Craftsulove - August Card #1

Morning everyone 💜

Today I'm sharing my August Craftulove Design Team card with you.

So for this card I'm using the ever so cute Owl stamp set 'Owl My Love' by My Favorite Things (MFT) and some of the BoBunny Early Bird 'Notes' patterned paper in the background. I stamped the characters onto watercolour card and coloured them with watercolour pens.

All the links to the specific Craftuslove products can be found below, and the link to the general store is here.

Here's What I Did

I covered the card front with a trimmed down piece of the 'Notes' paper which I edged with black distressing ink, leaving a border around the edge.

The owls, branch (which I extended) and the sentiment were stamped onto watercolour card and cut out. A small circle was die cut from white watercolour card and lightly coloured with blue and yellow watercolour pen, to make it moon like. I die cut a large black circle and trimmed off a little from one side. All the pieces were glued onto the black circle and any excess was trimmed off.  The circle topper was added to the card front using foam pads.

To complete the card, I added 2 circles punched from black card to the right hand side of the card..

Available from Craftsulove
Stanps: 'Owl My Love' by My Favorite Things (MFT)
12" Paper: 'Notes' from the Early Bird Collection by BoBunny

My Own Stash:
5½" x 5½" Black Card Blank, Watercolour Card, Circle Die, Black Card, Foam Pads, Distressing Inks (Black Soot), Zig Clean Color Pens. Circle Punch, Verasafine Black Ink, Foam Pads, Glue

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x Janine x

Halloween Card 2017

Hi there

Every year I make a Halloween card for my daughter - she'll be 29 next month. She loves Halloween and really gets into the spirit of it. She used work as an actress in the London Dungeons attraction, so you can imagine what things she used to wear. Lol

Anyhow I thought I would share the card I made for her this year. I used My Favorite Things 'Witch Way Is The Candy' stamp set and some pop up dies from Elizabeth Crafts. The background was created using a variety of different distressing inks, and the images were coloured with Copics.

The above picture shows the band I created to slide over the card base to keep it closed.

EVERYTHING I USED:

Stamps: 'Witch Way Is The Candy' (My Favorite Things)

Distressing Inks: Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Black Soot (and a little Spiced Marmalade & Mustard Seed)

Copics: Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11, R30 / Hair - YR0000, YR000, YR00, E11, E37, E99 / Pumpkin Stalks - YG01, YG63, YG67 /  Pumpkin - Y02, Y38, YR15, YR23, C3 / Bat & Cat - C2, C3, C5, C7, Y38 / Bat & Cat Eyes - Y00, YG01, YG03 /Frog - YG00, YG01, YG03, YG17, C3 / Frog Eyes - BG000, BG01 / Moon - Y02, Y08, Y35, Y38 / Broom - Y00, Y02, Y08, Y38, E13, E37 / Striped Top & Tights - Y38, YR68, C3, YG01, YG03 / Hat & Cloak - C2, C3, C5, C7 / Hat Ribbon & Buckle - Y08, V04, V06, V12, Y08 / Dress & Boots - V01, V04, V06, V12, YG01, YG03, C3

Dies: General Pop Ups (Elizabeth Crafts), Starry Skies (Lawn Fawn), Four Season Tree (Crafters Companion), Square Dots #42 (Crealies), Pearl Square (Tattered Lace), Monogram (Little B), Simple Stitched Hillside Border (Lawn Fawn)

Other: Splatter Brush, Water, Black card (cut to 5¾" x 5¾" to create a card blank), White glitter Card, Glitter Pen, Sheena's Stamping Card, Black Funky foam, Glossy Accents, Computer/Printer (sentiment)

PS - I've just had a text from her, and she received it ok this morning, and loves it. Phew!!!

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Janine x

My Mum's Craft Shop - June Project #1

Hi there everyone 💜

I'm here to share my June 'My Mum's Craft Shop' (MMCS) Design Team card with you. For my card today I decided to use the Snuggle Bunnies 'Snuggle Bunnies' stamp set from MFT and coloured them with Copics. I created the background using distressing inks and die cut tiny silver glitter stars. Hope you like it.

 

Here's What I Did
I used a 5" x 5" card blank and covered the front with black card. First I stamped my images onto Neenah card, coloured them with Copic pens and cut them out.

I die cut a circle from white card and sponged different distressing inks on top until I achieved the look I wanted, when dry I die cut a shooting star at the top and attached it to a black circle mat.  The rabbit, stamped sentiment and lots of tiny silver stars and dots were glued onto the coloured circle topper.

