Thank You For Being So Kind

Hello, it's Liz here today. When a stamp has a larger area to colour I like to paper piece, for two reasons. Firstly, I don't need to worry about getting all the colouring and shading right on a large area and secondly I think it looks really cool to match the stamped image perfectly with the background!

I stamped the little girl from the 'Bring Out The Sunshine' set by My Favorite Things onto white cardstock and then onto the two patterned papers from the 'Vintage Botanicals'  pad by Simple Stories. The matching die set for this stamp set is available here.

Then I carefully cut around the dress, shorts and hat. Before I adhere the pieces to the main image I coloured the rest of it using marker pens. I also coloured a quick outline where the dress will go just in case my cutting is a little bit off! The large sentiment from the 'So Kind' set by Avery Elle is the perfect size for the white space left on the card.

Thanks for stopping by today, happy crafting!
 

Focus on the Sentiment

Hello, it's Liz here. Today I have made two cards where the sentiment takes centre stage. The sentiment on the card above is by Lil' Inker Designs. I decided to set it back in an aperture by using Lawn Fawns Outside In Stitched Square Dies. I used black cardstock as a layer behind the white, I like the effect of the black edges showing through the aperture.

The sentiment on the card below is from the So Kind set by Avery Elle. The square was die cut using the Stitched Square die set by Reverse Confetti. 

The super cute mice are from the Garden Mice set by Newton's Nook, matching dies are available here.  I think they are the perfect size to complement a larger sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today, happy crafting!
 

Coffee for Mum

 I've got a card for you today that would be ideal for Mother's Day but to be honest you 

don't need a special day to send a thank you card and it's perfect for those 

Mums that love coffee....aka.... my Mum 😉

I've dug out an older set from Concord & 9th called Lets Chat and stamped out the two cups and saucers. I've watercoloured them, trying hard to let the layers dry so I could get the deliberate harsh lines in the shades and shadows. When the images were dry I stamped the heart in unicorn white pigment ink a few times to get coverage and did the same with the 'For You' sentiment in the second cup. It was a perfect size for the cup and font style for Barista art!!

To stamp the cloth I have used the Cozy Plaid set from Lil Inkers which is unfortunately out of stock at the moment but should be back very soon.... an alternative could be Brushed Plaid from Lil Inkers.

I completed the card by masking and stamping a sentiment using MFT's Gift card Greetings and Pretty Painted Alpha. 

For the card base I used the awesome new Background stamp from Hero Arts called Ocean Waves Bold prints with Dusty Blue ink on Moonstone card for a tone on tone look... I love the subtle effect :)

I think this card would be perfect to slip a giftcard inside, in fact if you changed up the 

greeting it would be suitable for anyone and not just for Mother's Day 😉

   

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x