First festive card of the year

Good morning folks

Now I hate to mention the C word but as I am on my summer holidays the festivities have arrive chez moi. So I am posting my first festive card of the year - 

I have decided to use my new found heat embossing skills for this card and have used - 

• Stamps by Chloe - brush Merry Christmas and holly flower corner
• WOW embossing powders - cranberry fizz and Nordic pine
• Cosmic Shimmer bright gold metallic embossing powder
• Sparkelicious glitter - happy holly days
• white stamping card
• gold mirri
• gems and bling from my stash
• heat resistant acetate

This is a 6 by 6 card and is very flat to keep postal cost to a minimum.

That's all from me today and for the rest of next week as I am off on holiday. Not going very far but it will be good to get away from home for a little while.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Bebunni baby

Good morning

Today's card is a side stepper new baby one. I haven't made a stepper card in ages and found these card blanks when searching for something else.

The stamp is an old one from Crafter's Companion called Bebunni new arrival which I have coloured with my Triblend and original Spectrum Noir pens - 

• bunny - IG blend, PP blend and black
• blanket and balloons - PP blend and PP shades
• sky - IB1
• highlights - white gel pen

For this card I have also used -

• side stepper card blank from Crafter's Companion
• baby pink and white centura pearl
• Sara's signature collection - birthday party scattered dots embossing folder
• Tattered Lace lacy days rectangles die set
• ribbon and gems from my stash

All the sentiments are from the stamp set.

That's all from me today - got a laundry day planned! Thanks for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs

Lesley

Flowers and sparkle

Good morning folks

Today I thought I would share another of my Chloe stamp-a-longs. 

I love the colour of this card. As I said this is another of Chloe's stamp-a-long, number 6 I think it is and it will be available for you to watch on YouTube.

I have used - 

• white centura pearl
• silver mirri
• heat resistant acetate
• Chloe's luxury pearl card and papers - aquamarine
• Stamps by Chloe summer blooms flower stamp
• Stamps by Chloe happy birthday stamp and die set
• Embossing folder by Chloe floral fantasy embossing folder
• Sparkelicious glitter - grasshopper, crystallina and skys the limit
• WOW embossing powder - opaque bright white and ice pop
• Papermania silver embossing powder
• Chloe's rainbow gems
• bling stones from my stash
• Tonic layering squares die set

I changed the sentiment and embossing folder as I didn't have the exact ones that Chloe was using.

I really loved making this card although it did take a long time to cut out all the flowers and foliage.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Rainbow wreath

Good morning folks

Greetings from a very wet Manchester yet again! The fact that it rained on the 15th of this month does not bode well for the rest of the summer.

This is a card I made from one of Chloe Endean's stamp-a-longs - 

For this card I have used - 

• Chloe's Creative cards Watercolour washes paper pad
• white centura pearl
• white stamping card
• heat resistant acetate
• Stamps by Chloe stamps - spring foliage, clematis and happy birthday sentiments
• Sparkelicious glitter - razzle dazzle, grasshopper, crystallina, unicorn sparkle and tutti frutti
• WOW embossing powders - diamond white and opaque bright white
• Papermania silver embossing powder
• Tonic layering circle dies
• gems from my stash

The watercolour washes paper pad is fabulous and I think this is my favourite card from Chloe's stamp-a-longs.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

More unicorns and rainbows

Good morning folks

A quick post today as I am running late with a few things. Here is today's card, another for the charity box - 

This is a stamp called Unicorn and rainbow from CC Designs which I have coloured with Copic pens - 

• hair - YR24, E09, E18 and V99
• skin - E51, E21, E11, E31 and R11
• wings and ears - C00, C1, C3, C5, R00, R20 and Spectrum Noir crystal clear Sparkle pen
• mane, tail and hearts - R35, R46 and R59
• suit and boots - V15, V17, Y11, Y15 and Y19
• sky - B000
• ground - T3 and T5

I have also used - 

• CC Designs rainbow paper pad
• white centura pearl
• Gemini edgeables Happy Birthday die
• Gemini stitch edge ovals 2 die set
• ribbon and bling from my stash

Thank you for stopping by today.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

New Baby

Hello folks

What a beautiful Sunday we are having - no rain and a little sunshine. Finally a break in the weather so I have been able to get into the garden and try and repair some of the damage done by the high winds and persistent rain. I even got a little festive crafting done yesterday and intend to do a little more today. 

Today I am sharing a new baby card - 

 The stamp is an old one by LOTV which I have coloured with Copic pens. Unfortunately I cannot seem to find the name of this stamp.

• skin - E50, E51, E20, E11 and E04
• suit - G82, G43, G46 and R85
• blanket - R81, R83 and R85
• bear - E15, E37 and E29
• ground - T3 and T5
• sky - BG0000 and B000

I have also used - 

• It's a girl paper pad from First Edition
• nested beaded chains essential circle die set from Tattered Lace
• layering circle dies from Tonic
• flower doily punch from X-Cut
• ribbon and gems from my stash

Right that's all from me today, off to do some ironing and then a little crafting.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Lots of sparkle

Hello everyone

Ahhhh .... Friday again and the end of another week. I am hoping the weather will be better than last weekend.

