Christmas Tags

Hello there, I am over on the Hero Arts Blog today sharing an idea for Christmas tags. I am using the new Santa's Door Accessories stamp set, as well as the coordinating dies for my tags today. The stamps in the set work perfectly with the Paper Layering Wooden Door Die but I thought I would use the wreath and bow on their own.

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 - YG17, YG23, YG01. R89, R37, R29, R27, R24, R14. Spica 03 Red, 21 Lipstick.

 

How gorgeous is that big bow? I love it! I think the wreath would work really well on it's own for cards too. For more details on how I made the tag, please visit the blog post here. Thanks so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great day!

Hero Arts October 2017 My Monthly Hero Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, today we are celebrating the release of the October 2017 My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts. It is called Destination North Pole and let me tell you, it is fabulous! I adore the stamp set in the kit, it is filled with lovely little images that are perfect for creating scenes with.

 

If you are following along in the hop, you should have arrived here from the fabulous Ilina but if you get lost along the way, I have the full list of participants below.

 

I wanted to create a winter scene for my card today. I took a panel of white cardstock and first stamped the mountains towards the top of the piece. I then stamped the trees below, followed by the sled and huskies. I then stamped the 'happy holidays' sentiment at the top. The panel was coloured using Copic Markers.

I wasn't sure what kind of card base to use, so I thought I would use an acetate one so that the focus is on the panel. I added foam tape to the back of the panel and adhered it to the front of the card. I then added cardstock pieces to the inside panels and the back to hide the adhesive and to give somewhere to write on. To finish off, I added white gel pen snow to the sky and Star Dust Stickles to the snow on the top of the mountains.

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: Sky - BV04, BV13, BV02, BV01, BV00, BV000. Mountains - BV25, BV23, BV20. Snow - BG01, BG000, BG0000. Person - E000, BV13, BV00, C5. Sled - R29, R24, R14. Huskies - E57, E55, E53, E40.

In case you didn't see it, I thought I would share my countdown card with you too. For this card, I went with a North Pole themed card with Santa and Mrs Claus.

 

I created a background piece first for the sky by blending Broken China Distress Ink on to a piece of Bristol cardstock. I then spritzed this piece with water. I die cut the mountains from the kit from Bristol cardstock also. I then blended over Iced Spruce Distress Ink on to them and spritzed with water again. I set them aside to dry and stamped out my images. The images were coloured with Copic markers and then cut out with the coordinating dies.

I stamped the sentiment and the stars/snowflakes on to the sky piece and then cut some snow banks from white cardstock. I then set about layering up my images on to a square card base with a combination of tape runner and foam tape. I took a square panel of cardstock and cut a circle from it using a Circle Infinity Die. This piece was then popped up on to the card base with foam tape to frame the scene.

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 KIT:

The October My Monthly Hero kit contains the fabulous 6" x 8" stamp set, along with 10 coordinating frame cuts and 3 fancy dies. The kit also contains a unicorn white ink pad, 3 sheets of speciality paper, a lacquer pen and a pot of silver embossing powder.

 

That is an amazing $70 worth of products fro only $34.99 (approx. £28.00). Remember that the kits are limited edition and often sell out quickly. To make sure that you never miss a kit you can subscribe here. If you are an international subscriber you get a reduced rate of shipping too! :)

 

As always, there are some fabulous add-on products available to purchase this month too. You can purchase these in the Hero Arts shop but also at any of your favourite retailers that stock Hero Arts. Here is a look at the add-ons:

BLOG HOP:

Here is the full list of participants in the hop:

 

The Hero Arts Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Nichol Sphor

Yana Smakula

Kelly Latevola

Lydia Fiedler

May Park

Wanda Guess

Amy Tsuruta

Ilina Crouse

Michelle Short - you are here!

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Clare Prezzia

Libby Hickson

GIVEAWAY:

Hero arts are giving away one kit as a prize to one lucky blog reader. The winner is selected from all of the comments left across all of the blogs in the hop. So the more you comment, the more chances to you have to win! The giveaway closes Sunday, October 8th at 23.59 EST, and the winner will be announced the following week. If the winner has already purchased the kit, they will be reimbursed.

 

Next on the hop is the fabulous Jess. Thanks so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great rest of the day!

VIDEO | Clearly Besotted October 2017 Release Preview

Hello there, today at 10am BST, the new release from Clearly Besotted will be available to purchase. What a great release! It is full of lovely winter and Christmas images but also lots of images and sentiments that can be used all year round.