The completed topper was adhered to a die cut fancy circle and attached to the card front. To finish off the little teddy bear was glued to the circle next to the rabbit.

Here's What I Used
Stamps: My Favorite Things 'Snuggle Bunnies' and 'Label Maker Sentiments' 

Other: 5" x 5" Card Blank, White Card, Matt Black Card, Silver Glitter Card, Distressing Inks, Memento Ink, Lawn Fawn 'Starry Skies' Die, Tattered Lace 'Pearl Circles' and 'Circles' Dies, Creative Expression 'Double Pierced Circles', Archival Black Ink, Neenah Card, Water

Copics:  E50, 51, E53, E35, Y00, Y02, Y17

** IMPORTANT NOTICE**
My Mum's craft Shop will be closing in a couple of weeks for a few months to carrying out refurbishments of both the stock and website. However keep your eyes peeled for some sale bargains on the website. :)

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x Janine x

My Mum's Craft Shop Design Team - May Project #2

Hi again everybody 💜

Yes, I'm here as promised with another of my My Mum's Craft Shop (MMCS) Design Team cards for you.  To create my CAS I simply used Brushos and the cute little dies from My Favorite Thing (MFT) called 'Birdhouses'.  When I looked at the dies I just felt that they needed to be made into silhouettes ---  so that's exactly what I did. I have to admit to loving the little bird sat on top of the houses - it's so sweet. There were 2 birds on my card but one seems to have flown away. Lol  I used Brushos for the background. Hope you like it.

 

Here's What I Did
The 6" x 4½" card base was cut to size to create a top folding card, then a piece of paper was glued to the front.  The background was created using Brushos, water and watercolour card, which was then die cut and added to a black die cut mat. The topper was glued flat to the card front.

The birdhouses were die cut from black card and white glitter card. The legs of the bird houses were cut from black card instead of the die cut ones to make them appear taller. The sentiment were die cut from white card and stamped in black ink. Everything was added to the card front using foam tape and glue. To complete the card I added a few sparkly sequins.

Here's What I Used
Stamps:  My Favorite Thing (MFT) 'Birdhouses' and  'Label Maker Sentimental'
Paper & Cardstock (CS): Black Card, Watercolour Card, White Card, MFT 'Dot's & Stripes Confection' Paper Pad

Other: Brushos, Tonic Die Set, Archival Ink, Foam Tape,

If you wish to purchase any of the above items from My Mum's Craft Shop and an item is out of stock, simply email/ring the shop to make an order and Kitty will help you. Thank you.

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x Janine x

MY Mum's Craft Shop Design Team - May Project #1

Hi everyone 💜

I'm here with an extra My Mum's Craft Shop (MMCS) Design Team card for you and it's a little earlier than normal. I will be posting another card on Thursday which is my normal DT day - so watch this space. For my card today I've chosen one of the May launch stamp sets from My Favorite Thing (MFT), it's called 'Mermazing'. I just think this set is absolutely gorgeous - the mermaids and little extras are so sweet. I used Brushos for the background and coloured all the images with Copics. Hope you like it.

Here's What I Did
The 6" x 4½" card base was cut to size to create a top folding card, then a piece of black card was cut to size and glued to the front.  The background was created using Brushos,water and watercolour card; the seaweed, fish and rocks were stamped over the top using coloured ink. Using different sized circle stamps I added bubbles using white paint, when everything was dry a sentiment was stamped with black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  the completed background was cut to size and added to the card front.

The mermaids, turtle and clown fish were stamped onto Neenah card and coloured using Copics, glitter pen were added to the mermaid's tails and tops. All the images were then cut out and added to the card front - some where glued flat and some were raised up using foam tape. To complete the card I added a few sequins.

Here's What I Used
Stamps:  My Favorite Thing 'Mermazing'

Other:
Paper & Cardstock (CS): Neenah, Black Card, Watercolour Card
Copics:  Swimming Mermaid - Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11, R30 / Hair - YR000, YR00, E13, E99 /  Top & Tail - B000, BG00, BG01, BG13 / Star - Y02, Y08 // Sitting Mermaid - Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11, R30 / Hair - C0, C1, C5, C7, 100 / Top & Tail - V000, V01, V04 / Star - Y02, Y08 // Turtle - YG00, YG05, YG17 // Shell - Y00, Y02, Y08 // Clown Fish - YR02, YR04, YR07
Archival Ink, Brushos, Foam Tape, Memento Inks, Sequin, White Paint, Lawn Fawn 'Let's Bokeh', Leonie Pujol Glitter Pens, Spectrum Noir Glitter Pen, Clear Embossing Powder, Glue

If you wish to purchase any of the above items from My Mum's Craft Shop and an item is out of stock, simply email/ring the shop to make an order and Kitty will help you. Thank you.

