Shaking In The Snow

Good afternoon! I hope everyone had a great Christmas I know we did! Santa was definitely kind to use all.

Today's post is a card using a super cute image from Scrapper's Delights which was a gift for the design team members:

Isn't this a gorgeous Image! I colored it with my Copic markers, after it was colored Mollie said the girl reminded her of Anna from Frozen - I had unintentionally colored her is a similar color scheme!

I haven't made shaker cards for so long that I thought this was the ideal image to do so.

I had some acetate with snow already on it so I used This for my window. I cut an oval aperture from some patterned and foiled cardstock and added the acetate over this. 

I then matted my 7x5 inch card blank with a coordinating aqua colored card. I then lined up my image so she would show through the aperture and adhered it to my card base. Using foam tape I covered the back of the aperture card ensuring that there was a seal around the acetate window so the glitter wouldn't fall through.

I added a pile of glitter over the image and placed the aperture cardstock over the base, sealing in the glitter so it would shake loosely.

As the cardstock has snowflakes foiled on to it I didn't feel I needed to add anything else to the card.

I am trying to incorporate more videos in to my crafting so here's a little one showing the shaker!

Thanks for stopping by and if you love what you see please let me know in the comments

Candy Cane Thief

Good afternoon, here's the second of my post for today and once again it's showcasing gorgeous images from Scrapper's Delights.

Meet Chibi Fairy Thief:

Isn't the little imp the cutest! I printed her onto X-press it card stock and then fussy cut her and a red card mat using my Scan N Cut. She was colored with Copic markers and had glitter added to her wings.

I then used my graphics program and a candy cane font to make my design paper. I colored the letters with red Copic marker.

I matted a 5x7 inch card base with red card and my backing paper. I then added the little fairy along with her mat. lastly I added a red glitter gem to the berries in her hair.

The Fairy Thief is one of a new festive range of Chibi images:

Aren't they adorable!

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of the new releases.

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see please leave a comment to let me know!

Capricorn - The Last Zodiac of 2019

Good afternoon, well we certain had winter arrive with a bang, about 6 inches of snow fell in as many hours. Looks like it maybe here to stay this time!

Over at Scrapper's Delights it's the last anime VIP post of 2019 and we are ending the year with the last Zodiac sign of the year - Capricorn:

Isn't he a stunner! I printed the framed image from the set and have colored him with Copic markers then used distress ink to darken the background. 

I then used some of the other elements from the kit to make my seaweed and jellyfish design paper, again these were colored in Copics and washed over with distress ink.

I matted a 5x7 inch white card base and my topper with dark blue card. Once adhered together I added bubbles with Nuvo drops.

If you love Capricorn you can get him and lots of extras free with this week's Anime new release, just buy the 3 new images!

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of the new releases.

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see please leave a comment to let me know!

Thanksgiving For A Special Friend

Good afternoon, we went to spend Thanksgiving with friends and as always I have to share my cards. Now that she has received her card I can share it on here.

Once again I got to use my new Susan's Garden Club dies from Tonic Studio:

I chose a muted red card for my background, I cut shaped, embossed the Gathering Basket die from Kraft cardstock and used gold gilding wax to color it.

I then used the Spider Mum dies to cut my petals from white card. I colored them with a pinky-purple Copic marker before shaping the petals and assembling the flower on the card. The leaves were cut from green card, tinted with ink and shaped.

I then cut both of the Japanese Painted Leaves from a sage green card and shaded these with oil pastels. I cut the smaller leaf down and arranged both of them in my basket.

The Pompom Dahlia was also cut with white card and colored with a copic markers. I shaped the petals and built up the layers on the card adding the leaves once the flower was formed.

I used a Crafter's Companion Special Friend sentiment die, this does not have an offset but I was able to make one by tracing around the die and fussy cutting it. The words were cut twice from mirror card and stacked to give the sentiment more dimension.

I matted a 7x5 inch white card base with the same mirror card as my sentiment and added my topper.

Lastly I made a box for the card so as not to crush the flowers, I forgot to photograph this before giving the card to it's recipient.

Thanks you for stopping by and if you like what you see please don't forget to leave me some love in the comments.

Sagittarius Stunner

Good afternoon, lazy day today after celebrating Thanksgiving yesterday, thank goodness the weather has improved!

It's VIP time again at Scrapper's Delights and today's offer is the free Sagittarius Zodiac package if you buy all 3 of the super cute new releases.

I loved some of the elements in this collection so much that I have made 2 cards.
The first one is using the main character:

Isn't he majestic! I colored him using Copic markers, The image is already framed so I matted it further with burnt orange and black card. I matted the sentiment the same. I used a black 5x7 inch card base and matted this with same burnt orange color.

I didn't feel it needed any further embellishing.

