Clearly Besotted Teasers | Ahoy There Matey

Hello there and welcome to day four of the March Clearly Besotted teasers. The new products release tomorrow at 8pm GMT and you do still have a few hours to enter my giveaway from day one, which you can find here. For my card today, I am using the new adorable Pirates At Play stamp set. This is one of the larger sets and it is so cute!

 

I started off by stamping one of the girl pirates on to a panel of cardstock that has been die cut with one of the Hero Arts Rounded Rectangle Infinity Dies. I then stamped the sentiment from the set below. The 'ahoy there' and 'matey' are two separate stamps but I stamped them together to create one sentiment.

 

 

The image was then simply coloured using Copic Markers. I coloured the background first, adding in dots for the sand, waves for the sea and then blended blues for the sky. The pirate girl and her flag were then coloured after. All of the colours I used are listed below the supplies section. The panel was then simply adhered to a white A2 card base with foam sheet and DST.

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use. The new Clearly Besotted products will be added once released.

COPIC MARKERS: Sand - E43, E42, E41, E40. Sea - BG72, BG70, BG23, BG11, BG01, BG000, BG0000. Sky - B000, B0000, 0. Pirate girl skin - E13, E11, E00, E000, E50, R20. Hair - E49, E25, E23, E21. Clothes - C10, C8, C7, C6, V17, V15, V12. Flag - C10, C9, C8, C7, C6, C3, C1. Pole - C5, C3, C1.

That is my final teaser for this release, although I hope to use the other sets that I haven't shared, throughout March. What sets have caught your eye? Please do check out my teamies Stephanie, Keren, Lisa and Guest Designer Rubeena, for more inspiration. I will be back tomorrow to share my release video with you. Thank you so much for visiting me today. I really do appreciate it.

Layered Topiary

Hello there, I am over on the Hero Arts Blog this afternoon sharing a card using the new Layered Topiary stamp set. What a beautiful set! It can be used for so many occasions, for my card today, I thought I would make a hello card.

 

 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.
 

 

For the details on how I made the card, please head over to the blog post here. Thank you so much for popping by to see me today. I hope you have a great rest of the day!

Clearly Besotted Teasers | Magical Birthday

Hello there and welcome to day three of the March Clearly Besotted teasers. Not long to wait now, all the new products will be released on Thursday. My card today uses the new Fairy Tale Fairy and she is so pretty! I love her!

 

I started off by stamping her on to white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I then coloured her using Copic Markers. The colours I used are listed below the supplies section. I fussy cut her out with scissors but there will be dies available to purchase.

 

 

I took a panel of white cardstock and die cut this using one of the Creative Dies Plus Stitched & Pierced Nesting Squares Dies. I took the sentiment from the already released Fairy Tale Mermaid set and stamped this in the bottom right of the panel. I then took the star stencil from the Hero Arts Sky Stencil Pair and placed this over the panel. Using a palette knife, I applied Cosmic Shimmer Frosty Dawn Sparkle Texture Paste to some of the stars and dots. I removed the stencil (and washed it) and then set the panel aside to dry.

 

 

Once dry, I adhered the panel to a 4.75" 4.75" card base made from SSS Lavender cardstock. I then added the fairy on top with foam tape. To finish off, I added Aqua Shimmer pen to her wings. Sadly, the photos do not show all the sparkle but it is really pretty in real life.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use. The Clearly Besotted products will be added when released.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Fairy skin - E70, E13, E11, E00, E000, E000, E50, R20. Hair - E49, E27, E25, E23, E21. Dress - V17, V15, V12. Wings - BG02, BG000, BG0000, 0.

 

Isn't she just adorable? Thank you so much for visiting me today. I really do appreciate it. Please do go and see what my teamies Stephanie, Keren and Lisa have been up to. As well as our fabulous Guest Designer Rubeena.

Clearly Besotted Teasers | Spring Daffodils

Hello there and welcome to day two of the March Clearly Besotted teasers. The new products will be in the shop on the 1st March. Today I am sharing a look at another one of the smaller sets. This one is Spring Daffodils and it is so pretty! Just looking at it puts me in the spring mood!

 

I started off by stamping the daffodils on to an A2 white card base with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I then coloured them, as well as the blue background, using Copic Markers. The colours I used are listed below the supplies section. To give the background some texture, I went in with a Colourless Blender and took some of the colour away. This gives a similar look to water splatter on Distress Inks, although difficult to see in the photos, sorry.

