Baby Bear

Hello!

Today I have a card on the Hero Arts blog. It features some cute Lia Griffith Christmas animal stamps, but for a bit of a change, I decided to create a baby card instead of a holiday card.

I used two of the Winter Bears by Lia stamps, and added a third bear from the Animal Trio set. Don't they make a sweet little bear family?

 

I added my bears to some Pebbles patterned paper die cut with a Frame die, and stamped a fab sentiment from the Little One set. I rounded the corners of my notecard to match.

Head over to Hero Arts to find links to all these lovely products in their fab new store. They have free US shipping on orders over $50! So generous!

Have a great day.

Supplies

Winter Bears by Lia	Animal Trio by Lia	Little One	Frame die
Pebbles Special Delivery Boy Pad	Corner Chomper	Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors	Hero Arts Black Ink
Snow Folded Cards	Big Shot

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Merry Kissmas

Hello, and a very happy Monday to you.

Today I have my final Clearly Besotted Stamps Teaser Time card to share with you!

And for my final card I am sneaking a peek at the Merry Kissmas stamp set and matching dies. To make my card, I first stamped and white embossed the lovely mistletoe on some recycled cardstock, then die cut with the matching die. I added some matt gold sequins and threads, then adhered it with foam tape to a die cut panel of matching card. The sentiment is also from the Merry Kissmas set.

Love the simplicity and style of this mistletoe stamp, and the fun matching sentiment too. :) 

Well, that's all from me for this Teaser Time, but be sure to check out what the rest of the DT have made - they are awesome. You can find all the links on Stephanie's blog.

I will be back again soon… until then, have a fab day.

Supplies

Bundle of Stitched Shapes Dies	Champagne Shaker Selection	Gold Thread	SSS White Embossing Powder
Hero Arts Heat Gun	Versamark	Natural Lightweight Recycled Card- Eco-Natural	Buy Now
Big Shot

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Birthday Penguin… and a bonus card!

Hi.

I hope you are having a great weekend.

Today I am sharing my third teaser card for Clearly Besotted Stamps. This cute penguin is from One More Sleep, a Christmas set with adorable images. Again, I decided to make a non Christmas card with it, and paired it with a sentiment from the new Fancy Sayings set. I created an ink smooshed background with my Gansai Tambi watercolours, then stamped the sentiment, added stitching and sequins from my Phosphorescence Shaker Selection, and my sweet watercoloured penguin. I added everything to a card created with some lovely Simon Says Stamp Mint cardstock.

I just love animal stamps - and this little dude is definitely not just for Christmas.

While I was making this card, my daughter came to join me. She loves my Gansai Tambi set, and I let have a play. She stamped some trees from the One More Sleep set, then watercoloured them so beautifully and carefully. Rainbows are her preferred design style. Always. :)

Once dry, she added her own choice of embellishments, then wanted to stitch round the edges. She also adores playing with my sewing machine, and as she is such a good and careful girl, I am happy to let her experiment with lots of supervision. :) I helped her turn the corners, and she operated the pedal. The finished card is all her own work. I just trimmed it down and mounted it onto a white card base. Not bad work for a 3 3/4 year old I think - significantly better than my card!  (I am such a proud Mummy.)

Although she loves to send her cards out to friends and family, I'm not actually sure we'll be sending this one… it might just have to go in a frame. I don't think I can part with it. :)
OK, I'll be back tomorrow with one more sneak peek for you before the new sets go live!
Hope you can join me then.
Bye.

Supplies

Sparkly Shaker Selection - Phosphorescence	Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors	Watercolor Brushes	Tim Holtz Watercolour Cardstock
Mint Cardstock	Simon Black Ink

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Layered Flower

Hello, and happy Saturday. Hooray for weekends. :)
Today I have my second Clearly Besotted Stamps teaser card to share with you. It features a gorgeous stamp from the Christmas Poinsettia set.
I love the graphic and symmetrical style of this flower - and decided to create a non Christmas card with it. I used some Echo Park papers in different shades to create a multi layered flower, adding some thread between two of the layers for texture and some pink seed beads to the top. The sentiment is from the new Fancy Sayings set - a new favourite for sure. :) I added everything to a die cut Stitched Oval, cut from some American Crafts bokeh effect paper.

It's been a while since I stamped on patterned paper… I love the look. :)

Head to Stephanie's blog to find links to the rest of the DT. They are truly awesome. And have a FAB day…
I'll be back tomorrow with more!

Supplies

Stitched Oval dies	Valentine Dots and Stripes Pad	Becky Higgins Southern Wedding 6 x 6 Pad	Echo Park Birthday Wishes Girl Pad
Tinkerbell Shaker Selection	Glossy Accents	Simon Black Ink	Big Shot

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Two announcements

Hello!

First up, just letting you know that I now have a few different bags of seed beads available in my shop. Head HERE to see them.

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And second, in honour of World Card Making Day, I'm offering a little one day only special offer:

Find all my Halloween goodies HERE. And remember to add the discount code at the checkout. :)
Bye for now.

Wobbly Reindeer

Hi!

It's October (can you believe it…) And that means it's time for Clearly Besotted Stamps Teaser Time.

Today I am sharing a peek at a new set called Best Christmas. This is a very cute set, with adorable Christmas themed balloons, similar to the popular (and equally adorable) Best Birthday stamp set from a few months ago… 

My card features the reindeer balloon. I created a line up of watercoloured reindeer, adding my Rudolph with a fun Action Wobble Spring. (If you have not seen these before, I've included a VERY short video below to illustrate how it works on the finished card.)

 I gave my reindeer lovely shiny Glossy Accents noses.

And here's that Action Spring in action. :) This might just be Lily's favourite card EVER. :)

OK, that's it for today. But head over to Stephanie's blog and find links to the other DT projects.

I'll be back tomorrow with my second sneak.

Bye for now.

Supplies

Stitched Rectangle Dies	Action Wobble Spring	Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors	Harvest Paper Pad
Tim Holtz Watercolour Cardstock	Glossy Accents	Watercolor Brushes	Recycled Flecked Card
Big Shot	Simon Black Ink

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