Little Miss MissMatch

Hi guys.  I thought I'd share this card with you today that I made some time ago as part of my DT work for The Craft Barn.  I really like the colour scheme of this one as I thought the pink and aqua colours really complemented each other.  The main stamp is called MissMatch and is from the Ketto range by Stamping Bella.  Isn't she great?  The DP is from the Alyssa range by Bo Bunny which came from The Craft Barn - not too sure if they still have it now.  The stamped and embossed flower sprigs came from my Daisy Flutters stamp sheet.  The circles along the bottom of the card are the Craftwork Cards Card Candy.

I stamped Miss Match with Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her using my Copic markers. By using the lighter colours of markers I was able to give her a nice pastel look to go with the rest of the card. (Can't remember now which colours they were though!)  I then added lots of Stardust glitter glue to the card to give lots of sparkle. 

All products came from The Craft Barn.

Miranda

Hi all.  I know I keep saying this lately but I just don't know where the time keeps disappearing to!

Anyway today I have found a few minutes so I am back with another card to share with you.  This one was made months ago now as part of my DT work for The Craft Barn.

This little cutie is called Miranda and she is part of the Green Bean Baby/Teacup Girls range.  I don't know about you but I just LOVE her spiky hair.  All of the Teacup Girls have sweet little features which really appeals to me.

I'm afraid that it has been sooooo long that I can't remember whose paper this is but it did come from The Craft Barn.  You might be able to make out that I did some stamping and embossing onto the pink Bazzill card too with one of my own stamps from the Double Delights stamp sheet.  As luck would have it there was a stamp on there which is really similar to the decoration on the tea cup so I just had to use this with it! I then added some punched out flowers etc... to decorate the card.

The actual image was stamped using black Memento ink and coloured using Copics - both Ciaos and Spicas. You can hopefully see the colouring a bit better in this picture.

Well that's all from me today.  I hope you like the card!

Scarlett In Pink

Morning everyone. First of all my thanks to all the ladies that were on my classes on Saturday - you all made it such a lovely day and each of you did a splendid job with your cards!  I do hope that you were pleased with them!  I am back at The Craft Barn again teaching on the 24th July incase anyone fancies it - more details for this can be found in My Event Diary on my sidebar.

Today I wanted to share with you a card I've made for the Stamping Bella In Pink theme that is being shown over on The Craft Barn's blog.  The rest of the DT have also made some beautiful cards for this. Click here to go and see!

Do you remember those Bo Bunny Double Dots background papers that I had to have a little while ago from The Craft Barn?  Well as you can see I used one of these sheets for my background along with a paper out of the 6x6 Porcelain Basic Grey paper pad which I bought at the same time!  They really work well together don't they?  I punched the Basic Grey paper with my favourite Martha Stewart punch (Floral Lace) - I just had to use this one as it went so well with the image!  I then used my mini daisy punch to punch out some extra flowers to go along the base of my card and added a self-adhesive pearl to the centre of each one. The wording came from my Fancy Flourish stamp sheet and I was delighted to find that the pink ribbon (from The Craft Barn) was an absolute perfect match for the paper!!

I used my Labels Twelve Nestabilities dies for the main image which I cut out using my Cuttlebug. Scarlett The Teacup Girl was then stamped centrally using Tuxedo Black Memento ink and then coloured using Copic markers. The background was also created using the Copic markers. As you can see I used those self-adhesive pearls again for the centres of the daisies in her hair.

Once I had finished all my colouring I used some Smooch Illuminate on the daisies,  (I've angled the card in this photo so that you can see the shine that this gives - fab isn't it!) and then used Stardust glitter glue around the edge of the die cut.  I hope you like it! 

Don't forget to head on over to The Craft Barn's blog too to check out the rest of the cards that the DT made. While you're there, if you scroll down a bit to one of the Extravaganza posts you can also see a really bad photo of me!! (And yes I was talking at the time - but then again when aren't I?? Lol!)

Scarlett The Teacup Girl in Aqua

Hi guys.  As you can see the blog has been tweaked a little now in order to add a little more colour to it.

Today I thought it would be nice to show you the other card I made using that same Scarlett The Teacup Girl stamp by Stamping Bella that I showed the other day - this time in a colour scheme that is far more me!!

I stamped and embossed two shades of Bazzill cardstock using two different sizes of stamps from my Daisy Flutters un-mounted stamp sheet using a Versamark inkpad and an old embossing powder that I had in my stash called Bridal.  Then I coloured the daisy heads using a clear Copic Spica marker. The wording also came from this same stamp sheet.  The daisy border was done using one of my new Martha Stewart punches called Doily Lace Trim which I thought was the perfect choice to go with the daisies on the image and the background!  The little snippets of paper you can see are from Bo Bunny, the flowers are Prima and the brads came from The Craft Barn.  Then of course there is my Labels Twelve nestabilitie dies that I used for my main image.  (See I do actually get around to using the stuff I buy - eventually!!)

