Winnie The Pooh

 

Three Winnie the Pooh cards made up using some old papers and images from my stash

Ideal for the younger members of the family birthdays!

More Card Candy

 

Just a couple more birthday cards made with the stamp I posted about back in April with different coloured card candy dots and with a 5 x7 inch sized card.

Blast from the Past - HOTP

 

I've been gifted lots of unused papercraft books by the US company, Hot of The Press, including these colour themed Sarabooks pads

Made a couple of tag cards from the purple pack

and another tag card from the classic pad - might keep most of this one  aside for Christmas cards

These books were produced over 15 years ago, one is dated 1998! Rather than following their dated fancy fold  designs, I've used the backing papers for more a more current styled cards

Similar, but Different ...

Here are 4 different, but similar, birthday cards that I recently made.

I've paired up some of the TEMU Toppers that I bought last August with some yellow frame stickers that I found in Flying Tiger

Stamped on a greeting, then layered them onto some contrasting background papers from the bottom of my stash for 4 quick and easy birthday cards!

 

Card Candy Galore

 

Back in 2010 I won a large box of Craftwork Cards Candy dots in assorted colours.  They have appeared in my blog over the years here, here and here

I did buy a Christmas tree stamp which uses them and featured that back in Nov 2023.  I  have just bought this Bubble Bloom flower  stamp off eBay to try and use up few more.

However, it only uses 16 per stamp (the smaller dots are Nuvo Drops), and I have hundreds to use up!

USING MORE OF THE TOPPERS

 

Great fun using more of the fab Temu toppers

Lots have cats on them!

From This .........

 

to this......

I've been using up more of the scrapbooking paper kits that I was given back in January to make some more birthday cards for charity. Before .....

and after .....

and finally, a fun Dinosaur card from this pack

More soft glows

 

Following on from my last post, here are a few more cards made with blending distress oxide inks behind as small topper to make them stand out.

I also used a softer grey ink (Versafine Clair Morning Mist) for the sentiment, very quick and simple to make.

Distressed Oxide Inks

 Well, I must recommend going to a crafty workshop to get you inspired. Since I attended, I have made loads of cards with distressed oxide inked backgrounds, all very different from my usual style.

And using some stamps that have haven't seen the light of day for a long time!

Irridescent Cardstock

 

Following on from my last post, I spotted a pack of very pale blue cardstock printed with irridescent wildflower silhouettes in Hobbycraft, so I had to buy it!

I already had some leftover scraps of holo card, so die cut some butterflies, birds and sentiments to go on the cards

They do look good together!

Wildflower Silhouettes

 

You can't go wrong with a birthday card made with the silhouettes of wild flowers and grasses!

So, I snapped up a copy of Die-cutting Essential magazine when I saw they had a selections of 5 different flower and grass dies this month, far cheaper than buying the Tim Hotz set for £18!

You can even win a set over on Christina Griffiths blog!

Lucky Car Boot sale

 

Yesterday I want to my first card boot sale of the year - lovely and bright, but boy, was the wind cold!

I picked up an unused 6x6 paper pad called 'Lets Celebrate' by Love to Craft for 50p. On another stall several rows away I found packets of matching tags and bows for another 50p! Great to make these bright birthday cards.

But, the best buy of the trip was a Hornsea Pottery mug with a weird face on it that cost 75p. After checking it out when I got home, I found it was quite rare and sold it online that evening for £35. 

Beneath the Sea Part 2

 

A few more cards made with those coloured images from my last post!

Haven't used mulberry paper on a card for ages!