 

 

I cut two panels of white cardstock and ran these through my die cutting machine using one of the borders from the Mama Elephant Fine Trimmings Die Set (these just cut out the circles, not the actual border itself). These were added to the card base with foam tape. I took the 'happy birthday' sentiment from the Tiny Type set and stamped this on to black cardstock using Versamark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. This was cut in to a thin strip and added to the card with more foam tape. To finish off, I added a few Ice Cube Jewels around the sentiment.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use. The Clearly Besotted products will be added when released.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Daffodils - Y38, Y35, Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11, Y00, Y000, Y0000. Stems - G46, G34, YG03. Background - B00, B000, B0000, 0.

 

Because I coloured directly on the card base, I will add another piece of white cardstock in to the front inside panel of the card base to cover the bleed through. Thank you so much for visiting me today. Please check out what my teamies Stephanie, Keren and Lisa have been up to. As well as Guest Designer Rubeena. Have a great day. See you tomorrow!

Clearly Besotted Teasers | Fairy Tale Unicorns + Giveaway

Hello there and welcome to start of the March teasers for Clearly Besotted! Yes, you have read that correctly :) The Design Team are back to share teasers with you moving forward for the again monthly releases. The releases will continue to be on the 1st of the month, at the new time of 8pm GMT and the teasers will start four days before that (so they will be starting at different dates, depending on the month).

 

I thought I would kick things off and start off with the Fairy Tale Unicorns set because it is just too cute! It is one of the smaller sets and absolutely adorable! I started off by stamping two of the unicorns, plus the rainbow, on to white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I then coloured them using Copic Markers. I fussy cut them out with scissors but there will be coordinating dies available :)

 

 

I took a panel of white cardstock and cut the MFT Stitched Triple Peekaboo Window on to it. I then stamped the sentiment from the new Sweetest Sentiments set below. I took an A2 white card base and added MFT Black & White Stripes Paper to the front. Taking a piece of Bristol cardstock, I used the MFT Mini Cloud Stencil with Broken China Distress Ink to create some clouds on the panel. This piece was added to the card base with tape runner. The window piece was then added on top with foam tape.

 

 

The unicorns and rainbow were added to the card with foam tape. I added Aqua Shimmer pen to the unicorns manes and tails, as well as the rainbow. To finish off, I added a few Iridescent Jewels.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use. The new Clearly Besotted products will be added when released.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Unicorn bodies - E53, E51, E50, R30, R000. Clouds - B000. Red - R35, R24, R14. Pink - R85, R83, R81. Orange - YR16, YR15, YR12. Yellow - Y17, Y13, Y11. Green - YG07, YG05, YG03, YG01. Blue - B04, B02, B00. Indigo - V28, V25, V22. Violet - V17, V15, V12.

GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate the return of the monthly releases. I am giving away a £40 gift certificate to the Clearly Besotted shop. All you need to do to enter is to leave me a comment on this post telling me what your favourite Clearly Besotted stamp set ever is (this can be any set, even if the set is now retired). The giveaway is open worldwide. One comment per person please. Entries close on Wednesday 28th February at 20.00hrs GMT. The winner will be announced on Thursday 1st March before the new products release.
 

This is such a great release and I am excited to share my other teasers with you too! Please do head over to see my teamies Stephanie, Keren and Lisa who will be sharing lots of inspiration too, as well our fabulous Guest Designer this month, Rubeena. Thank you so much for visiting me today. See you tomorrow!

VIDEO | Card Making Haul - February 2018

Hello there, today I am popping in to share what I purchased in February with you. I do not think I did too badly this month :) Of course, there were a few new sets that I just had to get.

 

 

I also picked up a couple of older items that I had seen other people use and was enabled. I saw Erica use the MFT Roses All Over Background Stamp and thought it was beautiful. Likewise, I saw Lisa using the Studio Katia Blooming Bunch set and thought it was stunning. I love colouring florals so I am excited to use both of these sets. Here is a look at everything I got:

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I shared in the video. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.
 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today. See you tomorrow for the start of the Clearly Besotted March teasers :)

Long Time No Tea

Hello there, today I have a card to share using the new Mouse Tea Party Stamp Set from Hero Arts. I think it was one of the most popular sets when it was released last week and I can see why. It is absolutely adorable!

 

I started off by die cutting a panel of white cardstock using one of the new Rounded Rectangle Infinity Dies. I took one of the mice from the set and stamped this on to the top middle of the panel, followed by the sentiment below. I die cut the coordinating frame cut from mask paper and placed this over the mouse image. I also masked off below the mouse. I took some Peacock Feather Distress Oxide Ink and blended this lightly around the image. I did flick on a little water and dabbed off the excess.

