tanglemouse cards

Wednesday, 12 February 2020

Love is a magic potion...

Happy Wednesday friends!

I'm a bit behind today but I am at least managing so far to keep up with my

'week of love - lovely week' theme!

I made this card with the fabulous
Stamping Bella Love Potion Oddball Rubber Stamp

This card was such fun to make!

I made it for a colouring technique feature in January's issue of Making Cards Magazine. If you want to find out more about how I coloured this image and created a glow then follow the link

HERE

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

MFT Ink Pad in Extreme Black

Stamping Bella Love Potion Oddball Rubber Stamp

Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Large Stitched Rectangles

It’s a Boy Blue Ink Pad by Catherine Pooler

Snowy Day 6 x 6 paper pack by Catherine Pooler

Ranger Star Dust Stickles

Other Ingredients

White card for card blank (I use Craft UK Premium 300gsm from Limetree Crafts)

White Card Suitable for Alcohol Markers (I use make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes)

Alcohol Markers (I used Copics - Glow YG17, YG23, YG06, YG00, Skin E04, E11, E00, E000, Eyes, BG01, BG000, Hair BV04, N8, N6, N4, Frock E59, E83, E81, Tights R83, R81, N6, N4, Shoes, W7, W5, W3, Ground, W3, YG00)

Flirty Flowers 6 x 6 paper pack by Sunny Studios

1mm foam by Stix2

White Gel Pen (I use Uni-Ball Signo)

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

from Sue...xxx

Tuesday, 11 February 2020

You are loved...xxx

Hello everyone!

I'm continuing my week of love theme today with a card made with an absolutely beautiful die set from wonderful

Whimsy Stamps

Primitive Shaker Shapes Die Set

I absolutely loved making this card, it is something a little different for me but I enjoyed getting inky!

I cut a rectangle of watercolour card and used a die from the

Wavy Edgers Die Set

tomato the bottom edge curvy.

Then splattered ink across the card. (Catherine Pooler Ink pad in Samba dabbed on my glass mat, spritzed with water and splattered with a largish paint brush)

Next I die cut a selection of hearts using the

Primitive Shaker Shapes Die Set

(I used the same water colour card)

Leaving the hearts in the dies I blended ink over them - I love that technique, it leaves a really nice border around the die cuts!

I used Catherine Pooler Ink pads in Samba and Over Coffee

I the fixed the hearts across the centre of the splattered card. I glued some directly to the back ground and fixed a few with

Crafty Foam Tape

to add depth.

I stamped the you are loved sentiment from the

You Are Clear Stamps Set

across the bottom of the design in black ink

Finally I tied some twine around the top of the card design and layered it onto a rectangle of kraft card.

If you have nt already joined, it's a great time to become a member of the

Whimsy Stamps

Credit2GetIt reward scheme!

..and there's more! ... if you join up following this link

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you will get a $5 off reward discount!

Please have a good look around the

Whimsy Inspirations Blog

at the gorgeous cards by the rest of the Whimsy Stamps Creative Team – and then follow that with a trip to

Whimsy Stamps

store for some essential retail therapy!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

Monday, 10 February 2020

A lovely week!...

Happy Monday friends...

Well - I know it's February and we are in the midst of one of the worst ever UK storms but this week is one of my favourite's!

Here's why...

Today is our 'Happy Gotcha Day for our gorgeous Serbian rescue Pointer - Neo Boo (Boo because he would n't say Boo to a goose)! (:

Tomorrow is our 31st Wedding Anniversary!

Friday is Valentines's day!

That's quite a week of love! <3

So - I'm kicking the week off with possibly one of my own favourite cards ever!

This card is featured in February's issue of Making Cards Magazine which is available by following the link

HERE

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Lawn Fawn Kraft Cardstock

MFT Extreme Black Hybrid Ink Pad

Stamping Bella Uptown Girl Snapshots - I Heart You

Stamping Bella Snapshots Polaroid Die

Stamping Bella - Ellie Loves Phant

Stardust Stickles

Other Ingredients

First Edition Perfect Moments 6x6 Paper Pad

Red Sparkly Ribbon

Copic Markers

Skin - E04, E11, E00, E000

Hair - E44, E43, E42, E59, E39, E44, YR21

T shirts - E84, E81, E43, R79, R89, R27

Background - R12, E93

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

from Sue...xxx

Wednesday, 5 February 2020

So Sweet Syeda... (Happy Blogaversary to me)!

Hello everyone!...

well - today is a bit of a thing!

Tanglemouse is 5 years old today!

I feel a bit emotional about it because starting this blog and really committing to my colouring and card making has been a complete life changer!

Thank you everyone (and the special ones - you know who you are)! for the enduring love, support and friendship!