My second card is using some of the other elements:

Using my graphics program I arranged the acorns and maple leaves randomly onto a white piece of cardstock. I then used my copic markers to color them all. I matted a black card base with cardstock which matched the colors of my leaves, my design was cut down to fit on the card. I then arranged the sentiment, constellation and date banner as a topper. I colored the elements in and matted this with black and colored card stock. 

I added Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the acorns to give them both dimension and shine.

Here's the new release images, as an extra bonus you will also get the holiday image!

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of the new releases.

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see please leave a comment to let me know!

 

Basket of Thanks

Good afternoon from a very wet Michigan. The weather is all over the place, over the past 2 weeks we have had freezing temps down at 14f, snow, rain, wind and sunshine. No one knows how to dress!

A couple of weeks ago Kev and I watched Susan Tierney Cockburn make some stunning dies with her new release and I was hooked. I bought the collection and couldn't wait to play.

The dies are being marketed by Tonic Studios they have arrived and are so easy to use. The card I am showing today is using the gathering basket and lacecap hydrangea dies:

The flowers are all on plates and you cut a bunch of them together thank goodness! I started with a lilac piece of card stock. I die cut the basket from Kraft card then embossed it to get the detail. I used a copper gilding wax to highlight the detail and give it some dimension. I then shaped this by curling it slightly, applied glue just to the edges and held in place on my card until it held.

The flowers have a base, I shaped this using a ball tool and adhered 2 of them on top of each other on my card to give strength for my flowers. As I die cut the flowers I colored them through the dies before releasing them. I then shaped them with a ball tool and starting with the tiny ones glued each individual flower in place. Yes it takes patience but is kind of peaceful and cathartic. Once I'd built the flowers I moved on to the leaves. These were cut from white card and colored using copic markers. I then added veins to the leaves using a small stylus and oil pastels. I glued these under the flowers. I added tiny drops of  nuvo drops into the middle of each flower. I did have a few extra flowers so these were just scattered on the card. 

I matted my 5x7 in  card base with a dark purple and cut a thank you sentiment from the same card. I adhered my topper to the base and the sentiment on to the finished design. 

These dies sold out extremely quickly but I believe they will be back in stock tomorrow. Also If you want inspiration Susan has a Facebook group that you can join Susan's Garden Club.

Thank you for stopping by and as always if you like what you see please leave a comment 

The Gift

Good afternoon, we have had the first snowfall Good afternoon, we had the first snowfall yesterday and the temperature has really plummeted. Halloween was bitter cold but it didn’t stop our subdivision being invaded by ghouls and ghosts oh and tiny dinosaurs!

Now Halloween is over it’s on to another holiday Scrapper's Delights new Chibi release is ideal for Christmas

Meet Chibi A Gift For You Girl. She is adorable with all the long flowing hair. I printed her onto X-Press It card stock and fussy cut using my scan n cut. She was colored using Copic markers and Triplus pens.

I then matted an 8x8in card base with red and green card stock, cut 2 strips Of red card to imitate a gift ribbon. I used a die to cut the bow and glued all this onto my card base. My image was placed in the bottom right corner with her huge stack of gifts.

She is just one of 3 new releases today:

And if you buy all 3 you get the cute Sagittarius chibi  free!

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of the new releases.

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see please leave a comment to let me know!

Scorpio Strikes

Good afternoon, October has definitely arrived, the air is cooler and fall colors are abundant.

October brings Scorpio and Scrapper's Delight's VIP deal this month brings a whole host of Scorpion images free if you purchase this week's new release.

My card uses a few of the Scorpio images, a background, sentiment and the anime image:

I layered the images using a graphics program, recolored the Scorpio text and printed on to X-Press It card. I colored it all using Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils, adding white gel pen for highlights.

I matted a 7x5in card base with an amber colored card, black card and then my image. I then added yellow dots using Nuvo Drops.

The new release are these cute anime girls but all free and Scorpio is yours free of charge.

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of the new releases.

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see please leave a comment to let me know.

It's Your Day

Good afternoon from a very wet Michigan. We have had a lot of rainfall over the last week but hey at least it's cooled the temperatures down!

It's Friday which means one thing - Chibis New release day over at Scrapper's Delights and there are some cuties this time round. I have used Happy Birthday, she comes both with and without the candle:

I used my graphics program to add the sentiments and image and printed on white card. The image was colored with Copic markers giving a glow from the candle. This was then matted at an angle onto pink starry design paper. I matted my 5x7 in card base with pink card and added my topper.

I adhered tiny blue pearls around the cake to give it some interest.

Happy Birthday is being released with 2 gaming images. If you purchase all 3 you can then get the VIP deal which means you get this month's zodiac collection free!

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of the new releases.

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!

 

Thanks for stopping by before you go check out a sneak peek of the next new release coming at the end of the month:

Well balanced

Good afternoon, harvest time is upon us, our town does a hay art competition and the bales are starting to pop up all over town.

