DewiJoe and Ellie

Hello Crafty Friends!

My first post this week (albeit a bit late in the week).  I want to share a Wedding card that I was asked to make recently.

I knew when I bought this LOTV stamp it would be my most used. It's just perfect.

I coloured the image using Spectrum Noir Illustrators:

Jacket: BGR5, BGR4, BGR3, BGR2, BGR1

Dress: FS6, FS9

Brides Hair: GB5, GB3, GB1

The beautiful intricate die is from Toinc Studio, I'm not sure what it's called but it's got a Daisy Border and fits an 8 by 8 card.

Flowers were made using Sharon Callis Flower Fairies dies and papers.  I just love making these huge flowers, you'll see alot of them in the future. I added a touch of Sparkle by flicking a clear glitter pen over them.

The sentiment/names and date were added using a peg alphabet stamp set. Perfect for those who don't like designing sentiments on the computer (me).

Congratulations Dewi Joe & Ellie!

Thank you for popping over.

Have a great day!

Love Lu xx

Ugh! - 5 gold ring donuts

Hi Friends!

I am so excited to share this card with you today.  Its one of my all time favourite digital images from Twistoon.  5 Gold Ring Donuts! 

5 Gold Ring Donuts

I'm a huge fan of this digital stamping company and regret not always having the time to colour up the comical images available. Before the year is out I'm aiming high, I'm going to try and do at least another 5! Watch this space! 

I coloured this image using Spectrum Noir Illustrators and highlighted the eyes with a white gel pen.  I didn't want to detract from the image or my efforts in colouring so I used a stencil with a light quick dry inkpad for the background.

I used Crafters Companion Matt & Layering dies to create a frame for the image and Whimsy Stamps 'ugh' sentiment die.  (my alphabet dies were too big to cut 'bite me')

I hope you like this card as much as I did creating it.

Have a great day. 

Love Lu

Witchy Toad Spellbound

Hi Friends!

Today I'm joining in on all the Halloween hype with this not so scary Witcy Toad digital stamp from Whimsy Stamps. 

Since he's stiring up potions and spells I knew that the wizard frame stamp set also from Whimsy Stamps would be a perfect pairing.  Not to mention the sentiments and extra embellishments from the Cast a Spell Stamp Set. 

I coloured this card using Spectrum Noir Illustrators and created a paint splatter background with Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Pens.  All the colours are brought together using Papermill Direct coloured cardstock. 

All of the Whimsy goodies used are listed below with links. 

Thank you for popping over.  Hope you have a great day. 

Love Lu xx

Witchy Toad

Wonky Stitched Rectangle

Cast A Spell Clear Stamp Set

Wizard Frame

You are my Sunshine

Good morning my Crafty Friends!

Today I'm sharing with you one of the sweetest digital images I've had the pleasure of Colouring.

Never wanting to stick to all the rules, I decided to colour a red and yellow Giraffe. 

This gorgeous image is from Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Designs which she kindly offered as a free digital image as a sponsor to Passionate Paper Creations & Friends

I created the background using Harmony Quick Dry Inkpads and spent time blending the 4 warm colours together.  The die cut is from Tonic Studio and the sentiment is from a Clearly Besotted Stamp set which I've heat embossed. 

Rachel Millers digital image is coloured using Spectrum Noir Illustrators and highlighted using a white gel pen.

Thank you for popping over. 

I hope you have a great day.

Love Lu xx

Whimsical Wedding

Hi Folks!

Today's card is another showcasing the Love Bug digital stamp released by Whimsy Stamps this month along with their other bug pals. 

I was asked to make a Wedding card and knew these bugs would be perfect for the occasion.

I have added all of the other bug digital stamps to create a little wedding scene.  That's the best part of digital stamping isn't it, you get to flip, resize and overlap without too much effort.

I coloured the images using Spectrum Noir Illustrators.  I also coloured the background blue and used quick dry ink and Cloud stencils to create a delicate shadow of clouds.  Makes them look kind of whispy. 

The frame around the image happened by accident, it was an off cut from another card.  It fit so perfectly it was meant to be.  

Other Whimsy goodies I used are listed below. 

Bug Friends

Cutie abc die set

Quilted rainbow inlaid die

Thank you so much for popping over. 

I hope you have a great day. 

Love Lu xx

Fairies and Florals

Good morning Crafty Friends!

Today I'm here to share with you the new Triptych Dies that are launching on Create & Craft TV later this evening. 

Lovely set of 3 detailed dies. This set is called Fairies & Florals.  Other products I used to create this card are here... 

