Lili of the Valley - Christmas Tree

Lili of the Valley - Christmas Tree

Lili of the Valley has released their first Christmas selection of 2019! So when payday came I treated myself to some! 

This is the first of the Christmas cards I made with one of the images: 

Digi Stamp: Lili of the Valley 

Colours: Copic 

Sentiment and tree: from a magazine
Tartan paper: crafters companion
Other papers: free from magazines 

All Dressed up Birthday Card

All Dressed up Birthday Card 

Now that Royal Welsh Show is over and i'm up to date with orders and personal cards I have some time to make cards just for making cards sake!!! 

So I decided to make a card for the All Dressed up Facebook competition "Pearls/ & Or Gems" and I loved it so I thought i would enter it in the All Dressed up blog challenge too! 

The image was one I saw a few weeks ago and loved so knew I wanted to make a card with it. I coloured it with my copics and then added pearl drops. 

A few weeks ago I met a friend in town and she was heading to the haberdashery to give some of her old jewellery but after a conversation I ended up having it off her. In the box was some pearls and heart earrings so I added a few of these to it using a glue gun - which im not a fan of but it is the strongest glue! 

Image: All dressed up Fairy Swing 

Colours: Copic 

Papers: from stash - most likely the Works 

Pearls: from old jewellery 

I would like to enter this in All dressed up Blog 

Polka Doodles - Drummer

Polka Doodles - Drummer 

My brother-in-law is a drummer in a band and so as I like to try and make my cards personal to that person I wanted a drummer or a drum kit. I did have an image in my head of a festival card but I couldn't quite get it onto paper! Then I came across Polka Doodles drummer in one of the work and play sets - perfect! I also now have more digi stamps to play with! 

Image: Polkadoodles 

Music background paper: Polkadoodles 

Die used: Nesting stitched stars - Creative Dies

Topper: Happy Birthday - Express yourself MIP

Pearl dots: hobby craft 

Punch: star punch - hobby Craft
Coloured: Copics

To enter in following competitions: 

Digi Choosday  (I Only published this today 30/07/19 but its showing date of when I drafted it!) 

Polka Doodles - Birthday Card

Polka Doodles - Birthday Card 

This is a recent birthday card using two digi stamps from Polka Doodles. I coloured using my copic pens and used a nesting stitched die to cut out. I then used papers from my stash and plain paper from the Works to create a background. Adding pearl embellishments for that finishing touch.

Materials used:

Digi stamp: Polka Doodles - Hooray! and Horace
Colours: Copic
Pearl Embellishments: Hobbycraft
Paper: the Works

Entering in following competitions:

Digi Choosday 

Lili of the Valley - Birthday Card

Lili of the Valley - Birthday Card 

In the words of my husband - "you like those colour in thingys these days don't you" - That would be a digi stamp dear. Yes, he is right I do like my digi stamps at the moment - and one of my favourite suppliers is Lili of the valley. 

One of my recent makes is a birthday card for my manager. She likes her gardening so I chose the little mouse that comes with the Happy birthday pots stamp.

Digi Stamp: Lili of the Valley Birthday Pots 

Die: Circle frame die from stash (cant find where I got this from)

Papers: The works  

Colours: Copic 

Polka doodles - Doctor

Polka Doodles - Doctor 

One of my closest friends is a doctor and so when I saw this Doctor Digi Stamp on Polkadoodles I couldn't resist using it. I'm really liking layering at the moment often with different shapes so thats why I did the star on top of the circle which is on the square - I quite like the look of it lol! 

Digi Stamp: Lady Doctor, Polkadoodles 

Flower embellishments: Hobbycraft (think discontinued now) 

Papers 

Star Die: Creative dies 

Pearl Gems: Hobby craft

Bunting die 

Colours: Copic 

Happy birthday: Peel off Stickers

For entry in Polkadoodles challenge blog

All dressed up - Fathers day

All dressed up - Fathers day Card 

Another celebratory day has been and gone - fathers day! I didn't make as many fathers day cards as mothers day but I didn't promote it as much due to other crafty commitments!

This was one of my favourite cards I made:

The digi stamp is from All dressed Up  and I kept it simple using a scalloped edge circle and polka dot background from Hunkydory. I actually gave this card away in a Facebook Competition. 

Materials Used: 

Digi Stamp: All Dressed up

Paper: Hunkydory 

Coloured: Copic Markers

Pearls: Hobbycraft 

Die: from stash 

Polka Doodles Horse

Polka Doodles Horse

I recently had a request from a colleague for a birthday card which included a Grey Horse for her neice's birthday. 

I found this beautiful digi stamp by Polka Doodles and used my copics to colour following technique by Kit & Clowder. 

Materials Used: 

Digi Stamp: Polka Doodle Horse riding 

Colours: Copic

Papers: Hunkydory 

Twine and die in stash