And here is a closer look at Scarlett herself which I stamped with Graphite Black Brilliance and heat set before colouring her with both Copic Ciaos and Copic Spicas to add a little sparkle. To embellish her further I added some self-adhesive pearls to the centres of the daisies, that came from The Craft Barn and then made her sparkle even more with some Stardust glitter glue.  Unfortunately the photo doesn't do her justice!!

Anyway I hope you like her!!

Scarlett The Teacup Girl

Well after showing you all that I have been buying lately I think it is about time that I actually showed you that I have been card making too - just not with the stuff that I recently bought!  Do you remember a little while ago I came back from The Craft Barn laden with goodies?  Well this stamp was in amongst those goodies along with the designer paper.  So you see I do use the things that I bring home..........eventually!!

This little sweetie is by Stamping Bella and is called Scarlett The Teacup Girl.  I love daisies so as soon as I saw her I just had to have her - you know how it is!!  As you can probably make out I stamped and embossed my Bazzill cardstock to create some more visual interest using a stamp from the Wellspring clear stamp set by Inkadinkado for the top panel and one of my stamps from the Daisy Flutters un-mounted stamp set for the bottom panel.  The DP is from the Nook&Pantry collection by Basic Grey and the flourish is an EK Success punch that I got a little while ago from The Hobby House.  Everything else came from The Craft Barn including the Labels Twelve Nestabilitie dies that I used to stamp and mount Scarlett onto.

Here's a closer look at Scarlett.  I stamped her with Brilliance Graphite Black ink and heat set it before colouring her with my Copic Ciaos and then added some sparkle using glitter glue.

I hope you like her!

Little Miss Missmatch

Morning guys.  Just recently I've been busy creating some cards with the Stamping Bella range of stamps as part of my DT work for The Craft Barn.  So today I thought I'd share a card with you that I created using one of the Ketto range of stamps called Missmatch.  Isn't she lovely?  She always makes me smile when I look at her as she looks as if she is practising her pirouettes - and in those boots too!!!

I used both my Large Oval and Scalloped Large Oval Nestabilities dies for my main image then for the actual card I used Bo Bunny Alissa Twirls background paper which I punched using my Martha Stewart Daisy Edger. The panel of pink Bazzill card was embossed using my Cuttlebug Daisy Pattern embossing folder and to keep the daisy theme going I punched out some daisy flowers using a tiny daisy punch.

As for Missmatch herself - I stamped her using Graphite Black Brilliance which I heat set before colouring her with Copics. Then added some Stickles here and there to make her shine!!

I hope you like it!

By the way don't forget that The Craft Barn are currently offering a £30 Goodie Bag and all you need to do to be in with a chance of winning it is to head on over to their blog and become a follower!

Red Maisy

Hi guys. Today I thought I'd share with you a card that I made as part of my DT work for The Craft Barn.  Over on The Craft Barn's blog today they are having a 'red day' so this was my contribution!!  If you want to see the other gorgeous cards that the DT made then click here. 

The main image is called Maisy and she is one of the Ketto range  by Stamping Bella.  (The Craft Barn currently stock a great selection of these stamps.) The background papers are by Basic Grey from the Nook and Pantry collection and are available from The Craft Barn too.

I've included a close up of the image which I coloured using Copic Ciaos and then added some Smooch Illuminate which you can just about make out on the red scalloped oval which of course was done with my Nestabilities.

You've probably noticed that I used my new Swirl Flourish punch on this card too that I got from The Hobby House - I just LOVE this punch!!

Anyway I hope you like the card.

Spring Time

Morning everyone.  Well with all the fine weather we have been having recently I thought I would share a card with you that I made a little while ago using spring like colours of purple and lime which puts me in mind of crocuses!  Talking of which, when I was out and about the other day I saw a garden full of both purple and yellow crocuses and it looked absolutely beautiful - such a cheery sight!

Anyway enough about flowers and onto the card!  This is a card that I made last year for my Colouring Techniques DVD using both Copics and Copic Spicas to colour my main image with.  Unfortunately the scanned in picture didn't pick up the sparkle of the Spicas so you'll just have to trust me that she does sparkle!  By the way did you know that the Spicas now come in even more colours?  Obviously when I found this out I just had to have them all!  The Craft Barn are currently selling all the new colours individually - click here to go and check them out!

My main image for the card is one of the Ketto stamps by Stamping Bella called Charlotte.  I just love these Ketto stamps and am currently working on some more cards with some of the other Ketto designs so when they are finished I'll post them up.  They may not be the biggest stamps in the world but what they lack in size they sure make up for in funkiness. (If there is such a word!) You can get all your Stamping Bella stamps online from The Craft Barn and they have a great selection to choose from. Click here to go and check them out.

