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Birthdays Cards Clearly Besotted Lawn Fawn Penny Black Stamping

Happy Birthday (Penny Black)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

On Friday my youngest nephew turned 11! Happy birthday Max! His birthday party is going to be held this weekend at an archery venue. I had planned to keep with the theme and make him a card based around archery but I couldn’t find a stamp set that I loved enough to use for more than just this card. (I do try to make purchases where I can use the set over and over). I finally found one I liked a lot – Mama Elephant’s On Target. I also thought the Avery Elle’s Aim High had potential too – thanks Elle!) but by the time I decided to go ahead I was concerned that I wouldn’t get them delivered in time. I couldn’t find a local stockist for either stamp set. Drat!

Onto plan B! Max is mad keen on soccer and it just so happens that I had only recently purchased Penny Black’s Sunny Days because it has so many gorgeous images (with a more masculine flavour) including a little soccer playing pooch. Voila! Problem solved.

I used the soccer ball to stamp up my own background – really love how it turned out too. Then just made up a little scene for the dog. I kept it very simple.

Here it is…

Happy Birthday
Materials used: Stamps – Sunny Days (Penny Black); A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted); Dies – Blueprints 5 (My Favourite Things), Lawn Cuts – Spring Showers, Grassy Border (Lawn Fawn); Designer Paper – 6×6 Paper Pad – Hello Sunshine (Lawn Fawn); Cardstock – American Crafts; Distress Ink; Distress Markers; Glossy Accents and Wink of Stella – Clear.

Whilst it doesn’t look overly birthday-esque, I know Max will love it because of the soccer theme. That’s the main thing.

Hope you are all having a creative weekend!

Happy Stamping!

20 July, 2014 11 comments

Birthdays Cards Julie Nutting Stamping

Happy Birthday

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

When I first made this birthday card, I really hadn’t planned on sharing it. I was in a hurry to get it completed and in the mail so it wasn’t quite how I wanted it to be. Then I remembered when I first started my blog I said this would be a place where I would share “the hits as well as the misses” and that “not every card would be a work of art”. With this philosophy in mind, and the fact that I haven’t finished the third card in my Stamp Trio Challenge, I decided to go ahead and share. Please don’t get me wrong, I quite like it and wouldn’t have sent it off into the world if I didn’t but I had a different vision in my head.

Here’s the card…

Happy Birthday
Materials used: Stamps – Party Girl (Julie Nutting/Prima); Designer Paper – Unknown; Distress Inks.

The Julie Nutting dolls are SO FUN to colour. I bought another in the set and cannot wait to have a play with that one too.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are all having a great day!

Happy Stamping!

9 July, 2014 6 comments

Birthdays Cards Paper Smooches Stamping

Happy Birthday Ben!

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

My sweet brother-in-law celebrated his birthday this past weekend. I thought I would share the card I made for him. It’s a simple little card using Paper Smooches stamps. I love the Chubby Chums stamp set and it crossed my mind that the dog would look *adorable* if he were carrying a “happy birthday” sign. There was always the possibility that he might look a little odd but I decided to give it a go anyway and I have to say I *LOVE* this look. A few more ideas are now pinging through my brain (love this phrase, thanks Bev)! In fact, I am going to make another card right now using the same dog (as I have prepared a few and they need to be used!).

Oh, and here’s the card…

Happy Birthday Materials used: Stamps - Chubby Chums, Hullabaloo, Party Posse (Paper Smooches); Cardstock - American Crafts; Designer Paper - 6x6 Paper Pad - Surprise! (BoBunny); Sugardot Stickers - Everyday Vintage (Prima); Copic Markers and Distress Ink.

Happy Birthday
Materials used: Stamps – Chubby Chums, Hullabaloo, Party Posse (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – American Crafts; Designer Paper – 6×6 Paper Pad – Surprise! (BoBunny); Sugardot Stickers – Everyday Vintage (Prima); Copic Markers and Distress Ink.

On the inside of the card, I attached a white panel and a border of matching patterned paper just to finish it off.

Edited to add: Just finished another card. Yay me! lol If you think the eye of the little pooch looks a little odd, this is because the glossy accents hasn’t quite dried (can someone say impatient? lol) and was wanting to droop while it was standing up during the photography session. It has settled down now that it is lying flat.

Happy Birthday
Materials used: Stamps – Chubby Chums, Hullabaloo, Party Posse (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – American Crafts; Designer Paper – 6×6 Paper Pad – Surprise! (BoBunny); Copic Markers, Distress Ink and Glossy Accents (Ranger).

Thanks for visiting today!

Happy Stamping!

