Bunting or Banners?

 Whether its bunting or banners you have to love them and I just love the new Bunting and alphabet stamp set from Lili of the Valley.  I can see this becoming one of my most used stamp set.  It has 12 or 13 different little banners and some you can insert letters into.  So great!!

Anyway my card today features one of the new Lili the fFairy stamps and 2 of those gorgeous buntings.  I went for a pink and white theme with a touch of red.  As always she is coloured in pencil is the bunting.  The bunting is fussy cut and popped up on small pieces of foam, almost like she is underneath them.  I really couldn't decide on a sentiment or where to put it so decided to leave it off the front.  In the end I decided the sentiment can easily go inside the card.

Im going to pop her in the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #462

which so happened to be Pink and White.

See you soon

Karen

xo

You are awesome lady!!

I have coveted the leading lady stamps from Ellen Hudson since I very first saw them. Brandi Kincaid is the artist and I think she just has the best style and the cutest name which so suits her.  Its taken a while but finally I have couple, well three to be exact.  Now I really would like to add the first leading man to the collection.  Oh well good things take time.

Anyway I finally stamped one of the ladies and coloured her.  My daughter starts her first year of University soon so I thought this would be a nice card to leave under her door the night before her first day to remind her how awesome she is and will be.

She loves to wear brightly coloured striped tops and is on the look out for a yellow backpack so thats where the colours come from.  She also has lovely long brown hair.  I coloured her up in pencil and fussy cut the backpack and popped it up on foam.

I decided to enter this in the timeout challenge @127 which is inspired by words.  These are the words and I think "You are Awesome" encompasses this perfectly.

Heres my card.

See you soon

Karen

xo

January with Frantic Stamper

The January release from Frantic Stamper is full of  wonderful dies perfect for many "life" moments.  birthdays, thinking about someone, celebrations and sympathy.  Here is a selection of some of my favourites.

The first being Hollow Alphabet.  Perfect for quick and easy cards.  So many options on using this set, cut as I have or just the inside or the outline by itself.  It also allows the option to have the outline in one colour and the inside in another.  So versatile and a great size too.

I simply die cut letters in different colours and adhered them to a woodgrain paper.  Ideal for masculine cards.

This card features the thinking of you die, which also has a matching stamp set, and the Magnificent Monarch die.  Both dies are so lovely and great essentials to have in you stash.  The monarch I cut in black and orange and then pieced the orange inside the black.  A little time consuming but well worth the effort.

My last card uses the Giant layered Happy die, also has a matching stamp set, and the Dainty Tulip die.  Again perfect for quick and easy cards.  The tulip was die cut 5 times in green the I used scraps to die cut the flower heads, trimmed them and adhered over the top of the green ones.  I then used the inside of the happy die to create my sentiment.

These and more are available in store now,

Frantic Stamper products used

Hollow Alphabet

Giant layered Thinking of you

Magnificent Monarch

Dainty Tulip

Giant layered Happy

Happy stamp set

See you agin soon

Karen

xo

Instagram Giveaway

As promised I'm back with the details of a giveaway I am having over on Instagram.

You may or may not be aware that Frantic Stamper have launched their new card kits.  January was the first and has sold out.  The February kit has just been revealed and will ship February 1st.

These kits are excellent value, full of dies and stamp sets, some exclusive to the kits and others that are retired and no longer available in store.  So you are getting something pretty special.  Included is card stock, design paper, embellishments, ribbon and more.  You also get the instructions to make 6 cards with plenty of supplies left over.  The kits retail for $34.99 and you receive around $100 worth of supplies.  Amazing value!!!

To celebrate I am giving away the Exclusive Thanks stamp set and die from the January kit (you cannot buy these) plus the now retired Thank you stamp set.  Of course for the lucky winner I'll make a card to send along with your prize.

All you have to do is go and follow me on instagram and leave a comment.  The link to my instagram account is on the side bar and you will find all the details there to the follow Frantic Stamper on instagram.  Easy peasy.

Here's some photos of the prize pack I am offering.  The card is a sample only not the one the winner will receive.

