Monday 30 May 2016

LMMS - Inspiration Card (Monday 30th)

Heeeellllloooo!

Good morning everyone, well it's Monday and my turn to share my Little Miss Muffet Design Team creation/inspiration with you. As you will see from my previous post I'm just starting to get back into my crafting again after losing my step-dad.


My mojo needed a little push and this little sweetheart did the job - isn't she just adorable! Her name is 'Sonny Honeycloud Cards & Cupcakes' (super cool name of what?) and she's available from the Little Miss Muffet store here.  I instantly knew when I spotted her that I wanted her dressed in pink and blue, teamed up with a striped background. I hope you like it :)





http://www.littlemissmuffetstamps.com/
 
Here's What I Did
Firstly I cut down a piece of white card and stamped it with blue ink using a large bold striped stamp, this was then cut down to fit the front of my card base. Next I printed my image directly onto colouring card stock and die cut it into rectangle; the image was then coloured in using Copic pens. To add a little extra detail around the image I die cut a few stars into it and stamped random mini shapes in coloured ink. Everything was then attached to the card base. To finish off I added glitter to the cupcake topping, hearts and the stamped shapes.

Here's What I Used
Digi Stamp: 'Sonny Honeycloud Cards And Cupcakes' - available here
Paper/Cardstock (CS): Neenah Colouring CS, 6" x 62 Card Base
Copics: Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20 / Cupcake Wrapper, Envelop - Y00, Y02, Y15 / Hair - Y00, Y02, Y15, Y17, E13 / Tights, Cupcake Topping, Hat Stripes - RV00, RV02, RV10, RV13, R22 / Top, Boots, Hat Stripes - B00, B12, B18, B23 / Skirt - B000, B00, B12, B23 / Ground - W1, W3, W5, 0
Dies: Crealies XXL 'Stitched Rectangles', MFT 'Blueprint #8'
Other: Hero Arts 'Cornflower' Ink Pad, Distressing Inks 'Picked Raspberry', MFT 'Bold diagonal Stripes' Stamp, Concord & 9th 'Love you, Mean It' Stamp Set, Spectrum Noir Glitter Pens, Glitter

Don't forget....if you want to see more Little Miss Muffet creations made my lovely teamies why not join our Facebook page (just search for the Little Miss Muffet), and we also have a Pinterest Board. so why not follow us.

Hey, why not join in with our Little Miss Muffet fortnightly blog challenge - the theme this month for Challenge #138 is 'Anything Goes' so it's really easy. Come on, I can't wait to see what you create.
I look forward to seeing you soon. Why not leave me a message so I know who's out there - I'd love to hear from you!!

Challenge Entered:

Hugs & kisses

x Janine x

Saturday 28 May 2016

Sweet Stampin' Card - Embossing

Hello and good morning everyone ---

Thank you for your lovely messages of support and condolences regarding my step-dad, they were very kind and meant a lot to me.

It's been a few weeks now and it's nice to get back to a little bit of crafting. :) Unfortunately my mojo took a bit of a hit while everything was been going on, but thankfully it's starting to come back now. I've now started taking my crafty stuff to my mum's so I can colour while I'm there, which is great :)

Anyhoo, it's Saturday and Sweet Stampinday - so I'm here to share my Design Team card with you. Our theme this week is 'Embossing' - so this could be dry embossing, heat embossing or using embossing folders etc on your project, as well as the necessary stamped element. Basically whatever floats your 'embossing' boat! So come on, what are you waiting for?

So for my CAS card I used a beautiful flower stamp which I stamped and embossed, and then watercoloured.....very simple. By the way this is a large stamp, isn't it pretty :) I made these cards for my mum to give to people who have helped her over the past few weeks.





 
To enter the challenge and a chance to win a prize please REMEMBER you must include a stamped element on your card, follow our theme and then link back to the Sweet Stampin' blog. 
Have fun and good luck!
 
Here's What I Did
First I die cut a  piece of white watercolour card into a square. Next I stamped the large flower into the bottom corner of the card with Versamark ink using my Misti Tool. White embossing powder was added on top of the wet ink then heat embossed. The embossed image was then coloured in using my new watercolour paint from Kuretake. To add extra texture and eliminate some of the starkness of the white areas of the card I splashed paint everywhere - I did make sure I masked the flower first to protect it.

