Gorgeous Glimmer Surfside - Sweet November Stamps...

Happy Fri-yay friends!

I hope all is well with you and those you love.

I am here today to show you a card which is quite possibly one of my own personal favourites!

I made this card using some of lovely Amy Young's gorgeous 

Sweet November Stamps 

Mer-May Digi's

Glimmer Surfside and Humphrey

&

Tide Mayfin

I so enjoyed creating this story!

I decided that the cute and rather pesky fish were pestering Glimmer to play with them because they are the same colour as her!  Don't you just love the expression on her beautiful face!  Amy is so clever!

Ingredients

Glimmer Surfside and Humphrey - Sweet November Stamps 

Tide Mayfin - Sweet November Stamps 

Make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes Marker Geek

White Gel Pen

Whimsy Stamps - Best Fishes Sentiments Clear Stamps 

Inkon3 Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink Pad

Copic Markers 

Sea - BG000, BG41, BG52, BG45

Sand - E50, E40, E41, E43

Skin - E04, E11, E00, E000, R20, R00

Tail - BV02, BV13, BV04, BV17, BV29, BG11

Clam Bra - C3, C1, C0

Fish - BG10, BG57, B66, B63, RV00

I hope you love Glimmer as much as I loved colouring her!

For more gorgeous Mer-May inspiration pop and have look at 

Sweet November Stamps

Thank you for visiting me today!

I hope you are all staying safe and well!

Happy Crafting

love from

Sue...xxx

...for ladies of a certain age!... (Whimsy Stamps New Release)

Hello everyone,

I hope today see's you in fine Bank Holiday form despite these unusual times!

Today we have a mini release at wonderful

Whimsy Stamps

I am going to show you a card I made with two of the super new products

Menopause Clear Stamps by Deb Davis Amped2Stamp

UGH Word and Shadow Die Set

I had such fun making this card!

First I used the created the background on some smooth card using the

Sun Rays Stencil

and Distress Oxides in Abandoned Coral, Dried Marigold and Scattered Straw.

I die cut the background into a circle with the 

Pierced and Stitched Circles Die Set

I also die cut a larger circle of Kraft card.

I then stamped the lady of a certain age with black ink and coloured her with 

Copic Markers

Skin E71, E21, E00, E50

Eyes, B0000, BG000, T1

Hair E44, E43, E41

Clothes YR24, YR23, YR21, W7, W4, W2, Sepia Prismacolor Pencil

I then cut her out and set her aside.

I die cut the 

UGH Word and Shadow Die Set

with glitter card and kraft card and layered them together as shown - the words are supposed to overlap!

Then die cut a piece of vellum with a circled die and a wavy edger die and stamped a sentiment from the 

Menopausal Clear Stamps Set

onto it with black Stazon ink.

I then layered the large kraft card circle, the rays background, the vellum, the image, and the die cut UGH together.

Finally I added some dots of 

Star Dust Stickles

to the background 

Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps

Menopause Clear Stamps by Deb Davis Amped2Stamp*

Sun Rays Stencil*

Pierced and Stitched Circles Die Set*

UGH Word and Shadow Die Set*

Thank you for popping by today!

I hope you are all managing to stay safe and healthy in these unsettling times!

Happy Crafting

love from Sue...xxx

 

  

Other Ingredients

Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes Marker Geek

Whimsy Stamps Stitched Border Dies from Dies To Die For

Distress Oxide Ink Pads in Abandoned Coral, Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw 

Black Stazon Ink Pad

Star Dust Stickles

Wrinkles can be gorgeous!... (Whimsy Stamps)

Hello everyone,

I hope that despite these odd times you are managing to have a nice Bank Holiday Weekend!

I'm here today with a card that is similar to one already made recently but I like the layout - so - what can I say???

The eagle eyed amongst you will notice the similarity to my Cattitudes card but I thought the design would work equally well for these cute pugs so I had another play!

Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps 
Wrinkles Clear Stamps by Deb Davis Amped2Stamp*
Pierced and Stitched Circles Die Set*
Quick Strips Die Set*
Crafty Foam Tape

Other Ingredients
Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes Marker Geek
Inkon3 Blackout Detail Hybrid Ink
Copic Markers - Puppy Pugs - T9, T7, T5, T3, E30 
Distress Oxide Ink Pads in Worn Lipstick, Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn
Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes

Perfect Pearls

Thank you for popping by today!

I hope you are all managing to stay safe and healthy in these unsettling times!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

  

Happy Skies - Whimsy Stamps - Fresh Friday...

It's my favourite day of the week...

It's Fresh Friday!

This is where we mix up some older and newer stash from wonderful

Whimsy Stamps

This week I am playing with

Happy Sky Clear Stamps by Deb Davis - Amped2Stamp

Smile Large Word Die

The rainbow has become such a special theme these last few months that I decided to choose that as my main design for this card.

First I die cut a piece of smooth white card with the largest

Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die

Then I created a mask with a rectangle aperture and place that over the card.  I then blended blue ink over the aperture to create a blue rectangle on my card design. I flicked a tiny bit of water over the ink to give it some texture.

I stamped the sentiment from the 

Happy Sky Stamp Set

underneath the inky rectangle as shown.

I stamped the rainbow and clouds from the 

Happy Sky Stamp Set

and coloured them with Copic Markers

Clouds - BV31, BG0000, 

Rainbow - R39, R32, YR09, Y17, Y13, YG17, YG13, BG15, B19, V09, BV04, RV19, RV17

Then I cut them out and added some sparkle to the rainbow using Mod Podge and 

DecoArt Crystal Glamour Dust.

I fixed the rainbow and clouds to the card design with

Crafty Foam Tape

Finally I die cut some white card with the 

Smile Large Word Die

and fixed it to the top of the card design as shown.

Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps

Happy Sky Clear Stamps by Deb Davis - Amped2Stamp

Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die*

Smile Large Word Die*

Crafty Foam Tape*

DecoArt Glamour Dust*

Thank you for popping by today!

I hope you are all managing to stay safe and healthy in these unsettling times!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

  
 


Other Ingredients Used 
Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek
Inkon3 Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink from Dies To Die For
Distress Oxide In Salty Ocean
Blender Brushes from Dies To Die For
Matt Mod Podge
Crystal Glamour Dust

Please note that in order to assist with the running of this blog I do use affiliate links from time to time and there may be some in this post, denoted with a *.  I only work with products I love and my opinions are my own.

Please see my About Me page for more information.

...to bee or not to bee 2020 blog hop!...

Hello friends!

I hope it's a happy Wednesday for you and you are all well in these challenging and uncertain times!

Today I am absolutely thrilled to be taking part, for the third time, in the wonderful 

To Bee Or Not To Bee Blog Hop

organised by my lovely crafty friend

Milka Gubo

I bet you've already guessed that the theme of our blog hop is the beautiful bee!

We want to celebrate World Bee Day and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apicultural products. 

This blog hop has a superb array of sponsors who have all been incredibly generous!

Look at this fabulous list of giveaways!

Enormous thanks to all our sponsors...

Clearly Besotted Stamps, £20 e-Gift Card to the Store

Gerda Steiner Designs, $15 Gift Code to the Store

Jane’s Doodles, stamp set of winner’s choice

Lawn Fawn, $25 Gift Certificate to the Store

Newton’s Nook Designs, $25 Store Credit

Paper Smooches, ‘Bees’ Dies

Pretty Pink Posh, $30 Gift Certificate to the Store

STAMPlorations, $20 Gift Code to the store

STAMPlorations, “Bee” package: stencil, clear sticker pack and embellishments (this prize is available for commentator located in US or has US mailing address)

Uniko, ₤15 e-Gift Certificate to the Store

Your Next Stamp, $20 Gift Card to the Store

Milka is also giving away one Jane’s Doodles stamp set of winner’s choice to one lucky winner!

For your chance to win, hop along to the blogs of the participating designers and leave a comment on each blog hop stop. 