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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Up In The Air

Morning my lovelies 💜

I'm here with another My Mum's Craft Shop (MMCS) Design Team card for you. I've chosen one of the new stamp releases from My Favorite Thing (MFT). The stamp set is called   'Up In The Air', and it contains lots of very cute animals and some lovely sentiments - I will definitely be using this set again for more projects.

For my CAS card I used Zig Color pens and Brushos in the background (my first time using them). You might need your sunglasses on for this one. Lol...I hope you like it!

 

A little close up for you

Here's What I Did
First I matted a 5" x 5" card blank with a piece of pattern paper. Next I die cut a piece of watercolour into an oval, and stamped the puppy head onto it. The puppy was stamped again onto the sticky end of a post-it note, and cut out to create a mask. The mask was used to cover the puppy's head and the hot air balloon was stamped over the top (this places the balloon behind the puppy). Once the ink was dry I painted the whole image with a masking fluid and left to dry. The sentiment was stamped beneath the balloon.

 

Using a couple of different brusho colours I lightly sprinkled them over the oval and spritzed it with water to make the colours move - I added more brusho where required. I took off any excess water using a piece of rolled up kitchen roll, and left it to dry out. The puppy and hot air balloon were coloured using watercolour pens; the yellow stripe on the balloon was pulled out using a glitter pen instead of water, and actual glitter was added to the white stripes.

 

The completed image was glued to a white die cut oval and attached to the card front using foam tape. To finish off I added a few pearls at the top and bottom of the card.

Here's What I Used
Stamps: My Favourite Thing  'Up In The Air'
Paper Pad: My Favourite Things 'Dots & Stripes Confection'
 

If you wish to purchase any of the above items from My Mum's Craft Shop and an item is out of stock it's because it's been very popular, so simply email/ring the shop to make an order. Thank you.

Other: Zig Color Pens (Pale Green, Light Green, Deep Green, Yellow, Beige, Flesh, Brown) White CS, Neenah CS, 5" x 5" Card Blank, Glitter, Tonic Oval Die Set, Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay Pen, Foam Tape, Pearls, Pebeo Masking Fluid, Brushos (Lemon, Turquoise, Emerald Green), Post-it Note, Spritzer

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x Janine x

My Mum's Craft Shop - Guest Designer Project #2

Hi everyone ---

I'm here this morning with another Guest Designer card for My Mum's Craft Shop (MMCS). For my 2nd card I've chosen one of the new releases stamps from My Favorite Things (MFT), this little cute is called Pure Innocent 'Showering You With Love' and she's available from Kitty's shop. Hope you like it....thanks for looking 💖 (Blogger is having a little fun this morning, so sorry if my text and pics are a bit funny). x

 

 

 

 

Here's What I Did
First I die cut a square (mainly because I'm rubbish at cutting squares lol), then using my Misti I stamped the whole using waterproof ink. Next I painted over the little girl, umbrella and ducks with masking fluid (as an alternative you could create a paper masks).

When the fluid was dry I added distressing inks over the background starting off with my lightest colour finishing off with black. Using a brush I splattered water all over the square, left it for a minute and sponged off the excess with a paper towel. When the background was dry I gently rubbed off the masking fluid and coloured the image in with watercolour pens. I splattered clear glitter pen everywhere including the characters to give a rain effect.

The sentiment was stamped in the top right corner and embossed with white power. Then to finish off the whole scene was added to a black 5" x 5" card blank, and white dots were added to the umbrella and her wellies.

Here's What I Used
Stamps: My Favorite Things (MFT) Pure Innocent 'Showering You With Love'
Paper & Cardstock (CS): Black Card, Crafter's Companion Watercolour Card, Green Glitter Card
Zig Clean Colour Pens: Flesh Color, Orange, Bright Yellow, Yellow, Beige, Pale Green, Light Green, Blue Gray, Light Gray, Persian Blue, Brown, Light Pink,
Other: Foam Tape, Distressing Ink (Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Dusty Concord, Black Soot), Pebeo Masking Fluid, Splatter Brush, White Pen, Spectrum Noir 'Clear Overlay' Glitter Pen, Versamark Ink, White Embossing Powder, Ranger Black Archival Ink, Punched Flower

If you wish to purchase any of the above items from My Mum's Craft Shop and an item is out of stock simply email/ring the shop to make an order. Thank you.

Why not, follow us on Facebook group, Pinterest or on our Blog we'd loved to see you.

Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :) 

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x Janine x