When everything was dry I stamped the sentiment in Archival black ink (waterproof ink) at the top right of the topper. The finished topper was then matted onto a pink die cut frame and added to the 6" x 6" white card base using foam pads. To complete the card I added a few small white pearls.

Here's What I Used
Stamp: Hobbyart 'Peonies', Hero Arts 'Spring Hello By Lia'
Watercolours: Kuretake - Gansai Tambi - #30, 32, 51, 53, 58
Dies: Crealies XXL 'Stitched Square', Tattered Lace 'Pearl' Square
Paper & Cardstock (CS): 62 x 62 White Scalloped Card Base, Watercolour CS, Pink CS
Other: Misti Tool, Versamark Ink, Archival Ink (Black). White Embossing Powder, Pearls

So why not drop by the Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog and check out what my fab Design Team girlies have made to inspire you. So come on why not join in with the fun and enter your card/project into our 'Embossing' challenge we'd love to see your entries. 
 
This week's prize is Live & Love Crafts
 
Thank you so much for dropping by and why not leave me a message to say hi :)

Challenges entered: 
 
Hugs
x Janine x

Monday 9 May 2016

A Sad Day!

Hi everyone
 
Sorry for the lack of post recently but my step-daddy of 30 years sadly passed away on Friday after a long battle with heart failure. He was a brave man and a tough cookie, who always faced each medical problem (and he had a lot) with sheer determinate and bloody mindedness. He never complained or moaned about anything. He was a true inspiration and will be sadly missed by everyone who knew him.

 
You will be missed Frankie Biff.
We love you loads. 
RIP

I won't be posting any cards for a little while so I can concentrate on my
mum - so keep safe and be happy!
 
Hugs
 
Janine X

Monday 2 May 2016

Little Miss Muffet - Inspiration Card (2nd May)

Heeeellllloooo everyone

Well good morning, it's Monday and my turn to share a Little Miss Muffet creation/inspiration with you. My card unfortunately reflects the horrible weather we've been having lately....rain!  But I decided to create a pretty and bright rain card lol (if there's such a thing).


I have to say I loved making this card, I just think it's so cute - I hope you like it too. I used Polka Dot Pals Rayne and coloured her with Copic pens, I then used a die to create the raindrops, making sure I hung a few from her umbrella.

 

 
 

http://www.littlemissmuffetstamps.com/
 
Here's What I Did
Firstly I cut down a A5 card to create an A6 card base. I matted this with patterned paper, a strip of white and then pink card. Next I printed the image directly onto my colouring card stock and cut it out using my Scan 'n' Cut machine, this was then coloured using Copic pens. The finished image was added to the card base using foam tape directly on top of the puddle which was created using strips of foil shimmery paper.

To finish off I added lots of die cut rain drops, and clear glitter to the umbrella and buttons.

Here's What I Used
Digi Stamp: 'Polka Dot Pals Rayne' - available here
Paper/Cardstock (CS): A6 Card Base, Neenah Colouring CS, Pink & White CS, Trimcraft 'What A Hoot' Paper Pad, Foil Shimmer Paper
Copics: Umbrella,Wellies - RV000, RV00, RV02, RV10, RV21, RV23, R32, Y00, Y02, Y06, Y08, Y17 / skin - E000, E00, E11 / Coat, Hair Bow - Y00, Y02, Y06, Y08, Y17 / Wooden Toy - Y00, Y02, Y08, Y17, E31, E33 / Hair - C2, C3, C5, C7,100
Dies: First Edition 'Weather'
Other: Glitter, Foam Pads, Brother Scan 'n' Cut

Don't forget....if you want to see more Little Miss Muffet creations made my lovely teamies why not join our Facebook page (just search for the Little Miss Muffet), and we also have a Pinterest Board. so why not follow us.

Hey, why not join in with our Little Miss Muffet fortnightly blog challenge - the theme this month for Challenge #136 is 'Anything Goes' so it's really easy. Come on, I can't wait to see what you create.
I look forward to seeing you soon. Why not leave me a message so I know who's out there - I'd love to hear from you!!

Challenge Entered:

Hugs & kisses

x Janine x