11 March, 2014 8 comments

Birthdays Cards Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Stamping

Another from the vault

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I just spent AGES colouring in a very cute House Mouse image (third attempt!). I really don’t love what I have done. I nailed the mice (which used to be something I struggled with) but the background just didn’t work. Instead of soldiering on and finishing the card, I have put it aside for another day. The idea is there, I just know it, but it just hasn’t come to the forefront as yet. So, today, I am digging into the vault for something to share and have drawn out a favourite card using Lawn Fawn stamps. I went through a phase where I made a lot of cards similar to this one. They were so fun to make. I thoroughly enjoy colouring the little critters and setting the scenes. It is one of my favourite things to do.

So here’s the card…

Happy Birthday
Materials used: Bon Voyage, Critters in the ‘Burbs, Critters in the Forest, Happy Haunting, Home Sweet Home (Lawn Fawn) Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches); Distress Inks, Distress Markers, Cardstock – American Crafts, Knight, Designer Paper – Unknown; Glossy Accents (Ranger) and Pearls (doodlebug design).

I’m off to try again…or make a cuppa…think the cuppa might win! lol Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!

3 March, 2014 6 comments

Birthdays Cards Paper Smooches Stamping

Happy Birthday Dad!

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Today is the birthday of one of my most favourite people in the world – my Dad! Words really cannot express how much I love my Dad and how highly I think of him. We had a lovely day, with the entire family, celebrating his special day. It was wonderful and I know he had a great day which is the most important part.

I made him a card, of course! I confess I had a few technical difficulties so it isn’t quite what I had planned to make but I am reasonably happy with it.

Here it is:

Happy birthday, Dad!
Materials used: Stamps – A Little Lovin’, Hullabaloo (Paper Smooches); Wise Dies – Clouds (Paper Smooches); Distress Ink, Hero Arts Shadow Ink, and Copic Markers.

I had planned to use the cloud die cuts as a template and to sponge a paler blue over them to make a soft cloudy sky but I was too heavy handed. After the second attempt went wrong I realised I no longer had time on my side and just had to get the card done. Soooo…I need to try that technique again. I’m thinking a sponge dauber might be more effective than applicators I tried. We shall see.

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. Our cool change has just come through so it is a rather pleasant 25°C right now. No rain though and we reallllly need the rain. There are fires all around and the rain would really help!

Happy Stamping!

9 February, 2014 6 comments

Birthdays Cards Paper Smooches

Hello

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the blogging absence lately. Basically it comes down to summer. We had one week where the temperature stayed in the low to mid 40’s (that’s celsius so approximately 104 to 113°F) and I don’t function well in that weather. lol It’s been a pretty hot summer and it is the perfect time to kick back and watch the cricket and there has been a lot of cricket to watch. I have made a couple of cards to try and get myself back into the swing of things but the mojo isn’t quite back yet. Need more practice! 😉

So it all started with this card:

Hello!
Materials used: Designer Papers from Simple Stories; Chipboard Stickers – Vintage Bliss (Simple Stories); Lawn Trimmings (Lawn Fawn).

I totally LOVED the butterflies from the Simple Stories Chipboard Stickers – Vintage Bliss set and thought that a little bit of bling would finish them off perfectly. So next up came this card.

Be Happy
Materials used: Designer Papers from Simple Stories; Chipboard Stickers – Vintage Bliss (Simple Stories); Rhinestones – Silver (KaiserCraft).

I really then just wanted to keep using the stickers in the Vintage Bliss chipboard sticker set so quickly whipped up this card. I added a ribbon to the sticker just to give it a bit more oomph.

Sweet
Materials used: Designer Papers from Simple Stories; Chipboard Stickers – Vintage Bliss (Simple Stories); Ribbon (American Crafts).

Last, but not least, I finally gave into the banner phase. This card is sweet but now that it is finished I have been thinking about what I would do differently. Actually there is really only one thing I would have done differently – clouds. I wish I had sponged the sky to have a few soft clouds. I think that would have been perfect. Is that a good excuse to go out and buy another pack of these cute stickers? lol Maybe…

Happy Birthday
Materials used: Designer Papers from Simple Stories; Chipboard Stickers – Vintage Bliss (Simple Stories); Stamps – Salutations (Paper Smooches).

So that’s all I have done lately. Hope you have all been happy and well!

Happy Stamping!

27 January, 2014 4 comments

Birthdays Cards Silhouette

Happy birthday Carol!

written by Kylie

Hi everyone,

One of the sweetest people in the stamping world is celebrating her birthday today. Happy birthday, Carol! I wish you every happiness now and always. You have been such an incredible supporter of me and my work. You are caring, encouraging, generous, caring, witty, creative, talented and just plain fabulous! I feel incredibly blessed to have “met” you and I hope one day we will actually get to meet and create together. I hope you have a birthday as amazing as you are!

