Happy Winter Birthday

Happy Wednesday!

It's DT Shabneez sharing a Winter Birthday card made with the Winter Wishes Wreath Set.  This stamp set has a number of very useful sentiments suitable for use throughout the winter.

I think it's a great idea to send season specific birthday cards as they are unique.  For my card I stamped out the image and coloured it in using my Chameleon pens.  Next,  I die cut around the wreath using the Circle of Love Nesting Die and matted it on to a gold circle base with a striped strip of card running through the middle.  This was placed on a stitched square burgundy card base cut using the Quilted Squares Nesting Dies.

To finish the card I added some gold glitter drops to the small circles within the wreath.  They add a subtle shimmer which ties in with the gold matt.

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Enjoy crafting!

Honey Bee Mine

Hi Guys I hope you have had a good week looks like you have all loved the new release things sold out so fast! I have had so much fun creating with it and I know you will too!

Today's card is another framed one I just really love this look at the minute in fact I've run out of white fun foam I've done that many cards using this technique recently. It's such a simple design but frames your image and makes it pop.

I started my card by cutting out the base with some 300gsm white card stock this just makes it really sturdy. I used one of the larger squares from the Quilted Square Nesting Dies and for the inner square die I used one of the smaller ones which fits the length of the washi tape perfectly. Once that's all cut I started on the washi tape background. I started out by stamping the middle one but I off set it to the top a little not so much but just enough to make the bees when we place them sit in the top third of the piece as its more pleasing to the eye than a central. I used a combination of Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry and Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxides for the ink I laid the colours all down at once on the stamp they blend easily so no worry about having harsh lines. Just be careful to lay your light colour first as the darker ones do tend to transfer onto your ink pad. You could probably do three stripes at once but I wasn't entirely sure what I was doing at this point so I started with one and worked from there.

Once the background was done I set it aside to dry for a while so I didn't smudge those lines and worked on my bees. These are another great stamp to use for quick and simple colouring. I also stamped and cut out two clouds for a little extra detail. Then making sure my ink was dry I could stamp my sentiment I actually used one from the older Bee set Bee Happy  it just fit the strip nicely and looked really cute. The bees were popped up with foam tape and I just tucked the clouds underneath.

Then all was left to do was make the card base and cut out the fun foam. I made the card base myself by cutting out two of the larger rectangles then on one I scored a line across the top around 1cm's down then added some double sided tape and stuck them together. This is a great technique for unusual shaped or sized cards which mine mostly are. It is very rare you will find me make a standard sized card. To cut the fun foam I cut out the larger square first then used the card frame we made before as a guideline to where I needed to place my centre die then cut that out. I attached my frame to the card base first as its easier to line up this way and then popped in my centre piece and that's my card all finished up for today. 

I hope you have a great weekend and happy crafting!

Buzzing for You

Washi Strips

Buzzing for You Coordinating Dies

Bee Happy

Life is what you Bake it!

 

Hi Guys so the new release is finally here what do you think? I love the smaller stamp sets and the fact that they work so well together with older Time for Tea sets. The cute little mouse has to be my favourite he is an add on to the Baked with Love stamp set. After all you cant have a chef with a cute little oven to bake their goodies. The matching die set even enables you to add an interactive element letting you open the oven door.

This is the first card I made with the new release I combined the new Bake my Day with the Washi Stripes. The Washi Stripes are a fab edition to the collection as they are great for making your own backgrounds or a touch of decoration. Here I stamped them out to make some wallpaper in my kitchen scene. I found if I cut my square out first too using the Square Quilted Nesting Dies it was easier get my lines straighter. 

The mouse and accessories were super simple to colour as they are small so great for quick cards. I even added some of the accessories from the Baked with Love Stamp set.

I finished my card off with a chunky frame I'm really loving this look at the minute and it's really easy too do. I used one the larger square dies to cut out the outside and used the same size die to cut out the middle. Then did the same again with some fun foam you could just use foam tape but this makes sure our frame is super sturdy. Then I stuck them together and popped my image in the centre and stuck it to my card base.

                 

Washi Strips Clear Stamp Set 

Bake my Day

            

                       

Bake my Day Coordinating Dies  

Quilted Square Nesting Dies

Follow Your Dreams

Hi DT Sharon here and today I'd like to show you a card I made using lots of lovely Time For Tea products.

The unicorns are a real favourite of mine and when I saw the new clear drops embellishments I knew they'd go well together.
So first of all I made the background. I die cut the square with a die from Square Quilted nesting die set and I then stencilled the clouds using the Sunny Side Up stencil and broken china distress oxide ink. Using the Circle of Love nesting dies I created the framed circle. I stencilled the circle with the new Splish Splash stencil and the same oxide ink. I stamped and die cut the images and then coloured them with alcohol pens. I added lots of clear sparkle glitter pen to make them shine. These were adhered with 3D foam pads. I then added the gorgeous clear drops to add more detail to the card.
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Happy Crafting

Sharon
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