Birthday bash Cricut card

Finally another Cricut card.

Card: American Crafts.
Paper: We are Memory Keepers.

Stamp: Inkadinkado.

You're my sweetie pie

Another Valentine card for today with a very simple design.
I used an Inkadinkado stamp and kept the colours to brown and blue. The blue images are stamped on ledger paper from October Afternoon Let's fly a kite. The brown spotted paper is also from the same pad.
The ribbon is from American Crafts.

The squares are just punched with Woodware punches. The blue star paper is from another paper collection by Jillibean Soup.

I don't make many of these clean & simple cards, because I like to fluff things up. Gives me a break from my daily routine where work keeps me strict and in line. I love to see the work of other card makers who do keep it to simple straight lines, but for me this is quite hard to do.

Happy Birthday to a Great Friend!

Hello everyone,
I had this invitation from Inlinkz to join their very first challenge, using the color scheme to create something for a birthday and a boy.

I used Making Memories Just Chillin' papers and Coordinations card. I stamped the image from Inkadinkado on American Crafts white card and colored with Copics and used 3D glaze for the wheels and windows. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and embossed with silver powder. Some inking, distressing and embossing to make the card more manly and some metal with MM eyelets and BG brads.

I think it turned out quite nice, hope you like it too. Thanks for visiting.

A Smile is the shortest distance between two people

Hi there,
I hope everyone is fine and enjoying their Sunday. I managed to finish my card for The Play Date Cafe PDCC28.

I liked the colors for the challenge and thought of a stylish engagement card to congratulate some friends.
On the next picture is the size of stamp and shrinkplastic I used. For me it worked best with VersaMagic and not Memento ink, which dried slower and stained. Coloring on the plastic is a bit like on fabric; it tends to run, so you need to stay away from the edges and use minimal pressure/contact with the nib. Also use light colors, 'cause they darken when shrunk.

My first attempt, curled a bit, smudged the image and the hole I punched with the Cropadile became too small. The image shrunk to 1 inch height. I made another one for the card and colored less. Sorry for the dirty mat, which is now wharped from my heating tool. You do need a heat resistant mat. It's on the wish list...

Supplies: I used a cut from the lovely Sweethearts cartridge, paper from Basic Grey Sugared and Porcelain pads, American Crafts cardstock, Plantin Schoolbook cuts all my background squares and rectangles, Cuttlebug swirl emboss file, Prima flowers, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Vintage Pink and Marshmallow and Pearl, sticky pearls from SIL Craft, Paperchase ribbon, Hobbycraft lace, Shrinkies white shrink plastic, Inkdinkado stamp, Copics, Anita's 3D glaze, Viva salmon pearl pen, white Sakura gel pen and black ribbon from stash, Tsukineko ink.

My finished card:

And a close-up of my second Shrinkie charm;

Hope you like it and thanks for visiting.

Second post of the day and TESC #111

Hi,
This is the card I made for the Taylored Expressions sketch challenge. I love Taylor's blog and her designs and this is the second time I am participating.
I used the Paisley cartridge again to make the giraffe. -not sure how he gets to hold a lemon branch in his mouth, but it's fun-.
The stamp is from Inkadinkado Boxed Wishes set.

And this is my card:

Supplies: DCWV cardstock, Sizzix Little Sizzles paper, Martha Stewart border punch, Copics, Tsukiniko Jumbo Java, Basic Grey brads, ribbon from Hobbycraft, corner rounder punch.

On the road again

With the good weather starting to roll, I'm getting increasingly itchy for a holiday.
I had these little stamps lying around for a while and decided I must ink them up. It 's a set from Inkadinkado and has sentiments and caravans, campers, a VW bus and little scenery items, like the cloud I used on this card.
Really fun to use. Simple card, made in 1,2,3. Of course again with the help of the Cricut; Plantin Schoolbook and Stretch Your Imagination. Some June bug paper, grey cardstock, Copic and blue ribbon, that's it.

See ya,... cruisin' somewhere.

Happy Birthday cards

Hi,
I'm back. My, what a cold day! Just been to town with mum so she could by herself some new clothes. What a chore. she's got such a small size -even 8 is to big-, it's so difficult to find anything that fits.
Well we're back in the warmth again.