After commenting, return back to Milka’s blog and add your name to Inlinkz, but before  you do, please read Blog Hop details, terms, giveaway rules and privacy policy which are shared in Milka's blog post below the Inlinkz.

InLinkz closes on May 27^th, 2020, 11:59 PM CEST.

Winners’ names will be announced on Milka’s blog on May 31st 2020 during the day.

Right then lovely friends - it's time to have a look at my card!

For my bee themed card I decided to play with the fabulous 

Whimsy Stamps 
stamp set
Bee Happy
which is available as a
Bee Happy Clear Stamp Set and a
Bee Happy Digi Stamp Set

Ingredients From Whimsy Stamps

Bee Happy Digi Stamp Set  or

Bee Happy Clear Stamp Set

Nested Hexagon Die Set 

Rounded Rectangles Die Set

Quick Strips Die Set

Soul Mutts Clear Stamps (sentiment)

Righty then everyone, here is the blog hop list - you know what to do!

...start hopping!!!...

1.     Milka Gubo

2.     Alice Huang

3.     Amy Tsuruta

4.     Anushree Vaish

5.     Beverley Brown

6.     Ishani

7.     Julie Elak

8.     Kaja Vezenšek

9.     Kathleen Curry

10.  Larissa Walgemoed

11.  Laura Volpes

12.  Linda van Wely

13.  Melissa Chipperfield

14.  Neha Bhatt

15.  Nonni Niskanen

16.  Samantha Mann

17.  Sue Hastead (You are here)...

18.  Tanja Kabel

19.  Valentina Bizjak

Have fun everyone!

Thank you for popping by!

Happy creating

love from

Sue...xxx

 

 

Other Ingredients

Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes Marker Geek

Vellum

Black Ink Pad

Water Colour Card

Distress Oxide Ink Pad in Tumbled Glass

Clear Sparkle Pen

Mod Podge

Crystal Glamour Dust

Copics Markers Used - 

Bees - YR18, YR16, YR04, Y17, Y15, Y13, N9, N7, N4, BG53, BG10, BG0000

Please note that in order to assist with the running of this blog I do use affiliate links from time to time and there may be some in this post, denoted with a *.  I only work with products I love and my opinions are my own.

Please see my About Me page for more information.

Mochi Girl Donuts - Dies To Die For Cards Swap...

Hello everyone,

I hope you are well and in good sprits!

I'm here today with a few of my favourite things...

Stamping Bella images, our lovely Dies To Die For, Copic Colouring and DONUTS!!!

We organised a Dies To Die For Card Swap recently so that we could enjoy our crafty hobby and brighten someone's day!

This is the card I made for my swap partner!

I set myself a challenge with the no lines aspect but I had the best time colouring this beautiful image and making this card!

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Stamping Bella Mochi Donut Girl

Stamping Bella Mochi Girl Sentiments

Inkon3 Fadeout No Line Colouring Detail Ink

MFT Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frame

Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes

Inkon3 Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink

Other Ingredients

Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek

Copic Markers

Skin - E71, E21, E00, E50

Eyes, YG17, YG03

Hair - YR24, E18, E19

Donuts - E34, E33, E31, E40, E41, R22, R20, R01, R00, R27, R25, R23 & Copic Glitter Pens

Plate - C03, C01, C00

Table BG01, BG000

Polychromos Sepia Pencil

Star Dust Stickles

Distress Oxide Ink Pad in Tumbled Glass

Be sure to have a look around our

Dies To Die For Blog 

to see the gorgeous DT creations there and then to 

Dies To Die For

to engage in some essential retail therapy!

Thank you for popping by!

Happy crafting - look after yourselves!

from Sue...xxx

Here is the card I received from my swap partner Jo - isn't it beautiful!
I LOVE that super sweet pea stamp set by Lawn Fawn and that sparkly sentient is absolute gorgeousness!

Ingredients from Dies To Die For
Lawn Fawn be hap-pea Stamp Set
Lawn Fawn be hap-pea Die Set
My Favourite Things - Sprinkled With Love