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

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!

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

   

Whimsy Stamps New Release - Graffiti Girl...

Happy Saturday Friends!

Today is the start of lots of day's fun showing you this months

Whimsy Stamps

new release goodies!

I'm kicking things off with

Graffiti Girl Clear Stamps Set by Deb Davis (Amped2Stamp)

I really enjoyed colouring this card!

I die cut a piece of card suitable for alcohol markers with

Wonky Stitched Rectangles Die Set 

I used Copic Markers to colour the rainbow striped background

R89, R39, R37, R35, R32, R000

YR09, YR04, YR12, YR00

Y17, Y13, Y11, Y000

YG17, YG13, YG00, G20, G0000

BG18, B18, B14, B00, B000

BV04, V09, V06, V05, V01, V0000

RV19, RV17, RV13, RV02, RV00
(Thank you to Mindy Baxter - My Creative Scoop for the colour palette inspiration)

Then I stamped the

Graffiti Girl

onto card suitable for alcohol markers 

image in black ink, coloured her with Copic Markers and cut her out.

Hair BV02, N8, N6, N4, Black Pencil

Clothes C8, C6, C4, R89, R37, R35, R32

Paint Brush, E37, E34, E33, C8

Paint Tin and Paint C0, C1, C3, C5, C6, C8

I die cut some black card with the 

Wavy Edgers Die Set, 

trimmed it to size and fixed it along the bottom of the card design as shown.

I stamped the sentiment and emoji (LOVE it)! from the 

Graffiti Girl Clear Stamps Set 

onto the background in black ink and fixed the coloured image to the bottom left hand

Finally I added some lines of 

Stardust Stickles Glitter Glue

to the top and edges of the rainbow stripes.

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

    

Thanks you bunches...

Hello everyone,

I'm here today with a slightly different card from me!

I have used a lovely selection of products by

Whimsy Stamps

to create a delicate thank you card.

Whimsy Stamps - Ingredients

Messy Mesh Background Rubber Cling Stamp

Wonky Stitched Rectangles Die Set

Pierced and Stitched Circles Die Set

Beaucoup Bouquet Clear Stamps Set

Thanks Word and Shadow Die Set

You're Too Kind Clear Stamps

Quick Strips Die Set

Dies To Die For - Ingredients

Beaucoup Bouquet Die Set

The card is so easy to make and the final effect is so pretty!

First, I stamped the 

Messy Mesh Background Rubber Cling Stamp

onto a piece of card and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

I then blended Distress Oxides in Evergreen Bough, Worn Lipstick, Scattered Straw and Faded Lilac over the card as shown. 

Then I die cut the card with the 

Wonky Stitched Rectangles Die Set

and cut a circle from the centre of the rectangle with 

Pierced and Stitched Circles Die Set

With the same circle die I cut a piece of white linen card to replace the circle I had cut out.

I fixed the messy mesh background and the white circle onto a piece of firm card die cut with the same size 

Wonky Stitched Rectangles Die

and set it aside.

Next I stamped and heat embossed in white onto vellum the 

Beaucoup Bouquet Clear Stamps Set

I cut the stamped images out and coloured them on the reverse with Copic Markers, no blending required here, just pick your favourite colours and go for it!

I fixed some flowers and foliage firmly to the left hand side of the circle die.

Then I die cut the 

Thanks Word Die

in silver glitter card and fixed that across the centre of the circle just touching the flowers.

I stamped the 'a bunch' sentiment in black using the

You're Too Kind Clear Stamps

and die cut it with a

Quick Strips Die

Finally I fixed the sentiment to the right of the card design.

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

I actually used the circle I die cut out of the messy mesh background to make a second than you card which you can read about 
HERE

    

    

Tuesday Tutorial - Wobble Bird

Hello everyone!

I'm here today with a tutorial for a really easy to put together interactive card!

Early Bird Wobbly Card

Whimsy Stamps Product List

Grass and Cloud Edger Die Set

Shaker Maker Rectangle Die Set

Up In The Clouds Die Set

Early Bird Clear Stamps

Wobble Springs

White Crafty Foam Tape

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Nuvo Crystal Drops 

Other products

White Card

Vellum

Copic Markers - C00, C01, C03, YR24, Y38, Y13, Y11, YR09, YR04, YR12 

With White card create a 14.5cm x 11cm card blank and set it aside.  Create two white card rectangles the same size.  

With the Cloud Edger Die cut a cloud template and use it to blend tumbled glass distress ink clouds over both card rectangles. 

 With the Rectangle Frame die from the Shaker Maker set die cut one of the cloudy backgrounds. 

4.With the cloud edger die cut two pieces of vellum and trim them so that they will fit inside the top and the bottom of cloudy frame.  

Stamp the early bird with black ink and colour with markers.  (You can use pencils or paper piece the bird if you prefer).  Fussy cut the image and fix a Wobble Spring to the back.

With the largest cloud die from the Up In The Clouds Set die cut a piece of vellum and a piece of white card.  With black ink stamp the dare to soar sentiment in the centre of the card cloud.

With Nuvo glue fix the vellum clouds to the top and bottom of the cloudy background, placing them so that they will sit just inside the frame.  Fix the frame to the background with foam tape.  Fix the card design to the card blank set aside earlier.

Attach the die cut clouds and the early bird to the card design as shown and add some Nuvo Crystal Drops 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