Christmas Spaniels - Take 2

Hello!

Today I have a card made with the 2nd of the 3 stamps in the Christmas Spaniels set by Crissy Armstrong.

This little cutie is sporting a pretty bow and a pair of antlers, sooooo adorable.

I coloured this one up with golden red fur, with my distress ink markers, and also used one of the small sentiments in the Joyous Holiday clear stamp set

plus a chipboard word from Make it Crafty. I inked the lower portion in red ink and the top I embossed with white embossing powder.

The papers are  from Whimsy Stamps and the die I used is from MFT.

I added a couple of Snowflakes cut with the Layered Snowflake die set and I used the same white embossing powder on those too to give them a glossy finish. I finished up with a few glittery red enamel dots from my stash.

Stamp - Whimsy Christmas Spaniels
Whimsy Layered Snowflake Die Set
MFT Essential Cover Up Horizontal Die
Whimsy Christmas Cheer 6 x 6 Paper Pad
Make it Crafty Chipboard - Happy

Whimsy - Joyous Holiday Stamp Set

That's all from me today, happy crafting!

Cupcake Treat

Hello!

It's no secret that I love Sylvia Zet's sweet images. Honestly if I had the time I would colour every one of her stamps up as soon as they were released, but with work and other commitments sometimes I have to wait till I can get them on a card.

I adore this sweet image called Cupcake Treat, it's totally sweet and lots of fun and perfect for all sorts of cards. If you're in the UK or Europe you can buy this stamp from Dies to Die for.

Today I've made a card in my more usual softly shabby style, and kept the colouring very light along with the papers.

Coloured in my usual distress ink markers, I've mostly stuck to neutrals and pinks, though the pink is fairly bright to give it a little lift.

Frayed Burlap, Esspresso, Gathered Twigs, Antique Linen, Picked Raspberry

I used some Wink of Stella on the wings, which you can just about see in the pic below, but it's so much more sparkly in real life!

The papers I used are from the gorgeous House of Roses collection from Lemoncraft, I've linked them for you below along with some scrummy embellishments from The Ribbon Girl.

House of Roses Paper
Vintage Seam Binding Siam Pink 
Cheesecloth
Pink Trellis Rose
Pale Pink 20 mm Open Rose
Pale Pink 10 mm Open Rose
Rose Leaves
5 mm Mixed Brown Pearls

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Christmas Penguin in Red

Hello!

I'm so sorry I've been absent for a while. As you know my Dad died recently and I haven't really felt up to blogging and Facebooking, though I have been crafting a little as it's helped me to just immerse myself in that for a bit.

Anyway, I thought I would drop in quickly to share this little penguin card that I made a while back, this was actually one of my kits I put together for the Whimsy Craft Retreat in September and is a revamp of the card I made for the September release, but this time I went with red, white and grey.

I hope you like it, I've listed the things I used below as well as links to the places I bought them where possible.

Whimsy Stamps -Christmas Penguin - Lee Holland

MFT -Postage Stamp STAX Die

La-La Land Small Snowflakes Die

Whimsy Stamps - Christmas Cheer Paper Pad

Whimsy Stamps -Christmas Cheer Enamel Dots

Ivory Sugar Sprinkles Ribbon

Red Satin Ribbon

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