Heart of Hearts

Hi there

I shared a shaker card with you yesterday and thought I'd come back to share another one today.

This card I made for some very special friends who have recently got engaged.

I made a shaker window using a heart die which was cut from a small die cut square.  I filled the shaker with tiny heart confetti and trapped the sprinkles inside by backing with some silver glitter cardstock before mounting the panel onto a slightly larger die cut square.  The card base and uppermost square are linen cardstock but I used smooth white cardstock for the middle square.  I adhered the shaker sandwich flat to the card base and stamped the sentiment below.

Materials used:

• Dies: MFT Die-namics - Pierced Square Stax, Stitched Heart Stax
• Stamp: Altenew - Leaf Canopy 
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black
• Cardstock from stash
• Accents: Little Things from Lucy's Cards - Sprinkles: Rainbow Hearts

Challenge entries:

AAA Cards - CAS Game #184 - Sketch

Addicted to Stamps and More - Challenge #399 - Any Occasion

Addicted to CAS - Challenge #191 - Hearts

Happy Little Stampers - February Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

Time Out - Challenge #181 - Photo Inspiration

Simply Create Too - Challenge #167 - Use Hearts

I hope you've all had a lovely weekend, thanks so much for popping by.

Cocktail Shaker

Hi there

I don't usually write blog posts on a Saturday night but, quite frankly, what else is there to do?!  This pandemic has changed our lives so much hasn't it?  I might open a bottle of wine shortly (actually, there's no 'might' about it) but I'm certainly not going anywhere, just for a change!

Anyway, I thought I'd share a card I made earlier this month for a friend's birthday, so here it is, a fun little shaker card...

In my die cut upper panel I die cut an aperture with a cocktail glass die.  I then stamped the sentiment.  Sentiments are usually the last thing I add but once the foam is added on the reverse of a shaker panel it's more difficult to stamp cleanly.  The die has an inner section too so I cut it again from some silver glitter cardstock.  I then adhered this glitter die cut on the uppermost side, over the acetate.  I made the shaker window in the usual way: acetate, double sided foam barrier surround, filled with fun confetti and then sealed on the reverse before adhering to the card base.

Materials used:

• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles; Xcut - Cocktail Glass
• Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Floral Spray
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black
• Glitter cardstock from stash
• Accents: Little Things from Lucy's Cards - Sprinkles: Let's Polka

Thanks so much for visiting, I'll be back very soon with more to share.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and stay safe.

Less is More - 10th Birthday Celebration! - Challenge #437

Good morning

The Less is More 10th Birthday celebrations are continuing and today is the start of the second challenge for the month.

Ok, you may groan as this time it's the turn of the One Layer Challenge, but it's a super easy theme...

And don't forget, simply by just playing along you are in with a chance of winning one of the fantastic prizes being offered by the generous sponsors.

I decided to give a 'not yet tried technique' a go for my one layer card...

A while ago I saw a tutorial by the fabulous Jennifer McGuire for dot colouring, you can find the video here.  I certainly need more practice and perhaps this wasn't the best of images to choose for my first attempt but I'm fairly pleased with the result.  I stamped the tulips first in black ink and then added the coloured dots using Copics, three shades of each, fading them out.  I did struggle a little to get tiny dots as I faded it out so I'll certainly have another go.  I stamped the sentiment alongside before adding a trio of score lines away from the image along two edges.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Friends Forever, Cuddle Buddies
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Coloured with Copic markers

As always, the Less is More challenge link up will remain open for two weeks.  For more inspiration, please take a look at the main challenge blog to check out what my teamies have created, you won't be disappointed.

Perfectly CAS February 2021 Challenge

Hi there

I'm here tonight to announce the February challenge at Perfectly CAS, the challenge where the aim is to keep your design to one third or less of your project space.  Here is your cue card for this challenge...

There are lots of different ways to interpret the word splash but I went down the traditional route and chose water...