 

This was the January kit, which is sold out, but I wanted to show you the quantity and value you receive in a kit.  The theme was thanks.

This is the February kit which has just been revealed and will ship 1st February.  All this for $34.99 USD.  The theme is birthdays.

Now go on over and enter on instagram.

See you there

Karen

xo

Three little monkeys.

Three little monkeys swinging through the trees to say be happy.  This little fellow is from the new Jungle digi set from Lili of the Valley.  It can be found under the Simply Sweet Tab in the etsy shop. I copied and pasted it three times.  Each one is then coloured in pencil and then fussy cut.

I used a semicircle die to cut a window in a piece of white card stock.  The leaves are die cut using the tropical leaves die set from Frantic Stamper.   They are arranged in the circle before I placed the monkeys in different positions to create my little scene.

The sentiment is a new rubber stamp set called  Love and Wishes circular sentiment set.  These are so pretty and I thought Be Happy was perfect for these cheeky fellows. I chose to stamp in black onto white card stock and then coloured the leaves and flowers before popping it up on foam.

To assemble the card I cut a piece of green card stock to form the background of my window and the edge of the card.  This is popped up on foam tape before being stuck in place to add dimension.  I positioned and adhered the sentiment circle before adding the final touch with 3 enamel dots.

I'll be back shortly with details of a giveaway

over on my instagram page.

See you soon

Karen

xo

Beach Days!!!

Its summer here in New Zealand so yes Beach Days are here.

There is a new challenge over at Southern Girls, the first for 2019 and its a favourite Anything Goes challenge.  We have wonderful sponsors again in 2019 including Neat & Tangled who are sponsoring this challenge.

All the details are over on the blog so go check it out and enter your creation.

For my card I created this little beach scene using the Breach Day stamp set from Neat & Tangled.  I used stencils and distress oxides to create my simple background.  I stamped and coloured then fussy cut the images I was going to use and played around with placement until  I was happy with my little scene.  This is a great summer stamp set and always fun to use.

See you at Southern Girls.

Karen

xo

Birthday Monsters!!!

I had some fun with this card.  The Birthday Monsters are from Lili of the Valley and can be found as digis under the Simply Stamp banner.  I have paired this little guy with the new Bunting Stamp set released in rubber with Lili the Fairy.  This is a great set if like me you are a sucker for bunting/banners.

I stamped the bunting onto white card stock and then again onto patterned paper, I then cut out the letters and glued them over the top of the stamped banner.  I did leave some of the letters white.  This is a great way to colour the letters without actually colouring them.

I then printed and coloured the little bat monster, the beauty with digis is you can resize them to suit and as I wanted the bunting to feature I kept him relatively small.  Once coloured I fussy cut them and popped them up on foam.

This was a fun card to make.  I think this bunting set will become very well used.

See you soon

Karen

xo

Hello!!

Hello and welcome to 2019.

I wonder what it has in store for us over the next 12 months.  Some things I'm already aware of but there are others that I am sure will take me by surprise, hopefully pleasantly but a year wouldn't be a year without a curve ball or two thrown in for good measure.

I'm starting the year with a little Stacy Yacula from Purple Onion Designs.  It seems like a really good place to start. These adorable farm animals are from the Mistletoe Farm Collection.  It's so hard to choose a favourite collection but these farm animals in their little hats and scarves are pretty hard to resist.

I coloured several stamped images in pencil and fussy cut them with no idea how they would be put together.  In my order was this beautiful floral banner (which honestly I don't remember putting in my cart, but I'm glad I did).

I started by stamping the floral banner partially around the edge of some white card stock, then created a little scene with some of the animals I had pre-coloured and cut.  I just like the subtle backgrounds against the images for these stamps.  It seems to be my go too style for them. The calf and the hen are glued to the card stock with their heads popped up on foam tape, so they don't sit completely flat.  The goose and the sleeping kitty are adhered with foam tape as they are in the foreground.

Stacy always gives her animals the most beautiful facial expressions.

See you again soon.

Happy 2019.

Karen

xo