 

The products will be available to purchase from the Clearly Besotted Shop (UK based, ships almost all world wide) and Simon Says Stamp (US based, ships worldwide). I do not show the dies in the video, but Clearly Besotted are now releasing dies again to go with the sets :) Here is a look at the new release plus some inspiration samples from me too:

 

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.

What do you think? A great release, isn't it? Please let me know which are your favourites sets. For more inspiration, please head over to see Stephanie who has been sharing lots of amazing projects over the last few days. I will be sharing my projects here on my blog during the next few weeks. Thanks so much for visiting me today, happy shopping!

Greetings from the North Pole

Hello there, I am over on the Hero Arts Blog today sharing a look at the new My Monthly Hero Kit which is out on Monday (2nd October 2017). What a fabulous kit and I especially love the stamp set which has lots of little images that you can use to build scenes.

 

 

I decided to create a little North pole scene for my card today. Please head over to the Blog Post for more details on how I made it. Thanks so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great weekend!

Meowy Halloween + Let It Snow

** This is my second post for the day, please see below for my Neat & Tangled Guest Design post **

Hello there, today I have the great pleasure of guest designing with Studio Katia. I was sent some of the new release to play with and I had so much fun creating both of these cards, as well as the cards I made for the release blog hop. My first card uses the super cute Meowy Halloween stamp set and coordinating dies.

 

I started off by stamping the cat and pumpkin bucket/bag on to white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the images using Copic Markers (the colours I used are listed below the supplies section). The hat and bucket were then cut out using the coordinating dies. I love that the die cuts the hands of the cat so that she can hold the bucket/bag (or other accessories). I then took a piece of white cardstock and cut out an aperture from it using one of the dies from the new Dotted Patterns: Scallop Frames die set. I then stamped the sentiment below this using black ink.

 

 

I took a piece of watercolour paper and blended over Distress Inks in Wilted Violet, Dusty Concord and Black Soot. I then made a mixture of Perfect Pearls and water in a Mini Mister and sprayed this on to the piece. Once dry, I adhered this piece on to a black A2 card base with ATG. I then added the white panel on top with foam tape. The kitty was added to the inside of the window using foam tape also. To finish off, I added a few Clear Drops inside the window.

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: Cat - W6, W4, W2, W1, R00. Hat - 110, C10, C8, C5, YG99, YG67, YG03. Collar - YG99, YG67, YG03. Pumpkin bucket/bag - YR24, YR35, Y38, YR23.

My next card uses the super cute Winter Kobi set, along with the coordinating dies. I love that you can create some fun scenes with this set. I went for a simple winter scene.

 

I started off by stamping Kobi, the sledge and presents on to white cardstock. The images were then coloured using Copic Markers (colours used listed below the supplies section) and then die cut out with the coordinating dies. I then took another piece of white cardstock and cut this using the largest die from the Dotted Patterns: Scallop Frames die set. I made a snow bank from mask paper and added this on top. I then blended Broken China Distress Ink on to it and removed the mask.

 

 

I took the sentiment from the Friends of Winter set and stamped this on to the panel using black ink. The panel was then adhered to a white A2 card base with foam tape. I added Kobi, the sledge and presents on top with more foam tape. To finish off, I added a few Crystal Rainbow Confetti.

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: Kobi - W6, W4, W2, W1, W00, R000. Scarf - V17, V15, V12, V01. Presents - R85, R83, R81, RV000, BG11, BG10. Sledge - C5, C1, V17, V15, V12.

A big thank you goes to Katia and her team for having me guest design today. Thanks so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great rest of the day and a fabulous weekend!

Hugs

Hello there, today is my final post for Neat and Tangled. I have loved Guest Designing with them and for today's card, I thought I would share some hugs with you all! I am using the super cute Better Together set, along with the coordinating dies.

I started off by stamping the girl with her owl and the bear on to some white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I then coloured the images using Copic Markers (the colours I used are listed below the supplies section). The images were then cut out using the coordinating Nice & Neat Dies.

 

 

I die cut a square using a SSS Stitched Square Die and then cut a stitched circle from the middle of this to create a frame. I took a piece of paper from the MFT Homespun Gingham Paper Pad and added this to a white 4.75" x 4.75" square card base. I then stamped the hugs sentiment on top. The frame was added on top with foam tape and then the images were added with a combination of foam tape and tape runner. To finish off, I added a little jewel to the centre of the girl's bow.

 

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: Girl skin - E13, E11, E51, E50, R20. Hair - E59, E27, E25, E23. Clothes - R12, R00, R000. Owl - W6, W4, W2, W1, W0, W00, Y11. Bear - E59, E27, E25, E23, E21, E51, E50.