 

The masks were removed and the mouse coloured using Copic Markers. I added Aqua Shimmer to the tea cup. The panel was then simply adhered to a white A2 card base with foam sheet and DST.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Mouse - N5, N3, N2, N1, N0, R12, R00, R0000. Tea cup - BG13, BG11, BG10.

 

Isn't that mouse just absolutely adorable? The other mice in the set are just as cute! Thank you so much for visiting me today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a lovely day.

We Have A Winner ...

Hello there, I am just popping in briefly to announce the winner of my Spellbinders giveaway from yesterday:

Teresa, you have won the $25 gift certificate to Spellbinders :) Please can you contact me asap and I will give you the details on how to claim your prize.

 

Thank you so much to everyone that entered and left me such lovely comments. I really do appreciate it.

VIDEO | Die Cutting Four Ways

Hello there, today I am delighted to be taking part in the Spellbinders 2018 February Blog Hop. Spellbinders have had two new releases in the last couple of days - Handmade by Stephanie Low and Die D-Lites (Feb) and we are showcasing those today. If you are following along in the hop, you should have arrived here from Erum, but if you get lost along the way, I have the full list of hoppers below.

 

 

For my projects today. I am using the new Die D-Lites (Feb) range. I wanted to show four different ways to use the dies. These ways are nothing ground breaking, but it is nice to revisit different ways of using dies. My first way is to use coloured cardstock and felt, which is probably the most common way of using dies.

 

How adorable is the new Die D-Lites Build A Panda Etched Dies set? I thought I would make the panda into a girl and she would be perfect for a baby girl card. I cut the panda using white and black cardstock, as well as a little pink felt for the bow on her hair (or is it fur?!).

 

 

She was simply added to a white base cut using the Nestabilities Pierced Squares Dies. I added soft ink blending behind her with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink, to help her pop. The sentiment is made using a Dymo Embossing Label Maker. The panel was then added to a white 4.25" x 4.25" card base with foam tape.

 

 

My second card uses the new Die D-Lites Build A Terrarium Etched Dies. I decided to die cut these using white cardstock and added colour to them with Copic Markers. I think this adds a lot of dimension to the die cuts. I also added highlights to the cacti with a white gel pen.

 

 

To create the card, I cut the larger of the bell jar terrarium piece directly on the white card base, and a white cardstock panel. I added acetate behind the panel piece and then added this on to the card base. This sandwiches the acetate between the card base and the panel on top. The cacti were then added on top. The sentiment was again made with the Dymo Embossing Label Maker.

 

 

My third card uses the Die D-Lites Sketched Blooms 2 Etched Dies. For this card, I thought I would die cut using foil. I added Deco Foil to some adhesive sheet, removed the top plastic sheet from the foil and ran this through the Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine. This gives a bit of textured, slightly duller look to the foil. In the video, I show how you can also get a shiny look, if that is what you are going for.

 

 

I took a white A2 card base and scored lines on to it using a score board and bone folder. This gives some nice detail without adding any extra bulk or taking away the focus from the die cut. I added the die cut flower on top with liquid glue. I stamped the sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Tiny Type set on to white cardstock with black ink and cut this in to a strip. This was added to the card with foam tape. To finish off, I added a few Iridescent Jewels.

 

 

My final card uses the new Die D-Lites Sketch Blooms Etched Dies. For this card, I thought I would use up some of the scraps that I have. I keep all of the background pieces that I make and so I thought die cutting from them would be perfect. In this case, I had three pieces of backgrounds that I made using Copic Refills. If you are interested in how I made the purple piece, you can find the information HERE.

 

 

I die cut the flowers again from white cardstock and layered these behind the alcohol ink pieces (to give extra stability). I took a white card base and scored horizontal lines on to this using a score board and bone folder. Sadly this does not show up in the photos, bit it does add nice detail in real life. The flowers were added on top with liquid glue. I stamped the sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Tiny Type stamp set using Versamark Ink, on to black cardstock. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. This was cut in to as strip and added to the card with foam tape. the card was finished off with Iridescent Jewels.

VIDEO:

 Here is the video showing how I made the die cut elements:

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card and in the video. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.
 

 

 

BLOG HOP:

 

 

Here is the full list of participants taking part in the hop:

 

Spellbinders

Stephanie Beck Low

Nichol Spohr

Yana Smakula

Vanessa Menhorn

Hussena Calcuttawala

Rebecca Luminarias

Emily Leiphart

Erum Tasneem

Michelle Short - you are here!

