up bunny card that was featured in Crafts Beautiful Magazine recently...

This shaped card is called a Bridge Card and I took some inspiration from the fab Jennifer Mcguire and altered the measurements slightly. I used Avery Elle Wheelie Great Stamp Set - love that bunny! I colured her with Copics and cut her out. The flowers I had ready coloured and die cut from my stash but I think some are from a Hello Bluebird Fairy Garden Stamp Set and Lawn Fawn Dandy Day Stamp Set. I used Lawn Fawn Simple Road Border Dies along with Stitched Hillside Borders. I used Distress Oxide Inks in Twisted Citron with a dash of Mowed Lawn. The background was some ombre paper that I die cut using Avery Elle Cloud Mat Die. I added a stamped image to finish.

Supplies;
Avery Elle Stamps - Wheelie Great
Avery Elle Dies - Cloud Mat
Hello Bluebird Stamps - Fairy Garden
Lawn Fawn Stamps - Dandy Day
Lawn Fawn Dies - Simple Road Border, Stitched Hillside Borders
Copic Markers
Coloured Card

Thank you for stopping by today, I will be back soon with more creations.

Kitty xx

Birthday Bear Friends

It's a dark and gloomy day here today, it's strange having the lights on in my craft room after having gorgeous sunshine for so long! Today I am sharing a card that I made for my husband's birthday which was on Tuesday. I had so much the few days before so I had to make it a quick one!

I used Avery Elle Beary Good Friends Stamp set for the images. I coloured them with copics and cut them out. I recently got some Liquid Watercolours by Pinkfresh Studio to try out and I created a quick wash background on this card using them. I need to play a bit more with them but so far I love them, they create a lovely smooth brush stroke effect. I used a MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangle to die cut the background panel. I added a pre printed sentiment sticker and added a enamel dot. To finish I added some clear raindrops.

Supplies;

Avery Elle Stamps - Beary Good Friends

Pinkfresh Studio Liquid Watercolours

MFT Die-namics Dies - Wonky Stitched Rectangles

Copic Markers

Sentiment Sticker

Enamel Dots

Clear Raindrops

I will be back with more creations very soon.

Kitty xx

Yappy Birthday

We are all loving the gorgeous weather here at the moment. I am hoping it lasts until my birthday at the weekend. It will be a weird one as we were meant to be in Butlins but can't even go out as we are still in lockdown. We will celebrate in the best way possible I'm sure. Talking of birthdays I have a birthday card to share using some super cute doggies...

For this card I used Avery Elle Hot Dog Stamps. I coloured them with my Copics and cut them out. I created the background using Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink. I also added some paint splatter. . The sentiment is a Happy Birthday Die from Hello Bluebird I just took out the H and replaced it with another Y. I added some Nuvo Drops to finish. I love this colour combi I must make more!

Supplies;

Avery Elle Stamps - Hot Dog 

Hello Bluebird Dies - Happy Birthday 

Distress Oxide Ink - Tumbled Glass

Copic Pens

Shimmer Card

Nuvo Drops

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope to see you soon.

Kitty xx

Birthday Party Bus

I have been playing around with the photography side of things today. I have been struggling to get good lighting for my cards it's either too bright or dark so I have been testing a few things out. Today I am sharing a fun card (testing my new photo style) that I made last night using a super cute image from Avery Elle...

 My husband and I were talking about vintage children's tv programmes and we both suddenly remembers Richard Scarry's Busytown. I instantly wanted to create a cute animal town scene and remembered I had some ready coloured images. I used Avery Elle Birthday Bus Stamp Set which was coloured with Copics and cut out. I created the background using Distress Oxide Mermaid Lagoon Ink. I used MFT Stitched Cloud Edges Dies for the clouds and also the grass hedges. I blended Mowed Lawn & Twisted Citron Distress Inks to create a bush/hedge. I used Lawn Fawn Road Die to create the road. The buildings were created with MFT Skyline Die. I die cut the smile word using MFT Smile Die several times to create a layered sentiment. I used glitter card for the top layer and coloured it to change it to a pink colour. The bottom sentiment is from the MFT Smile Maker Stamp Set.

Supplies;

Avery Elle Stamps - Birthday Bus

MFT Dies - Skyline Border, Stitched Cloud Edges, Smile

Lawn Fawn Dies - Simple Road

MFT Stamps - Smile Maker

Distress Oxide Inks - Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon

Lucy's Little Things - Pearls

Copic Marker Pens

Coloured Card

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you are all safe and well.

Kitty xx

Cupids

Today I am sharing my valentines card that I made for my husband. Apologies I haven't had a chance to post it sooner but better late than never as they say!

For this one I used the adorable Cupids Stamps by Avery Elle. As soon as I saw them released I knew I had to have them! I always love these characters, they are just too cute. I coloured them in with my Copic Pens and I cut them out. I used Avery Elle Star Scene Die to create the circle and added some glitter paper behind the stars. I created an embossed background using a XCut Hearts Embossing Folder. The stamped sentiment is also from the same stamp set. I added some Nuvo Drops to finish.

Supplies;

Avery Elle Stamps - Cupids

Avery Elle Dies - Star Scene

XCut Embossing Folder - Hearts

Copic Pens

Coloured & Glitter Card

Nuvo Drops

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back soon.

