Whimsy Stamps - Elephantastic Clear Stamp Set

 Evening everyone!

Our lovely Tracy at 

Dies to Die For

asked me to make her some card samples with this super cute stamp set

Elephantastic Clear Stamps by Whimsy Stamps

I decided to keep it very simple ...

I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest so many thanks to the original designer!

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Elephantastic Clear Stamp Set by Whimsy Stamps

Make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)

Lawn Fawn Petite Paper Pad - All The Sparkles

Other Ingredients

Memento Ink Pad in Expresso Truffle

Copic Markers

E74, E71, E70

R30, T5, T3, T1 Colourless Blender

Thank you for visiting today!

Happy crafting, from Sue...xxx

You can say aaaahhhhh (: ...

Hello friends,

Hope you're having a good Sunday and aren't too badly affected by the terrible weather!  It is still lashing it down and howling a gale in Gloucestershire!

I have been having so much fun colouring with pencils recently, and I really enjoyed making these three sweet cards.

I am trying to be a lot more organised around my card making this year and really concentrate on doing what makes me completely happy - including batch making some cards so I have a few 'up my sleeve'!

These beautiful stamps from 

Purple Onion Designs

are perfect for rustling up some cute quick cards.

Stacey Yacula Studio - Star and Sky Rubber Stamp

Stacey Yacula Studio - Sign (A Sweet Summer Collection)
Stacey Yacula Studio Sweet Occasions Sentiment Set

Stacey Yacula Studio - Dolly (Mouse First Prize)
Stacey Yacula Studio - Milk Set (Mistletoe Farm Collection)
Purple Onion Designs - Everyday Blurbs

Stacy Yacula Studio - Eve (Sleeping Mouse)
Stacey Yacula Studio - Mushroom Trio (Garden Blooms Collection)
Stacey Yacula Studio Sweet Occasions Sentiment Set

To make these cards I first stamped the cute creatures onto Bockingford card, masked them and stamped the backgrounds - being the sign, stool and mushrooms.

I then coloured the designs with Faber Castell Polychromos and Caran D'Ache Pablo's and finished the backgrounds with Distress Oxide Inks (Tumbled Glass and Mowed lawn).

I created the card designs with die cuts of Design Paper (Lawn Fawn Spring Fling - Dies To Die For), Kraft card and a paper doily - (which I hardly ever use but they just seemed to suit these cards)!

Finally I added the sentiments and some Star Dust Stickles Glitter.

Please have a good look around the 

Purple Onion Designs Blog

At the gorgeous cards by the Design Team – and then follow that with a trip to 

 Purple Onion Designs

store for some essential retail therapy!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

Pencil Colours Used - 
Dolly Mouse - Polychromos Light Flesh, Cinnamon, Black, Warm Grey VI, Warm Grey III, Warm Grey II, Rosette - Deep Scarlet Red, Cadmium Yellow, Stool - Burnt Umber, Dark Sepia.

Star and Sky - Pablo's Gentian Blue, Sky Blue, Dark Grey, Steel Grey Sign - Sepia, Chestnut, Brown Ochre, 

Eve - Granite Rose, Black, Brownish Beige, Sepia, Ash Grey. Mushrooms - Burnt Sienna, Scarlet, Reddish Orange, Sepia, Brownish Beige, Cream, Ground - Khaki Green, Spring Green, Sky - Sky Blue

Honey Bunny...

Happy Thursday everyone!

 It's spring! (apparently) /-:

...and in celebration here are some gorgeous bunnies!

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Stamps - Mama Elephant - Honey Bunny

Dies - MFT Die namics Inside and Out Stitched Circle Stax

      MFT Die namics Inside Out Stitched Square Stax

Papers - Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Spring 6x6 Petite Paper Pad

MFT Sweet Celebration6x6 Paper Pad

Embellishments - Your Next Stamp Gumdrops Pretty Peacock Matte

Other Ingredients

Make It Colour Blending Card from Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek

Copic Markers

Copic Air System

Copics Used

Bunnies - E41, E42, E43

E33, E35, E37

E15, E18, E19

T1, T3, T5

Backgrounds

Y38, RV55, BG13, 

No Airbrush - No Problem! - Simply use the broad nib to colour several layers of ink in your preferred background colour!

Thank you for popping by.

Happy Creating

love from Sue...xxx


Don't forget to pop straight to the Dies To Die For inspiration blog to look at the lovely DT creations there, and then straight to Dies To Die For for some essential retail therapy!