 

It has been a pleasure Guest Designing with Neat and Tangled this month. A big thank you goes to Miriam and Danielle for having me. For more inspiration using Neat and Tangled products, please head over to their blog. Thanks so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great day!

Under The Sea

Hello there, today I am back with my final card for Stamping Bella this month. Today I am using the Under The Sea Backdrop, along with the creatures and the sentiment set. Aren't these sea creatures just adorable?!

 

I started off by taking a piece of cardstock that was cut using the Femme Frames die. I then stamped the Under The Sea Backdrop on to it and coloured it with Copic Markers (the colours I used are listed below the supplies section). I then stamped the sentiment on to this using Black Ink.

 

 

I took the Under The Sea Creatures and stamped these on to more white cardstock with black ink. I coloured them with Copic Markers and then cut them out with the coordinating dies. I added the background piece flat on to a white card base (with ATG) and then added the creatures on top with foam tape. To finish off, I added a little Crystal Glaze to the bubbles.

 

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: Sea - B05, B04, B02, B00. Sand - E44, E43, E42, E41. Seaweed/plants - YG17, YG23, YG03, YG01. Turtle - YG17, YG23, YG01, YG63, YG67, YG99. Octopus - V06, V05, V04, V01. Fish - YR16, YR15, YR12, C1, C0. Starfish - Y21, Y32, Y12, YR12.

 

I am so sad that my month with Stamping Bella is up but I have had a great time! A big thank you goes to Em for having me back! For more inspiration using Stamping Bella stamps and dies, please head over to the blog. Thanks so much for visiting me today. I hope you have a great day!

Swimming By ...

Hello there, today I have a card to share that I made for my niece for her birthday. I was eager to ink up the MFT Mermazing Set and I thought the mermaid and turtle would be really cute on a card for her.

 

I started off by stamping the mermaid and turtle from the set using Memento Tuxedo Black. I coloured the images using Copic Markers & Spica Glitter Pens (the colours I used are listed below the supplies section) and then die cut them out using the coordinating dies. I then die cut a piece of Bristol cardstock using one of the MFT Stitched Dome Dies. I took the MFT Cloud Stencil and used this to create waves on to the panel using Distress Inks. I then stamped the plants at the bottom with MFT Sour Apple Ink.

 

 

To add some fun to the card, I decided to use an acetate card base. I added the background piece first using tape runner and then adhered the mermaid and turtle on top with foam tape. I then took a piece of black cardstock and stamped the 'swimming by to say' sentiment from the Sunny Studio Magical Mermaids set on to this using Versamark ink. I then took the 'happy birthday' sentiment from the MFT Adorable Elephants set and stamped this below. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. The piece was cut down and then added to the card with foam tape. To finish off, I added Morning Dew (clear) Nuvo Drops to look like water bubbles.

 

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 - Mermaid skin: E13, E11, E51, E50, R20. Hair: E55, E53, E51, E50. Top & hair clip: R85, R83, R81. Tail: R85, R83, R81, RV00, RV000, BG13, BG11, BG10, BG00, Spica Pink 02, Turquoise 08. Turtle: YG17, YG23, YG01, YG99, YG67, YG63, Spica Mint 17.

 

Since the acetate card is clear, I did cut three more of the domes to add to the inside of the card and also the back. This hid the adhesive and gave me somewhere to write. I had been hording the acetate card bases, so it was fun to finally use one! Thank you so much for visiting me today. I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great day!

Studio Katia Winner

Hello there, thank you so much to everyone who entered the giveaway on my Studio Katia Fall & Winter Blog Hop post. I really hope you enjoyed the blog hop and got some inspiration on using the fabulous new products from Studio Katia.

Random.org has kindly picked a winner. The winner is ...

CM/CAROL

 

 

 

Carol, please could you email me using the link on my sidebar ---> and I will give you the instructions on how to claim your prize!

 

Thanks again to everyone who entered. Be sure to check out the Studio Katia Blog to see if you are one of the other winners. Have a great rest of the weekend!

Sunny Studio Birthday Blog Hop

** This is my second post of the day, please see below for my Neat & Tangled Guest Design post **

Hello there, I am delighted to be taking part in Sunny Studio's 2nd Birthday celebrations today. They are one of my favourite companies and I just adore their stamps. Today we are using the new holiday release which is out on the 29th September. In honour of the birthday celebrations, you can pre-order the new products now! Yay!

 

If you are following along in the hop, you should have arrived here from the fabulous Vanessa but if you get lost along the way, I have the full list of participants below.

 

My first card uses the fabulous new Playful Polar Bears stamp set. The polar bears are just so cute! I started by stamping the bear of on to white cardstock. I then masked him and stamped the sleigh below so that it looks like he is sitting on it. 