1. Spectrum Noir Illustrators & Extended Triblend Brushes 

2. Neenah Classic Crest Card for Stamping 

3. Acetate

4. Foam Tape

5. Natures Garden Gnome Design Papers & Pearl Card 

6. Sentiments from Signature Collection Enchanted Forest

I created a rainbow cloud background for the fairies and mounted the die cut panels to the background to create 3 shaker elements.  These were then lined up and mounted to a larger piece of design paper and cardstock to create the card. 

Thank you for popping over to take a look. 

Hope you have a great day. 

Love Lu xx

Crazy Flamingo PPCF

Hi Folks!

The best bit about crafting is you can craft any occasion at any time of the year.  I haven't figured out what this occasion is for but I'll find one!  I just new I had to make time to make a card out of this crazy flamingo!

You can grab the image for free if you join us over on our Passionate Paper Creations and Friends Facebook page, here's the link PPCF you will find it under the free images album.  Special thanks to Dustin Pike for sharing his talents with us all. 

I coloured the image using Spectrum Noir Illustrators.  The dies are from Whimsy Stamps and the background is a stencil from Lawn Fawn inked up with SN Harmony Quick Dry inks.

I ink, stamp and colour on Neenah cardstock whilst all other cardstock is from Papermill Direct. 

I love how this turned out. 

Hope you have a great day. 

Love Lu xx

Matt and Layer cards

Hey Crafty Friends!

Lookie what we've got today....... Crafters Companion Matt and Layer Dies.

Every Crafters staple need. If you need a quick and simple card, then just simply reach for them.

I've made two cards, quick examples of what you can make with a sheet of 12by12 design paper and A4 cardstock. 

Here is my card using the Gemini Matt & Layer Die 6 by 6 Square die.  Other products used are

1. Crafters Companion Silver Mirror Card

2. Gemini Expressions Die ‘ Hello’

3. Natures Garden Gnome Pearl Card

4. 3d glue gel, foam pads

5. Sharon Callis Flower Fairies  Orange Jasmin flower die & papers

My second card is a shaker card using the Gemini Matt & Layer Die 5 by 7 Rectangle die.  Other products used are here

1. Crafters Companion Silver Mirror Card

2. Saras Signature Glittering Snowflakes die ‘Winter’ and stamp set

3. Natures Garden Gnome Design Papers

4. Acetate

5. Harmony Pigment inkpad ‘Lagoon’

6. Crafters Companion Stamping Card for Cardbase

Thank you for popping over.

Hope you have a great day. 

Love Lu xx

Autumn Wreath

Hello my friends!

Today I'm sharing a beautiful autumnal card.  Autumn is my favourite season, I love the colours and the cooler temperatures (although not too cold! ).

I used the newly released Meljen's Designs Wreath digital stamp from Whimsy Stamps.  I wanted to keep the card simple, just the image and sentiment. 

I used Spectrum Noir Illustrators to colour this and coloured the letters using Sparkle Glitter Pens. 

Here are all the other Whimsy Stamps goodies used to make this card. 

Fall Wreath

cutie abc die set

Quilted Rainbow Inlaid Die

Such and Such Clear Stamp

Thank you for popping over. I hope you have a great day.

Love Lu xx

I love sock weather

Hi Crafty Friends!

I want to share with you another card using the new stamp set from CC Designs called Socks. 

This little bunny has been coloured using Spectrum Noir Illustrators.  I created a small shaker topper for the bunny to sit on. 

I loved working with this set, it's got me ready for the nights drawing in, warm socks and hot chocolate. 

Before you go, I've also more exciting news......

Why don't you pop along to the PPCF Facebook page and grab yourself a discount code to go treat yourself to some CC Designs goodies. It'll be worth the trip, I promise.  Its our last day of sponsorship too, so he quick. 

Here's the link: PPCF

Thank you for popping over.

Hope you have a wonderful day.

Love Lu xx

Time for warm socks PPCF

Hi Crafty Friends!

I want to share with you the new stamp set from CC Designs called Socks.  There are two gorgeous little characters and two sentiments.

The little bear is my favourite (shh.., don't tell the bunny) so I'm sharing him today.

He's been coloured using Spectrum Noir Illustrators and the background has been created using stencils also from CC Designs.  I fussy cut the bear, stamped and placed the sentiment and popped the bear sitting on top. 

I loved working with this set, it's got me ready for the nights drawing in, warm socks and hot chocolate. 

Before you go, I've also more exciting news......

Why don't you pop along to the PPCF Facebook page and grab yourself a discount code to go treat yourself to some CC Designs goodies. It'll be worth the trip, I promise.  

Here's the link: PPCF

Thank you for popping over.

Hope you have a wonderful day.

Love Lu xx

Statement Sentiments

Hey Friends!

So today brings another Crafters Companion launch of the Statement Sentiments.