 

GIVEAWAY:

 

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners. Please leave a comment on the Spellbinders blog by Wednesday, February 21st at 11.59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced in the blog hop post on the Spellbinders blog the following day.

 

But that is not all! I also have a $25 gift certificate to give away to Spellbinders. To enter, just leave a comment on this blog by 20th February 11am EST/4pm GMT. I will announce the winner shortly afterwards.

 

I am the last on the hop but if you missed any of the stops, please do go back and have a look at the inspiration. Thank you so much fro visiting me today. I hope you have a great day!

Hoppy Easter!

Hello there, today I have a cute tag to share with you using the Hoppy Easter stamp set from Clearly Besotted. I just love that cute bunny holding his Easter egg.

 

I started off by die cutting a tag from the Tag Along set, once from white cardstock and once from Bristol cardstock. I took the Bristol piece and blended over Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass and Broken China for the sky, and Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn for the grass. I then splattered on a little water with a paint brush, removed the excess and set aside to dry.

 

 

I took the bunny image from the Hoppy Easter set and stamped him on to white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. He was coloured using Copic Markers and then fussy cut out with scissors (there are dies available). I then worked on the back of the tag. I took the white cardstock tag and stamped the 'Happy Easter' sentiment from the All In Onesie Easter set using black ink. I took the little carrot from the Hoppy Easter set and stamped this around the sentiment. They were coloured with Copic Markers as well. The two tags were adhered together back to back with tape runner.

 

 

The bunny was added to the front with foam tape. I then added a few Iridescent Jewels from Lucy's Cards around him. To finish off, I added Aqua Shimmer to the egg and Crystal Glaze to the bunny's nose and the egg.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Bunny - E59, E57, E55, E53, E51, R20, R00. Egg - V17, V15, V12. Carrots - YR14, YR12.

 

I thought this tag would be nice to add to a little Easter parcel. I cannot wait for Spring! Thank you so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Hero Arts 2018 Catalogue Blop Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, today I am delighted to be hopping along to celebrate the release of the new Hero Arts 2018 catalogue products going live in the Hero Store. The new catalogue is packed full of fabulous products and you will see tons of inspiration using them across the hop. You should have arrived here from the amazing Nichol, but if you get lost along the way, I have the full list of hopper below.

 

I am in love with the new Liquid Watercolors from Hero Arts. They are highly pigmented and can be used for lots of different techniques. I have two projects showing them in use today. My first project shows them used for soft water colouring, while the second uses them for a bold background.

 

 

For my card, I started off by stamping the beautiful new Flowering Magnolia stamp on to some Fabriano Artistico Extra White Hot Press watercolour paper. I then water coloured the image using the new Liquid Watercolors. You can see how I water coloured the image in the speed paint video here:

 

I then went around the image with a light grey Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pen to help the image pop. The side of the paper was cut, cutting around the leaf image with scissors. I stamped the Designer Woodgrain stamp (not new but still wonderful!) on to an A2 grey card base for some added interest and then added the watercolour panel on top with foam tape.

 

 

I took the sentiment from the new Color Layering Elephant stamp set and stamped this on to black cardstock using Versamark ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. This was cut in to a strip and added to the card with more foam tape. To finish off, I added a couple of sequins from the new Seashore mix, plus an Iridescent Jewel.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.
 

 

My next card shows how to use the Liquid Watercolors for a bolder background. I used the new Mermaid Wishes stamp set for this. This is one of the previous My Monthly Hero kits that was voted to come back as a permanent set. I am so happy that this set has come back. I love it!

 

I started off by cutting the tag from some Acrhes watercolour paper and a Tag Infinity Die. I first layered over a light coat of Indigo, Deep Ocean and Pine Liquid Watercolors and blended these together on the tag. I sprayed a generous mist of Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Spritz over the top and then dried this with a heat tool. Using the watercolour that was left on my craft sheet, I pouched the tag back in numerous times to get a splattered and layered look. I really like how it came out. I then set this piece aside to dry.

 

 

I stamped one of the mermaids from the set using Intense Black ink and coloured her using Copic Markers, adding a little Spica pen to her tail. She was cut out using the coordinating frame cut. I took one of the sentiments from the set, stamped this with Intense Black ink on to white cardstock. I cut this using the new Rounded Rectangle Infinity Dies. The mermaid and sentiment were added to the tag with foam tape. I added some twine through the top of the tag and then finished off with some Seashore Sequins and Iridescent Jewels.

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Skin - E13, E11, E00, E000. Hair: E49, E57, E25, E23. Top - BG13, BG11. Tail - BG49, BG13, BG11, BG10, Spica 08 Turquoise.