The mask was removed and I coloured the image with Copic Markers. I stamped and coloured the present too. These were both then fussy cut out using scissors. I took a piece of white cardstock and cut an MFT Dome Stax die on to the bottom left hand side. Using the positive piece, I blended over Shaded Lilac and Wilted Violet Distress Inks on to it using a blending tool. I adhered this down to a purple A2 card base.

 

I then took the negative panel piece and added acetate to the back. I applied foam tape around the opening to create a shaker card. I didn't want the sequins to move that much so I only added one layer of foam tape. I added the Lucy's Magical Shaker bits on to the card base and then added the panel on top. I added the polar bear and present on top with more foam tape. I then white embossed the sentiment on to black and added this to the card with foam tape also.

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: Bear - E51, E50, C8, C5. Scarf - V17, V15, V12, BV11. Sleigh - E57, E55, C5, C3, C1. Present - V12, V01, V000, B93, B63.

 

My second card uses the Playful Polar Bear stamp set as well as the Frosty Flurries set. I started off by creating the background. I die cut a piece of Bristol cardstock using a stitched square die. I then created a snow bank from mask paper and added this to the panel. I repeatedly stamped the Frosty Flurries stamp across the panel. I then applied white embossing powder and heat set.

 

With the mask still in place, I blended over Shaded Lilac and Wilted Violet Distress Inks. The mask was then removed. I took the skating bear from the set and stamped this on to white cardstock with black ink. I coloured him using Copic Markers. He was then fussy cut out with scissors (there are dies available, I just do not have them yet).

 

 

The panel was adhered to a black 4.75"x4.75" card base with foam tape. The bear was then added with foam tape on top. I stamped the sentiment on to a piece of black cardstock using Versamark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. This was cut in to a strip and then added to the card with foam tape. To finish off, I added Sparkle Pen to the scarf and added a few Lucy's Magical sequins around the sentiment piece.

 

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: Bear - W3, W1, W0, R02, R00, C8, C5. Scarf - V17, V15, V12. Skates - V17, V15, V12, C5, C3, C1.

 

BLOG HOP:

The full list of participants in the hop are as follows:

 

Sunny Studio

Sandy Allnock

Nichol Spohr

Eloise Blue

Nancy Damiano

Kay Miller

Nina-Marie Tripani

Vanessa Menhorn

Michelle Short - you are here

Anni Lerche

Lexa Lavana

Juliana Michaels

 

GIVEAWAY:

I have a $25 gift voucher to the Sunny Studio store to give away. All you have to do is comment on this post and I will randomly pick a winner. The giveaway closes on Monday 25th September at 23.59 PDT. The winners will be announced on the Sunny Studio Blog on Friday 29th September. The giveaway is open worldwide. Good luck!

 

On top of that, Sunny Studio are offering 15% off all retail orders using the code CELEBRATE through to till October 1st.

 

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

Big Hugs

Hello there, today I have a card to share for my Guest Design post for Neat and Tangled. Today I am using the Big Hugs Die along with the Star Stencil. I wanted to keep the card simple to focus on the die so I made a simple background to go with it.

 

I started off by embossing the Star Stencil on to some TH watercolor paper. I then sprayed the piece using Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Teal and Ocean. It is difficult to see in the photos but the background has a beautiful shimmer to it from the sprays.

I wasn't sure whether to emboss the stencil first or after adding the colour but I am glad that I did it before, as the colour ran into the embossed edges and I think it made the background more interesting.

 

 

I die cut the Big Thanks Die three times from white cardstock and stacked these up using liquid glue. I added the background piece to a white A2 card base with foam tape and then added the hugs die on top with more liquid glue.

 

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.
 

 

Like I said, very simple but I have to say, I really like how this card came out. I think I might make some more with different colours for the backgrounds. For more inspiration using Neat and Tangled products, please head over to their blog. Thanks so much for visiting me today. I hope you have  a great day!

Wonderful Christmas

Hello there, did you see that I posted over on the Hero Arts Blog yesterday? I shared this card using the Wonderful Stamp & Cut. I love that you can use the Wonderful Stamp & Cut all year round for lots of different occasions but I decided to combine it with the holly from the Bird Words stamp set for a quick and simple Christmas card today.

 

 

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 more information on how I made the card, please head over to the Hero Arts Blog. Have you seen? to celebrate STAMPtember, Simon Says Stamp are offering 20% off all purchases on Hero Arts products in their store until 23.59 hrs EDT on the 22nd September (that is 04.59 hrs on 23rd September for us in the UK). Go grab some goodies! Thanks so much for popping by today, I hope you have a great day!