October is just around the corner which means it will soon be my birthday. Yes I'm a Libra and this weeks VIP deal over at Scrapper'sDelights includes a gorgeous collection of Libra digital stamps.

I have used one of the main elements for my design team card;

She comes both with and without the Libra scales.I have colored her with Copic markers and used Prismacolor pencils and Staedtler fine liners for shading and highlights.

I matted a 5x7 inch card with Pink card and added some design papers from my stash. My image was matted with same card and adhered to my base. I colored one of the date banners from the kit a pale pink and added this to the top of my image. A few pink enamel dots just balanced the design.

If you want this gorgeous image you can only get it with the 3 day deal which includes these other stunning images:

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of the new releases.

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!

Oh and next week is our Chibi release - want a sneak peek at the cuties?

Thanks for stopping by and If you like what you see please leave me some love in the comments

STRIKE!!!!

Good afternoon! It's been a busy week getting my routines back in place now Mollie is back at school then having homework and girl scouts. the weather has cooled somewhat so we are able to get out and about more.

It's Friday which means its new release day over at Scrapper's Delights and what a bunch of cute Chibis we have this time. 

My card is one of the cute baseball images:

Isn't he adorable. I used a png of the stitches from a base ball, added the image and the sentiment before printing on white card. I colored him with Copic markers, using Triplus fineliners for the fine detail.

Once colored I die cut the image and a red mat using circle dies. A 6x6 inch card blank was matted with black card I added my mat and topper to this and the card was finished. A simple but cute card!

there are a bunch of new images as you can see here

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of the new releases.

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!

Oh and if you are wondering what's coming next check out this sneak peek

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see please leave some love in the comment section.

Pretty Virgo

Good afternoon, School is back and life is getting back to normal. The sun is still warm and more bearable than the heat we had a few weeks ago.

It's new release day over at Scrapper's Delights and I'm showcasing some of the images available with the VIP deal.
Continuing with the Zodiac signs it is Virgo's turn:



She is so pretty! I built up the image by adding the frame and butterflies to the main image. I then colored them with Copic markers and Staedtler Triplus  fine liners. Sapphire is the gem stone for Virgo so I had to give her blue hair.
Once colored I used circle dies to cut the image and blue mat. I matted a 6x6 inch card base with a coordinating pink card before adding my images. A few dark blue gems and a die cut butterfly completed my card.
Take a look at the full VIP deal

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of the new releases.

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!

Thanks for Stopping by and if you like what you see please leave a comment

What Ever!

Good afternoon, I can't believe it is August already - another few weeks and school will be back time just goes so quickly!

Hey but time passing means there is another new release over at Scrapper's Delights. This week it is a bunch of Sweet and Sassy Girls, I have been working with number 3:

She was so cute and sassy I had to color her twice! 

I used Copic Markers then fine liners for highlights. The What Ever is a sentiment that came with her and I added the Twins? on my pc.

Once colored I matted the image onto navy card to match in with the sentiment I then added it to a 5x7 inch card base.

Here is all the girls together:

Want more? If you order the full set of them you get this weeks VIP deal which is the Virgo collection:

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of the new releases.

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them! 

I may just have a sneak peek...…….

Have a Cuppa Happiness & Giveaway Results

Good morning! Just a quick blog post from me to announce the winner of my give away.

Did you catch the new release over at SumMore Fun? Isn't the kit gorgeous? Well I just wanted to share another make I did using it:

This is using the gorgeous papers as well as the stamp set which I colored with Copic markers.

I had a few entries to the giveaway, a couple were unknown but one, Sarah messaged me to let me know who they were, she doesn't have a blog or gmail!

I listed the numbers as follows

1- Linda

2 - Jackie T

3 - Golden Goddess Designs

4 - Mol

5 - Sarah

6 - Fikreta

The random org picked:

Congratulations Sarah please contact me at molliesmummy09@gmail.com to arrange your prize

Thanks for stopping by 

Roaring about with Leo

Good Morning, Weather has cooled slight which is making being outside more bearable. It was Mollie's birthday this week and we celebrated the day at the beach, she is also celebrating with her friends on Sunday with a pool party.

It's new release over at Scrapper's Delights and as always there are some great VIP deals going on. If you purchase the 3 new releases you get this month's zodiac images free, which is the only way she is available.

Meet Leo:

Isn't she the cutest, she is actually a full figure but I took advantage of one of the frames that comes with her and cropped her to fit in it. That is one of the great advantages of digital stamps - you can resize or crop as you wish!

She was colored with Copic markers and I used a gold gel pen for the bell on her collar and the frame. The sentiment is from the same collection and was resized to fit may card. I added some gold gems to balance the design.

There are a ton of extras with this image and she comes in both Jpeg and PNG formats as so the new release images:

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of the new releases.

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!

Thanks for stopping by and if you like what you see please leave some love in the comments below