Kitty xx

Snow Fun

Hi all,

Today I am back to share another card from my Resist Embossing project that was in Crafts Beautiful Magazine. Another simple card with the added bonus of a super cute snowman!

For this card I used Avery Elle Snow Fun Stamp Set. I love all the cute images in this set - a must have! I coloured my snowman with Copics and cut him out. I created the background using a Crafters Companion Festive Foliage Stamp Set and embossed it in white. I blended over it with Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Ink. I created an embossed piece using Taylored Expressions Dot Embossing Folder. I added a Reverse Confetti Stamped sentiment and mounted everything onto coloured card.

Supplies;

Avery Elle Stamps - Snow Fun

Crafters Companion Stamps - Festive Foliage

Reverse Confetti Stamps - Seasonal Sentiments

Taylored Expressions Embossing Folder - Dots

Distress Oxide Ink - Shaded Lilac

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Make It Crafty Blending Card

Copic Markers

Coloured Card

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Winter Penguins

Hi all,

Gosh isn't it dark in the mornings at the moment?! Roll on when the clocks change. Today I have a cute winter card that I made with some of the latest Avery Elle Stamps...

For this card I used the Avery Elle Polar Playtime Stamp Set. I just love all the super cute penguins in this set! I coloured them with my Copic Pens as usual and cut them out. I used the Avery Elle Snow Scene Element Die for the circle snow piece. Such a fab die, I need to use it more. I added some pink spot paper behind it. I used the Lawn Fawn Hillside Borders and the Picket Fence Border Dies. The sentiment is Lawn Fawn Wavy Greetings and matching die. I added some pearls to finish.

Supplies;

Avery Elle Stamps - Polar Playtime

Avery Elle Dies - Snow Scene

Lawn Fawn Dies - Hillside Borders, Picket Fence, Wavy Greetings

Lawn Fawn Stamps - Wavy Greetings

Copic Marker Pens

Glitter and Coloured Card

Adhesive Pearls

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Snow Fun

Hi all,

So I'm in full Christmas mode at the moment! It's no surprise with all these fab holiday releases. I have so many images ready coloured on my desk waiting too. Today's card features some new release stamps from Avery Elle...

I seem to have a obsession for Snowmen this year - they're just so many cute stamps with them around at the moment. It's also a classic image but also great for winter. So for this card I used the Avery Elle Stamps Snow Fun. I coloured them with my Copic Pens and cut them out. I created the background using Distress Oxide Inks in Black Soot, Blueprint Sketch and Salty Ocean. I splattered the background with some water to create a light snow effect. I heat embossed the sentiment in white. I used the MFT Birch Tree Dies for the bare trees and Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside for the snow which was cut from Glitter Card. I finished by adding a few gems.

Supplies;

Avery Elle Stamps - Snow Fun

MFT Die-namics Dies - Birch Trees

Lawn Fawn Dies - Stitched Hillside Borders

Distress Oxide Inks - Black Soot, Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Versamark Embossing Ink

Wow Embossing Powder - White

Copic Markers

Coloured Card

Glitter Card

Adhesive Gems

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Splashy Birthday

Hi all,

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, we are almost into single digits until our wedding so it's all go and my poor blog has been a bit neglected. Normal service shall resume soon! I have been loving all the sea creature themes that seem to be everything with stamps, so i created this fun card...

For this card I used the new Avery Elle Cele-braytion Stamp Set. I coloured all the images with Copics and cut them out. I created the background using the smooching ink technique with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink. I added some dew drops to finish.

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Party Foxes

Hi all,

On my blog today I have a colourful card that was recently made for & featured in Crafts Beautiful Magazine...

This was made as part of my stenciling project. I created the background using a Heffy Doodle Stencil called Circles Of Life along with Distress Oxides. I added some ink to a die cut circle and popped it in the centre. The cute fox stamps are by Avery Elle called Party Fox. I coloured them with Copics and cut them out. I added a banner, card, gems and sentiment to finish.

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Birthday Bus

Hello my lovelies,

Today I am sharing a cute card that is featured in the latest issue of Crafts Beautiful Magazine. I do love creating with super cute stamps and I just had to use these straight away...

For this card I used Avery Elle Birthday Bus Stamp Set. I coloured the images with Copic Pen and cut them all out. I created the background with some distress inks and popped the stamped images on it with foam pads. I used MFT Stitched Rectangle Frames and Stitched Scallop Rectangles Dies. I added a stamped sentiment and mounted onto red card with a strip of striped paper.

I will be back soon,

Kitty

Otterly Fantastic

Hello :)

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and are enjoying the bank holiday! I am just glad it is half term and I get to spend some quality time with my Jazzy. We have both been working hard at work and school so we very much deserve this little break! So back to my cards today I am sharing a card from last months Paper Crafter Magazine...

I was asked to create a simple card with these adorable Otters by Avery Elle. How cute are they!? I coloured them up with my copics and fussy cut them out. I created the background by blending some distress inks. I added a stitched frame and wonky stitch rectangles. To finished i added the sentiment from the stamp set, popped it on foam pads and added some pearls.

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx