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Clearly Besotted Gorjuss Lawn Fawn Stamping

Best Wishes (Gorjuss)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Today I have three cards to share using the Gorjuss stamp set Toadstools. I have had so many ideas buzzing through my head for this set but I’ve decided to limit it (for now!) to three cards. For this series, I have essentially used the same card design but I’ve switched up the colour schemes for each. I think this card set illustrates that simply by changing the colour palette you use, without even changing the design too much, you can end up with a completely different feel. Imagine how many different card looks you can get when you switch up the design as well?! I totally love how versatile stamps are!

For my first card, I had been playing around with the blues and greys on her outfit which prompted me to put her in a winter scene.

Here’s the card…

Best Wishes
Materials used: Stamps – Toadstools (Gorjuss/DoCrafts), Joy to the Woods (Lawn Fawn), A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted); Cardstock – Knights Smooth, American Crafts; Dies – Die-namics Blueprints 13 (My Favourite Things), Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn), Circles (Sizzix); Copic Markers, and Distress Inks.

I decided then to add a bit more colour and a dark night sky was born along with rich green rolling hills. Love the colours of the background.

Here’s the card…

Best Wishes
Materials used: Stamps – Toadstools (Gorjuss/DoCrafts), Joy to the Woods (Lawn Fawn), A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted); Cardstock – Knights Smooth, American Crafts; Dies – Die-namics Blueprints 13 (My Favourite Things), Stitched Hillside Borders, Let’s Bokeh (Lawn Fawn); Copic Markers, Distress Inks and Wink of Stella.

For the final card, I realised I had yet to use the little critter and the toadstools from the set. Of course that had to be remedied immediately. The toadstools are super cute. I had been tempted to go with a darker colour palette but eventually decided on more of a spring time theme.

Here’s the card…

Just Because
Materials used: Stamps – Toadstools (Gorjuss/DoCrafts), Joy to the Woods (Lawn Fawn), A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted); Cardstock – Knights Smooth, American Crafts; Dies – Die-namics Blueprints 13 (My Favourite Things), Stitched Hillside Borders, Let’s Bokeh (Lawn Fawn); Copic Markers, Distress Inks and Wink of Stella.

So, there you have it – one stamp set, one basic card design and three different cards. They were so fun to make and I hope you enjoy viewing the cards today.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

1 November, 2015 4 comments

Lawn Fawn Stamping

Enjoy your day (Lawn Fawn)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Yikes! Has it really been so long since I last blogged? I haven’t been idle creatively during this blogging hiatus. I’ve spent time colouring and playing (and organising!) rather than actually turning anything into finished projects.

On Friday I said to a friend of mine that this weekend I was actually going to finish a card! I even knew from the outset what I was going to make. So here we are at Sunday night and I have a pile full of coloured images and ONE card! The card is very much a “Kylie” card as I have been wanting to make a few more cards in this style. I guess that is a bit of a warning that there will be more like this to come. lol

Whilst so many in the cardmaking realm have switched their attention to Christmas, Halloween and Thanksgiving, I have actually been wanting to make a card using Lawn Fawn’s Happy Easter stamp set. The little bunnies look so happy and I wanted to create a little scene with them frolicking in a spring or autumn setting. Having decided to have white bunnies and a white picket fence, the card became quite flat so I switched out my bunnies in favour of two cute puppies from the Critters at the Dog Park stamp set. The bunnies are waiting here patiently for their turn to shine on another card.

Here’s the card…

Enjoy Your Day
Materials used: Stamps – Critters at the Dog Park, Critters from the Past, Critters on the Farm, Let’s Play and Starry Backdrops (Lawn Fawn); Dies – Project Life (Becky Higgins); Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Distress Ink; Copic Markers and Wink of Stella.

Oh and tip of the day, if you are a fan of the Wink of Stella glitter brushes (and who isn’t?!) make sure you check which colour of brush you are using before you start colouring. I picked up what I thought was the clear glitter brush to colour the butterfly, heart and flowers. I couldn’t work out why they then turned a milky colour. Seems I grabbed the white glitter brush instead of the clear. Oops!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and as the card says – Enjoy your day!

Happy Stamping!

11 October, 2015 4 comments

Cards Kaiser Craft Stamping

Friends are the Sunshine of Life (KaiserCraft)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

For a while there I thought this card would never see the light of day. If something could go wrong, it did! The original design concept came together effortlessly but the actual execution – yeah, not so effortless! lol I got ink on my fingernails when inking up the stamp which I transferred onto the card, then I got ink onto the block which I also transferred onto the card. I ruined my masking (there’s a lot of masking!) and ended up with blue and green ink on my pretty pink flowers. The stamps are acrylic (which, to be honest, I’m not a fan of – I prefer photopolymer.) and so they can be quite squishy when you stamp and don’t necessarily hold their shape perfectly so I had some imperfect stamping. Finally, after the fourth (!) start, I managed to get through to the end and I must say I am pretty please with the card. I’m totally loving the bright colours – they’re so happy and fun!

Here’s the card…

Friends Are The Sunshine of Life
Materials used: Stamps – Fly Free (KaiserCraft); Dies – Die-namics Blueprints 13 (MFT), Triplits – Banners (Sizzix); Cardstock – Knights Smooth, Unknown; Distress Inks, Copic Markers, Rhinestones (KaiserCraft) and Wink of Stella.

TIP: I usually recommend colouring the item that you have the most difficulty with first so that you don’t ruin your project after a lot of work if it doesn’t go well. Unfortunately, I didn’t follow my own advice with this card (mainly because I just love colouring those gorgeous flowers) and ended up with the bird as the final part of the card to colour. What I did was stamp up the image a number of times on a separate sheet of cardstock and then tried a number of colour combinations. I roughly trimmed out the image so I could put it on top of my card and get a true idea of how it would look. When I found one I liked, I was then able to finish my card in a way I was happy with. Hope this helps!

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you have a great day!

Happy Stamping!

23 August, 2015 3 comments

Cards Competition Entry Paper Smooches Thank You

Thanks so Much (Paper Smooches)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

You know that feeling when you stand up close to a piece of art hanging on a wall to see it in detail and it doesn’t really look all that special? Then you take a few steps back and suddenly you see the magic? That’s a bit like how I feel about the card I am sharing today. lol I’ll get back to that in just a minute. 🙂

When I first saw the Inspiration Photo (see below) for this weeks Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge I knew I wanted to use the Crystal Clear stamp set. I had a very clear image in my mind of my design, colour scheme, even the patterned paper I would use. Unfortunately, there was a *tiny* little problem! I didn’t own this stamp set! An emergency order was placed with a local supplier and I crossed my fingers and hoped it would arrive before the weekend. And it did! Yay!

I eagerly ripped into the stamp set and stamped up my design on a scrap piece of paper and I was still pretty chuffed with my design. Then I tried it “for real”. Uh oh! The cardstock I have used is not really suitable for watercolouring and I did intend to shade the mason jar with distress inks. Nevertheless I persisted. And here’s where we return to my opening comment…up close my card isn’t as pretty as I hoped it would be. From a distance it looks pretty cool though. So take a few steps away from your screen before you view my card. lol

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge Blog

Paper Smooches: Inspiration Photo – January 2015

Here’s the card I am entering into the challenge…

Thanks So Much
Materials used: Stamps – Crystal Clear (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – KaiserCraft, Unknown; Designer Paper: 6-1/2″ Paper Pad – Bow & Arrow (KaiserCraft); Distress Ink; Linen Thread (Stampin’ Up!) and Wink of Stella.

Oh, and I do have a tip of the day…I loaded up my paintbrush with ink to spatter onto my design as it just needed a little something. I *may* have forgotten to put my card in a box, or at least protect nearby surfaces before I started flicking paint around. Let’s just say I’m still finding things which have lovely little brown spots on them. Oopsy!

I am thinking I might just try this design again – perhaps put glossy accents over the mason jar and just tie the twine around the jar not the whole page. I think it would make a lovely sympathy card too. I’d also like to try it with pastel colours. I love this set!

Happy Stamping!

17 January, 2015 6 comments

Cards My Favorite Things Stamping

You’re Awesome (MFT)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

When I heard of the launch of the new My Favourite Things Card Challenges blog, I knew I wanted to play along with some of their challenges this year. As soon as I saw the Sketch Challenge, I knew exactly what I wanted to do and that was to grab the Birdie Brown You’re Super stamp set and create a little scene.

Here’s the card I am entering into the Sketch Challenge…

You’re Awesome
Materials used: Stamps – Birdie Brown You’re Awesome (My Favourite Things); Dies – Die-Namics Blueprints 5 (My Favourite Things); Designer Paper – Party with Amy Locurto “Boy” (Pebbles Inc.); Distress Inks and Copic Markers.

I did make another card before this one but I felt it fell a little flat in a few areas. I’m going to share it though because it shows a few different ideas. I do plan to play around with this idea a little more over time.

Here’s the card…

Have a Super Day
Materials used: Stamps – Birdie Brown You’re Awesome (My Favourite Things); Dies – Die-Namics Blueprints 5 (My Favourite Things); Designer Paper – Party with Amy Locurto “Boy” (Pebbles Inc.); Distress Inks and Copic Markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you are all having a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!

11 January, 2015 12 comments

Cards Paper Smooches Stamping The Greeting Farm

Happy New Year!

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a very merry Christmas and that 2015 brings you good health, happiness, love and lots of crafty goodness!

I’ve had some time off work over the Christmas/New Year period and managed to squeeze in some creating time which has been WONDERFUL! I’d love to retire and create full time! How amazing would that be! Anyway…

Last year I signed up for The Greeting Farm’s Super Secret Stamp Club for October/November/December. Being an international customer meant that my stamps would ship as one but not until November. Unfortunately this meant that when they finally arrived it was AFTER Halloween (all three stamps featured a girl with a skull hair ribbon) and right in the middle of the lead up to Christmas. No time to play! So it was very exciting when I sat down earlier and got to pull out these new stamps. I had never used The Greeting Farm stamps before but have admired them for a while.

First up was “Lavender” (SSSC No. 011) and I stamped her a few times and just coloured! I started with fairly traditional colours and then branched out a little with the hair colour. When designing the cards, I made two which worked with the skull in the hair bow but then decided I need to make the most out of the stamp and to use it in a different way. You know I love to create a scene card too and “Lavender” just cried out to be placed in a number of different settings. I’ll share some of my other designs in the next couple of days.

Here’s card one…

I grabbed the image I had coloured last – one with unusual hair colouring and decided to place her in a dark woods. I decided against a sentiment as it doesn’t really need one. I can always add it later if the need arises. I also added an extra bow and only secured it in the centre – looks very cute! The skull and all of the trees are coated with glossy accents. Love this look!

Lavender
Materials used: Stamps – Lavender SSSC No. 011 (The Greeting Farm), Happy Haunting (Lawn Fawn), Autumn Groves, Hooties (Paper Smooches); Copic Markers; Distress Ink; Cardstock – American Crafts, Knight Smooth; Glossy Accents (Ranger) and Wink of Stella.

Here’s card two…

I wanted to vary the above design just a little. I left the moon off, added a rocky path and went with the blue haired Lavender. No sentiment again this time but it can always be added later.

Lavender
Materials used: Stamps – Lavender SSSC No. 011 (The Greeting Farm), Texture Clear Stamp Rocks (KaiserCraft), Autumn Groves, Hooties (Paper Smooches); Copic Markers; Distress Ink; Cardstock – American Crafts, Knight Smooth; Glossy Accents (Ranger) and Wink of Stella.

So, they’re more than a little late for Halloween (or super early! lol) but I do think that they could be used at anytime…for the right person! I’ve coloured up another dark background and now I’m tempted to go and make another “Lavender” card. lol

Happy Stamping!

3 January, 2015 6 comments

Cards Christmas Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Penny Black Stamping

Evolution of a Christmas card

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday I posted my Christmas card for this year and I mentioned I had a number of designs which didn’t quite work for me. I thought I would share three of the “rejected” designs. They aren’t fully polished cards as I was just playing around with different elements to see how they would work but they aren’t hideous either. lol They actually have potential so I wanted to remember the designs so they could be further developed at another time.

Here’s card one…

For this card, I had decided I was going to use the cute Starburst Cover die from Mama Elephant. I love the look of the starry background but I was a little heavy handed when spritzing water onto the sky (not a great thing to do when you aren’t using water colour paper). The horizon line is too far up the card and makes it look a little odd. lol I’m thinking it might be better to trim the design into a smaller panel. I want the dog to be framed by the stars so wouldn’t like to drop him too far down. I actually really like the colours of the sock too (and I really only moved away from this colour combination to the red and green for my final Christmas card design at the last minute).

Merry Christmas
Materials used: Stamps – Xmas Treat! 2230F (Penny Black), and Merry Motifs (Paper Smooches); Dies – Starburst Cover – Creative Cuts (Mama Elephant); Project Life White Cards (Becky Higgins); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Copic Markers; Distress Inks; Hybrid Ink – Black Licorice (My Favorite Things); and Wink of Stella.

Here’s card number two…

The more I look at this card, the more I think it could have been my Christmas card and that it would have taken me a fraction of the time to create compared with the design I ended up going with…I better stop looking. lol I was still playing around with the above design and I felt that moving the sentiment to the bottom of the card helped with the spacing issue. It was at this point I decided the card needed a little more dimension so the sock and the puppy dogs head were popped up. I also added a few pale snowflakes from Lawn Fawn’s Snow Day set to the greeting from Paper Smooches. I think this is such a nice touch and I carried this concept right through to my final card design.

Merry Christmas
Materials used: Stamps – Xmas Treat! 2230F (Penny Black), Snow Day (Lawn Fawn) and Merry Motifs (Paper Smooches); Dies – Starburst Cover – Creative Cuts (Mama Elephant); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Copic Markers; Distress Inks; Hybrid Ink – Black Licorice (My Favorite Things); and Wink of Stella.

Onto card three…

For the final card I decided I was overthinking things and decided to go simple! I did pop up the sock and head again to make it look a little less flat. Unfortunately, the card just looked a little too plain and not very Christmassy. It’s nice enough but plain. I think the colour choice of the sock was to blame.

Merry Christmas
Materials used: Stamps – Xmas Treat! 2230F (Penny Black), Snow Day (Lawn Fawn) and Merry Motifs (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Copic Markers; Distress Inks; Hybrid Ink – Black Licorice (My Favorite Things); and Wink of Stella.

After playing with the above three designs, I decided to try something completely different and I will share that card tomorrow.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

23 December, 2014 4 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Stamping There She Goes Clear Stamps

Bite Me (TSG)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

As I still had the Hauntingly Delightful stamp set from There She Goes Clear Stamps on my desk as well as some offcuts of paper from my previous cards, I decided that I might as well make another card in this series. There She Goes Clear Stamps really did have the cutest of images. Such a shame they are no longer in business.

Anyway, today’s card is a hybrid of the previous two cards I have shared (see here and here). Super simple. I didn’t want the sentiment to stand out too much as some people might take offence. I see it as a bit of fun and would pick my recipient very carefully. lol

Here it is…

Bite Me
Materials used: Stamps – Hauntingly Delightful (There She Goes Clear Stamps), Happy Haunting (Lawn Fawn); Dies – Circle (Sizzix), Spooky Trail, Spooky Tree (Silhouette); Cardstock – American Crafts, Doodlebug Design; Designer Paper – The Bewitched Stack (DCWV); Distress Inks; and Copic Markers.