Let's show you 2 cards I made for my stash. I used A Child's Year cart for the coffee cup die. I cut it in white card and coloured it with Sand and Creme de Chocolat Glimmer Mist.

I used DCWV paper, Inkadinkado stamps, felt, paper and organza flowers, velvet ribbon and flower brad from MakingMemories, white flower from Hero Arts, Copic markers, Liquid Pearls and Stickles, Nestabilities, organza ribbon from Joy! Crafts.

Happy Birthday Mini Quartet

Hello,

I finished these mini cards a while ago. They 're great fun to make. All the stamps come in one set from Inkadinkado. It also includes the little "Got Cake?" mammal, I used in another card. The paper is from Doodlebug Happy Birthday Boy. I would actually never buy this kind of paper, but it was the first -and the last time- I did buy a lucky dip paper bundle from Crafts U Love. It might be good for someone just starting to craft and if you don't know yet what you like making. But it has been good as it allows me to use some items I have in stock which I haven't really used for years -like the balloon brads-. Even the bright blue buttons from the 99p store, the 2-sided ribbon I got from my mother and the gemstones from the kids craft corner in John Lewis -what was I thinking?-.

The stamp set on the other hand I really like. I bumped into this set by accident. We went on a shopping trip to Bluewater and in a hobby store over there they had it priced for 2.35£?? That must have been an error, because they had no sale on. Just my lucky day! They also had quite a bit of the Basic Grey Papers and card making sets. So I ate my heart out...LOL.All the cards are cut using the Cricut's Stretch Your Imagination cart. The different patterned papers are then inked with Aloe Vera and Sea Breeze Dew drops VersaMagic. All images have been colored with Whispers and I also used some Lime Ice Stickles.Te light blue and green dotted ribbons are from Hobbycraft. The small buttons are from Autumn Leaves's French Twist.The fun thing about using the Cricut is that I can now also cut out the exact size envelopes to go with the cards, making it easier to send them. I like how the cards have turned out. I have started to "agree" with the paper, doesn't mean that I like it yet. As it is 12x12 size, I will be using the left over rather than throwing it away. I wish I knew who I could give my unloved craft stuff to. I 'm collecting it in a bag. I 've read on someones blog that there is a charity that makes cards for people in hospital, but that was in America. Should be one in the UK too.

Got cake?

Hello,

I haven't posted for a few days, because I 've been really busy at work and I 'm just too tired after these long 11.5 hour shifts.

I made this card with the Cricut. I love using the basic shapes on the Plantin schoolbook cart.

The cardstock is from DCWV and the designer paper is from Memory Keepers Nonsense White-Out collection. I inked the edges with more white ink and jumbo java from VersaMagic Dew Drops.

The image is from Inkadinkado Birthday set. The sentiment is from G Studio for only 99 pence!

Stamped in Jumbo Java and colored with Whispers, Stickles and Sakura gel pens.

I popped the images with 3D-foam. The ribbbon is from Hobbcraft and the brad is from Pipoos.

I added more Stickles to the background paper to give a bit more Birthday sparkle. I also inked the cardstock with Adirondack Latte ink, so it 's a bit less girly and I can use for a male birthday.

Birthday boy

Hi,

The day 's gone by so quickly. I 've had a good time crafting. I made 2 cards and a half, LOL. still waiting for the last one to dry so I can proceed.

I'll show you something else while we wait.

Another card made with a Morehead stamp and again the little boy.

I wanted to make some boy cards, because I don't often do. The boy is stamped in black Staz-on on handcrafted paper from cotton rag. He is colored with aquarelle pencils from Caran d'Ache and some Stickles used for his eyes, shirt and shoes.

The cardstock is from DCWV, sanded and the corners rounded. The text paper is from DCWV too and the patterned paper is from Sizzix Little Sizzles. The sentiment on the front of the card is from Hero Arts and heat embossed with silver powder.

I used the same papers on the inside and the Happy Birthday stamp is from a set from Inkadinkado and again heat embossed with silver powder from Artemio. The ribbon is from Hobbycraft and is sold by the metre or part.

Thanks for looking .