There are all kinds of possibilities with these beautiful dies and I hope I've done a good job show casing them. 

Underneath each project is a list of all the goodies I used. 

Statement Sentiment Dies

Hello You

1. Spectrum Noir Illustrators 

2. Neenah Crest Stamping Card

3. Crafters Companion Butterfly Wishes Stamp

4. Natures Garden Gnome Pearl Cardstock

5. Crafters Companion Botanical Garden Patterned Stencil

6. Quick Dry Grasshopper Inkpad

7. Red tape, foam pads

Statement Sentiment Dies

Special Day - Box

1. Sharon Calis Jasmine Flower Fairies Papers

2. Sharon Calis Jasmin Flower Fairies Die

3. Foam Pads, Red Liner Tape, 3D Glue

4. Centura Cardstock

5. Black Matt Cardstock 

Statement Sentiment Dies

Happy Birthday – Square Shaker Card

1. Harmony Quick Dry Inkpads, Fuchsia, Grasshopper, Lemon Tonic, Oasis, Crushed Velvet

2. Gemini Balloon Sentiments 

3. Acetate, red tape, foam pads

4. Neenah Crest Stamping Card 

5. Black Matt Card 

Statement Sentiment Dies

Thank you 

1. Black Matt Card

2. Sharon Calis Aster Flower Fairies Papers

3. Sharon Calis Rose Flower Fairies Die

4. Red Liner Tape & 3d Glue Gel 

Statement Sentiment Dies

Love you – Easel Card

1. Natures Garden Gnome Pearl Cardstock

2. Harmony Quick Dry Fuchsia

3. Crafters Companion Confetti Hearts Patterned Stencil

4. Black Matt Card

5. Red Liner Tape, 3d glue gel

Statement Sentiment Dies

Best Wishes – Shaker Card

1. Acetate, foam pads, 3d glue gel, red tape

2. Signature Collection Vintage Lace Kaleidoscope of Butterflies

Thank you so much for popping over. 

Have a great day. 

Love Lu xx

Abstract Jigsaws

Hey Crafty Friends!

Right now over on Create & Craft TV these fantastic Crafters Companion Abstract Jigsaw dies have launched.

Here I am sharing a gorgeous wall hanging.

I used the Abstract Jigsaw Die 8 by 11.  All the products used are listed here

1. Mount Board

2. 3d glue gel, 

3. Neenah Solar Crest Stamping Card

4. Colourista Colouring Sheets 

5. Triblend Brushes & Originals

6. Gemini Expressions Dies - Smile, Love & Friends

7. Gemini Stamp & Die Edgebles Believe & Peace

8. Crafters Companion Gold Mirri Card & Black Matt Card 

I coloured the Colorista colouring sheets and used stick & spray to adhere the sheet to the mountboard.  I then let it dry for 24 hours before I put it through the Gemini for cutting.

My next project was to make a boxed jigsaw.

This one is great fun, it's going to be nearly impossible for the recipient to piece together but I've helped by cutting another set and mounting it to the top of the box.

I created this piece by using the Abstract Jigsaw Die 5 by 7 and stamped the image directly to the Mount board.  Here is the list of products I used.

1. Mount Board

2. 3d glue Gel, foam pads, red liner tape

3. Natures Garden Gnome Pearl Card

4. Crafters Companion Stamping Card to make box

5. Harmony Quick Dry Inkpads

6. Crafters Companion Flutterby Wishes Rotational Stamp

7. Gemini Expressions die ‘Enjoy’

My final project is a card. 

This really shows their versitily, so we have wall hangings and cards as well as the traditional jigsaw set. 

Again I stamped this image directly to the mount board. I masked a boarder around the image and then popped through my Gemini. 

This card was created using the Abstract Jigsaw Die 5 by 7.  All of the other products used are listed here. 

1. Mount Board

2. 3d Glue Gel, foam pad

3. Red Liner Tape

4. Crafters Companion Butterfly Bouquet Background Layering Stamps

5. Harmony Quick Dry Inkpads

6. Natures Garden Gnome Pearl Card

Thank you for popping over. 

Have a great day. 

Love Lu xx

Bug Friends

Hello Crafty Friends!

Can you believe its September already!

The beginning of the month always brings a fantastic Whimsy Stamps new release and this month is no exception.  You really need to go take a look. 

I'm celebrating the new release with the super cute Bug Friends digital image.  Makes such a charming romantic card. 

I used lots of Whimsy goodies to make this and coloured using Spectrum Noir Illustrators Markers.  All the Whimsy goodies can be found below. 

cutie abc die set

slimline Birthday scallops

Bug Friends

Thank you for popping over.

Have a great day.

Love Lu xx