Easter Blessings

 Good afternoon! I sure wish Spring would show it's self and stay! Easter is almost on us and I'm going to be sharing a few cards I have made over the course of this week.

The one I'm sharing today is using the gorgeous Layering Spring Floral Dies from Maker Forte

I love Layering Spring Floral dies, they are so striking on a card that very little else is needed. I started by collecting all the products I would be using:

The die is a 4 part layering collection. I cut 4 piece of different shades of yellow card just large enough for the dies. I backed these pieces with Stick It adhesive sheets before adding the dies.

The coating on these dies means that they cut like butter and the design releases from the die really easy despite some fine areas on the cuts.

Using Stick It means that I don't need to worry about glue showing through the open areas of the layers. They stack beautifully and so easily. I love the finished effect looks just like a carved egg.

I added the finished layered egg to a Top Folding A2 Card Base which I folded using the Right On Point Bone Folder.

As I said previously, this die cut doesn't need much else as it's so pretty on its own. I did want to add a sentiment to make this an Easter card. Sending Easter Blessings from the He Is Risen Stamp Set fit perfectly.

I stamped it with Versafine Ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The sentiment was cut down in to a strip and added with foam squares across the egg.

Finally I wanted to add some bling and the Lemon Crown Jewel Gems fit perfectly in some of the flowers.

I adhered the gems in place with Maker's Magic Crystal Clear Glue. This works great for tiny items when used with the Micro Brush Applicators. I applied a small amount of glue to a Sticky Paws and dipped the brush in giving me the perfect amount of glue for the gems.

My card was finished - I made an identical card using purple card stock and a different sentiment from the He Is Risen set.

Thank you for taking time to read my post and I hope it has given you inspiration for both your Easter cards and for using these gorgeous dies.

Easter Blessings

Good Morning! Well we are now under an enforced stay at home order which is what we have been doing anyway. Just making trips to get essentials. It means that Mollie can't play with her friends now which is the heartbreaking part of all this - kids should have to suffer like this.

Anyway on to happier things. I have been asked to join Polkadoodles Digi Choosday design team, initially as a guest design member but hopefully this will lead to more. Polkadoodles is a UK craft company who, along with selling lots of other craft supplies, design the most adorable stamps both in physical and digital versions. They have a weekly challenge yes as you've guessed starting on a Choosday (Tuesday) which you can find on the Digi Choosday Blog 

As all these images used by the digi choosday team are digital you should still be able to purchase and join us during this time of uncertainty so come and join us!

My inspiration for the latest challenge is using Fuzzy Puff's Earlie Dandelion. What a cutie:

What I Did:

I resized and printed her onto stamping card. She was the colored with alcohol markers and then fussy cut.

I chose to use an 8x8in card base and matted this with pink card. I then used a papers that are currently free over at Polkadoodles. I used a polka-dot to mat my card and then 3 different colored egg design papers cut with circle dies as further mats. My image was placed on these with foam tape. I used my electronic die cutter to cut the words Easter Blessings both in letters and as an offset so I could use the colors of my card.

A few enamel dots just finished the design.

What I Used:

 Digital Image: Polkadoodles Fuzzy Puffs Earlie Dandelion
Digital Papers: Polkadoodles: Tatty Twinkles Easter Digital Craft Download
Stamping Card: X-press It
Alcohol Markers: Copic
8x8in Card Base - Craft UK
Pink Card and Green Cardstock: Core'Dinations
Enamel Dots: Gina Marie Designs

The Digi Choosday Challenge runs for 2 weeks, it is always anything goes so there is no reason not to enter and you never know you may just win!

Looking for more inspiration? Then check out my teamies designs over on the Facebook page, you can also post your own Polkadoodles' designs on the Craft Stamp and Colour with Polkadoodles Facebook group

Thanks for stopping by, now go join the challenge!

Easter Blessings

Good morning and Happy Sunday! 

It's the last day of my week long showcase of the new releases from Prickley Pear and the offers end tonight at midnight so get your orders in before you have to pay full price!

2 different makes from me today I'm kicking off my posts with another Easter card.

I love the simplicity of some of the Prickley Pear stamps and I'm demonstrating this with the Double lilies Stamp. I stamped it twice and colored the stunning flowers with my polychromo pencils. I then used a corner rounder on opposite corners of my topper and inked the card lightly with pink. I Added the Easter Blessings sentiment from the Spring/Easter Banner stamp set . I matted my card base with green card and a plaid pink and green design paper. I then matted my topper with the same green and rounded the corners to match. A few enamel dots were just enough embellishment without distracting from the simple theme of the card.

Thank you for stopping by, to see all the new release stamps head on over to the new release section of the Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps website - don't forget the offers:

You can find more inspiration from me and my teamies on the Prickley Pear blog and their Facebook page.