There's a new stamp set in town as part of Technique Tuesday's September release!
The background on this card turned out so pretty! I used pigment inks (Memento) and the Ranger blending tool to get the colours super soft. I'm so glad to be back home with my stuff and that includes my die cuts, inks, and of course my Copic Markers. This stamp is such a fun one to colour!!
I took inspiration from the paper collection I got the stickers from and had a lot of fun getting back into the swing of things colouring-wise.
Supplies:
Stamp set: Technique Tuesday Mouse Chef
Stamp set: Technique Tuesday Mouse Chef
Sticker: Photoplay Fresh Picked (a new company for me and I love it!!)
Die Cut: Lawn Fawn Hillside Borders
Memento Inks: Dandelion, Morocco, Love Letter
Hi there! I took a much-needed day off yesterday to de-stress and took a little time to play with some new goodies and the current MFT sketch challenge as well as the current MFT Colour Challenge.
The background was created by sponging inks through the Chunky Herringbone Stencil.
I coloured the unicorn/Pegasus with Copic markers and added shadows with chalk pencils.
Thanks for stopping by today!!
Hi everyone! Happy April!
I know that we've had some seriously strange weather this winter all over the planet and that definitely includes China. We had one of the coldest winters here in recent history and it was not pretty. We were thrown from a 2nd world country right back into the 3rd world when the water pipes in our town froze. Not fun when you work at school of 3000-4000, hahaha....
So now we're ready spring, right? Flowers, leaves, and warmer weather (hopefully!).
If you are looking for an easy stamp to colour, this is it!! I had a really relaxing time colouring this and just really low-stress!
To finish off I just put a wash of blue around the flowers and some splatters and sequins.
Supplies:
Stamp set: Technique Tuesday Hyacinth Greenhouse Society
Stamp set: Technique Tuesday Hyacinth Greenhouse Society
Watercolours: Gansai tambi
Watercolour paper by Prima
The Twinery Twine
It's March!! Yikes!
Technique Tuesday has some great new stamps for all kinds of "-makers" out there, including... Card-makers!!
This card features the super-cute Chicks Rule stamp set and just for fun, the Postage Card die cut.
These birdies were stamped onto white cardstock then I built a scene around them. I wanted them to pop out a little more, so I stamped and coloured them again on a separate piece of paper and cut them out. Pretty simple technique, but it makes for a fun result.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Hi there!
Living close to my friends most of my life I sometimes took their friendship for granted, but now that I live in China I really miss them. It's harder to keep in touch and we actually have to work to stay in touch. That's when being a cardmaker comes in handy...
Here's my card:
Now I know I don't live in Sydney, but I think the sentiment says it all!
The galaxy background look is very popular right now, and I thought I would try MY version... This is simply black watercolour paint on top of a PanPastel background. You can see the yellow/green/blue peeking through and of course, the white splatters completed the look.
And of course, a simple bow made with Solid Charcoal Twine is the perfect way to finish the card.
Supplies:
Stamp Sets: Altenew Sketchy Cities Abroad, MFT Label Maker Sentiments
When I arrived in China a couple years ago the first thing I looked for was a cardmaking/scrapbooking ladies group. I looked on local expat websites and Facebook groups, but I didn't come up with anything. I really enjoy the social aspect of our craft and when I lived in Canada I would get together with "the girls" monthly to hang out and "crop" and I knew I would miss it. And I did... Being "alone" here with no one to talk to about products, techniques and just STUFF gets boring and I was craving camaraderie.
Enter in a lovely choir student and her mom. I got a Christmas card from them and noticed some very familiar products and my student connected her mom and I on WeChat. (Chinese Facebook) This weekend there was a get-together with a bunch of her crafty friends and they invited me to join! YES!
It was very cramped because their usual space was booked, but everyone just made-do and worked it out.
What amazed me was that besides a few small differences, we all use the same stuff!
The crop was at a sweet little coffee shop and they made us handmade donuts and jam... Yummy!
Unlike other crops I've been to, these ladies work with a theme each month. This month's theme was: Chinese Zodiac shaker cards. This card features a little tiger from a Hero Arts set.
And from the same set, a rat (mouse)!
Thank you for inviting me, ladies!
I'm looking forward to next month already!
Supplies:
Hero Arts Playful Animals, Taylored Expressions Sentiment
Patterned Paper: Echo Park, Simple Stories
Cardstock, Bazzill Cardshoppe
Die Cut: MFT
It's our day, card-makers! There are so many companies celebrating today and Technique Tuesday has a great offer, but first, my card:
I used a few goodies from Cath's new release and got a little messy doing it:
I used a combination of Dylusions, and Heidi Swapp mists, and oh yah, I mopped up the leftovers for a later project!
Because it's WCMD it's your chance to get a free Snail Mail stamp set from Technique Tuesday!
As a card maker, you enjoy putting smiles on the faces of family and friends. The new Snail Mail stamp set helps you do just that. Use it to jazz up the outside of envelopes and packages any time of the year. When your package arrives with Happy Mail stamped on it, everyone will know there's something extra special inside!
To help you celebrate this card making "holiday," the Snail Mail stamp set is FREE, today only, with a purchase of $30 or more. No need to add it to your cart, just spend $30 and we will automatically toss the FREE stamp set into your shipment. (Snail Mail is also available for $9.99, if you would like to purchase it alone.)
It's an exciting day for Technique Tuesday because we're welcoming a new product designer to the roster, none other than Cath Edvalson! A lot of her designs are based on her paper cuts and they are just a lot of fun to play with.
Here's a card I made using her new Garden Of Life stamp set and dies:
I cut out multiple flowers in white cardstock with the die cut and used various inks to colour them.
Then I stamped the image in black and doodled with a white gel pen.
The open images are really a lot of fun to play with. Next time I'm gonna hit those flowers with Copics!!
Thanks for stopping by and congrats, Cath!!
Today is the day of a brand new challenge at the Naughty or Nice blog and this month's challenge is: Friends! I was going through my stamps looking for how I could make a card about friendship Naughty and I came across an old TSG set with some hilarious sentiments and I thought Yep... That's it!
I wanted to create a quasi picture-frame for my image so what I did was cut out the image (MFT Stitched Square Frame) with the intention of using all parts of the die cut.
Then I cut a few more squares to layer underneath to raise up the square:
Then I glued the frames together and when I put the card together it looked like a mat in a picture frame:
It's funny.. When I showed Ian the outside of the card he said "Oh.. What a cute baby card." and I was like, Ummm.... That's no baby card. Here's the inside:
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