It has turned cold here today (we had 31°C on Friday and then storms with hail yesterday. It’s only 10°C today and should only reach 16°C as a maximum. Typical Melbourne weather!). I’m forgoing my planned drive to the beach and think I might stay tucked up inside…and maybe, just maybe, do some creating! 🙂

Whatever you are doing today, I hope you are staying safe and having fun!

Happy Stamping!

2 November, 2014 4 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Silhouette Stamping There She Goes Clear Stamps

Don’t Worry, they only want those with brains (TSG)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

While Halloween is over now, I’m not ready to stop playing with these cute “spooky” stamps. I’ve decided that if I don’t use sentiments which specifically refer to Halloween then there is no reason why I can’t keep using Halloween type images. lol I do have a few more images stamped up but – maybe it is time to turn my thoughts to other creations – I don’t know. Will see where the mojo leads.

For today’s card, I created another little scene. lol How I love them! As I really don’t have a lot of spooky themed stamps, I took the opportunity to play with my Silhouette Cameo which has, unfortunately, been sitting there gathering dust in recent months. I don’t have the space to keep it out at all times so it is a bit of a chore to get it out…but it is SO worth it! I reallllly needed this card to have a spooky tree and a rickety fence and the Silhouette store did not disappoint with the Spooky Trail die. In the end, the card came together quite easily and I really quite like it.

Here’s the card…

Don’t worry, they only want those with brains
Material used: Stamps – Hauntingly Delightful (There She Goes Clear Stamps); Dies – Spring Showers, Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn), Circles (Sizzix), Die-namics Blueprints 5 (My Favourite Things), Spooky Trail (Silhouette); Cardstock – American Crafts, Doodlebug Design; Designer Paper – The Bewitched Bundle (DCWV); Distress Inks; Copic Markers; Pearls – Yellow (KaiserCraft) and Wink of Stella.

If you celebrate Halloween, I hope you had a fantastic time! I’m off to tidy my craft table and then hopefully create something else.

Happy Stamping!

1 November, 2014 4 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Stamping

Happy Fall

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Occasionally ideas come at the strangest of times or places. During the week, I was almost asleep when an idea struck me. I grabbed my iPad, opened the app “Penultimate“, sketched my idea and then went to sleep.

Fast forward to today, I had time to create and remembered I had an idea sketched out. I took out the iPad, opened the app and burst out laughing. Here’s why….

Sketch Idea using Penultimate app.

Oh my! I couldn’t even decipher my own writing! I finally worked it out but it took me longer than I expected. Decided to share it with you so you can have a giggle too. Have you worked it out?

Here’s the card…

Happy Fall
Materials used: Stamps – Snow Day, Sweater Weather (Lawn Fawn); Die – Die-namics Blueprints 5 (My Favourite Things); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Designer Paper – DIY Shop (Crate Paper); Ink – ColorBox Petal Point – Enchantment, Provence, and Tuscany (ColorBox) Hybrid Ink – Black Licorice (My Favourite Things); Vellum; Copic Markers; Linen Thread (Stampin’ Up!) and Wink of Stella.

Yes, that sketch represented two little bunnies (from the Snow Day set from Lawn Fawn) playing in a pile of autumn leaves (from Lawn Fawn’s Sweater Weather set). I wished I had the die set for both stamp sets as it was very fiddly fussy cutting those leaves and the trees but I really like how it turned out. I want to work on that scene a little more. I’ve a few more ideas just for this sketch. I do think I might need the coordinating dies though… time to shop first? lol

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you are having an amazing day!

Happy Stamping!

28 September, 2014 4 comments

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