The wording is a Stamps By Judith stamp which I got from Stamp Addicts and the paper was so long ago that I can't be absolutely sure whose it is!  I think that it was a Daisy Bucket one but I could be wrong!

Charlotte

Morning guys.  Well the snow has virtually disappeared from our little corner of the UK and instead we now have rain!!  Personally I actually prefer the snow as at least it looks pretty!

Today I thought I'd share a card with you that I did last year using Charlotte Ketto which is from the Stamping Bella range.  This range is now available exclusively in the UK through The Craft Barn and what is even better is that you can now view the range online too!!  So why not head on over to The Craft Barn and see all the different ranges that they stock including Kettos, Bella, Fella, Green Bean Babies, Huggabugg, Lulu, Tiddly Inks and more.  These images are so sweet and truly lovely - I want so many of them!!  Best of all most of the images are quite quick to colour too!

Oh The Weather Outside Is Frightful....

......but the fire is so delightful..................well the log burner is anyway!!  Finally after weeks of me whining that we didn't have much snow in our part of the UK we have finally got a few inches with more forecast for today!!  It really does look quite pretty here now.  The downside though is that we are snowed in!!  We live down a small unadopted road and as you turn into our road there is a very, VERY steep bit which is now covered in both snow and ice.  Infact I have been having great fun watching our neighbours trying to get up our road in their vehicle - they have now given up as it just can't be done!!  They even went as far as to clear the road (as best as they could) of snow but there is such a thick layer of ice underneath that they still couldn't get out.  So I have got absolutely no intention of making an idiot of myself and trying to negotiate the slippery road and am staying firmly indoors and keeping warm round our log burner.  Talking of the log burner it is such a god send when the weather is like this as it really does keep us toasty and allows us to turn the central heating right down therefore saving a few pennies!

Anyway me thinks that you haven't stopped by to hear all about our snow and I'm guessing that you are hoping to maybe see a card???

So not being one to disappoint here is one I made earlier!!  Quite a bit earlier actually as this card I made back in the summer months of last year.  This is another Ketto stamp by Stamping Bella called Kenya. Click here to see the full range of these stamps.  As I've already mentioned The Craft Barn stock these stamps in the UK but just don't have them on their website so if you like any of them just give the Barn a ring and they will soon sort you out!  The background stamp that you can see on both the lilac panels is one of my favourite stamps by Penny Black and the wording stamp I believe came from a Hero Arts clear stamp set. The black swirl in the bottom right corner of the card is one of my Fancy Flourish stamps that can also be purchased from The Craft Barn.

Talking about The Craft Barn reminds me...............they have recently moved their blog from Wordpress to Blogger.  To celebrate this move they are offering up £10 worth of vouchers to 3 lucky people!!  If you want to find out more about this simply head on over to http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.com/ to find out how to be in with a chance of winning.

Well I'm off now to go and sit round my log burner before braving my craft room as there is no heating in there!!  I have to keep nipping back to the sitting room to thaw out every so often!!  Hope you are all keeping warm!! (By the way you would probably laugh if you could see me at the moment as I have got two long-sleeved tops on with a long short-sleeve thick jumper on over the top of them. Then on my bottom half I have got on long socks, which finish above my knees, with black skinny leg jeans over those and long black boots over my jeans!  And this is just for indoors!!!! LOL!!)

Here She Is Again!

Morning guys.  Today I thought I would share Lulu with you again but this time using a different layout and some different papers.  I actually show you how I colour Lulu in my Colouring Techniques DVD using Copic Ciaos and Copic Spica markers.

As you already know from yesterday's post, Lulu and the other Ketto stamps can be purchased from The Craft Barn as too can my DVD's.

The papers are by Bo Bunny and I honestly can't remember where they came from and the wording is one of the die-cut birthday messages by Craftwork Cards that I also purchased from The Craft Barn. 

This ended up being a very quick card to make as the only thing that was stamped here was Lulu and of course she doesn't take much colouring!!

Bright and Colourful

Well outside it may be snowing and the sky may be grey but I thought that today I would load up a nice bright card that I made last year for one of my DVD's.

I had never come across this particular stamp range before until Sandy (from The Craft Barn) told me about them!  This little cutie is from the Ketto stamp range by Stamping Bella and is called Lulu.  There are quite a few others in this range too and I just love them!!  What I particularly like is that they are so easy to colour and so quick too!!  The Ketto range are available from The Craft Barn and although you can't see them online they are stocked in the bricks and mortar shop.  You can view the whole Ketto range here and then order them from The Craft Barn.  I coloured her using both Copic Ciaos and Copic Spica pens in order to add some sparkle to her.  I can't remember whose background paper this is now but I have a feeling that it may have been a range from Daisy Bucket but don't hold me to it!!