This is the second of two blog posts today in celebration! (:

I was absolutely over the moon to see that my friend

Barbara Sproatmeyer

is designing for wonderful

Whimsy Stamps

I absolutely love her Polka Dot Pals collection, they are so beautiful,

here is a card I made with

Syeda Clear Stamps Set

- because who can resist a spotted pig right???

I die cut a rectangle of Kraft Card with the largest die from the

Wonky Stitched Rectangles Die Set

and blended Catherine Pooler Ink in Samba over it. The cloud template was created with a die from the

Grass and Cloud Edger Die Set

I then die cut some strips of Kraft card for the ground using the

Wavy Edgers Die Set

and the

Wonky Stitched Rectangles Die Set

I stamped beautiful Syeda onto card suitable for alcohol markers

Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek

coloured her with Copics and cut her out.

Skin - E04, E11, E00, E000
Eyes - YG03
Hair - BV04, N6, N8, 100, Black Pencil
Clothes - R05, R02, R12, YR000, E43, E41, White Gel Pen
Spotted Pig! - W8, W6, W4, W2, E37, E35, E33, R12

I then fixed Syeda to the right hand side of the card design with

Crafty Foam Tape

and added twine which I secured at the back with tape.

With Black Ink I stamped the too sweet sentiment from the

Happy Headlines Clear Stamps Set

in the top left hand corner as shown

I layered the design onto a piece of design paper from the

Mermaid 6x6 Paper Pack

and added some

Summer Breeze Enamel Dots

to finish.

Please have a good look around the

Whimsy Inspirations Blog

at the gorgeous cards by the rest of the Whimsy Stamps Creative Team – and then follow that with a trip to

Whimsy Stamps

store for some essential retail therapy!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

Jingle all the way!... (yes - in February)!

Morning friends...

well - today is a bit of a thing!

Tanglemouse is 5 years old today!

I feel a bit emotional about it because starting this blog and really committing to my colouring and card making has been a complete life changer!

Thank you everyone (and the special ones - you know who you are)! for the enduring love, support and friendship!

I'm going to do two blog posts today in celebration! (:

Here is a card I have been wanted to make since before last Christmas!

In November I was lucky enough to Guest Design for lovely Michele at

Purple Onion Designs

I had so many cards in my head to make and inevitably I did n't manage to do them all! /-;

Today I am showing you a card I made with some stamps from

Purple Onion Designs

created by the very brilliant Julian Charlton!

Ingredients from

Purple Onion Designs

Julian Charlton Silhouettes - Santa's On The Way

Stacey Yacula Studio - Sweetest Season Sentiment Set

6x6 Clear Mounting Stamp

This was such a fun card to make!

As soon as I saw the little banner I knew I wanted to show it being towed along by Santa in his sleigh!

I created a rectangle of smooth card (Strathmore Bristol Vellum) 14cm x 22cm.

I then made a circle mask which I fixed over the top right hand corner of the card.

I blended Distress Oxides in Broken China, Chipped sapphire and Black Soot over the card to create a night sky. Then I flicked water, Perfect Pearls and a white water based Sharpie over the background and let it dry.

I then used the negative mask - the part with the circle removed. I fixed it onto the card leaving the moon exposed and blended Distress oxide in Weathered Wood over it. Again I sprinkled the design with water and Perfect Pearls and let it dry.

I removed the mask and then stamped and heat embossed in black the beautiful Christmas stamps!

Julian Charlton Silhouettes - Santa's On The Way

I stamped and heat embossed in white the jingle all the way sentiment from the

Stacey Yacula Studio - Sweetest Season Sentiment Set

which I trimmed and fixed to the top left hand side of the card design as shown.

I used the brilliant

6x6 Clear Mounting Stamp

to perfectly place and stamp the images!

Finally I layered the design onto a rectangle of black sparkle card.

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

Sunday, 2 February 2020

Whimsy Stamps New Release - Best Fishes

Hello everyone,

I'm back today with more

Whimsy Stamps

new release gorgeousness!

Best Fishes Clear Stamp Set by Crissy Armstrong

Cuteness!!!

I firstly stamped the

Best Fishes Clear Stamp Set

in black ink onto card suitable for alcohol markers, coloured them with Copic Markers and then cut them out and set them to one side.

Copics - E19, R05, YR68, YR15, YR12, Y11, B05

With the

Pierced and Stitched Circles Die Set

I die cut a circle of white textured card and then in the centre of the circle I die cut a heart aperture using the

*New* Primitive Shaker Shapes Die Set

I die cut a smaller circle to fit behind the aperture. Then I dabbed some blue and green sparkle pens onto my glass mat, sprayed them with water and pressed the card onto the ink to create the background.

I layered the fishes, the textured card and the inky background onto a larger circle of blue glittery card and firmly fixed everything together.

Finally I stamped the sentiment from the

Best Fishes Sentiments Clear Stamp Set

under the left hand fish as shown!