...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

Whimsy Stamps - Cattitude! ...

Happy Fri-Yay Friends!

We have a release of purrrrrr-fect goodies today from wonderful

Whimsy Stamps

I have been playing with

Cattitude Clear Stamps (by Deb Davis - Amped2Stamp)

This card was so straightforward to make!

First I die cut a 10.5cm x 13.5cm rectangle of Kraft card with 

different sized circle dies from the 

Pierced and Stitched Circle Die Set

to create the card design.

Then I die cut three Kraft card circles, each one a size larger than the apertures in the card design.

I stamped a cute attitude on each one and coloured them with 

Prismacolor pencils.  (I'll pop a list of the colours I used at the end of this post)

I coloured the cats with pencil strokes to make them look a bit scruffy!

Then I mounted the cat circles on a 10.cm x 13.5cm background so that they matched up with the circles I had cut in the card design and stuck them down.  (The circles overlapped the edges but I just trimmed them to size with scissors).

...then I fixed the die cut design to the kitty background with 
Crafty Foam Tape 
so you can see a cat peeking out from each circular aperture!

The sentiment is stamped in black ink onto a Quick Strips Die Cut

Such fun and simples!!!

Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps

Cattitude Clear Stamps* (by Deb Davis - Amped2Stamp)

Pierced and Stitched Circle Die Set*

Quick Strips Die Set*

Crafty Foam Tape*

Thank you for popping by today!

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

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

  

Other Ingredients

Kraft Card

Prismacolor Pencils

PC 945 Sienna Brown, PC943 Burnt Ochre, PC1033 Mineral Orange, PC1043 Golden Rod, PC1003 Spanish Orange, PC1099 Expresso, PC1031 Henna, PC 1021 Jade Green, PC1086 Sky Blue Light, PC1005 Limepeel.  (I also used a cream polychromos I had to hand but there is a cream in the Prismacolour set you could use perfectly well).

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.

Whimsy Stamps - Hippo Fun in The Sun...

Hello everyone, 

I'm wishing you all a super day, even if the days are a little odd right now!

I have a cute card to show you today, from a Whimsy Stamps April 2020 New Release stamp set that is just so fabulous it keeps selling out!

Hippo Fun In The Sun Clear Stamps by Dustin Pike

This was such a fun card to make.

I first blended blue ink (Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide) over a piece of smooth card and then stamped the brilliant

Illusions Background Stamp

onto it and heat embossed it in white.

I then trimmed the background into a 13cm square and set it aside.

Next I stamped one of the hippo's and the bucket & spade onto a piece of white card and coloured them with Copic Markers

Hippo - T5, T3, T1, R11, BG0000, BG10

Reds - R59, R46, R27, R14

Blue/Greens - BG09, BG49, BG45, BG32

Sand - E37, E35, E33, E31

Then I cut the images out and put them to one side. 

I created a 10cm by 13cm rectangle of white card and ice cut a square aperture  in the top half of it as shown

I fixed the rectangle to the illusions background with 
Crafty Foam Tape
and stamped the oopsie sentiment in black onto the bottom right hand corner.

Finally I fixed the cheeky hippo and the bucket and spade to the card design with foam tape as shown.

Ingredients From Whimsy Stamps

Hippo Fun In The Sun Clear Stamps by Dustin Pike*

Illusions Background Stamp*

Crafty Foam Tape*

Thank you for popping by today!

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

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

 

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.

Whimsy Stamps New Release - Wrinkles (the sort you can love)!...

Hello everyone.

I hope this week has been kind to you and you are all staying safe and well.

Today at wonderful

Whimsy Stamps

we have a fab new release!

I have decided to have a play with the fabulous 

Wrinkles Clear Stamp Set

I could not resist this cute puppy!

I decided to colour in a background which made it look as though he is peeking over the fence looking for his ball!

Copic Markers

Puppy Pug - T9, T7, T5, T3, E30, 

Fence - E84, E81, E42, E41, E40

Ground - W3, W5, E34, E31,  E30

Ball - YR23, YR04, BG18, BG57

Sky - Distress Oxide Ink Pad in Tumbled Glass

Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps

Wrinkles Clear Stamp Set*

Wonky Stitched Rectangles Die Set*

Thank you for popping by today!
Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

 

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.

Whimsy Stamps Poppies and Hexagons (or what's happened to Sue)!...

Hello everyone!

I hope you are all staying safe, well and in good spirits!

I have had a totally crafty play and stepped a long way from my comfort zone with today's cards!

The crafty Gods have done something with Sue - pease return her in exchange for chocolate! (; (; (; 

All joking apart I had a lovely time putting these cards together.  I was thinking of all my lovely friends Stateside who will be celebrating Mother's Day this Sunday!

There are a couple of very straightforward tutorials to follow to help you make these cards!

The first is by my lovely Whimsy Stamps DT team, Bev Rochester.

If you follow the link 

HERE

it will take you to a tutorial which will show you how to make the flowers!

and...

if you follow the link 

HERE

it will take you to a tutorial by me which will show you how to make the inky backgrounds!

If you pop and have a look at those tutorials then putting these cards together is fairly straightforward!

Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps

Poppy Flower Die Set*

Nested Hexagon Die Set*

Quick Strips Die Set*

Mom's Layered Flowers Clear Stamps*

6x6 Paper Pack - Cozy Winter*

6x6 Paper Pack - Eggstra Bunnies*

6x6 Paper Pack - Festive Desert*

Crafty Foam Tape*

Sparkletz - Crystal Hearts

Thank you for popping by today!

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

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

  

  

 

 

 

Other Ingredients
Watercolour Card
Inks that respond well to water (I used Sparkle Pens)
Black Ink Pad
White Card
Vellum
Inks for Blending (I used Catherine Pooler Ink Pads)
Glue Gun
Flower Stamens

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.

Whimsy Stamps Fresh Friday - Mermaid Escape...

Hello friends,

I'm back again today with my favourite 

Whimsy Stamps 

feature

Fresh Friday!

Every week, we'll be mixing up new goodies with a few oldies from the stash. 

This week, I'm playing with

Mermaid Escape Clear Stamps by Deb Davis - Amped2Stamp
Build An Ocean Die Set
6 x 6 Pack Mermaid Paper

This was such a fun card to make!

First I created an inky background using the technique from my Tuesday Tutorial which you can find

HERE

I die cut the background with the second largest 

Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die

added some blue glitter and the sentiment as shown

and set it aside.

Then I stamped the cute mermaid in black ink onto white card and coloured her with Copic markers

Skin - E71, E11, E01, E00, E000

Hair - G24, BG10, G00, G000

Tail and Top - RV52, RV95, RV93, Y0000

I cut her out and set her to one side.

Then with white card and vellum I die cut a selection of shapes from the wonderful 

Build An Ocean Die Set

and made them sparkly with glue and glitter!

I covered a card blank with a piece of beautiful 

6 x 6 Pack Mermaid Paper

and layered the inky background, the mermaid and the glittery ocean shapes onto it as shown.

Finally I added some 

Starry Sky Sparkletz

Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps

Mermaid Escape Clear Stamps by Deb Davis - Amped2Stamp*

Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die Set*

Build An Ocean Die Set*

Starry Sky Sparkletz*

Thank you for popping by today!

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

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

  
 




Other Ingredients
Make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek
Inkon3 Blackout Hybrid Detail Black Ink Pad
Watercolour Card
Crafter's Companion Sparkle Pens
Cobalt Blue Archival Ink Pad
Lawn Fawn Vellum
Cosmic Shimmer Chunky Blue and Chunky White Glitter
Mod Podge

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.