Today I am sharing another of Chloe's Creative cards stamp-a-long cards - 

 Fuzzy photo time again. I really need to find a way to get the camera on my tablet to accept sparkliness on cards. Not quite sure if that is a real word or not.

 For this card I have used - 

• rose mallow flower stamp and die set from Chloe's Creative cards
• spring foliage, flower burst background and happy birthday sentiments stamps from Chloe's Creative cards
• watercolour washes paper pad from Chloe's Creative cards
• Chloe's Creative cards purple cosmos sparkle embossing powder
• Wow opaque bright white embossing powder
• Papermania silver embossing powder
• fire opal Sparkelicious glitter
• white centura pearl
• heat resistant actetate
• Tonic layering circles die set
• gems from my stash

That's all from me today. Have a good Friday.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Unicorn and rainbows

Good morning folks

Hump day already. The days are certainly racing by and it will soon be the end of a very strange educational year. I am looking forward to getting back to a degree of normality in September although things will still be very different.

Today's card is one of those made just for the fun of it and will be added to my charity box - 

This super cute stamp is unicorn and rainbow by CC Designs which I have coloured with my Copic pens (I am not 100% happy with the blending especially on the face - something I need to work on)

• skin - E51, E21, E11 and R11
• hair - Y21, E15 and E18
• clothes - YG03, YG17, YG67, Y11, Y15 and Y19
• hearts - R27 and R46
• ground - T3, T5 and T7
• sky - BG0000 and B000

I have also used - 

• white linen card
• rainbow paper pad from CC Designs
• Gemini thank you edgeable die
• Gemini stitch edge oval 2 die set
• gems from my stash

That's all from me today. Thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Bold and bright

Hello folks

A very quick post from me today. This is a card I made for my son recently - 

For this card I have used - 

• Pick and mix - game on topper set from Hunkydory
• Adorable Scorable marble card
• rainbow mirri

An extremely quick and simple card and a very short post!

Enjoy your Monday.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

A handbag card

Good morning folks

An early start today so I thought I would get some blog posts written whilst I try and wake myself up.

Today's card is another of Chloe's stamp-a-long cards. She began doing this during lockdown on a Wednesday afternoon and I really enjoyed joining in. This has had to stop now that I am back at work full time but I do try and catch up on Youtube.

It's a handbag card which is something I have never made before but it is quite simple to do.

For this card I have used - 

• Chloe's Creative cards stamps - large sunflower, geometric background, butterfly trails and spring foliage
• Chloe's Creative cards floral fantasy embossing folder
• Chloe's Creative cards watercolour washes paper pad
• unicorn sparkle and paradise Sparkelicious glitter
• clear glitter 
• diamond white WOW embossing powder
• Papermania silver embossing powder
• ribbon and gems from my stash

 I stamped and embossed the sunflower 3 times, left one whole but cut into the other 2 and then decoupaged them up.

Thank you for stopping by today, have a good Sunday.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Flower market

Hello folks

And a very good afternoon from a very soggy Manchester. What a miserable day but I am a happy bunny today. Yesterday I managed to get a hair cut and I feel so much better; lighter and much brighter. Also the rain means that I don't have to come up with any excuses to stay in my craftroom.....

Today's card is a result of playing with my AALL & Create goodies - 

I am going to do this post a little different as it gets complicated so I'll split up the background from the rest of the card.

For the background I have used - 

• white stamping card
• Spectrum Noir sparkle ink - moonstone
• Cosmic Shimmer ink spray - paradise pink
• Cosmic Shimmer shimmer mist - silver
• Distress oxides - mermaid lagoon, twisted citron, wilted violet, picked raspberry
• AALL & Create stencils - sunrise and sundew
• AALL & Create stamps - flowers and sunshine and #2

The image is from AALL & Create and is called flower market by Janet Klein which I coloured with the following Spectrum Noit Triblend and Illustrators - 

• skin - FS blend and CR3
• hair - TN7, TN8 and TN9
• clothes - LV1, LV3, BGR3, PP5 and PP6
• flowers - CG2, LV3, PP6, CT3 and TB3

I have also used - 

• matt black card
• black pearls from my stash
• black Spectrum Noir pen to edge the sentiment

That's all from me today, thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley

Sunflower panel

Hello folks

Yes it's another scheduled post today. 

This is a card I made for my son's partner. Again demonstrating my new found love of heat embossing - 

For this card I have used - 

• Chloe's Creative cards stamps - sunflower panel and best wishes
• white centura pearl (for the card base)
• copper mirri
• Chloe's Creative cards issue 6 paper pad
• Sparkelicious glitters - fire opal, grasshopper and tutti frutti
• WOW opaque bright white embossing powder
• Papermania silver embossing powder
• rainbow gems and bling from my stash

I added lots of sparkle to the panel, cut the flowers 3 times and decoupaged them onto the panel.

That's all from me today. Thank you for stopping by.

Crafty hugs

Lesley