Happy Birthday Carol
Materials used: Cardstock – American Crafts; Dies (Silhouette) and Stickers – Doodlebug Design.

Happy Birthday, Carol!

Thank you to dear sweet Bev for organising today’s birthday celebrations for Carol. You, Bev, are amazing too! Please visit Bev’s blog for links to other talented cardmakers who are also celebrating Carol’s birthday today.

Happy Stamping!

16 December, 2013 16 comments

Birthdays Cards Paper Smooches Penny Black Stamping

Happy Birthday Mum

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Tomorrow (October 5) is the birthday of my sweet and beautiful Mum! As soon as I saw the Penny Black stamp ‘Sew Much Fun’ (sadly no longer available) sitting on my shelf I knew it would be the *perfect* stamp for Mum’s card. I had also come across the DCWV paper pack “Sweet Tangerine” which is gorgeous and had a hexagon pattern which looks like a patchwork quilt. Both were perfect for Mum as she loves sewing and has created many gorgeous things over the years.

The background of the card might look a little odd as I decided to shift the panel. I used un-du to lift up the adhesive and it hasn’t quite dried again. I had to take the photo now though since I need to give the card to Mum tomorrow. There’s nothing like leaving things to the last minute. lol I also paper pieced the “fabric” being sewn just to be a little different.

Onto the card:

Happy Birthday Mum! Materials used: Stamps - Sew Much Fun 1650L (Penny Black), Salutations (Paper Smooches); 12x12 Paper Stack - Sweet Tangerine (DCWV) and Copic Markers.

Happy Birthday Mum!
Materials used: Stamps – Sew Much Fun 1650L (Penny Black), Salutations (Paper Smooches); 12×12 Paper Stack – Sweet Tangerine (DCWV) and Copic Markers.

I’ve kept it really simple on the inside – the stamped greeting and some of the patterned paper with plenty of room to write too.

Happy Birthday Mum! Materials used: Stamps - Salutations (Paper Smooches); and 12x12 Paper Stack - Sweet Tangerine (DCWV).

Happy Birthday Mum!
Materials used: Stamps – Salutations (Paper Smooches); and 12×12 Paper Stack – Sweet Tangerine (DCWV).

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you have a fantastic day!

Happy Stamping!

4 October, 2013 6 comments

Birthdays Cards Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Stamping

Hip Hippo Hooray

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I have a few (or more) leftover stamped/coloured images from the Zoo Crew set from Paper Smooches. I decided I wanted to make a little tag. It didn’t quite work out like I had in my mind but hey, it was fun to make. I had started with a pretty blue background but it just got lost so it was back to this gorgeous green cardstock from American Crafts. It gave the card so much more POP!

So here’s today’s card. Just a little twist on Sunday’s card. Must admit I prefer Sunday’s effort. lol

Hippo Hooray
Materials used: Cuteasaurus, Zoo Crew (Paper Smooches), Home Sweet Home (Lawn Fawn); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knight; Distress Markers (Ranger); Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn); Distress Stickles – Rock Candy (Ranger); and Twine (Maya Arts).

Even when I don’t love my final creations, and I know you’ve all heard me say that a few times now, I really do enjoy the process and ultimately, I think that is what it is all about.

Happy Stamping!

6 August, 2013 2 comments

Birthdays Cards Paper Impressions Paper Smooches Penny Black Stamping

Happy Birthday!

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday I sat down to colour this sweet image from Penny Black. I had a couple of ideas as to how I wanted to use it and the first was having it mounted on a newspaper print background to match up with the newspaper in the stamp. I stamped the image four times and then proceeded to colour them all. I coloured the newspaper a little differently each time. (The other three images are now in the to-do pile as I want to try some other colour schemes – a soft purple…maybe colour the sky as well, for example.)

Happy Birthday
Materials used: Stamps – Floating Dreams 1645K (Penny Black), Newspaper Background PL-704 (Posh Impressions); Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches); Distress Markers; Cardstock – American Crafts, Knight; and Mini Pearls – Spring Assortment (doodlebug design).

Seriously, how cute is this stamp? It’s a delight to colour…and it is still available! YAY!

Oh, and speaking of delightful…I was totally delighted when I read my emails this morning and found out I was the winner of a set of the new 12 Distress Markers by Tim Holtz and Ranger courtesy of Jennifer McGuire (the guru of stamping!). You all know how much I love colouring with these markers and the new colours were on the to-get list. I’m very excited and very grateful too. Was a great way to start the day!

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!

22 July, 2013 4 comments

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