Vintage is in!!

Hey,

Happy Friday!

I am looking forward to being home in NYC this weekend and getting some QT at my desk AND watching NFLSunday with Hubby.

I was lucky enough to be in London to celebrate my friend and colleague Harry's birthday. None of us understand how he is only 30!! He has a wise head on his shoulders.

I thought it would be fun to use one of the LePetiteMarket 'Mermaids and Sailors' stamps, as Harry has a beard and I felt sure he would love to own a pipe (he confirmed this when he opened the card).

I printed the main part of the sentiment on my computer and added the 'Harry' the 'Vintage is in' sentiment is new and by Scrapbook.com I bought it as part of my birthday haul and the set has all these awesome birthday phrases.

I especially love 'have cake for breakfast' I can't wait to have a play with it!

It's always fun to make a card with someone in mind.

Have a great weekend.

Cx

Random Desk Pile: Dinoversary...

Hey,

As promised, this week I am showing you all the cards I made from the random pile on my desk :)

Today's cuties are so much fun.

I had printed out Le Petite Market Dino stamps into various backgrounds - backgrounds are by Pink Petticoat.

They had all been coloured and matched with a card blank, but I hadn't adhered them or added sentiments.

As these stamps are called Valentine Dino's, there are lots of hearts on the Dino's, so I decided to make them all anniversary cards.

The sentiment banner is by Mama Elephant from their Occasional Labels set - love these little banners.

A fun set of cards, handy as I have a lot of people with September anniversaries.

Cx

Even more Christmas in July....

Hey,

So following on from yesterday's Christmas in July post, I wanted to share my Christmas make ;)

I bought these awesome Christmas Portraits stamps from Le Petite Market and couldn't wait a month to play with them (I start Christmas card making in August).

As with the Animal Astronaut cards, I retouched the images, so that they would be white against any background papers I added.

I coloured the images and added glitter glue, nuvo drops (coloured and glittery), spectrum noir sparkle pens and sequins / stars for interest.

Once I had stamped the sentiments, they looked a bit boring, so I added a glittery strip to the card blank, way more festive.

Feels pretty good to have the first batch of Christmas done.

Cx

Animal Astronauts...

Hey,

Yes I am showing you more Le Petite Market makes..

I can't get enough of their awesome stamps right now.

One of the very first sets I bought was Animal Astronauts -

I retouched the stamps so that they would print out white, meaning I could add a background behind them.

I decided to use some ancient star digital papers from Pink Petticoat (now The Lovely Studio), adding to the space / astronaut feel.

I coloured both of them and then made super quick cards.

For the main photo I heat embossed a Clearly Besotted sentiment onto a coordinating red panel.

For the card below, I added the sentiment (by MFT) directly onto my printed background.

These stamps have reignited my love for digital stamps and papers and means I have had plenty of playtime at my desk with a whole bunch of these stamps and various papers from my digital stash.

It's fun to rediscover parts of my stash.

Cx

I'd face ninjas for you...

Hey,

If you know me well, you know that I am a big Ninja fan.

I LOVE old school Kung Fu movies and especially the Ninja scenes.

I don't have a lot of Ninja stamps, but I recently got two new sets of Ninja stamps - one by MFT Ninja-mazing (which is now retired) and the other by Le Petite Market - Ninja Animals.

Check out the ones from LPM, aren't they awesome?!

I stamped, coloured and fussy cut the Cat head Ninja..I thought it would look fun, if I printed it a bit bigger.

I paired it with a great pre-doodled background panel by Taylored Expressions (they are called Boxed In) and a sentiment from the MFT Ninja set.

I added some bling, because why not!

So simple! I love it - it's already on it's way to it's new owner!

Cx

Hipster 30th...

Hey,

So one of my work colleagues in London is turning 30 this week..he tried to keep it quiet, but JT and I hatched a card plan!

I recently got introduced to Le Petite Market digital stamps by Rina (aka The Scrapstress) and I am OBSESSED with them!!

I bought the Hipster Valentine set and thought one of the images would work really well with an idea I had for this card.

I printed most of my sentiment and die-cut the white panel using a stitched rectangle die. Then I stamped 'Dude' using a stamp by Simon Says Stamp - that was in my first ever SSS card kit.

I coloured and fussy cut my male hipster and mounted him onto the card using foam tape.

It's a bit weird and quirky, but so is my colleague!

Happy Birthday Georgeous.

Cx