BLOG HOP:

Here is the full list of participants in the hop:

Hero Arts Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Kristina Werner

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Yana Smakula

Cathy Zielske

May Sukyong Park

Nichol Spohr

Michelle Short - you are here!

Wanda Guess

Amy Tsuruta

Lydia Fiedler

Heather Ruwe

Laurie Willison

Clare Prezzia

Ilina Myska

Emily Midgett

Janette Kausen

Jenn Shurkus

Sean Fetterman

Simon Hurley

Joan Bardee

Megan Hoeppner

Lisa Stein

Ilina Crouse

Amy Kolling

Rubeena Ianigro

Kelly Latevola

Libby Hickson

Lucy Abrams

GIVEAWAY:

Hero Arts are giving away three $50 shopping sprees! Winners will be drawn from comments left across all of the stops in the hop. The more you comment, the more chances you have to win. One comment per blog please. Please leave a comment by February 22nd at 11.59pm PT. The winners will be announced the following week on the Hero Arts blog. Good luck!

The next person on the stop is the amazing and lovely, Wanda. Thank you so much for visiting me today, I hope you have a lovely time on the rest of the hop and a fabulous day!

VIDEO | Embossing With Stencils

Hello there, today I have a card to share with you using the beautiful Stained Glass 1 Stencil from Simon Says Stamp, along with Dr. Ph. Martin's Radiant Watercolours.

 

 

I started off by embossing the stencil on to some Tim Holtz Watercolour paper. I find that this watercolour paper embosses with stencils really well. I then added colour to the panel using Dr. Ph. Martin's Radiant Watercolours in Hyacinth Blue, Juniper Green and Turquoise Blue. These are highly pigmented watercolours but I added lots of water to them to get them to be more pastel shades. I misted over some Sheer Shimer Spritz in Sparkle to give a little shine and set aside to dry.

 

 

Once dry, the piece was cut down to 5.25" x 4" and added to a white A2 card base with ATG. I die cut the SSS Sending die three times from white cardstock (with Stick It adhesive on the back), layered these up and added the piece to my card. I took the 'you love and hugs' sentiment from the SSS Sending And Wishing stamp set and stamped this on to black cardstock with Versamark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. This was cut in to a little strip and added to the card with foam tape. To finish off, I added Lucy's Clear Iridescent Jewels around the sentiment with Multi Medium Matte glue.

 

VIDEO:

Here is the video showing how I made the card:

 

To enter the prize for the hop, you need to leave a comment directly on the video over on YouTube HERE.

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card and in the video. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.
 

 

As mentioned in the video, this is part of the Save The Crafty YouTuber Video Hop. A bunch of YouTubers have got together to create some tutorials, so that you may find some new channels to subscribe to. This in turn will hopefully help out the smaller channels that will be affected by the changes that You Tube are brining in, with regards to participation in the You Tube Partnership Programme. You can find more details about the hop HERE. Thanks so much for visiting me today. I really do appreciate it.

Udderlicious Birthday

Hello there, today I have a card to share using a few of the new sets from Clearly Besotted that were released this month. As soon as I saw the cow in the Fun On The Farm set, I knew I had to ink her up, I mean, how cute is she?! And of course, she has to have a birthday hat on, so I grabbed one from the new Playground Pals set, it is a little small for her, but she is making it work! ;)

 

I started off by stamping the hat, making it off and then stamping the cow. The mask was removed and then both images coloured with Copic markers (the colours used are listed below the supplies section). The image was then fussy cut out with scissors and set aside. For my background, I took a piece of white cardstock and placed the MFT Radiating Rays stencil on top. Using daubers, I went to town creating a rainbow using almost every colour of Distress Ink I own!

 

 

Once my rainbow was complete, I removed the stencil and cut the piece down slightly. I spritzed on some water, let sit for about 30 seconds and them removed it with a paper towel. This would work better if using Bristol cardstock or watercolour paper but since I was using regular cardstock, I had to be careful with how much water I used. Once dry, I stamped the sentiment from the Scrumptious Birthday Sentiments set on top, using black ink. The piece was added to a black A2 card base with ATG and then the cow added on top with foam tape. To finish off, I added black Nuvo Drops to her eyes and Crystal Glaze to the hat.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were kindly sent to me to use.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Cow - N10, N7, N5, N3, N0, E02, E01, E00, E000, E23, E21. Hat - BG07, BG05, BG75.

 

I had great fun creating this card, my desk looked like a rainbow with all those ink pads out! Thank you so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great day and a fabulous weekend!